Sometimes a client, having retained attorney A on a contingent fee agreement, discharges A and retains B, from another law firm, on a contingent fee agreement. Attorney A will normally claim entitlement to a portion of any recovery made by the client.

A familiar legal ethics maxim is, “We all make mistakes. What matters is what we do next.”

New ABA Formal Opinion 19-489 is titled, “Obligations Related to Notice When Lawyers Change Firms.”

In a recent decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court reiterated what an attorney can or, more importantly, cannot claim as security for unpaid legal services.

A March 20, 2019, public discipline petition includes an “unreasonable fee” charge.

Does the offense of ‘unshined buttons’ warrant suspension, even where the offender leads a life of constant danger?

By affecting our culture and modes of communication, social media reshapes many questions of legal and judicial ethics.

On the other hand, OLPR takes the position that discipline may be imposed, “regardless of whether an innocent oversight is to blame."

How did the ABA back itself into this corner? There are five answers.

There is a surprising gap in the law and literature about conflicts of interest.