It is hurricane season, and no crystal ball can predict when a hurricane will next strike the Texas coast. It is certain that one will hit someday. Hurricane Rita last year kept a number of lawyers in the Beaumont area out of the practice of law for awhile. A few years ago a number of law firms lost records in the tornado that ripped through downtown Ft. Worth. Any law firm can be ravaged by a fire, as one Austin law firm was a few years ago. A computer with valuable client information could be stolen from any law office. A computer virus could destroy valuable client information, or send it to persons with nefarious intentions. It is a good time to prepare for disaster and decide how to avoid potential claims of malpractice for failing to protect client records appropriately, or for inability to produce documents and evidence.
