How Much is My Claim Worth?
How Much Money is My Personal Injury Claim Worth? is a detailed explanation of the various factors that affect the range of outcomes for a personal injury claim under our tort liability system. It's an oldie but goodie.
August 09, 2006
August 06, 2006
Does Your Lawyer Have Insurance?
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Does my lawyer have to have malpractice insurance?There is no requirement that a lawyer in Pennsylvania maintain malpractice insurance, or that the lawyer inform a client of the lack of such coverage.
In an extensive and otherwise excellent FAQ, this one bit of advice recently became obsolete and I hope the Board updates this page soon.
Pennsylvania Ethics Enforcers Host a Consumer-Oriented Site
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania announces the launch of its newly designed, user-friendly Web site, www.padb.us.
This is an impressive effort for an official web site; some obvious care and thought was put into making the procedures and rules for attorney regulation accessible to lay consumers. Notably, it includes an online search to look up the records for individual attorneys, so you can check an attorney's to see if they've are in active status or have been subject to public discipline sanctions -- and, to report complaints as weill.