Tag Archives: lawyers

How to tell if a lawyer is experienced

Posted on 2017-06-26 by Andreas Moser

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 →

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Why it’s important to get the best divorce lawyer

Posted on 2017-01-05 by Andreas Moser

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.)

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Persecution of Lawyers in South America

Posted on 2017-01-01 by Andreas Moser

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 →

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Imagine a World without Lawyers

Posted on 2016-06-10 by Andreas Moser
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Three Kinds of Service

Posted on 2013-10-22 by Andreas Moser

I have always been telling this to my clients. I am happy it has finally been made into a nice graphic.

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Pushy person poses paradox

Posted on 2013-10-11 by Andreas Moser

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 →

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The kind of People who become Lawyers

Posted on 2013-01-19 by Andreas Moser

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 →

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Lazy Lawyer from Russia

Posted on 2011-09-02 by Andreas Moser

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 →

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