While the Daily Journal is a legal newspaper I find its information to be priceless at times, minus the typographic errors and shoddy proofreading. It’s ironic that the title of the article is, “Proofreading is Crucial to Avoid critical Errors, Tarnished Reputations” by Joe M. Davidson and Nick Unkovic. To summarize the article I find that the advice would benefit bloggers, investigators, paralegals and attorneys. “An attorney’s reputation can be enhanced or tarnished based on written work product.” Just insert your job where it says ‘attorney’. As the old carpenters saying goes, “Measure twice, cut once.” Bloggers, investigators, paralegals and attorneys should proofread twice, print once. They cite a recent 9th Circuit case where counsel for a debtor in a bankruptcy case listed the incorrect social security number on the debtor’s petition and notice to the California Franchise Tax Board. The court ruled that the notice was not proper because of the typographical error and thus the taxes owed were not discharged. See Ellett v. Stanislaus, 506 F.3d 774 (9th Cir. 2007). Here is the opinion. Another blog that mentions the case. Obviously the point I’m trying to make is to take the time to make sure your written work-product accurately represents what your thoughts reflect. (Please don’t count my grammatical errors and so forth...) Please subscribe to my feed to get notified of my next post. If you found this article to be helpful, please Digg it, Stumble it, or bookmark below. Thanks.
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