Minnesota Lawyer

A lawyer can simultaneously represent a corporation and serve on the corporation’s board of directors; however, the lawyer’s duties to the corporation can conflict with ...

Lawyers understand that they are subject to the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) in all of their professional dealings. Lawyers do not always remember, ...

In the case of an automobile accident, may a lawyer represent both the driver and the passenger(s) in a personal injury claim? This question is ...

Many of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) are obvious and intuitive — don’t lie (Rule 3.3), don’t cheat (Rule 3.4), don’t steal (Rule ...

In numerous attorney discipline cases the Minnesota Supreme Court has discussed the importance of honest conduct in the practice of law and of the severity ...

In numerous attorney discipline cases the Minnesota Supreme Court has discussed the importance of honest conduct in the practice of law and of the severity ...

It will come as no surprise to anyone who spends a significant amount of time in the courtroom that there is an ever-growing number of ...

When clients hire attorneys they reasonably expect their attorneys to be loyal and to keep their confidences and secrets. Conflict of interest rules — 1.7, ...

October has just passed, so we now welcome the many new lawyers who were admitted last month. These lawyers learned a lot in law school. ...

Every year as summer approaches, and then again in October after the results of the bar exam become known, the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility ...