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Stacey Smith Claims Manager : Mar 13, 2020 12:00:00 AM
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We talk a lot about risk management here at ALPS, but what we’re really talking about is prevention — systems and practices that your firm can put into place to help catch human error before the mistake causes harm to a client’s case. We all know that preventative medicine is the most effective medicine and that’s the angle we’re coming from as it relates to COVID-19.
We have all been inundated with information about the virus, from cautions to concessions to cancellations. Thankfully at ALPS, we have not received any reports from lawyers of claims arising from COVID-19 issues as of now. However, there are some basic systems that we would recommend law firms put in place to mitigate risk in this unknown time:
Stacey K. Smith received her B.A. from Montana State University and her J.D. from Willamette University College of Law. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association. Prior to joining ALPS in October 1999, Stacey spent over five years litigating major damage cases in both state and federal court. She served on the Washington State Bar Professionalism Committee, the Washington State Bar Court Rules and Procedures Committee and the Washington State Bar Ad Hoc Committee on Civility.
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