Legal risk managers often warn against dabbling. The dictionary defines it as a superficial or intermittent interest, investigation, or experiment in an unfamiliar field. I am a lawyer. I write an occasional column for this paper. As a journalist, I am probably a dabbler. I try my best, but I am far from Pulitzer Prize caliber. (Just ask my editor.) A more serious problem occurs when a lawyer dabbles in areas of law that he or she is not conversant with. Bad things often happen.
When I first started practicing, our small, general practice firm did everything. A municipal tax appeal might be followed by a divorce, then a closing, a will and trust, and a felony defense. It was fun and interesting. Every new day brought a different type of legal problem, and it all seemed very accessible and none too complex.
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