As widely reported on Jackson Jambalaya and elsewhere, multiple metro area homeowners associations are accusing Ridgway Lane of embezzlement. Most of these homeowners associations have filed suit against Ridgway Lane. I wish them luck.

There is a good rule of thumb when it comes to lawsuits involving embezzlement. The rule is: you can’t recover from…

I recently wrote about the change in law firm structures here.

Several readers emailed me and pointed out I did not discuss the effect of corporate mergers or the impact of companies adopting ‘the Dupont legal model’.

Here is some background for current and future lawyers under age 40. When I graduated from law school…

In my last post I discussed a Wall Street Journal article covering the difficulties of partnership at big law firms. Now I will discuss why making partner in a big firm does not mean what it did 40-50 years ago. This is a brief overview. A book could be written on this subject.

The article…

Sara Randazzo’s Wall Street Journal article about pay and structure differences at big law firms has been getting a lot of attention. The article is a masterpiece and is a must read for people interested in how big firms operate.

This is the first of multiple posts about the issues the article raises.

It opens:…

Regular readers of this blog will notice that the layout has changed. The reason for the new layout is so the blog is mobile friendly and can be easily read on smart phones.

Truthfully, updating to a mobile friendly blog layout was not a priority for me. Lexblog, which hosts my blog, updated the site…

Every day. That’s how often I am targeted in some sort of scam attempt.

The majority of the scam attempts are emails that go into my junk folder that I never see. But plenty make it into my inbox. Like this email received this morning:

We are electronics components manufacturer and distributor located at Saitama-shi,

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This recent news about the comptroller of a New Orleans law firm stealing $2 million from the firm reminded me how common employee embezzlement is in the legal industry.

I have several friends over the years who were victims of employee embezzlement. Invariably, it was the last employee they would have suspected who was doing…

Most Michael Cohen/ Donald Trump stories call Cohen Trump’s former fixer. That worries me.

If there’s anything solo and small firm lawyers don’t need, it’s more people calling wanting a lawyer to fix their problem.

Most people aren’t Donald Trump. Regular people with regular problems have to fix their own problems. A lawyer can’t fix…