Education & Careers
Have you checked out the Lawyers Mutual lending library yet? It's a free resource for all Lawyers Mutual insureds. The lending library has books on various topics to help enhance your practice… Read More
Education & Careers
Four years ago I was working as a Medicaid Appeals Specialist, which was a fairly satisfying but stressful job, and I was a mother to 1-year-old twins. I had been hemming and hawing for severa… Read More
Education & Careers
A recent case out of the North Carolina Court of Appeals underscores the importance of keeping a summons alive until you are sure you have valid service on the defendant, or until you have rec… Read More
Education & Careers
Lurking just below the surface of a transitioning lawyer is a bundle of anxieties – and the root cause is usually money. Naturally, the lawyer who is leaving practice will be stressed a… Read More
Education & Careers
We don’t just sell insurance. We sell relationships. You hear us say that a lot, but what does it really mean? Who We Are It means we have a receptionist, a real live human answ… Read More
Practice of Law
Close your eyes. Imagine yourself taking a break from the daily hustle and bustle of work emails, court appearances and phone calls. Picture a cool autumn breeze sending leaves dancing around … Read More
Education & Careers
As a lawyer, you are the product and service you sell to clients. The best way to prepare for the future in a changing legal marketplace is to invest in your product and service, in other word… Read More
Risk Management
Asking your clients if they are happy with your services is essential to growing your practice. Just don’t wait until the case is over to do it. By then, it’s too late to make cha… Read More
Education & Careers
More than 75 percent of lawyers nationally who graduated from law school in 2017 have found employment in jobs that require both a JD and bar passage. That’s a three percent increase fr… Read More
Education & Careers
Exploring new practice areas and making interesting connections are two benefits of pro bono service, lawyers say. A third: sometimes it leads to lucrative law work down the road. These were… Read More
Lawyers Mutual has published previous alerts regarding the new filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that went into effect January 1, 2024. After reviewing additional resources, we want to emphasize concerns that we have about the risks and increased potential liability for lawyers undertaking the reporting requirements. This is especially true for the continuing reporting requirements after entity formation and initial reporting.
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) recently announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), which currently serves Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. Twelve northeastern counties comprising Track 3, as previously announced, will go live on February 5, and 10 counties comprising Track 4 (Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Vance and Warren) will go live on April 29.