Day: January 30, 2019

Apples and Oranges: Disqualification and the Rules of Professional Conduct

By David C. Carr

The California Rules of Professional Conduct (Rules) are intended to provide standards for the imposition of professional discipline on lawyers in California (Rule 1.0.1.) But in practice the Rules are applied in other contexts, such as legal malpractice, fee disputes and disqualification of counsel in court, a reality acknowledged by Comment 1 to Rule 1.0.1: Read More