Law Practice Management

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Below you will find the Practice Management Advisor Pipes Feed, brought to you by the Law Office Technology & Management Section of the Tennessee Bar Association. "PMA Pipes" is an RSS newsfeed that was designed by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center. It combines posts from the blogs of Practice Management Advisors from across the United States, as well as the ABA's Site-tation blog, into one convenient location. The blogs brought to you by this feed include: Law Practice Matters, Reid My Blog, Law Practice Tips, Law Practice Advisor, The Last Word, Thoughtful Legal Management, and Compujurist, among others.

Practice Management Advisor Pipes Feed

[Reid My Blog] Confessions of a TECHSHOW Chair

I am excited to be leading a wonderful group of nine people who are planning the 2012 ABA TECHSHOW next March. It is a small collection of volunteer lawyers and legal professionals who plan all facets of this premier technology conference for the legal profession. We held our second 2-day planning meeting last weekend (the first being in May) to develop the "grid" of over 70 educational sessions over 3 days, review the expo hall for over 100 vendors, select and engage a keynote speaker, and...

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[Avoid a Claim] Collaborative family law scam by Linda Lee

An Ontario lawyers has alerted us to a new name for an old scam. Linda Lee is looking for lawyers to help her collect money owed by her ex-husband under a collaborative family law agreement. It is similar to the many other frauds of this kind we have seen under numerous names (all of which can be found on our Confirmed Fraud page). Here is the message: From: lindaleeasia lindaleeasia@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:30 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: INTERESTED IN YOUR...

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[Law Practice Tips Blog] Using Checklists in your Law Practice

Using Checklists in your Law Practice is the title of my Lawyers USA column that was just posted to the Web. I'm sure everyone reading this uses checklists in many different ways. But I hope my column on this very...

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[Avoid a Claim] Business loan collection scam by Michael Chang

We have been advised of another business loan fraud attempt, this time under the name Michael Chang. It is similar to other scams by James Gilliard and Mark Rudic. For an explanation of how this type of fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet. Here is the message: From: Michael Chang [g.michaell1@ymail.com] Sent: 07/24/2011 12:02 AM MST To: “g.michaell1@ymail.com” Subject: Dear counsel Dear counsel, I am contacting you in regards to a breach of business loan agreement with a...

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[Slaw: Dan Pinnington] SC Bar Releases Ethics Opinion on Groupon

The South Carolina Bar Association just released an Ethics Advisory Opinion on the use of Groupon by SC lawyers.This interesting opinion dealt with the question of whether it is ethical for SC lawyers to use Groupon. The answer: Yes, but proceed with caution. Read SC Ethics Advisory Opinion 11-05 here.

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[Avoid a Claim] Collaborative family law agreement fraud by Kara Muneoka

A number of lawyers have told us they’ve been contacted by a Kara Muneoka with regards to collecting on a settlement agreement. The emails are short, but no doubt replying to them would produce the same replies and documentation we’ve seen in similar scams by Peggy Higashi, Beverly MacKenzie and Elizabeth Nakamura. For a full list of other frauds of this type and a description of how it works see our Confirmed Frauds page. Here is the email: From: Sent: Thursday, July 07,...

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[SC Small Firm] Discount Coupons for Legal Services

The South Carolina Bar Ethics Advisory Committee has published a new Opinion, 11-05, referred to informally online by some commentators as the “Groupon Opinion.” The question asked by a SC Lawyer was: Does a lawyer violate the Rules of Professional Conduct by contracting with a website to offer vouchers that can be purchased from the website and then subsequently redeemed for discounted legal services such as the preparation of wills? The Committee opined that the use of “daily deal”...

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[Avoid a Claim] Commerical debt collection scam by Larry Mason

Three Ontario lawyers have received a message from Larry Mason looking to retain a lawyer for a commercial litigation matter. It appears similar in nature to other debt collection scams we’ve seen under the names Richard Abramovic and David Lawson. For details of how this fraud works see LAWPRO’s Fraud Fact Sheet. Here is the email message: From: Larry Mason masonsolution@gmail.com Sent: July 22, 2011 6:20 PM To: edward Subject: New message Hello Counsel, I am inquiring about...

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[Avoid a Claim] Real estate bad cheque deposit scam by Yoshi Jones Sue

A Florida realtor has notified us of an attempted bad cheque deposit scam that Ontario lawyers should be on the lookout for. It is similar to other real estate fraud attempts by Shiukmoda Joji and Jyoung Chung Tu. For a full description of how this kind of fraud works see this earlier Avoid A Claim post. Here are copies of two messages received from the realtor: Message 1: From: yoshi_sue@yahoo.co.kr Dear Realtor Name, Thank you very much for your prompt responds to my enquiry meanwhile,...

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[Avoid a Claim] Real estate bad cheque deposit scam by Jyoung Chung Tu

In March 2011 we alerted lawyers to a widespread real estate deposit scam by Shiukmoda Joji. In the comments to that post many other lawyers and real estate agents told us they had received very similar emails from a Jyoung Chung Tu. In recent weeks that name has been reported to us with increasing frequency. In this type of scam the fraudster pretends interest in a property and sends a certified deposit cheque or bank draft that will be deposited in the lawyer’s trust account. Soon...

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