Forgoing initial retainers in the expectation of payment later
Posted Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Attorney's Fees, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A few of the new attorneys in my suite asked for my views on forgoing initial retainers in family court cases in which one might
Letting good clients subsidize deadbeat clients
Posted Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Attorney's Fees, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct
I am amazed at how many family law attorneys accept a collections rate of 75%, or less, on their billing. Basically they are letting their
Posted Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Very early in my career I handled my first contested custody case which resulted in my client, a young medical student, obtaining custody of his
The attorneys or clients who cry wolf
Posted Friday, May 21st, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
In Aesop’s fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” a shepherd boy entertains himself by repeatedly pretending a wolf is attacking his sheep. Each time
Posted Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
In representing parents who are unreasonably resistant to the other parent’s relationship with the child, I often feel like I am performing surgery on suicides,
Posted Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A spouse or parent walks into an attorney’s office with a “relationship” problem: he isn’t getting along with his wife and wants out of the
