Ethics and Professional Liability – Georgia Bar Rule Case Studies

Part 2 - Threat of Criminal Prosecution

At the Attorney Ethics and Professional Liability CLE seminars I conduct for Bar associations and sections, we discuss a series of hypothetical [...]

Part 1 - Conflicts of Interest

I regularly conduct CLE seminars about attorney ethics and professional liability with the help of attorney

Part 2 - Year-end law firm housekeeping tips to close out 2013 and minimize risk in 2014.

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Part 1 - Six tips to keep you and your firm out of trouble in 2014.

In my role representing attorneys with Georgia Bar complaints, I’ve probably talked to over 200 lawyers in 2013 about [...]

Learn ‘How to Save a Life’ while protecting yourself, colleagues, and clients.

I want to highlight and expand upon the recent Daily Report article

Maintain your reputation, your practice, and hopefully your sanity.

As a professional liability attorney, I’ve noticed an increasing trend over the last few years. Attorneys, plaintiffs [...]

Simple ABA Model Rule amendment may have major ramifications on the practice of law.

Since I’ve been writing recently about the

Lessons learned from the first GA Supreme Court opinion related to Rule 1.6 and online publications.

While writing my last article about some of the

Clients and attorneys, think twice before you post

A few weeks ago Scott Kraeuter and I were speaking at the Nuts [...]

Admitting Your Mistakes

The value (reputational and financial) of open client communication

I was recently working on a case that reminded me of the need for [...]