Attorneys are easy targets for social media/rating review site criticism.

Sure, we can pay $450.00 dollars and get a plaque that says we are the Top Ten Bestest Attorneys in the Universe, but it’s easy for anyone to put hate out there too.

Yelp reviews, Facebook comments and all the other review/rating websites make it very easy to attack.

Ever wonder why reviews go largely unresponded to, or at best some generic, canned PC response?

It’s because lawyers can get in trouble for telling the truth!!

A recent Mississippi Bar Opinion even opines it an ethical violation to respond to an online complaint.

This, even if the client (now former client) makes the posting and discloses confidential information. They have the right to do that. The attorney in only limited circumstances can respond…

https://www.msbar.org/media/e3tkbi1x/et-op-268.pdf

Click to access et-op-268.pdf

So just because you see a review doesn’t make it true. And, just because it was NOT immediately challenged with “receipts” doesn’t mean there’s something there.

Matthew Thompson is a lawyer that represents other lawyers with accusations of ethical violations.

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