• Clients 26
  • A Letter to the Members of the Kentucky Bar Association
  • Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
  • Client Files Part II: How to Properly Close and Destroy Client Files
  • Client Screening - Can you Spot an Unworthy Client?
  • Closed Client File Retention Policy: Best Practices
  • Closing a Kentucky Law Office: A Guide for After the Death of a Kentucky Sole Practitioner
  • Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
  • Federal Beneficial Ownership Information Rule: Obligations of Lawyers to Clients and Firms
  • Golden Oldies, The Graying of Professional Responsibility
  • How to Fire a Client
  • KBA Ethics Opinion E-436 Provides Updated Guidance on Retention and Disposal of Closed Client Files
  • Missing Client: I Can't Find My Client!
  • Negligent Advice Malpractice Claims
  • One and Done May be OK for Kentucky Basketball, but Not OK for Kentucky Lawyer Conflicts of Interest Checks
  • Prospective Clients, Neither Fish Nor Foul
  • Q: What’s in a Client’s Name?
  • Risk Managing the Delicate Representation of an Abused Client or One with Diminished Capacity
  • Risk Managing Withdrawal for a Client’s Failure to Pay Fees
  • Taking On Someone Else's Dissatisfied Client
  • The Delicate Ethical Requirements of Representing a Person With Diminished Capacity
  • The Secret Life of Client Files
  • What Are a Transaction Lawyer’s Due Diligence Requirements When a Client’s Matter Raises a Suspicion of Illegality?
  • What Constitutes Reasonable Diligence in Attempting to Locate a Missing Client?
  • What Should You Do if Your Client Asks For Return of Files In Computer Disk Form?
  • When Does a Potential Client Become a Prospective Client?
  • When is a Client Not a Client and Vice Versa?
• Engagement & Disengagement Letters 9
  • Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
  • Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
  • Conflicts of Interest, Waiver Letters
  • Letter of Engagement, Hourly Fees (Litigation)
  • Letter of Engagement, Hourly Fees (Non-Litigation)
  • Letter of Engagement, Optional Clauses
  • Letters of Engagement are a Hot Topic with Insurers and Risk Managers
  • Letters of Engagement, Contingency Fees
  • Special Situations
• Fees & Billing 19
  • "A Computer Virus Ate My Billing Records" is No Defense to a Bar Complaint Over Fees
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Legal Billing
  • Avoiding Fee Disputes - When Are Advance Fees Earned?
  • Bizarre Billing Practice Defeats Firm’s Collection Suit for $332,569
  • Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
  • Do You Know the Ethics Rules for Increasing Fees During a Representation?
  • Does Your Client Have Insurance For Litigation Expenses?
  • Fee Disputes and Legal Malpractice
  • Getting Paid in Hard Economic Times
  • Investing in Client.com
  • IRS Standards for Lawyers Advising on Tax Shelters Clarified
  • Kentucky Supreme Court Spells Out When A Lawyer Who Is Discharged Or Withdraws From A Contingency Fee Case Is Entitled To A Quantum Merit Fee
  • Risk Managing Disputed Shared Fee Division
  • Risk Managing Representation of Clients with IRS Problems
  • Risk Managing Withdrawal for a Client’s Failure to Pay Fees
  • Should You Accept Credit Cards for Fee Payments?
  • The Perils of Splitting Fees
  • Top Takeaways: 2023 Hinshaw Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Conference
  • Your New Client Wants to Pay Your Fee by Crowdfunding on the Internet.
• Prospective Clients 4
  • Avoiding Prospective Client Conflicts of Interest and Malpractice Claims
  • Beware of Scams
  • Prospective Clients, Neither Fish Nor Foul
  • When Does a Potential Client Become a Prospective Client?
• Telephone & Initial Inquiries 1
  • Fielding Telephone Inquiries
• Termination of Representation 7
  • Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
  • Ending Representation – What “Material Adverse Effects” Prevent Permissive Withdrawal?
  • Firing a Non-Paying Client Results in Public Reprimand
  • How to Fire a Client
  • Kentucky Lawyer’s Failure to Properly Withdraw from Representation Results in Criminal Contempt Finding
  • Risk Managing Withdrawal for a Client’s Failure to Pay Fees
  • Withdrawal Without Cause Results in Loss of Kentucky Lawyer’s Fees

• Client Files Part I: How Long Should You Keep Client Files?
• Kentucky Lawyer’s Failure to Properly Withdraw from Representation Results in Criminal Contempt Finding

• Calendar & Date Issues (Leap Year) 1
  • Computation of Time and Leap Year 1996
• Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets 1
  • Cryptocurrency Is Alive And Well In Kentucky
• Scams & Fraud Risks 14
  • Are You Ready For The Next Scam Targeting Lawyers?
  • Bar Association Scam Warnings
  • Beware of Scams
  • Cybersecurity and Wire Fraud
  • Do You Know What a “Typosquatter” Is?
  • Immigration Fraud Alert-Attorneys Being Impersonated Using Bar Numbers
  • Keeping Up with Lawyer Scams - Cryptolocker and Ransomware
  • Lawyer Scams Continue to Plague Kentucky Lawyers
  • Money Mule Scams
  • Phishing Scams
  • Scam Professional Responsibility
  • SCAMS: Even Mega Law Firms Can Be Victims of Real Estate Settlement Fraud
  • The Latest Scam of Special Interest to Lawyers: Client Deposits Lawyer's Trust Account By Phone Then Returns Check and Gets Wire Transfer From Lawyer
  • What Are a Transaction Lawyer’s Due Diligence Requirements When a Client’s Matter Raises a Suspicion of Illegality?

• Accommodation of Non-Affiliated Lawyer 3
  • Barrister in a Box, Contract Lawyers in Kentucky
  • Caveat: Extending a Professional Courtesy to a Lawyer Friend Can Result in Ethics Violations and Malpractice Claims
  • The Risk of Leveraging Your Practice with Part-Time Lawyers and Office Sharing
• Attorney Charging Liens 1
  • Client Files Cannot be Held Hostage in a Fee Dispute
• Avoiding Malpractice 6
  • Avoid Malpractice Claims and Third Party Liability by Knowing How to Resolve Disputed Claims for Client Trust Account Funds and Allegations of Improper Disbursement of Funds
  • Dodging a Blank! Avoiding a Frivolous Malpractice Claim
  • Hard Economic Times Mean More Malpractice Claims
  • L + C3 = RM2, A Formula for Malpractice Risk Management
  • The Impact of the Credit Crunch on Lawyer Risk Management
  • Top Tips for Mitigating Malpractice Risk
• Business Transactions with Clients 2
  • Beware of Compromising 
Attorney-Client Privilege When Giving Mixed Business and Legal Advice
  • Business Transaction Lawyers Face an Increasing Risk of Malpractice Claims
• Champerty & Fee Sharing 1
  • Do Your Clients’ Litigation Funding Contracts Violate Kentucky’s Champerty Prohibition?
• Client Confidentiality 11
  • A Checklist for Avoiding Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Information and Privileged Communications
  • Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
  • Breaching Client Confidentiality - Duh?
  • Carelessness with Client Files Exposes Two Law Firms to Serious Malpractice Exposure
  • Guarding Client Privacy in the Age of AI
  • Pillow Talk and Client Confidentiality Are Not a Good Match
  • Q: What’s in a Client’s Name?
  • The "New New" Thing in Inadvertent Disclosure - Risk Managing Redaction
  • The Growing Threats to Client (and Firm) Data - Managing Technology to Meet the Challenges
  • The Internet's Impact on Client Screening Risk Management
  • What is Your Responsibility for Loss of Client Confidentiality and Client Privacy When Your Firm Computer and Internet Devices are Hacked?
• Conflicts of Interest 8
  • Are You Sure You Understand the Difference Between When It Is OK to "Reveal" Client Confidential Information and When It is OK to "Use" Client Confidential Information?
  • Conflict Avoidance: Top Ten List
  • Dropping a Client to Take A New Client - The Hot Potato Client
  • Investing in Client.com
  • L + C3 = RM2, A Formula for Malpractice Risk Management
  • The Kentucky Supreme Court Dumps the "Appearance of Impropriety" Conflict of Interest Standard
  • What Do Hot Potato Clients Have in Common With Thrust Upon Clients?
  • What Do You Do When a Joint Client Revokes a Conflict Waiver?
• Corporate Transparency Act Compliance 4
  • Beneficial Ownership Information Rule: Obligations of Lawyers to Clients and Firms
  • Corporate Transparency Act – Update, March 2, 2025
  • Court Calls Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Into Question
  • Ensure You and Your Small Business Clients are Aware of New Federal Reporting Requirements
• Ethics & Malpractice Consulting 2
  • Can We Talk? Part I
  • Can We Talk? Part II
• Impaired Lawyers 3
  • Age Related Cognitive Impairment
  • Risk Managing the Aging of the Legal Profession
  • The Ethical and Malpractice Risks of Impaired Lawyers and Their Unimpaired Associates
• Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct 3
  • A Quick Reference Guide to the 2009 Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct
  • Demotech, Inc. Assigns Financial Stability Rating® of A, Exceptional to Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky
  • Risk Managing the 2009 Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct: Writing Requirements
• Law-Related Services 1
  • Lawyers and the Law-Related Services Rule: What Do You Need to Know?
• Lawyer Mobility & Transitions 2
  • Movin' On Redux
  • Movin' On, Professional Responsibility, Risk Management and Lawyer Mobility
• Limited Scope Representation 4
  • Caveat: Extending a Professional Courtesy to a Lawyer Friend Can Result in Ethics Violations and Malpractice Claims
  • In Landmark Opinion Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Limited Scope Representation Guidance
  • Limited Scope Representations Must Be Carefully Risk Managed
  • Where L.A. Law Meets Home Improvement
• Multijurisdiction Practice 1
  • Crossing State Lines Into the Unauthorized Practice Jungle
• Negligent Client Referral 2
  • Malpractice Risks in Client and Potential Client Referrals
  • Settlement Negotiations and the "Apparent Authority" Doctrine
• Nonclient Liability 2
  • Attorney-Client Relationship; Third Party Liability – Statutory Beneficiaries
  • Negligence Liability to Nonclients
• Of Counsel Relationships 2
  • Of Counsel
  • The Risk of Leveraging Your Practice with Part-Time Lawyers and Office Sharing
• Unauthorized Practice of Law 1
  • Crossing State Lines Into the Unauthorized Practice Jungle

• Asset Evaluation 5
  • Bull Markets and Malpractice: Risk Managing Asset Evaluations
  • Divorce Malpractice Style: Inadequate Advice on Financial Terms
  • Know Your Options in Divorce: Evaluating Stock Option Marital Assets
  • Nationwide Family Lawyers Struggle with Marital Assets Settlements
  • QDROs, Pensions, and Malpractice
• Client Trust Accounts 10
  • ABA House of Delegates Approves New Model Rules for Client Trust Account Recordkeeping
  • Bank Failure Exposes Lawyer to Liability for Trust Fund Loss
  • Client Trust Account Horror Story
  • Client Trust Account: Principles & Management for Kentucky Lawyers 2nd Edition
  • Double Signature Checks Aren't What They Used to Be
  • How Safe is the Bank that Holds Your Client Trust Account?
  • Risk Managing the Ethical Duty to Pay Vendors
  • Taking Disputed Fees from a Client Trust Account Earns Lawyer 18 Month Suspension
  • Test Your Client Trust Account IQ
  • The Check 21 Act and Client Trust Accounts
• Escrow Services 1
  • The Dangers of Serving As an Escrow Agent
• Financial Transactions with Clients 2
  • Investing in Client.com
  • Mismanagement - Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
• Powers of Attorney 1
  • Risk Managing the New Kentucky Law on Powers of Attorney – KRS 457
• Real Estate Transactions 14
  • Avoiding Hidden Risks: The Dangers Attorneys Face When Performing Title and Lien Searches
  • Avoiding Malpractice in Foreclosure Suits and Sales
  • Don’t Let a Title Opinion Expose You to the Risk of Becoming the Deep Pockets When the Property Is Used as Security for a Business Loan that Goes Bad
  • FinCEN’s New Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule
  • Lead-Based Paint: HUD Issues New Lead-Based Paint Hazard Regulation
  • Major Legislation Update: Kentucky Senate Bill 50
  • New Fraud Scheme Targeting Real Estate Law Firms
  • Real Estate – Title Examinations: Does Reliance on an Affidavit of Descent Properly Filed in the County Court Clerk’s Office Meet the Malpractice Standard of Care when Performing a Title Examination?
  • Risk Management Lessons Learned from Other Jurisdictions: Negligent Escrow Agent Referrals
  • SCAMS: Even Mega Law Firms Can Be Victims of Real Estate Settlement Fraud
  • Senate Bill 50 Impacts Every Practitioner - by Ruth H. Baxter, Crawford & Baxter, P.S.C.
  • Test Your Title Search Expertise
  • The Ten Commandments of Real Estate Closings
  • UPDATE to FinCEN’s New Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule
• Tax Issues 1
  • 2001 Malpractice Review: 2001 Federal Tax Law Shakes Up Estate Planning

• Law Firms 18
  • A Guide to Setting Up and Running Your Law Practice
  • An Attorney is Leaving the Firm; Now What?
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Legal Billing
  • Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
  • Boss Professional Responsibility
  • Grabbing and Leaving - KBA Ethics Opinion 424
  • Importance of Probate Bond in Estate Administration
  • Law Firm Breakups
  • Mergers – Risk Managing a Firm Merger
  • Movin' On Redux
  • Movin' On, Professional Responsibility, Risk Management and Lawyer Mobility
  • Paralegal Pointers: Billing, Collections, and Year-End Revenue
  • Sharing Offices: The Ethical, Risk Management, and Practical Considerations
  • So You've Been Accused of Legal Malpractice? Well, Don't Just Do Something - Sit There!
  • The Insurance Marketplace
  • The Risk of Leveraging Your Practice with Part-Time Lawyers and Office Sharing
  • USPS Postmarking Changes
  • Weighty Mail
• Limited Liability Practice Structures 2
  • Risk Managing Limited Liability Forms of Practice
  • Supreme Court Approves Limited Liability Forms of Practice for Kentucky Lawyers
• Maternity & Family Leave 1
  • Risk Management Checklists For Maternity Leave
• Office Staff & Secretaries 2
  • What Your Office Support Staff and You Need to Know About Your Professional Responsibility for Nonlawyer Assistants
  • What Your Paralegal Always Wanted to Tell You But Didn't Dare Because She Needed the Job!
• Paralegals & Legal Support Staff 4
  • An Update on the Kentucky Paralegal Association’s Certified Kentucky Paralegal Program
  • Is Your Paralegal a Certified Kentucky Paralegal?
  • What Your Office Support Staff and You Need to Know About Your Professional Responsibility for Nonlawyer Assistants
  • What Your Paralegal Always Wanted to Tell You But Didn't Dare Because She Needed the Job!
• Retired Lawyers 2
  • Risk Managing Senior Status Lawyers
  • The Secret Life of Client Files
• Sharing Office Space 2
  • Sharing Offices: The Ethical, Risk Management, and Practical Considerations
  • The Risk of Leveraging Your Practice with Part-Time Lawyers and Office Sharing
• Work Control & Supervision 1
  • Serving As Corporate Director

• Lawyer Well-Being 17
  • AI Usage Outside of Your Legal Practice to Improve Well-Being
  • Attorney Well-Being and Stress Management in National Stress Awareness Month
  • Back to School: Tips for Busy Lawyers and Their Families to Transition Smoothly from Summer to Fall
  • Daily Schedule for Well-Being
  • Do As I Say, Not As I Do
  • Fall Fitness for Attorney Well-Being: Simple Ways to Move and Refresh After Work
  • Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions: A Practical Guide for Lawyers
  • Maintaining well-being during the cold and often dreary month of February
  • Moving Beyond Resolutions to Sustainable Habits
  • Rule 1.1, Comment (7): Competence and Mental Health
  • Spring Forward: Attorney Well-Being as Winter Turns to Spring
  • Summer Vacation – A Guide to Taking One
  • Summer Wellness for Attorneys: Staying Healthy, Focused, and Resilient all Season
  • The Power of Mental Health Breaks
  • The Power of Rest in the Legal Field
  • Winter Wellness: 7 Tips for Staying Healthy During the Holidays
  • “Deskercises” and Stretches
• Mental Health 2
  • KBA Lawyers Advocating Wellness
  • Statement Regarding Attorney Suicides

• Appellate Practice 3
  • Appealing Ethics
  • Avoid Appellate Malpractice by Specifically Identifying the Issues
  • Common Errors Disclosed in Appellate Decisions
• Arbitration 1
  • Are Arbitration Clauses in Letters of Engagement (LOE) Covering Fee Disputes and Malpractice Enforceable in Kentucky?
• Defense Counsel Issues 3
  • Can Defense Counsel Show They Are Cyber Secure?
  • Is There a Duty to Advise Foreign Nationals of Their Right to Consult with Their Country's Consular Mission?
  • Post Conviction Motions to Vacate or Set Aside a Sentence Signal a Malpractice Claim for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel May Be on the Way
• Expert Witnesses 2
  • Common Errors That Prevent Use of an Expert Witness
  • Standard of Care: Expert Witnesses in Personal Injury Cases
• Federal Practice 1
  • Avoiding Malpractice When Making Claims Against US Government Agencies
• Investigations 3
  • Avoid a Malpractice Trap When Obtaining Medical Records
  • The Ethics of Civil Practice Investigations – Part I
  • The Ethics of Civil Practice Investigations – Part II
• Judges & Court Relations 2
  • Judge Bashing
  • “May it Please the Court”: Tips for First Court Appearances
• Litigation Management 6
  • Beware the Phantom Statute of Limitations in Some UM and UIM Insurance Contracts
  • Do Your Clients’ Litigation Funding Contracts Violate Kentucky’s Champerty Prohibition?
  • Does Your Client Have Insurance For Litigation Expenses?
  • Don’t Trip Over the Recent Kentucky Court of Appeals Interpretation of CR 8.01
  • eFiling Rules Summary
  • Kentucky Supreme Court in a Landmark Decision Addresses "Suit Within a Suit", Emotional Distress Claims, and Punitive Damages in Legal Malpractice Claims
• Mediation 1
  • Mediation Requires All the Competence of a Trial
• Negotiation & Settlement 17
  • A Checklist for Risk Managing Settlements
  • Confidential Settlements, Kiss and Don't Tell
  • Developing Malpractice Issues: Judgement Immunity
  • Failure to Inform Client of Settlement Offer Costs Lawyer $84,000 in Fees
  • Five Costly Contract Mistakes that Commonly Lead to Disputes and Litigation [1]
  • Lying – Untruthful Negotiations
  • Nationwide Family Lawyers Struggle with Marital Assets Settlements
  • New Law Limits Sale of Structured Settlements
  • New Rates for Court Bonds
  • Please Release Me - A Malpractice Trap for the Unwary
  • Proving Actual Settlement Authority
  • Risk Managing Aggregate Settlements
  • Settlement Negotiations and the "Apparent Authority" Doctrine
  • State Medicaid Subrogation Expanded
  • Structured Settlements
  • The Implications of Gallardo v. Marstiller
  • Unsettling Settlements, And it's Malpractice Down the Home Stretch
• Pro Hac Vice 1
  • Tripping Up Over Pro Hac Vice Procedures

• Annual Reports 1
  • 2026 Annual Report to the Policyholders

• Insurance Coverage Issues 8
  • Client Notification Requirements in the Wake of a Disaster
  • Cooperation and Participation: Key Components of Legal Malpractice Defense
  • Disaster Planning Series #1: Back-ups for your Who, What, When
  • Disaster Planning Series #2: Checklist: Preparing Your Agreement with Your Back-Up Attorney
  • Disaster Planning Series #3: Checklist: Preparing Information for Your Back-Up Attorney
  • Disaster Planning Series #4: Your Client Dies During Litigation. Now What?
  • Disaster Planning Series #5: Ethical Considerations and The Cloud
  • Underinsured Motorist - Avoid this Underinsured Motorist Malpractice Trap
• Malpractice Claim Management 8
  • Cooperation and Participation: Key Components of Legal Malpractice Defense
  • How Dumb Is This?: Lawyer Dumps Old Files in Dumpster and Other Dumb Stuff Lawyers Do
  • Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 1996 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
  • Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 2007 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
  • So You've Been Accused of Legal Malpractice? Well, Don't Just Do Something - Sit There!
  • Top Tips for Mitigating Malpractice Risk
  • What Are a Transaction Lawyer’s Due Diligence Requirements When a Client’s Matter Raises a Suspicion of Illegality?
  • What Is Your Duty To Notify Clients Of Malpractice And Other Errors? What About Insurers?
• Malpractice Insurance 12
  • Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
  • Choosing the Right Amount of Coverage
  • Cooperation and Participation: Key Components of Legal Malpractice Defense
  • Do You Need Higher Limits? Understanding Higher Limits Endorsements
  • Failure to Comply with a Malpractice Insurance Policy “Claims Made” Reporting Requirement Could Cost Michigan Lawyer
  • Fire Insurance: Beware of the Easy Stuff, Fire Policies - Don't get burned!
  • Incidents of Potential Malpractice are Not Incidental
  • Insurance Defense - In Kentucky the Insured is Your Client - Not the Insurer
  • KY Supreme Court Decision Alert: Davenport v. Kindred Hospitals Limited Partnership (2024)
  • So You've Been Accused of Legal Malpractice? Well, Don't Just Do Something - Sit There!
  • The Advantages of Purchasing Insurance Directly From an Insurance Company
  • Understanding Tail Coverage – and Why It Matters for Every Lawyer
• Malpractice Statute of Limitations 8
  • Beware of the Statute of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases When the Injury Occurs Outside Kentucky
  • Beware the Phantom Statute of Limitations in Some UM and UIM Insurance Contracts
  • Civil Rule 60.02 Motion Does Not Toll the One-Year Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice Suits - KRS 413.245
  • Indiana Court of Appeals Adopts the Continuous Representation Rule for Legal Malpractice Suits
  • Kentucky Statute of Limitations for Professional Services Claims
  • Missed Statutes of Limitation, Dog Cases, and Not Knowing What You Are Doing
  • The Kentucky Supreme Court Locks Down the Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations in Abel v. Austin (411 S.W. 3d 728 (Ky, 2013)
  • The Supreme Court Clears the Air
• Malpractice Trends & Analytics 6
  • 2014 ABA Fall National Legal Malpractice Conference on Business Transaction Risk Management
  • Hard Economic Times Mean More Malpractice Claims
  • Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 1996 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
  • Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 2007 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
  • National Conference Studies Malpractice and Risk Management Trends
  • What We Learned About Legal Malpractice in Kentucky in 25 Years
• Potential Malpractice Incidents 1
  • Incidents of Potential Malpractice are Not Incidental
• Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings 1
  • Unusual Lawyer Liability Issues Reviewed at the Kentucky Justice Association's Seminar: Legal Malpractice - The Evil of Which We Do Not Speak

• Competence in the Law is Mandatory and the Best Risk Management

• Bankruptcy 3
  • BEWARE the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
  • On December 1, 2011, the 2011 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Rules of Procedure went into Effect
  • The Elevated Risks Associated with Insolvent Clients
• Consumer Law 1
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act - Consumer Report Malpractice
• Damages 3
  • Another One Bites The Dust! Civil Rule 8.01 Takes Out Plaintiffs (And Their Counsel)
  • Keeping Up With Fratzke v. Murphy: Recent Court of Appeals Case Offers Opportunity for Avoiding Malpractice When Plaintiff Lawyer Fails to Seasonably Answer Interrogatories Requesting Specification of Damages
  • Kentucky Supreme Court in a Landmark Decision Addresses "Suit Within a Suit", Emotional Distress Claims, and Punitive Damages in Legal Malpractice Claims
• Debt Collection 3
  • Debt Collections Are a Dramatically Increasing Malpractice Risk for Lawyers
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Malpractice Claims and the Bona Fide Error Defense
  • New Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) rules effective November 30, 2021
• Divorce 7
  • Divorce Malpractice Style: Inadequate Advice on Financial Terms
  • Family Law: Post-Divorce Risk Management
  • How to Avoid Complaints and Claims in Divorce Representations by Using a Comprehensive Client Communication Plan
  • Keeping Up with the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) Is a Risk Management Must for Kentucky Lawyers Whose Practice Includes Divorce Matters
  • Know Your Options in Divorce: Evaluating Stock Option Marital Assets
  • Nationwide Family Lawyers Struggle with Marital Assets Settlements
  • QDROs, Pensions, and Malpractice
• Environmental Law 12
  • Cancer Strikes Two Lawyers and Leads to Harsh Results
  • Client Notification Requirements in the Wake of a Disaster
  • Disaster Planning Series #1: Back-ups for your Who, What, When
  • Disaster Planning Series #2: Checklist: Preparing Your Agreement with Your Back-Up Attorney
  • Disaster Planning Series #3: Checklist: Preparing Information for Your Back-Up Attorney
  • Disaster Planning Series #4: Your Client Dies During Litigation. Now What?
  • Disaster Planning Series #5: Ethical Considerations and The Cloud
  • Environmental Law Malpractice Warning Flags
  • Getting Physical - Are You Ready for an Office Catastrophe?
  • Mother Nature Strikes Again
  • Risk Managing Closed And Abandoned Practices
  • What Happens To Your Clients If Something Happens to You?: Checklists for Closing a Practice
• ERISA 2
  • ERISA Bonds: What They Are and Why They Matter
  • ERISA Health Plan Recovers $38,899 of Ohio Personal Injury Lawyer's Fee
• Family Law 4
  • Avoiding Legal Malpractice and Bar Complaints in Family Law Cases
  • Golden Oldies, The Graying of Professional Responsibility
  • Major Legislation Update: Kentucky Senate Bill 50
  • Senate Bill 50 Impacts Every Practitioner - by Ruth H. Baxter, Crawford & Baxter, P.S.C.
• Immigration 4
  • 2001 Malpractice Review: Immigration Law is the "New New" Thing in 2001
  • Immigration Client Information Checklist
  • Is There a Duty to Advise Foreign Nationals of Their Right to Consult with Their Country's Consular Mission?
  • Risk Managing Interpreters
• Kentucky Consumer Protection Act 1
  • Unusual Lawyer Liability Issues Reviewed at the Kentucky Justice Association's Seminar: Legal Malpractice - The Evil of Which We Do Not Speak
• Medicare & Medicaid 2
  • Plaintiff's Lawyers Can Be Individually Liable When Judgment or Settlement Proceeds Owed to Medicare Are Not Paid
  • State Medicaid Subrogation Expanded
• Military Clients 5
  • Advising Small Business Service-Disabled Veterans on Federal Contracting Preferences
  • Keeping Up With the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
  • Keeping Up with the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) Is a Risk Management Must for Kentucky Lawyers Whose Practice Includes Divorce Matters
  • Maintaining Competency When Advising Servicemembers and Their Families
  • Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA) Signed Into Law
• Minors & Clients with Diminished Capacity 1
  • Kentucky Supreme Court Expands Malpractice Exposure for Claims by Minors
• Older Adult Representation 5
  • 2001 Malpractice Review: The Hazards of Representing Older Adults
  • Clients Who Need Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid Eligibility for Your Clients & SCR 3.130 (1.1) Competent Representation
  • Golden Oldies, The Graying of Professional Responsibility
  • Risk Managing Conflicts of Interest when Advising the Elderly in Estate Planning
  • The Ghosts of Clients Past – The Dangers of Financial Elder Abuse Claims Against Estate Planners
• Trusts & Estates 8
  • Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
  • ERISA Bonds: What They Are and Why They Matter
  • Major Legislation Update: Kentucky Senate Bill 50
  • Mismanagement - Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
  • Risk Management Lessons Learned from Other Jurisdictions: Negligent Escrow Agent Referrals
  • Senate Bill 50 Impacts Every Practitioner - by Ruth H. Baxter, Crawford & Baxter, P.S.C.
  • The Ghosts of Clients Past – The Dangers of Financial Elder Abuse Claims Against Estate Planners
  • Trust And Estates Now Viewed As The Riskiest Practice Area For Malpractice Claims
• Wills & Probate 10
  • 2001 Malpractice Review: 2001 Federal Tax Law Shakes Up Estate Planning
  • Beware of the Easy Stuff, Walk Carefully through Probate
  • Boilerplate in Wills Continues to Cause Problems
  • ERISA Bonds: What They Are and Why They Matter
  • Estate Planning Malpractice Traps
  • Kentucky Supreme Court Issues Firm Guidance for Lawyers Serving as Both Executor and Attorney for the Estate
  • Major Legislation Update: Kentucky Senate Bill 50
  • Risk Managing Estate Planning More Complex Than Ever
  • Senate Bill 50 Impacts Every Practitioner - by Ruth H. Baxter, Crawford & Baxter, P.S.C.
  • Trust And Estates Now Viewed As The Riskiest Practice Area For Malpractice Claims

• Client Files 15
  • Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
  • Carelessness with Client Files Exposes Two Law Firms to Serious Malpractice Exposure
  • Client Files Part I: How Long Should You Keep Client Files?
  • Client Files Part II: How to Properly Close and Destroy Client Files
  • Client Files – Risk Managing Client E-Mail
  • Closed Client File Retention Policy: Best Practices
  • Closing a Kentucky Law Office: A Guide for After the Death of a Kentucky Sole Practitioner
  • Documenting the File Involves Much More Than You May Think
  • Does Your Firm Have a “BYOD to Work” Risk Management Program?
  • Don't Let the Cloud Rain on Your Practice
  • KBA Ethics Opinion E-436 Provides Updated Guidance on Retention and Disposal of Closed Client Files
  • The Amazing Client Electronic Files
  • The Growing Threats to Client (and Firm) Data - Managing Technology to Meet the Challenges
  • The Secret Life of Client Files
  • What Should You Do if Your Client Asks For Return of Files In Computer Disk Form?
• Document Retention & Destruction 1
  • Shredded Any Good Documents Lately?
• Mail Handling & Risk 3
  • $2.5 Million Personal Injury Suit Dismissed Because Lawyer Underpaid the Filing Fee by $2.00
  • USPS Postmarking Changes
  • Weighty Mail
• Practice Checklists 27
  • A Checklist for Avoiding Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Information and Privileged Communications
  • A Checklist for Risk Managing Settlements
  • An Attorney is Leaving the Firm; Now What?
  • Avoiding Hidden Risks: The Dangers Attorneys Face When Performing Title and Lien Searches
  • Avoiding Legal Malpractice and Bar Complaints in Family Law Cases
  • Client Contact Sheet
  • Client Screening - Can you Spot an Unworthy Client?
  • Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
  • Conflict Avoidance: Top Ten List
  • Cybersecurity and Wire Fraud
  • Cybersecurity Claims and Protecting Your Practice
  • Empowering Legal Teams with AI: The Essentials of Generative AI for Lawyers
  • Fee Disputes and Legal Malpractice
  • How to Avoid Complaints and Claims in Divorce Representations by Using a Comprehensive Client Communication Plan
  • Immigration Client Information Checklist
  • L + C3 = RM2, A Formula for Malpractice Risk Management
  • Law Practice Assessment
  • Lawyers Mutual’s Checklist for Business Transaction Risk Management
  • Letters of Engagement are a Hot Topic with Insurers and Risk Managers
  • NetGain Technologies: How to Spot, Identify & Recognize Phishing Emails
  • One and Done May be OK for Kentucky Basketball, but Not OK for Kentucky Lawyer Conflicts of Interest Checks
  • Risk Management Analysis
  • Risk Management Checklists For Maternity Leave
  • Risk Managing Conflicts of Interest when Advising the Elderly in Estate Planning
  • Structured Settlements
  • The Ten Commandments of Real Estate Closings
  • What Happens To Your Clients If Something Happens to You?: Checklists for Closing a Practice

• Artificial Intelligence in Law 20
  • A Cautionary Tale: When Expert Opinion Meets Artificial Imagination
  • Agentic AI: What It Is and How It Can Support Your Practice
  • AI Legal Writing: How Lawyers Can Work Faster Without Sacrificing Accuracy
  • AI Platforms: What’s Out There?
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Legal Billing
  • Authorized Intelligence: Defining AI’s Role in the Law Office
  • Cybersecurity and Wire Fraud
  • Empowering Legal Teams with AI: The Essentials of Generative AI for Lawyers
  • Facing AI Without Fear – Enlisting Help to Conquer Your AI Anxiety
  • Give Generative AI a Try-What are Prompts and How to Create Them
  • Guarding Client Privacy in the Age of AI
  • Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas AI Local Rule 49
  • KBA Launches Attorney AI Library
  • Reality Check: How Courts Are Confronting AI Hallucinations
  • Safeguarding Confidentiality in the Age of AI
  • Sixth Circuit Signals Zero Tolerance for AI Hallucinations in Appellate Practice
  • State and Federal Court Orders Regarding AI Usage
  • State Courts and the Usage of AI
  • The Future of Law: AI in Practice
  • Trends for AI in 2026
• Audio & Video Evidence
• Cybersecurity Risk Management 10
  • Officer And Director Liability For Cyber Security Attacks
  • Are You Competent to Practice the New Law of Lawyer Technology Competence?
  • Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
  • Attorney’s Liability For Data Breaches
  • Can Defense Counsel Show They Are Cyber Secure?
  • Cybersecurity Claims and Protecting Your Practice
  • Deciding Whether To Use New Technology To Transmit Or Store Confidential Client Information
  • Ethics Still Apply: Even When Your Head Is In The 'Cloud'
  • NetGain Technologies: How to Spot, Identify & Recognize Phishing Emails
  • Top Takeaways: 2023 Hinshaw Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Conference
• E-Discovery 3
  • Are You Competent To Accept A Matter That Will Require Extensive E-Discovery?
  • E-Discovery Risk Management is the "New New Thing"
  • U.S. Supreme Court Approves Amended Rules on E-Discovery
• Email Risk Management 8
  • Do I Need To Encrypt This Email?
  • Email Plays Significant Part in Overruling Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant Lawyer in Malpractice Suit
  • Failure to Risk Manage Spam Email Costs Firm Opportunity to Appeal Assessment of Attorney's Fees as High as $1,000,000
  • Have you complied with SCR 3.175's new requirement on email addresses?
  • How Should a Firm Manage Email Sent to the Firm for a Lawyer No Longer Associated with the Firm?
  • Reasons Not to Use "cc:" "bcc:" or "reply all:" When Copying Emails to a Client
  • Risk Managing Email
  • Web-Bugged Emails – aka "Spymail"
• Internet Use 23
  • Officer And Director Liability For Cyber Security Attacks
  • Are You Competent to Practice the New Law of Lawyer Technology Competence?
  • Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
  • Attorney’s Liability For Data Breaches
  • Carefully Risk Manage Website E-Mail From Strangers Seeking Counsel
  • Cyberspace, Malpractice, and You
  • Deciding Whether To Use New Technology To Transmit Or Store Confidential Client Information
  • Do I Need To Encrypt This Email?
  • Does Your Firm Have a “BYOD to Work” Risk Management Program?
  • Ethics Still Apply: Even When Your Head Is In The 'Cloud'
  • Keeping Up With Social Media Risk Management
  • Lawyer Website Disclaimers - Fact or Fiction?
  • Risk Managing Advice to Clients on Social Media Matters
  • Risk Managing Internet Social Network Investigations
  • The Amazing Client Electronic Files
  • The Impact of the Internet on a Lawyer's Standard of Care & Professional Responsibility – Part I
  • The Impact of the Internet on a Lawyer's Standard of Care & Professional Responsibility – Part II
  • The Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Investigating Jurors on Social Media
  • The Social Media and Lawyer Risk Management
  • What Do You Really Know About Social Media Professional Responsibility?
  • What Kentucky Lawyers Need to Know about the Ethics and Risk Management of Cloud Computing
  • When is LinkedIn Attorney Advertising?
  • Your New Client Wants to Pay Your Fee by Crowdfunding on the Internet.
• Law Office Technology 6
  • Are YOU Competent in Computer-Assisted Legal Research - CALR?
  • Computer Malpractice Risks
  • Ten Technology Traps and How to Avoid Them
  • The Amazing Client Electronic Files
  • What Kentucky Lawyers Need to Know about the Ethics and Risk Management of Cloud Computing
  • When is LinkedIn Attorney Advertising?
• Social Media Use 9
  • Avoid Ethics Violations in Responding to Harsh Criticism on the Social Media – If You Respond at All
  • Does Your Firm Have a “BYOD to Work” Risk Management Program?
  • Keeping Up With Social Media Risk Management
  • Risk Managing Advice to Clients on Social Media Matters
  • Risk Managing Internet Social Network Investigations
  • The Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Investigating Jurors on Social Media
  • The Social Media and Lawyer Risk Management
  • What Do You Really Know About Social Media Professional Responsibility?
  • When is LinkedIn Attorney Advertising?

• A Cautionary Tale: When Expert Opinion Meets Artificial Imagination
• Agentic AI: What It Is and How It Can Support Your Practice
• AI Legal Writing: How Lawyers Can Work Faster Without Sacrificing Accuracy
• AI Platforms: What’s Out There?
• AI Usage Outside of Your Legal Practice to Improve Well-Being
• Authorized Intelligence: Defining AI’s Role in the Law Office
• Avoiding Hidden Risks: The Dangers Attorneys Face When Performing Title and Lien Searches
• Back to School: Tips for Busy Lawyers and Their Families to Transition Smoothly from Summer to Fall
• Beneficial Ownership Information Rule: Obligations of Lawyers to Clients and Firms
• Clients Who Need Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid Eligibility for Your Clients & SCR 3.130 (1.1) Competent Representation
• Corporate Transparency Act – Update, March 2, 2025
• Court Calls Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Into Question
• Cybersecurity and Wire Fraud
• Cybersecurity Claims and Protecting Your Practice
• Daily Schedule for Well-Being
• Do As I Say, Not As I Do
• Do You Need Higher Limits? Understanding Higher Limits Endorsements
• Empowering Legal Teams with AI: The Essentials of Generative AI for Lawyers
• Ending Representation – What “Material Adverse Effects” Prevent Permissive Withdrawal?
• Ensure You and Your Small Business Clients are Aware of New Federal Reporting Requirements
• Facing AI Without Fear – Enlisting Help to Conquer Your AI Anxiety
• Fall Fitness for Attorney Well-Being: Simple Ways to Move and Refresh After Work
• Give Generative AI a Try-What are Prompts and How to Create Them
• Guarding Client Privacy in the Age of AI
• Importance of Probate Bond in Estate Administration
• KY Supreme Court Decision Alert: Davenport v. Kindred Hospitals Limited Partnership (2024)
• Maintaining well-being during the cold and often dreary month of February
• Mother Nature Strikes Again
• NetGain Technologies: How to Spot, Identify & Recognize Phishing Emails
• New Rates for Court Bonds
• Paralegal Pointers: Billing, Collections, and Year-End Revenue
• Reality Check: How Courts Are Confronting AI Hallucinations
• Rule 1.1, Comment (7): Competence and Mental Health
• Safeguarding Confidentiality in the Age of AI
• State Courts and the Usage of AI
• Summer Vacation – A Guide to Taking One
• The Future of Law: AI in Practice
• The Ghosts of Clients Past – The Dangers of Financial Elder Abuse Claims Against Estate Planners
• The Power of Mental Health Breaks
• The Power of Rest in the Legal Field
• Understanding Tail Coverage – and Why It Matters for Every Lawyer
• USPS Postmarking Changes
• Winter Wellness: 7 Tips for Staying Healthy During the Holidays
• “Deskercises” and Stretches
• “May it Please the Court”: Tips for First Court Appearances

• Federal Beneficial Ownership Information Rule: Obligations of Lawyers to Clients and Firms

• Can Defense Counsel Show They Are Cyber Secure?
• eFiling Rules Summary
• Lawyers and the Law-Related Services Rule: What Do You Need to Know?
• State Medicaid Subrogation Expanded
• Top Takeaways: 2023 Hinshaw Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Conference
• Top Tips for Mitigating Malpractice Risk

• An Attorney is Leaving the Firm; Now What?
• Beware of Scams
• Client Notification Requirements in the Wake of a Disaster
• Closed Client File Retention Policy: Best Practices
• Disaster Planning Series #1: Back-ups for your Who, What, When
• Disaster Planning Series #2: Checklist: Preparing Your Agreement with Your Back-Up Attorney
• Disaster Planning Series #3: Checklist: Preparing Information for Your Back-Up Attorney
• Disaster Planning Series #4: Your Client Dies During Litigation. Now What?
• Disaster Planning Series #5: Ethical Considerations and The Cloud
• New Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) rules effective November 30, 2021
• The Implications of Gallardo v. Marstiller
• When Does a Potential Client Become a Prospective Client?

• KBA Lawyers Advocating Wellness
• Statement Regarding Attorney Suicides

• A Guide to Setting Up and Running Your Law Practice
• Age Related Cognitive Impairment
• Client Contact Sheet
• Client Trust Account: Principles & Management for Kentucky Lawyers 2nd Edition
• Law Practice Assessment
• Risk Management Analysis
• The Elevated Risks Associated with Insolvent Clients

• Are You Sure You Understand the Difference Between When It Is OK to "Reveal" Client Confidential Information and When It is OK to "Use" Client Confidential Information?
• One and Done May be OK for Kentucky Basketball, but Not OK for Kentucky Lawyer Conflicts of Interest Checks
• SCAMS: Even Mega Law Firms Can Be Victims of Real Estate Settlement Fraud
• The Internet's Impact on Client Screening Risk Management
• The Risk of Leveraging Your Practice with Part-Time Lawyers and Office Sharing
• Your New Client Wants to Pay Your Fee by Crowdfunding on the Internet.

• Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
• Cryptocurrency Is Alive And Well In Kentucky
• Email Plays Significant Part in Overruling Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant Lawyer in Malpractice Suit
• Failure to Comply with a Malpractice Insurance Policy “Claims Made” Reporting Requirement Could Cost Michigan Lawyer
• Failure to Risk Manage Spam Email Costs Firm Opportunity to Appeal Assessment of Attorney's Fees as High as $1,000,000
• How Should a Firm Manage Email Sent to the Firm for a Lawyer No Longer Associated with the Firm?
• Kentucky Supreme Court Spells Out When A Lawyer Who Is Discharged Or Withdraws From A Contingency Fee Case Is Entitled To A Quantum Merit Fee
• Pillow Talk and Client Confidentiality Are Not a Good Match
• Reasons Not to Use "cc:" "bcc:" or "reply all:" When Copying Emails to a Client
• Risk Managing Email
• Risk Managing the New Kentucky Law on Powers of Attorney – KRS 457
• Web-Bugged Emails – aka "Spymail"
• What Are a Transaction Lawyer’s Due Diligence Requirements When a Client’s Matter Raises a Suspicion of Illegality?
• What Constitutes Reasonable Diligence in Attempting to Locate a Missing Client?

• Beware of Compromising 
Attorney-Client Privilege When Giving Mixed Business and Legal Advice
• Bizarre Billing Practice Defeats Firm’s Collection Suit for $332,569
• Debt Collections Are a Dramatically Increasing Malpractice Risk for Lawyers
• Do Your Clients’ Litigation Funding Contracts Violate Kentucky’s Champerty Prohibition?
• Failure to Inform Client of Settlement Offer Costs Lawyer $84,000 in Fees
• Keeping Up With Social Media Risk Management
• Missed Statutes of Limitation, Dog Cases, and Not Knowing What You Are Doing
• Q: What’s in a Client’s Name?
• Risk Managing Disputed Shared Fee Division
• Risk Managing the Delicate Representation of an Abused Client or One with Diminished Capacity
• Risk Managing Withdrawal for a Client’s Failure to Pay Fees
• Test Your Title Search Expertise

• Officer And Director Liability For Cyber Security Attacks
• Are You Competent to Practice the New Law of Lawyer Technology Competence?
• Attorney’s Liability For Data Breaches
• Bar Association Scam Warnings
• Deciding Whether To Use New Technology To Transmit Or Store Confidential Client Information
• Ethics Still Apply: Even When Your Head Is In The 'Cloud'
• In Landmark Opinion Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Limited Scope Representation Guidance
• Money Mule Scams
• Phishing Scams
• Risk Managing Closed And Abandoned Practices
• Scam Professional Responsibility
• Trust And Estates Now Viewed As The Riskiest Practice Area For Malpractice Claims
• What Is Your Duty To Notify Clients Of Malpractice And Other Errors? What About Insurers?

• 2014 ABA Fall National Legal Malpractice Conference on Business Transaction Risk Management
• $2.5 Million Personal Injury Suit Dismissed Because Lawyer Underpaid the Filing Fee by $2.00
• Are You Competent To Accept A Matter That Will Require Extensive E-Discovery?
• Are You Ready For The Next Scam Targeting Lawyers?
• Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
• Business Transaction Lawyers Face an Increasing Risk of Malpractice Claims
• Cancer Strikes Two Lawyers and Leads to Harsh Results
• Caveat: Extending a Professional Courtesy to a Lawyer Friend Can Result in Ethics Violations and Malpractice Claims
• Demotech, Inc. Assigns Financial Stability Rating® of A, Exceptional to Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky
• Do I Need To Encrypt This Email?
• Does Your Firm Have a “BYOD to Work” Risk Management Program?
• Lawyers Mutual’s Checklist for Business Transaction Risk Management
• Malpractice Risks in Client and Potential Client Referrals
• Risk Management Checklists For Maternity Leave
• The Kentucky Supreme Court Dumps the "Appearance of Impropriety" Conflict of Interest Standard
• What Do You Really Know About Social Media Professional Responsibility?
• When is LinkedIn Attorney Advertising?

• An Update on the Kentucky Paralegal Association’s Certified Kentucky Paralegal Program
• Attorney-Client Relationship; Third Party Liability – Statutory Beneficiaries
• Avoiding Legal Malpractice and Bar Complaints in Family Law Cases
• Conflicts of Interest, Waiver Letters
• Don't Let the Cloud Rain on Your Practice
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Malpractice Claims and the Bona Fide Error Defense
• Have you complied with SCR 3.175's new requirement on email addresses?
• Keeping Up with Lawyer Scams - Cryptolocker and Ransomware
• Kentucky Statute of Limitations for Professional Services Claims
• Letter of Engagement, Hourly Fees (Litigation)
• Letter of Engagement, Hourly Fees (Non-Litigation)
• Letter of Engagement, Optional Clauses
• Letters of Engagement are a Hot Topic with Insurers and Risk Managers
• Letters of Engagement, Contingency Fees
• Risk Managing Advice to Clients on Social Media Matters
• Special Situations
• The Kentucky Supreme Court Locks Down the Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations in Abel v. Austin (411 S.W. 3d 728 (Ky, 2013)

• A Letter to the Members of the Kentucky Bar Association
• Avoid Ethics Violations in Responding to Harsh Criticism on the Social Media – If You Respond at All
• Beware of the Statute of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases When the Injury Occurs Outside Kentucky
• Closing a Kentucky Law Office: A Guide for After the Death of a Kentucky Sole Practitioner
• Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
• KBA Ethics Opinion E-436 Provides Updated Guidance on Retention and Disposal of Closed Client Files
• Kentucky Lawyer’s Failure to Properly Withdraw from Representation Results in Criminal Contempt Finding
• Kentucky Supreme Court in a Landmark Decision Addresses "Suit Within a Suit", Emotional Distress Claims, and Punitive Damages in Legal Malpractice Claims
• Kentucky Supreme Court Issues Firm Guidance for Lawyers Serving as Both Executor and Attorney for the Estate
• Real Estate – Title Examinations: Does Reliance on an Affidavit of Descent Properly Filed in the County Court Clerk’s Office Meet the Malpractice Standard of Care when Performing a Title Examination?
• Risk Managing the Aging of the Legal Profession
• The Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Investigating Jurors on Social Media
• What is Your Responsibility for Loss of Client Confidentiality and Client Privacy When Your Firm Computer and Internet Devices are Hacked?
• What We Learned About Legal Malpractice in Kentucky in 25 Years

• Are Arbitration Clauses in Letters of Engagement (LOE) Covering Fee Disputes and Malpractice Enforceable in Kentucky?
• Beware the Phantom Statute of Limitations in Some UM and UIM Insurance Contracts
• Carefully Risk Manage Website E-Mail From Strangers Seeking Counsel
• Carelessness with Client Files Exposes Two Law Firms to Serious Malpractice Exposure
• Do You Know the Ethics Rules for Increasing Fees During a Representation?
• Do You Know What a “Typosquatter” Is?
• Don’t Let a Title Opinion Expose You to the Risk of Becoming the Deep Pockets When the Property Is Used as Security for a Business Loan that Goes Bad
• Don’t Trip Over the Recent Kentucky Court of Appeals Interpretation of CR 8.01
• Keeping Up with the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) Is a Risk Management Must for Kentucky Lawyers Whose Practice Includes Divorce Matters
• On December 1, 2011, the 2011 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Rules of Procedure went into Effect
• Risk Managing Internet Social Network Investigations
• What Kentucky Lawyers Need to Know about the Ethics and Risk Management of Cloud Computing

• Are YOU Competent in Computer-Assisted Legal Research - CALR?
• Avoiding Prospective Client Conflicts of Interest and Malpractice Claims
• Client Screening - Can you Spot an Unworthy Client?
• Documenting the File Involves Much More Than You May Think
• How Dumb Is This?: Lawyer Dumps Old Files in Dumpster and Other Dumb Stuff Lawyers Do
• Is Your Paralegal a Certified Kentucky Paralegal?
• Keeping Up With Fratzke v. Murphy: Recent Court of Appeals Case Offers Opportunity for Avoiding Malpractice When Plaintiff Lawyer Fails to Seasonably Answer Interrogatories Requesting Specification of Damages
• Lawyer Scams Continue to Plague Kentucky Lawyers
• Risk Managing Interpreters
• The Growing Threats to Client (and Firm) Data - Managing Technology to Meet the Challenges
• The Latest Scam of Special Interest to Lawyers: Client Deposits Lawyer's Trust Account By Phone Then Returns Check and Gets Wire Transfer From Lawyer
• Withdrawal Without Cause Results in Loss of Kentucky Lawyer’s Fees

• ABA House of Delegates Approves New Model Rules for Client Trust Account Recordkeeping
• Avoiding Fee Disputes - When Are Advance Fees Earned?
• Client Files Cannot be Held Hostage in a Fee Dispute
• Client Files – Risk Managing Client E-Mail
• ERISA Health Plan Recovers $38,899 of Ohio Personal Injury Lawyer's Fee
• Kentucky Supreme Court Expands Malpractice Exposure for Claims by Minors
• Law Firm Breakups
• Risk Managing Aggregate Settlements
• The Amazing Client Electronic Files
• The Delicate Ethical Requirements of Representing a Person With Diminished Capacity
• The Insurance Marketplace
• The Social Media and Lawyer Risk Management

• A Quick Reference Guide to the 2009 Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct
• Avoiding Malpractice in Foreclosure Suits and Sales
• Fee Disputes and Legal Malpractice
• Getting Paid in Hard Economic Times
• Hard Economic Times Mean More Malpractice Claims
• Plaintiff's Lawyers Can Be Individually Liable When Judgment or Settlement Proceeds Owed to Medicare Are Not Paid
• Risk Managing the 2009 Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct: Writing Requirements
• The Impact of the Credit Crunch on Lawyer Risk Management

• A Checklist for Avoiding Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Information and Privileged Communications
• Advising Small Business Service-Disabled Veterans on Federal Contracting Preferences
• Avoid Appellate Malpractice by Specifically Identifying the Issues
• Avoid Malpractice Claims and Third Party Liability by Knowing How to Resolve Disputed Claims for Client Trust Account Funds and Allegations of Improper Disbursement of Funds
• How Safe is the Bank that Holds Your Client Trust Account?
• Is There a Duty to Advise Foreign Nationals of Their Right to Consult with Their Country's Consular Mission?
• Mediation Requires All the Competence of a Trial
• Risk Managing Estate Planning More Complex Than Ever
• The "New New" Thing in Inadvertent Disclosure - Risk Managing Redaction
• The Impact of the Internet on a Lawyer's Standard of Care & Professional Responsibility – Part I
• The Impact of the Internet on a Lawyer's Standard of Care & Professional Responsibility – Part II
• Unusual Lawyer Liability Issues Reviewed at the Kentucky Justice Association's Seminar: Legal Malpractice - The Evil of Which We Do Not Speak

• Avoid a Malpractice Trap When Obtaining Medical Records
• Boss Professional Responsibility
• Client Trust Account Horror Story
• Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 2007 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
• Maintaining Competency When Advising Servicemembers and Their Families
• Negligent Advice Malpractice Claims
• Please Release Me - A Malpractice Trap for the Unwary
• Risk Managing Conflicts of Interest when Advising the Elderly in Estate Planning
• Should You Accept Credit Cards for Fee Payments?
• Standard of Care: Expert Witnesses in Personal Injury Cases
• The Dangers of Serving As an Escrow Agent
• The Ethics of Civil Practice Investigations – Part I
• The Ethics of Civil Practice Investigations – Part II
• What Do You Do When a Joint Client Revokes a Conflict Waiver?

• "A Computer Virus Ate My Billing Records" is No Defense to a Bar Complaint Over Fees
• Competence in the Law is Mandatory and the Best Risk Management
• Estate Planning Malpractice Traps
• Firing a Non-Paying Client Results in Public Reprimand
• How to Avoid Complaints and Claims in Divorce Representations by Using a Comprehensive Client Communication Plan
• Lawyer Website Disclaimers - Fact or Fiction?
• Risk Managing Senior Status Lawyers
• Taking Disputed Fees from a Client Trust Account Earns Lawyer 18 Month Suspension
• The Ethical and Malpractice Risks of Impaired Lawyers and Their Unimpaired Associates
• Tripping Up Over Pro Hac Vice Procedures
• U.S. Supreme Court Approves Amended Rules on E-Discovery
• What Do Hot Potato Clients Have in Common With Thrust Upon Clients?
• When is a Client Not a Client and Vice Versa?

• A Checklist for Risk Managing Settlements
• BEWARE the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
• Common Errors Disclosed in Appellate Decisions
• Common Errors That Prevent Use of an Expert Witness
• Conflict Avoidance: Top Ten List
• Dodging a Blank! Avoiding a Frivolous Malpractice Claim
• E-Discovery Risk Management is the "New New Thing"
• Family Law: Post-Divorce Risk Management
• Grabbing and Leaving - KBA Ethics Opinion 424
• IRS Standards for Lawyers Advising on Tax Shelters Clarified
• Keeping Up With the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
• Post Conviction Motions to Vacate or Set Aside a Sentence Signal a Malpractice Claim for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel May Be on the Way
• Risk Managing Representation of Clients with IRS Problems
• Ten Technology Traps and How to Avoid Them
• Test Your Client Trust Account IQ

• Avoiding Malpractice When Making Claims Against US Government Agencies
• Bank Failure Exposes Lawyer to Liability for Trust Fund Loss
• Breaching Client Confidentiality - Duh?
• Civil Rule 60.02 Motion Does Not Toll the One-Year Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice Suits - KRS 413.245
• Environmental Law Malpractice Warning Flags
• Getting Physical - Are You Ready for an Office Catastrophe?
• Know Your Options in Divorce: Evaluating Stock Option Marital Assets
• Lying – Untruthful Negotiations
• Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA) Signed Into Law
• Taking On Someone Else's Dissatisfied Client
• The Check 21 Act and Client Trust Accounts
• What Happens To Your Clients If Something Happens to You?: Checklists for Closing a Practice

• Another One Bites The Dust! Civil Rule 8.01 Takes Out Plaintiffs (And Their Counsel)
• Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
• Double Signature Checks Aren't What They Used to Be
• Immigration Client Information Checklist
• Indiana Court of Appeals Adopts the Continuous Representation Rule for Legal Malpractice Suits
• Limited Scope Representations Must Be Carefully Risk Managed
• Mismanagement - Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
• Prospective Clients, Neither Fish Nor Foul
• Risk Managing the Ethical Duty to Pay Vendors
• The Secret Life of Client Files

• 2001 Malpractice Review: 2001 Federal Tax Law Shakes Up Estate Planning
• 2001 Malpractice Review: The Hazards of Representing Older Adults
• Appealing Ethics
• Cyberspace, Malpractice, and You
• National Conference Studies Malpractice and Risk Management Trends
• Sharing Offices: The Ethical, Risk Management, and Practical Considerations
• Shredded Any Good Documents Lately?

• 2001 Malpractice Review: Immigration Law is the "New New" Thing in 2001
• How to Fire a Client
• Movin' On Redux
• Nationwide Family Lawyers Struggle with Marital Assets Settlements
• QDROs, Pensions, and Malpractice
• The Ten Commandments of Real Estate Closings

• Bull Markets and Malpractice: Risk Managing Asset Evaluations
• Crossing State Lines Into the Unauthorized Practice Jungle
• Fielding Telephone Inquiries
• Investing in Client.com
• Lead-Based Paint: HUD Issues New Lead-Based Paint Hazard Regulation
• Proving Actual Settlement Authority
• Risk Management Lessons Learned from Other Jurisdictions: Negligent Escrow Agent Referrals
• Risk Managing Limited Liability Forms of Practice
• Supreme Court Approves Limited Liability Forms of Practice for Kentucky Lawyers
• What Should You Do if Your Client Asks For Return of Files In Computer Disk Form?
• Where L.A. Law Meets Home Improvement

• Beware of the Easy Stuff, Walk Carefully through Probate
• Can We Talk? Part I
• Can We Talk? Part II
• Developing Malpractice Issues: Judgement Immunity
• Does Your Client Have Insurance For Litigation Expenses?
• Dropping a Client to Take A New Client - The Hot Potato Client
• Fair Credit Reporting Act - Consumer Report Malpractice
• Fire Insurance: Beware of the Easy Stuff, Fire Policies - Don't get burned!
• Mergers – Risk Managing a Firm Merger
• Of Counsel
• Underinsured Motorist - Avoid this Underinsured Motorist Malpractice Trap

• Choosing the Right Amount of Coverage
• Confidential Settlements, Kiss and Don't Tell
• Incidents of Potential Malpractice are Not Incidental
• Judge Bashing
• L + C3 = RM2, A Formula for Malpractice Risk Management
• Movin' On, Professional Responsibility, Risk Management and Lawyer Mobility
• New Law Limits Sale of Structured Settlements
• Serving As Corporate Director
• The Advantages of Purchasing Insurance Directly From an Insurance Company
• The Perils of Splitting Fees

• Barrister in a Box, Contract Lawyers in Kentucky
• Boilerplate in Wills Continues to Cause Problems
• Computer Malpractice Risks
• Golden Oldies, The Graying of Professional Responsibility
• Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 1996 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
• Missing Client: I Can't Find My Client!
• Weighty Mail

• Client Files Part I: How Long Should You Keep Client Files?
• Client Files Part II: How to Properly Close and Destroy Client Files
• Computation of Time and Leap Year 1996
• Divorce Malpractice Style: Inadequate Advice on Financial Terms
• Insurance Defense - In Kentucky the Insured is Your Client - Not the Insurer
• Settlement Negotiations and the "Apparent Authority" Doctrine
• Structured Settlements
• Unsettling Settlements, And it's Malpractice Down the Home Stretch
• What Your Paralegal Always Wanted to Tell You But Didn't Dare Because She Needed the Job!

• Negligence Liability to Nonclients

• So You've Been Accused of Legal Malpractice? Well, Don't Just Do Something - Sit There!
• The Supreme Court Clears the Air

• What Your Office Support Staff and You Need to Know About Your Professional Responsibility for Nonlawyer Assistants