Minnesota Lawyer

Unfortunately, not all clients will be completely satisfied with your services. Some clients threaten to, or do, bring malpractice claims. A lawyer may settle a ...

Clients often entrust lawyers with all kinds of documents, from pay stubs to abstracts to birth certificates. Original documents can be time-consuming and expensive for ...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” ~From “Romeo and Juliet” (Act II, scene ...

Your partner met with a man two years ago about a possible marital dissolution and custody matter. The lawyer determined that your firm did not ...

The Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) Task Force on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct is winding up its review of the recently amended American ...

Law students learn certain basic rules of professional conduct early in their studies. Lawyers may not knowingly present false evidence. Lawyers may not knowingly make ...

Reciprocal discipline essentially means that a lawyer who is subject to public discipline in one jurisdiction may also be disciplined for the same misconduct in ...

In 1999 we wrote an article discussing the requirement that lawyers practicing as professional firms file annual reports with the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility. ...

Lawyers in Minnesota know, or should know, that they are not permitted to communicate with or contact a represented party directly. Specifically, Rule 4.2 of ...

Almost three years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation,1 courts and legal services programs across the nation are still ...