It Was Bound To Happen

We've been told by our firm's malpractice insurer that we need to put a disclaimer on our law firm's website.

Which is, of course, absurd. The notion that anyone could read it and believe they had an attorney-client relationship with us, and that they'd been offered legal advice, is completely out to lunch. The further conclusion that whatever terrible things might happen to the firm as the result of some hapless innocent reading our website and detrimentally relying on it in some way will be mitigated by the presence of some kind of disclaimer is similarly silly.

But I'm in charge of the website and need to implement this mandate. The Big Guy has some ideas for doing it in a fun way. I'm happy to hear yours.

Comments

[Milbarge]

This post reminds me of the funniest law firm web site I've ever seen. Maybe they can give you a few ideas.

[Scipio]

Seriously, you guys don't have a disclaimer on your website?

I thought all law firms did...

[Law School Buddy]

Actually I think the problem with the site is that it might create "unreasonable expectations" among prospective clients. It lists all of the firms victories in court and has nothing about adverse decisions.

I'm just giving the devil his or her due. We defend quite a few attorneys in malpractice suits, some of which have dealt with deceptive advertising. One guy put an ad in the yellow pages that he is "The Personal Injury Specialist."