The practice of law is challenging — and even more so for sole practitioners. Can a relatively new attorney establish a successful practice in a ...
Read More »Fred Friedman: 14 years as chief defender
Prosecutors in Duluth and the surrounding communities have become quite accustomed to the face of the area’s chief public defender. Fred T. Friedman has been ...
Read More »Multidisciplinary practice focus of ABA meeting
The debate continues over whether attorneys should be able to pair up with nonlawyers
Read More »Jailed judges are the protagonists of “The Brethren”
What happens when three ex-judges running a mail scam from a federal prison inadvertently ensnare a presidential candidate in their web of blackmail and deceit? ...
Read More »Report urges changes in family law terms
The term “visitation” will be largely obsolete if the Legislature follows the recommendations of the final report of the Minnesota Supreme Court Parental Cooperation Task ...
Read More »High court considers firm liability for attorney fraud
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently heard arguments on an issue of great importance to law firms — to what extent should a law firm be ...
Read More »Technology to help deal with these taxing times
It is time for our annual tax preparation column. Our favorite for many years was Mac-in-Tax for the Apple Macintosh — also published for the ...
Read More »A mostly glitch-free Y2K and Atomic Clock software
We made it! We’ve crossed over to Year 2000 and we’re still here. (Year 2000 is not, of course, really Y2K. “K” is computerspeak for ...
Read More »Referral services can help to generate cases
Businesses grow through word of mouth — and the legal profession is no exception. If you are a solo or small-firm lawyer looking to gain ...
Read More »Richard Pemberton: successfully navigated ‘Lake’ case
To say that Fergus Falls attorney Richard L. Pemberton keeps busy is rather like saying that the recent Y2K hype was a bit overblown. A ...
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