August 11, 2026

Practice Tip: Note to self–don’t hit ‘reply all’

A quickie: when you get an email from opposing counsel, the cc line full of email addresses, don’t just hit ‘reply all’ or you might be violating ethics rules. Rule 4.2(a) in the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct provides guidance on this: In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the […]

Law Practice Tips: Interesting work, if you can get it.

Image by NobMouse via Flickr I practice one of the least exciting areas of law.  At least in the eyes of those who ask me, almost every other day or so, “what area of law do you practice?” “Contracts,” I say. “Leases, amendments, assignments, and so on.  All contracts.”  Their eyes glaze over, and they […]