About Tim Lemieux
Tim Lemieux is the CPSR and Claims Analyst at LAWPRO. He investigates TitlePLUS title insurance claims, and analyses LAWPRO claims data to aid in the creation of the practicePRO initiative risk management presentations, articles and web content for lawyers.
Tim Lemieux's Posts
Assess your online image. What do clients see?
When we meet someone new it’s common now to Google them to see what we can find out. It’s no different with potential clients who are thinking about using your firm. Have you Googled yourself lately to see what they see? Merrilyn Astin Tarlton, writing in the Attorney at Work blog, has some great tips… Read More »
Categories: Legal TechnologyAvoiding ‘Inadequate Investigation’ Claims in Wills & Estates
Back in 1998, “inadequate discovery of fact or inadequate investigation” was the fifth most common cause of a claim when we looked at the top five reasons a claim was made against a lawyer. Since then the claims cause of “inadequate investigation” has climbed steadily upwards to the number one spot: By 2014, this category… Read More »
Categories: Wills & EstatespracticePRO Resource: The criminal claims malpractice fact sheet
With such a large amount of claims prevention information availalable in LAWPRO Magazine articles and practicePRO resources, we had the idea to create a single, simple fact sheet that CPD providers and others could use in developing their program material. The result was our first “malpractice fact sheet”. It covers criminal law claims and you… Read More »
Categories: Criminal LawWarning: Beware of changes made to payment instructions in real estate transactions
The North Carolina State Bar sent out a warning to its members to beware of changes in payment instructions in real estate transactions. Scammers there hacked or faked the accounts of realtors and sent altered wiring instructions. They could also try to impersonate clients or other firms. (In a previous post about fake emails from… Read More »
Categories: Fraud PreventionCapture More Billable Time and Stress Less
To meet a minimum billable hour requirement of 1800 to 2000 hours a lawyer needs to be at work approximately 9.7 hours a day (while losing 2 hours of that to non-billable tasks). That is according to Jacqueline Vinaccia in her article Capture More Billable Time and Stress Less on the AttorneyAtWork blog. Keeping track… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementNew practicePRO resource: Wills & estates malpractice claims fact sheet
With such a large amount of claims prevention information availalable in LAWPRO Magazine articles and practicePRO resources, we had the idea to create simple fact sheets that CPD providers and others could use in developing their program material for specific areas of law. The latest in our series of “malpractice claims fact sheets” covers wills… Read More »
Categories: Wills & EstatesRisky VTB mortgage transactions in Collingwood and Barrie
This is the text of an alert sent to real estate lawyers in the Barrie and Collingwood areas on April 24, 2015. An updated alert was sent to all lawyers on April 29, 2015. Thanks to calls from lawyers and an email warning sent by one of the county law associations, LAWPRO has become aware… Read More »
Categories: Real EstateAre You Being a Lawyer or Building a Practice?
Jay Harrington, writing in Attorney at Work, describes the journey from student to lawyer as a “well-lit path”, while figuring out the direction of one’s legal career is like venturing off into uncharted territory. There can be many routes to get where you want to be, as long as you have a clear destination in… Read More »
Categories: Career Management