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.
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Quandaries and Quagmires: To err is human … what comes next?
A familiar legal ethics maxim is, “We all make mistakes. What matters is what we do next.”
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Lawyer departure notices — new ABA opinion
New ABA Formal Opinion 19-489 is titled, “Obligations Related to Notice When Lawyers Change Firms.”
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: What you can and cannot claim
In a recent decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court reiterated what an attorney can or, more importantly, cannot claim as security for unpaid legal services.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: ‘Non-legal work,’ billing, discipline, questions
A March 20, 2019, public discipline petition includes an “unreasonable fee” charge.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: The making of an ethics lawyer
Does the offense of ‘unshined buttons’ warrant suspension, even where the offender leads a life of constant danger?
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Lawyers, judges, ethics and social media
By affecting our culture and modes of communication, social media reshapes many questions of legal and judicial ethics.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Is attorney discipline a ‘gotcha game?’
On the other hand, OLPR takes the position that discipline may be imposed, “regardless of whether an innocent oversight is to blame."
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Client confidentiality: ABA Formal Opinion 480
How did the ABA back itself into this corner? There are five answers.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Conflicts of interest in advising and opining
There is a surprising gap in the law and literature about conflicts of interest.
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