Minnesota Lawyer

Rule 5.3 of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct spells out a lawyer’s obligations in supervising nonlawyer assistants. A recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

More and more law firms are establishing law-related entities to provide services to clients. Among those services are: financial planning, accounting, economic analysis, trust services, ...

Many lawyers licensed to practice in Minnesota also are licensed in Wisconsin. But differences between the laws and procedures of the two states must be ...

In addition to its role investigating and prosecuting attorney disciplinary cases, the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility (the Director’s office) has an equal, if not ...

Perhaps you have left the state, taken time off to raise a family or are working full time in a position that doesn’t require a ...

At its Oct. 25, 2002, meeting, the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board repealed four of its 17 remaining formal opinions. The opinions were repealed as part ...

Terminating the representation of a client in a matter pending before a tribunal often triggers the ethical obligation to obtain court permission to withdraw. This ...

Notarization of signatures on documents is not merely a pesky formality standing in the way of the efficient administration of justice and the smooth running ...

Lawyers may, and often do, associate with counsel outside of the lawyer’s own firm in the representation of a client. This allows the lawyer to ...

The Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility (OLPR) has written several past articles on the importance of law firm filings under the Minnesota Professional Firms Act. ...