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Tag Archives: lawyers
How to tell if a lawyer is experienced
As I mentioned in the 10 Rules on Finding a Good Lawyer, I think that experience is overrated. Nonetheless, it seems an important criterion for some clients. So, here is a simple test to determine a lawyer’s experience: you have to approach … Continue reading
Why it’s important to get the best divorce lawyer
Note that I wrote “best”, not “most expensive”, because these two do not always coincide. How do you find the best lawyer? Luckily, there is my 10-step guide. (Thanks to @littlewisehen for the photo.)
Persecution of Lawyers in South America
Persecution of lawyers has a long history in South America. From Marie Arana’s biography Bolívar – American Liberator: Bolívar was handed an agitated letter from Páez, reporting the miserable state of affairs in Venezuela. “Your cannot imagine how ruinous the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Human Rights, Law, Venezuela
Tagged Jose Antonio Paez, lawyers, Simon Bolivar
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Three Kinds of Service
I have always been telling this to my clients. I am happy it has finally been made into a nice graphic.
Pushy person poses paradox
I receive a lot of questions through my blog and by e-mail, most of them about law. Some of them are interesting, some of them are funny, others are incomprehensible. The worst ones are those by people who believe that … Continue reading
The kind of People who become Lawyers
From an article in The Huffington Post about a young man who took part in a riot: “Rag Gu Rock Gue Kim, also known as Rocky, was caught on video during the June 2011 riot damaging vehicles and trying repeatedly … Continue reading
Lazy Lawyer from Russia
Some lawyers have an odd concept of legal research. As a lawyer from a civil law jurisdiction (Germany), I generally start with a look into the codes and statutes. If you are from a common law jurisdiction and nobody in … Continue reading
Posted in German Law, Immigration Law, Law, Russia
Tagged attorney, law firm, lawyer, lawyers, legal research
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