Tag Archives: Finding a lawyer

Finding a lawyer if you can’t afford one: legal aid in civil cases

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Naomi

And California has initiated a program: A Push for Legal Aid in Civil Cases Finds Its Advocates – NYTimes.com. One particular paragraph encapsulates the problem: Free legal assistance in noncriminal cases is rare and growing rarer. A recent study in … Continue reading →

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Finding a lawyer: Are you a debtor? You can’t retain this guy

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Naomi

From the New York Law Journal (which today permitted me to grab the entire article): Debtor Scheme Lands Attorney in Prison | New York Law Journal. It begins: A federal judge handed a suspended New York attorney a nine-year prison … Continue reading →

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How many more bad lawyers?

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Naomi

How many bad lawyers does it take to change a lightbulb? Wait, no. Maybe that’s not the question. OK, let me pull myself together after this shock… So the question today is: how many bad lawyers are cited in the … Continue reading →

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