Excerpt from The Legal Counselor and Form Book When questions of great importance from a legal standpoint are to be determined and time permits, one will, of course, seek counsel from a reliable, careful and competent lawyer. It often becomes necessary, however, to know one's legal rights or to decide upon a proper course in the transaction of business or to prepare a contract, lease, will or other instrument promptly. A day's or even an hour's delay may be attended with ruinous results and lawyers are not always at hand. Besides, information is frequently wanted which is not of such character or importance as to warrant the expense of employing counsel. It is not every ailment that requires a physician, neither does every business transaction require a lawyer In actual practice, indeed, but very few of the transactions of men are performed with the assistance of those learned in the law, yet often mistakes would be avoided if a suitable legal reference book were within easy reach. The need of an every-day help or legal guide at one's elbow is therefore apparent. It is in the hope of supplying such a need that this book is offered to the public. It will be readily understood that all the law can by no means be included in a single volume. In the following pages the aim has been to include only those legal propositions which are most important and which men and women most commonly need to know about, and, for purposes of condensation, to exclude matters of less practical use. The aim, too, has been to tell what the law is, rather than how it is to be enforced. It is important that the merchant, the farmer, the laborer, the capitalist, the professional man be familiar with his rights and responsibilities so that he may know how to act under given conditions. If it becomes necessary by legal process to enforce those rights or to prevent others from escaping those responsibilities, one must secure the assistance of a lawyer to set the machinery of the law in motion. This he cannot undertake to do successfully himself. It has not been thought desirable in a work of this kind to consume much space in referring to authorities. Such citations probably would be confusing rather than helpful to any but lawyers. Most valuable assistance was rendered by the members of the legal fraternity whose names appear on the three succeeding pages. Their services in the preparation and in the later revision of the outlines of statute laws upon certain topics, which appear in the book, are gratefully acknowledged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Legal Counselor and Form Book It has not been thought desirable in a work of this kind to consume much space in referring to authorities. Such citations probably would be confusing rather than helpful to any but lawyers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Of Counsel, Fifth Edition, adds a measure of definition and precision to the understanding of "Of Counsel" relationships. It reflects changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct adopted since the Fourth Edition (2013), as well as changes and additions aimed at providing those considering an "Of Counsel" relationship with all of the tools necessary to successfully navigate the process.

In the eight years since the last edition was published, important changes have been made to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct that benefit firms and attorneys engaged in "Of Counsel" arrangements, such as the recognition of screening as a method of avoiding the disqualification of an entire firm as the result of one attorney's conflict. There is an increase in popularity "Of Counsel" as law firms and attorneys discover benefits of these arrangements.