Pick up the phone and call your clients, don’t “borrow” money from trust accounts, calendar every key deadline & date – the same fundamental ethics principles still hold true for the 21st century lawyer. That’s because the same traditional ethics issues continue to plague lawyers, leading to countless ethics violations and malpractice lawsuits.
Lawyers & Ethics
The same traditional legal ethics issues continue to bring attorneys down – calendaring dates and communicating with clients still top the list.
In this course Joel Selik discusses the most common ethics violations you need to be aware of so you can continue to practice ethically. The main issues discussed include the most common ethical pitfalls, insurance issues, what happens when you get “the letter” and sources of ethics laws & duties. To access the course please click here: Common Ethics Violations to Avoid.
Joel will also address
- Calendaring deadlines
- Communicating with clients
- Trust account issues
- Dumping clients
- Staying in your practice area
- Contingent & set fee agreements
- Billing issues
- Responding to a malpractice letter or ethics complaint
- Key practice points to remain ethical
A malpractice attorney and ethics expert, Joel G. Selik has practiced law for over 30 years and frequently represents attorney clients in malpractice cases. Joel is licensed to practice law in both California and Nevada and he frequently presents seminars on Estate Planning, Nursing Home Litigation, Legal Ethics and Malpractice.
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