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ETHICS QUARTERLY
Among the questions answered by rulings abstracted in this issue of Ethics Quarterly are: • Does the tripartite attorney-client privilege among an attorney, an insured, and an insurer apply where a...
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LAF-OFF Proves it…Lawyers Are Funny!
Are lawyers funny? While funny isn’t necessarily a word often used to describe those in the legal profession, San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program has proved that, in fact, lawyers truly are funny…and...
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Renegade Attorney
At 8:00pm on a Tuesday night, Diane Letarte is just leaving her San Diego office and still has more than 200 miles to drive. Although pulling long hours is nothing new for attorneys in any practice...
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A FIRM ON THE RISE
For Eric Ganci and Renee Galente, partners in Galente Ganci, APC the road to a career in law began as a winding path, but has been a steady and straight climb upwards since opening their firm in...
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Put Your Hurt Aside and Pick Your Words Carefully
In my attorney coaching sessions, clients come to me asking how they should respond to a colleague who was caught criticizing them. It’s stunning and hurtful, to say the least—but a situation like that...
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Ending Elder Abuse
June 15th Marks Elder Abuse Awareness Day, But Statistics Show That Elders Need Our Advocacy More Than Ever. With June 15, 2013 marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, it affords us all a timely...
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AHMED DIAB: Rising Star
“I don’t think anyone wakes up as a kid and says ‘I want to do insurance subrogation when I grow up," Ahmed Diab says with a chuckle. Yet, just five years after earning his J.D. from California...
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PROBLEM SOLVER
Monty McIntyre Finds Possibilities for Parties, Answers for Attorneys and Satisfaction in Solutions For more than 30 years, Monty McIntyre has been a fixture within the San Diego legal community. He’s...
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FROM THE GROUND UP
Clayton Anderson’s Construction Defect Practice Is Built upon a Foundation of Experience, Expertise and a Constant Source of Clients. With more than 30 years of experience in construction defect law,...
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MASTERFUL MOSAIC
Success should not be measured in numbers. Success should be measured in terms of client satisfaction and employee satisfaction,” says Ray Artiano, founding partner of Stutz Artiano Shinoff &...
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Secrets of a Master Negotiator
Use these skills from a former trial attorney to increase your ability to negotiate a deal. Life is negotiation. So much of our daily lives revolve around this practice, and yet so few of us spend any...
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Is This Claim Covered? (How to Analyze an Insurance Policy)
Cackhead Craig was driving his Monster Truck down the freeway when he encountered stopped traffic due to an automobile accident. Crackhead decides to take the Monster Truck off road and drives across...
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What Is A ‘Door Lawyer’ And Why It Sucks To Be One!
Before I can tell you why being a door lawyer is sucking your life away, I need to make sure you are clear on what it is exactly. So, what is a door lawyer? A door lawyer is… Fortunately, there is a...
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Dealing with the Leadership Vacuum in Law Firm Management
Every law firm, regardless of size, needs leadership. Good law firm management cannot be achieved until all the partners agree to subordinate some degree of independence to a managing partner or an...
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Confidante and Comrade
“As a child, I watched my mom go through divorce. I was in court several times with her and always felt her insecurity because she did not really understand the process or what her rights were. I...
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Everything Is Personal
Before Robert J. Francavilla, partner in San Diego’s oldest plaintiff’s law firm, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield, LLP, was even in high school, he planned to pursue a career in...
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Closing Skills of Successful Rainmakers…and Other Myths
I was recently invited to present at a law firm retreat on the topic of closing skills, presumably in the hopes that my remarks would magically transform reluctant partners into willing rainmakers. As...
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McIntyre’s California Civil Law Update
Organized Succinct Summaries U.S. SUPREME COURT Constitution/Civil Rights Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder _ U.S. _ (2013): The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the District of Columbia Circuit Court of...
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OFF THE BOOKS MANAGEMENT
Managing the Non-Financial Assets of the Law Firm There’s no shortage of financial reports for Managing Partners and firm leaders. But some metrics, critical to the firm’s success, require a new way...
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3 Things Every Lawyer Needs To Know Before Hiring an Assistant and Seeing the...
You know you need help in your law practice. You need an assistant who can help you with practice growth strategies—more than just day-to-day legal client work. But where do you start? How will you...
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