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I was reminded recently of an Ethics Decision (unpublished) that answered the question, “When must a lawyer disclose unsavory personal information” to a client or…more

In evaluating conflicts, I always tell my attorney clients that it is important to have a mechanism in place to (1) Identify, (2) Assess and (3)…more

There is a newly proposed ethics opinion (October 2016) which will supersede the information in this blog. Lawyers are familiar with targeted direct mail solicitation,…more

I am a natural born fretter. I tend to envision all the ways things could go wrong, and I tell myself it’s so I’ll be…more

For a while there, it looked as if the State Bar was going to require all law firms using any kind of personal mobile technology…more

So you may recall that in a previous blog, we addressed the issue of whether you must disclose a mistake or error in judgment to…more

Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Tom Lenfestey, Managing Member of The Law Practice Exchange, LLC.  What I found…more

Every so often, I get the question, can an attorney hold himself or herself out as an “expert” in an area of practice or as having “expertise” in…more

We get this question a lot.  Do I have a duty to self report this conduct to the Bar?  Unless we’re talking about the trust…more

Suppose you have a legal or procedural issue you don’t quite know how to tackle?  Suppose you’re wondering whether you have a conflict of interest?…more