Despite best efforts, lawyers may develop ethical conflicts with their clients. Sometimes these conflicts may initially seem like positive developments. The lawyer may seek to buy into a client's business enterprise or participate in a transaction, be offered a gift by a client, or even develop a romantic relationship with a client. But these and many others come with substantial ethical issues.
Sometimes these conflicts may be more immediately problematic, as when a lawyer leaves a law firm and wants to take his or her clients to the new firm, or when a client refuses to pay legal fees, or worse, as when the lawyer has a duty to disclose certain acts of his or her own malpractice.
This program provides a real world guide to lawyer conflicts with their clients and how to avoid or resolve them.
Part 1 topics include:
- Gifts – can lawyers accept from clients?
- Business – can lawyers go into business with a client?
- Departure – can lawyers take their clients to a firm?
- Former clients – what duties does a lawyer have?
DETAILS
Phone/Audio
Monday, December 20, 2021
1:00–2:00 PM
SPEAKERS
- William Freivogel, Freivogel Ethics Consulting, Chicago
PRODUCED
December 20, 2021
APPROVED CREDIT
North Carolina: 1.00 MCLE Hour
Includes
1.00 Ethics/Professional Responsibility
PROGRAM PRICING
See pricing below.
