ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

An Arizona lawyer has consented to a two-month suspension after he was accused of using the chat function on GoToMeeting to coach his client during…

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

He will also oversee the company’s alternative business structure initiatives in the UK and as part of the Utah regulatory sandbox, seek ABS designation in Arizona, and play a key role in executing Rocket Lawyer’s plans to use artificial intelligence to accelerate lawyer productivity.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Lawyer flat fee billing can be tricky. ANSWER: While most lawyers and clients are accustomed to the traditional billable hour, other pricing options do exist. Table of contents What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? These include fixed fees, alternative fee structures, and contingency fees, among others.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

In 2020, the Arizona Supreme Court established its Alternative Business Structure (ABS) program which allows nonlawyers to have an economic interest or decision making authority in a law firm. A few days ago, the Big Four accounting firm KPMG applied for Arizonas ABS license. He is also sympathetic to people with large student loans.

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LawSites

JANUARY 6, 2025

5, in a move to enhance access to justice, the Supreme Court of the state of Washington issued a historic order authorizing a regulatory reform pilot program by which entities not owned by lawyers will be able to deliver legal services. The move makes Washington only the third state, after Utah and Arizona, […]

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 29, 2021

“Arizona to end peremptory challenges to potential jurors”: Paul Davenport of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arizona’s top court is eliminating the longstanding practice of allowing lawyers in criminal and civil trials in state courts to remove potential jurors without explanation, a move that proponents said (..)

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Diane Drain

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center at the Arizona Bankruptcy Court. Its grantee organizations serving Arizona include the Community Legal Services, Southern Arizona Legal Aid (SALA), and the Window Rock-based DNA-Peoples Legal Services. Drain, P.A.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2025

A common complaint practicing lawyers have is that while law schools cost a fortune, they simply dont teach the most essential skill needed for professional competency. How to be a lawyer, of course. Thomas (MN) UC Irvine Denver Minnesota Arizona Pepperdine Wyoming Elon Click here to see the rest of the ranking.

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ABA Journal

MAY 10, 2022

A new law requires the State Bar of Arizona to pay legal fees of lawyers targeted for legal discipline who prevail in their ethics cases.…

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

You’ve heard of lawyers using AI to do their research or even draft briefs, but sending an AI Avatar to deliver the oral argument is a new one. They make AI slop in suits — we know that from the Arizona court system’s in-house press nonsense. And it’s not a popular one with the judges! In Dewald v.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Arizona will be the first state to eliminate peremptory challenges entirely; the state’s new rules will take effect in January 2022. The upshot of the Arizona Supreme Court’s new rules is that racial discrimination through peremptory strikes will cease to exist in Arizona because peremptory strikes will themselves cease to exist.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 14, 2023

“Appeals court will decide if lawyers can evade common fund fees in consolidated cases”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about the appeal I will be arguing next Tuesday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sitting in Phoenix, Arizona.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 15, 2025

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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LawSites

MAY 12, 2021

Two non-profit pilot programs won approval this week under Utah’s regulatory sandbox to provide non-lawyer legal assistance to individuals with medical debt. In Utah, nearly 22,000 lawyers are filed each year against people experiencing medical debt, which is a third of all debt-collection cases filed in the state, Butler said.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to an Arizona man who contends that his constitutional rights were violated when an expert witness testified for the prosecution about drug analysis performed by another forensic scientist’s. But Alexander Samuels, representing the state of Arizona, took a harder tack.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Arizona laws do not favor either parent and the judge is required to keep the best interests of the children in mind.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 19, 2022

I also worked closely with the division’s in-house lawyer and Doubleday’s director of legal affairs, who reviewed and approved our freelance talent contracts. One lawyer I spoke to said, “Marketers, especially those who are new to the business, are likely to have grown up with cellphones and the internet. Can they do this?

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

First and foremost, lawyers and law students are in an absolute tizzy over the state of the T14. Lawyer/Judge Assessment: 12.5% The biggest losers here were Arizona State (-9), Kansas (-9), and Illinois (-12).

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LawSites

JULY 27, 2022

During a question-and-answer session following her speech, I asked her about the stalled efforts to bring about reform in California and what the Supreme Court could do to move the issue forward, particularly in light of the leading roles taken by the supreme courts of Arizona and Utah to bring about reforms in those states.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 20, 2022

If they become a repeat abuser, I take the situation to the lawyer (because of course, you know this is a true principle, they do NOT behave that way with the attorney). I ask the lawyer to address it with the client and sometimes they will simply decide that they will handle that client directly. Manage your cases. My list is below.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 29, 2025

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Diane Drain

MAY 21, 2021

SCOTT MICHAEL FORRESTER, DISBARRED BY THE STATE BAR OF ARIZONA. On May 5, 2021, the State Bar of Arizona entered an immediate order of disbarment against Scott Michael Forrester. Never hire a professional (plumber, doctor, lawyer or other) without doing your own investigation. Drain - Phoenix Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney.

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LawSites

JANUARY 24, 2023

Axiom , a company that is one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, this week stepped into the world of regulated legal services as it formally launched Axiom Advice & Counsel , an Arizona law firm. That follows from Arizona’s historic decision in 2020 to become the first U.S.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 16, 2021

An Arizona judge has ordered the Arizona Republican Party and its lawyers to pay more than $18,000 in attorney fees for filing a “groundless” lawsuit…

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 25, 2022

Roberta Tepper is the Chief Member Services Officer at the State Bar of Arizona. The post What Do Women Lawyers Really Want from Their Law Firms? Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway welcome Roberta Tepper to discuss these issues of inequality and what law firms should do to support women in the profession.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Cid Franklin was arrested in New York and then questioned (without a lawyer) by a publicly funded agency that makes bail recommendations to the judges who arraign defendants. New York was part of a list of orders released on Monday morning from the justices private conference on March 21.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Georgetown Law, the highest score on the Arizona bar exam, Biglaw, a prestigious clerkship—all of which she left behind, to pursue a very different dream.

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Above The Law

APRIL 24, 2025

Arizona State? Order on the next page…) Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. “Premature implementation of the settlement agreement.” ” Before judicial approval?!? Who was in charge of making sure the schools stayed in compliance?

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 22, 2023

Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer. Other consumer law changes will be enacted later in 2023 and will go into effect in 2023; this article lists changes whose effective dates have already been scheduled. Drain, P.A.,

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Detroit-based Clark Hill has inked a deal to combine with 18-lawyer Phoenix, Arizona law firm Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, bringing its presence in Arizona to 39 lawyers, the firm announced Tuesday.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 25, 2022

million lawyers in the United States. Nationwide, there are approximately four lawyers for every 1,000 residents, but the number doesn’t reflect the reality. Most lawyers work in urban areas, while many rural areas of the country have few or no lawyers. have less than one lawyer per 1,000 residents. .”

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LawSites

MAY 10, 2021

Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. On today’s episode of LawNext, I am joined by Arizona Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Justice Timmer was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2012. Thank You To Our Sponsors.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Lawyers have always been protected against other business owners infiltrating their territory by the existence of ethics rules ba nn ing lawyers from sharing fees with non-lawyers, effectively barring business partnerships between lawyers and non-lawyers.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

No matter how good your lawyer is, you might not be released from the detention center if you are considered a flight risk or if you have been charged with various offenses.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Arizona has recently stricken the rule barring non-lawyer ownership in law firms from its professional ethics code. It’s only a matter of time before the traditional lawyer monopoly is broken. It’s only a matter of time before the traditional lawyer monopoly is broken. This is the eye of the storm.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 21, 2023

Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer. Sharing knowledge “Diane Drain is a wealth of knowledge. She is a great attorney.” ” S.B. The post Diane has a wealth of knowledge appeared first on Law Office of D.L. Drain, P.A.,

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LawSites

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Arizona Supreme Court has granted an alternative business structure license to law company Elevate , enabling Elevate and its affiliated law firm, ElevateNext, to operate as a single entity in that state, the company says. ” In August 2020, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms.

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