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 2 topics include:
- Dishonest clients – what must you do?
- Lawyers as witnesses – how do you handle the conflict and privilege issues?
- Clients with diminished capacity – from whom do you take instructions? What are the other issues?
- Settlements – what if a client's tactics are improper?
- Malpractice – do you have a duty to disclose?
DETAILS
Phone/Audio
Friday, December 22, 2023
1:00–2:00 PM
SPEAKERS
- William Freivogel, Freivogel Ethics Consulting, Chicago, IL
PRODUCED
December 22, 2023
APPROVED CREDIT
North Carolina: 1.00 MCLE Hour
Includes
1.00 Ethics/Professional Responsibility
PROGRAM PRICING
See pricing below.
