I was once hired by a dentist to help him disassociate from his partner. I will refer to my client as the “Good Dentist” and… Read More »People I met Practicing Law Episode Five: The Good Lawyer
I expect that “honest” would not be the first word that comes to mind as a general description of the business culture in Canada, or… Read More »Truth In Advertising
Years ago, a young person I know was quite proud to show me his first credit card. I was underwhelmed and said: “Big deal. Anyone… Read More »Things are Better When Someone Else Pays
When I practiced law, I was fairly good at doing the many things that a lawyer has to do in order to deliver great client… Read More »Always Failing at Something
I was once hired at a firm to replace a much more senior corporate lawyer who I will call Carl. One of a number of… Read More »Law Firm Compensation Systems: Getting What You Pay For
Let’s say that a partner at a law firm has been there for quite a while and is getting older, a situation in which I… Read More »The Best Article Ever Written (by me) About Retiring from Law Firms
“Our policy is to push the work down to the least expensive professional resource who can provide an excellent work product, and by doing so… Read More »A Lawyer’s Perspective on All that Hourly Rate Nonsense
Every time I phone a call centre for just about any company, it turns out that they are experiencing a higher volume of calls than… Read More »Estimates or Guesstimates?
At my first firm, Eric was a client lawyer. He was not much for reading legal documents, but he knew how he wanted them to… Read More »Why Can’t You Make My Open-Heart Surgery Shorter?
You may have heard the saying that ‘If you owe a $100,000 to the Bank, you have a problem; but if you owe $100,000,000 to… Read More »Lamenting Never Having Found the Legal Dream Team