Category: Legal Practice
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Attorneys Fees
Attorneys Fees in the United States Recovering Fees from Clients By Gerald G. Knapton. He is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley in Los Angeles. A law firm that represents itself cannot recover attorneys fees from former clients unless the underlying retainer agreement contains […]
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Contingent Fee
Contingent Fee in the United States Charges by an attorney for legal services that are dependent on a successful outcome in a civil case. Under the contingent or contingency fee approach, an attorney handles a case involving a money claim without prepayment for services by the client. If the […]
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Lawyers Professional Liability Claims
Lawyers Professional Liability Claims in the United States Professional Liability Insurance and Lawyers Liability Claims in 2013-2014 in California by Karmah Elmusa When it comes to the relationship between lawyers’ liability claims and the economy, the trend is fairly predictable. A […]
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Opinion Letters
Opinion Letters in United States Practical Information Formal correspondence giving a professional opinion to a client on some legal question. Each law firm has its own method of setting them up, usually in the style that is used for ordinary letters. These letters are generally signed […]
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Disbarment
Disbarment in the United States Practical Information: Definition Expulsion of a lawyer from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court. Although the disbarment of an attorney is not a conviction for crime, disbarment may result from such a conviction. (Revised by Ann De […]
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Letters
Letters in United States Letters Definition Epistles; despatches; written messages, usually on paper, folded up and sealed, and sent by one person to another. 1 Caines (N. Y.) 582. Letters in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Letters, Letters in the World Legal Encyclopedia., […]
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Notary's Seal
Notary's Seal in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982The stamp or imprint that is placed upon a legal instrument, certificate, or paper by an authorized notary public (in U.S. law). The notary’s seal (also called the notarial seal) is […]
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Notarize
Notarize in United States Plain-English Law Notarize as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):The act of certification by a notary public that establishes the authenticity of a signature on a legal document. Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last […]
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Notary Public
Notary Public in United States Plain-English Law Notary Public as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):A licensed public officer who administers oaths, certifies signatures on documents, and performs other specified functions Practical Information Note: Some of this […]
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Moot Court
Moot Court in United States Moot Court Definition A court where moot questions are argued. Webster. In law schools this is one of the methods of instruction. An undecided point of law is argued by students appointed as counsel on either side of the cause, one or more of the professors sitting […]
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Memorandum Of Law
Memorandum Of Law in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A document prepared by the attorney before trial to acquaint the judge with the legal theory of the action and the authorities relied upon in support of that theory. The memorandum […]
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Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A service and a multi-volume annual directory of lawyers and a digest (in U.S. law) of the laws of all the states. Historically, in Volumes I through VI, lawyers’ name […]
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Mail (Postal)
Mail (Postal) in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982 Domestic Mail There are four classes of mail: first, second, third, and fourth. Each class may involve some special form of handling: priority mail (air mail for items over 10 ounces), […]