Law Practice
Aug. 25, 2009
Sidestepping the 'Malpractice Zone'
Since many malpractice claims involve missed deadlines or administrative errors, attorneys must use all tools at their disposal to manage time effectively, writes Judd Kessler.
In the Himalayas it's called the Death Zone - a point past which the air is too thin to sustain living tissue. Stay up there too long and your body begins to die. In law practice, there's a similar kind of danger - the Malpractice Zone. The American Bar Association has done many studies and found that almost 20 percent of all malpractice claims involved missed deadlines or administrative errors. If you're working at the edge of...
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