Re Cantor and accounting, maybe just me as I admit not really tech savvy but I find a lot of the law mgt software either too complicated or not customizable, for my small firm, around a 100 clients or so (long drawn out cases so that's not a lot in my area), we made a custom Access Database that does what I want, IDK maybe it's changed since I last looked
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October 26, 2021 7:06 pm
What practice management software does everyone use? Are PI attorneys the only ones who do?
Amicus Cloud, which is sometimes annoying. I have test subscribed to all the major vendors and haven't found a killer feature making a change worth the time and energy. Solo practice.
Well for accounting and maybe Mr. Cantor would want to know this, Quickbooks online is something like $25 a month and can track trust liabilities, use either notes to track the client or go crazy and make a subaccount for each one. Not that this helps when lawyers make the "mistake" of converting trust funds.
Yeah, my accounting skills probably leave something to be desired, but I can confidently say that I've never "lost track" of $150k that's supposed to be in the trust account.
How does this end up with criminal charges? I have had many cases where my clients were defrauded through forged deeds, theft of other property etc and the police have never gotten involved.
If I had to guess, it's because of the ease of prosecution. Attorneys are required to keep records, and required to turn the records over to the Bar.
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October 26, 2021 7:14 pm
PSA – All records not under seal are available to download and view from the Nevada Supreme Court's public website, including all past records related to discipline that were never avaiable to publicly download.
Thanks, Hardesty. More promises broken by OBC and NSC.
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October 26, 2021 9:02 pm
Correction: the Vegas family was evicted for not paying rent. Moochers get evicted. That's how it works. Too bad the free money didn't come in. So sad. Now they can get jobs and become productive members of society. Happy ending.
Troll. In any event, I thought there was an option for landlords to apply for rental payments. The landlord should have to show he applied too. Seems like an unfortunate outcome. Though, admittedly, many facts are missing from the story.
@4:47
Why on earth would should the landlord be required apply? Many do, out of self preservation, but your suggestion boggles. Running rental properties is a business, not social welfare. Please take note that the tenant failed to do anything to help himself, despite multiple opportunities.
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October 26, 2021 10:00 pm
Is the DA's office seriously cutting cops sweetheart deals on domestic violence charges? Exactly when are they going to stop this good ol boy shit? These people can't be trusted not to beat their families, but we're supposed to trust them with a gun and a badge?
Hey, some privileges have to be afforded to those who protect us. Being a cop is a rough occupation. If the officer goes home after a long day and pops a mouthy kid or spouse in the mouth, who are we to judge?
Relax, that is not the case. DV's are always based on whether the victim shows up or not, that damn 6th amendment and all. Officers know it, DA's know it, defense attorneys know it and most of our "seasoned" clients know it. The only ones who get convicted of DV's are the newbies who don't know the "no face no case" rule and those individuals who think it is a good idea to make their beatings public.
That is not to say that defense attorneys tell victims not to show up even though DA's think we all do, by and large the ethical ones of us understand what witness tampering is, but I'm sure there is a certain subset of scumbag colleagues who do. My whole point though is that DV's are kind of this fucked up game and the cops know how to cheat in their favor. I'm pretty sure the DA's and law enforcement agencies don't want dudes who beat their wives on the force either. But its an unfortunate reality in that area of criminal law.
Thanks for the comment and clarification Ben. Lots of us are just FBUs that don't know shit
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October 26, 2021 11:40 pm
I'm probably just hot under the collar right now, but I just read some horrible false things on Yelp about my firm, we have just a couple people in AZ and NV. The posting was on a Vegas site and HE LEFT HIS NAME – HIS INSTAGRAM NAME and it was an old opposing party. Can I sue for defamation in Federal Court with diversity jurisdiction. Would they use NV or AZ law? I'll probably go have a beer with my bf and forget all this but damn I'm made right now!!
4:40 – remember that most consumers (and the people you'd want as clients) will see the bad review for what it is, especially if you respond clearly on yelp.
People know there's assholes who leave bad reviews, keep doing your awesome lawyering and you'll do well
Illinois attorney Drew Robert Quitschau lost his job in his firm, paid a settlement of $100,000, and received a recommendation for six months' suspension from a disciplinary hearing committee after a finding that he vented his frustration with opposing counsel by: Creating a false and unflattering dating profile in her name on Match.com;
Enrolling her in the Obesity Action Network;
Entering subscriptions in her name to Diabetic Living and Pig International;
Posting requests to buy a car on Auto Trader.com, resulting in a deluge of calls and emails, and
Posting adverse reviews in the names of fictitious clients on review sites. https://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2017/08/15/lawyer-who-rigged-fake-match-com-profile-as-a-female-attorney-in-the-hot-seat/
I think you should defend yourself, it hurts your business.
A 1-star increase leads to a 5-9% increase in revenue
84% of consumers say they trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendation from family and friends.
That is some creative trolling by that guy, but seems to be a lot of hate and seems like a sore loser. Who has time to do all that. He must have really got his ass whooped in a case by her.
I like Pickering's dissent. Dude's arguments about QI are dumb, but it really doesn't seem like this needed a public reprimand.
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October 27, 2021 12:28 am
RE: Vegas Loop and Musk:
Please someone, help me with the math: 57,000 people per hour, divided by 700 cars = 81.4 people per hour per car. And each car has a capacity of 4 (with "driver") to 5 maximum on any ride, short or long.
Unlike the original proposal Boring sold to the county commissioners which could make sense with 10 to 20 passenger underground buses, none of this makes sense with Tesla cars . . . especially 57,000 people per hour.
IMHO the math should have been questioned by the commissioners.
The County Commissioners can't do 4th grade math but you can't blame them.
You are disappointed because you assumed they are rational people. You failed to consider they all have personal agendas to be get reelected by bragging about their grand achievements.(ex. Sisolak and the stadium). It is in their DNA, you can't be mad at a dog that steals food off of the kitchen table.
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October 27, 2021 2:57 am
I am a good looking male (he/him/his) attorney. Do you think there is a market for that? I am thinking I could cash in on the OnlyFans phenomenon. Thoughts? I am not sure how it would impact my reputation.
One idea is I cover the latest legal news in the nude, or at least close to it. Another is some kind of Q&A, but nude, or with outfits, like chaps and nothing else.
Of course, I never touch my junk, but I might move it around a little, here and there. My smile is what most fans would want to consume, I think. And my penetrating analysis.
At least the audience would know when you are truly excited.
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October 27, 2021 3:02 am
There was extensive discussion a few years ago about that swingset case that Claggett took to trial. Have any of you followed that case? Apparently Claggett released the HOA in exchange for going after the HOA's insurance company. Insurance company got summary judgment and effectively zeroed the verdict. Gene Backus to the rescue. A-19-806198-C
Read through some of the docket, just a bit, so I don't know enough to answer this, but the insurance company got out because they argued the HOA breached by dismissing the appeal against their wishes. The question now becomes what happens to the underlying judgment against the HOA? Is it still live? I suppose you would have to read the actual settlement agreement.
It's gone. The HOA gave them the $2M policy limits payout in exchange for a covenant not to execute and around 50% of any bad-faith recovery action. 50% of zero is zero.
Maybe an appeal works out for them. $2 million is still a good recovery and verdicts like that lead to referral of other cases. Sometimes it is not what you get paid on the big case, but all the money you get paid on the new cases you get because of that verdict.
You try telling your client that you turned their $20M verdict into a $0. My understanding is that the insurance company offered policy limits and was rebuffed and now is not required to pay any coverage because the coverage was compromised by the dismissal of the appeal.
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October 27, 2021 4:53 pm
8:15, yes that was part of it as well. But they settled out it appears as there was a motion for good faith settlement. If that was assigned as well, then I imagine Claggett got a piece of that too.
Re Cantor and accounting, maybe just me as I admit not really tech savvy but I find a lot of the law mgt software either too complicated or not customizable, for my small firm, around a 100 clients or so (long drawn out cases so that's not a lot in my area), we made a custom Access Database that does what I want, IDK maybe it's changed since I last looked
What practice management software does everyone use? Are PI attorneys the only ones who do?
Amicus Cloud, which is sometimes annoying. I have test subscribed to all the major vendors and haven't found a killer feature making a change worth the time and energy. Solo practice.
Well for accounting and maybe Mr. Cantor would want to know this, Quickbooks online is something like $25 a month and can track trust liabilities, use either notes to track the client or go crazy and make a subaccount for each one. Not that this helps when lawyers make the "mistake" of converting trust funds.
Yeah, my accounting skills probably leave something to be desired, but I can confidently say that I've never "lost track" of $150k that's supposed to be in the trust account.
Looks like he was defaulted in the underlying civil case, A-20-826950.
How does this end up with criminal charges? I have had many cases where my clients were defrauded through forged deeds, theft of other property etc and the police have never gotten involved.
If I had to guess, it's because of the ease of prosecution. Attorneys are required to keep records, and required to turn the records over to the Bar.
PSA – All records not under seal are available to download and view from the Nevada Supreme Court's public website, including all past records related to discipline that were never avaiable to publicly download.
Thanks, Hardesty. More promises broken by OBC and NSC.
Correction: the Vegas family was evicted for not paying rent. Moochers get evicted. That's how it works. Too bad the free money didn't come in. So sad. Now they can get jobs and become productive members of society. Happy ending.
Troll. In any event, I thought there was an option for landlords to apply for rental payments. The landlord should have to show he applied too. Seems like an unfortunate outcome. Though, admittedly, many facts are missing from the story.
@4:47
Why on earth would should the landlord be required apply? Many do, out of self preservation, but your suggestion boggles. Running rental properties is a business, not social welfare. Please take note that the tenant failed to do anything to help himself, despite multiple opportunities.
Is the DA's office seriously cutting cops sweetheart deals on domestic violence charges? Exactly when are they going to stop this good ol boy shit? These people can't be trusted not to beat their families, but we're supposed to trust them with a gun and a badge?
Hey, some privileges have to be afforded to those who protect us. Being a cop is a rough occupation. If the officer goes home after a long day and pops a mouthy kid or spouse in the mouth, who are we to judge?
Relax, that is not the case. DV's are always based on whether the victim shows up or not, that damn 6th amendment and all. Officers know it, DA's know it, defense attorneys know it and most of our "seasoned" clients know it. The only ones who get convicted of DV's are the newbies who don't know the "no face no case" rule and those individuals who think it is a good idea to make their beatings public.
That is not to say that defense attorneys tell victims not to show up even though DA's think we all do, by and large the ethical ones of us understand what witness tampering is, but I'm sure there is a certain subset of scumbag colleagues who do. My whole point though is that DV's are kind of this fucked up game and the cops know how to cheat in their favor. I'm pretty sure the DA's and law enforcement agencies don't want dudes who beat their wives on the force either. But its an unfortunate reality in that area of criminal law.
Thank you for the explanation. Makes perfect sense. Really, what happens at home should stay at home.
Thanks for the comment and clarification Ben. Lots of us are just FBUs that don't know shit
I'm probably just hot under the collar right now, but I just read some horrible false things on Yelp about my firm, we have just a couple people in AZ and NV. The posting was on a Vegas site and HE LEFT HIS NAME – HIS INSTAGRAM NAME and it was an old opposing party. Can I sue for defamation in Federal Court with diversity jurisdiction. Would they use NV or AZ law? I'll probably go have a beer with my bf and forget all this but damn I'm made right now!!
Streisand Effect. Dispute it with/on YELP (calmly) but otherwise drop it.
4:40 here. Thank you 4:48. Can you follow me around all day and be a calming influence haha
Defamatory statement? Sue.
4:40 – remember that most consumers (and the people you'd want as clients) will see the bad review for what it is, especially if you respond clearly on yelp.
People know there's assholes who leave bad reviews, keep doing your awesome lawyering and you'll do well
Illinois attorney Drew Robert Quitschau lost his job in his firm, paid a settlement of $100,000, and received a recommendation for six months' suspension from a disciplinary hearing committee after a finding that he vented his frustration with opposing counsel by: Creating a false and unflattering dating profile in her name on Match.com;
Enrolling her in the Obesity Action Network;
Entering subscriptions in her name to Diabetic Living and Pig International;
Posting requests to buy a car on Auto Trader.com, resulting in a deluge of calls and emails, and
Posting adverse reviews in the names of fictitious clients on review sites.
https://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2017/08/15/lawyer-who-rigged-fake-match-com-profile-as-a-female-attorney-in-the-hot-seat/
https://gizmodo.com/libelling-a-lawyer-in-yelp-reviews-turns-out-to-not-be-1759541682
I think you should defend yourself, it hurts your business.
A 1-star increase leads to a 5-9% increase in revenue
84% of consumers say they trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendation from family and friends.
That is some creative trolling by that guy, but seems to be a lot of hate and seems like a sore loser. Who has time to do all that. He must have really got his ass whooped in a case by her.
You can run into anti-SLAPP sanctions depending on the verbiage of the communication. Ask Willick how it went for him.
Anyone comment on this case in which the Nevada Supreme Court discussed its ability to discipline Nye County Attorney Chris Arabia>
http://caseinfo.nvsupremecourt.us/public/caseView.do?csIID=60449
I like Pickering's dissent. Dude's arguments about QI are dumb, but it really doesn't seem like this needed a public reprimand.
RE: Vegas Loop and Musk:
Please someone, help me with the math: 57,000 people per hour, divided by 700 cars = 81.4 people per hour per car. And each car has a capacity of 4 (with "driver") to 5 maximum on any ride, short or long.
Unlike the original proposal Boring sold to the county commissioners which could make sense with 10 to 20 passenger underground buses, none of this makes sense with Tesla cars . . . especially 57,000 people per hour.
IMHO the math should have been questioned by the commissioners.
Is my math wrong?
And here is an article with even worse numbers:
https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a36686635/las-vegas-loop-launches-with-tesla-cars-minus-some-promised-features/
They never questioned the numbers when they gave Mark Davis $750M in public funds for the stadium. Why start now?
The County Commissioners can't do 4th grade math but you can't blame them.
You are disappointed because you assumed they are rational people. You failed to consider they all have personal agendas to be get reelected by bragging about their grand achievements.(ex. Sisolak and the stadium). It is in their DNA, you can't be mad at a dog that steals food off of the kitchen table.
I am a good looking male (he/him/his) attorney. Do you think there is a market for that? I am thinking I could cash in on the OnlyFans phenomenon. Thoughts? I am not sure how it would impact my reputation.
One idea is I cover the latest legal news in the nude, or at least close to it. Another is some kind of Q&A, but nude, or with outfits, like chaps and nothing else.
Of course, I never touch my junk, but I might move it around a little, here and there. My smile is what most fans would want to consume, I think. And my penetrating analysis.
I have seen your billboards.
Butt Naked, Esq.
At least the audience would know when you are truly excited.
There was extensive discussion a few years ago about that swingset case that Claggett took to trial. Have any of you followed that case? Apparently Claggett released the HOA in exchange for going after the HOA's insurance company. Insurance company got summary judgment and effectively zeroed the verdict. Gene Backus to the rescue. A-19-806198-C
As the old saying goes, $2,000,000 in the hand is worth $20,000,000 in the bush. Or something like that.
Read through some of the docket, just a bit, so I don't know enough to answer this, but the insurance company got out because they argued the HOA breached by dismissing the appeal against their wishes. The question now becomes what happens to the underlying judgment against the HOA? Is it still live? I suppose you would have to read the actual settlement agreement.
It's gone. The HOA gave them the $2M policy limits payout in exchange for a covenant not to execute and around 50% of any bad-faith recovery action. 50% of zero is zero.
Isn't this the case where Boyack's office was sued for malpractice as well?
Maybe an appeal works out for them. $2 million is still a good recovery and verdicts like that lead to referral of other cases. Sometimes it is not what you get paid on the big case, but all the money you get paid on the new cases you get because of that verdict.
You try telling your client that you turned their $20M verdict into a $0. My understanding is that the insurance company offered policy limits and was rebuffed and now is not required to pay any coverage because the coverage was compromised by the dismissal of the appeal.
8:15, yes that was part of it as well. But they settled out it appears as there was a motion for good faith settlement. If that was assigned as well, then I imagine Claggett got a piece of that too.