by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
Arizona’s Justice of the Peace Courts and their Small Claims Divisions exist, in large part, to assist in the resolution of relatively modest legal disputes. These courts, with their informal procedures, are user-friendly. They resemble a kindler and gentler...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
Let’s establish a point of agreement. As a group, lawyers generally can be expected to serve their own interests. This does not distinguish lawyers from any other group. The same can be said for insurance companies, government agencies, labor unions, doctors,...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
All lawyers know the expression “for every wrong, there is a remedy.” From the first day of law school, students are taught that our legal system accommodates all those with a just claim. Lawyers also know that although the expression may be correct...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
In the recent past, Americans have been subjected to the spectacle of some of our lawyers wandering the globe in search of injured accident victims on whose behalf lawsuits can be filed. Most Americans were justifiably offended by news stories of accident injury...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
Considering the thousands of lawyers in Arizona and the tens of thousands around the country, the incidents of attorney misconduct involving questions of honesty and integrity are relatively low. However, the public’s perception of lawyers as dishonest...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
Most Americans see attorneys as a necessary evil. This view is not without some justification. I prefer to think that the evil, if any, rests with the reason for the hiring, rather, than the attorney. Lawyers most often are employed under unpleasant circumstances....
