Monthly Archives: April 2010

Hearsay!

Hearsay. A statement made out of court, provided for the truth of the matter asserted. I would bet that most of you could mumble it along with me. But can you really apply it? Hearsay seems like such a simple concept – but just the mere mention of the word sends chills up my spines and gives me really bad memories of…

Goodbye Justice Stevens!

Well, since I am heading off to the Padre’s season opener in a few hours with my Dad and brother, I figured I would start this blog with Justice Steven’s link to baseball history. It turns out that Justice Steven’s was in attendance at Wrigley on one of the most famous moments in baseball/American history – the day that Babe Ruth called…

Top 8 Ways to Get Sued for Legal Malpractice

Hello and Happy Friday to everyone! I hate to ruin the festive mood as everyone heads into the weekend, but I thought I would reserve this time to speak about one of everyone’s least favorite topics – malpractice. Yeah, I know, way to run the mood heading into Saturday, but I have been putting this course together this week and it’s on…

New Jersey Ban on Virtual Offices Short Sighted?

While parousing Law.com today I happened to notice an interesting headline coming out of New Jersey that a “Virtual Office” is not a bona fide office. In the article, the President of the New Jersey State Bar Association agreed with the state judiciary’s decision to ban virtual law offices. Apparently, the state judiciary recently issued an advisory opinion warning lawyers that they…