Categories : Law+Tech Technology
Tech Tips and Tidbits: July/August 2021
This article was originally published in the July/Aug 2021 issue of San Diego Lawyer Magazine.
Categories : Law Practice
Sunshine and Civility: Our Local Legal Legacy
This article was originally published in the July/Aug 2021 issue of San Diego Lawyer Magazine.
Categories : Legal Ethics
ABA Formal Opinion 499 Provides Critical Guidance for Attorneys Considering Investment in Jurisdictions Allowing Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms
By Andrew A. Servais
California Rule of Professional Conduct and ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4 feature a number of prohibitions designed to preserve the professional independence of lawyers, including prohibiting the sharing of legal fees with a nonlawyer, forming a partnership with a nonlawyer (if any of the activities of the partnership consist of the practice of law), and practicing in a business structure in which a nonlawyer owns any interest in the business or serves as a corporate director or officer.
Categories : For New Attorneys For the Record Law Practice Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics for New Attorneys: Recent State Bar Attorney Disciplinary Actions, Commonalities of Rules Violations
Legal Ethics for New Attorneys: Recent State Bar Attorney Disciplinary Actions
Commonalities of Rules Violations
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
In the past several months, the State Bar of California has disbarred or suspended the license to practice law of at least 10 California attorneys. There are common themes threading their way through the disciplinary findings in each of these cases that are important for practitioners to consider. The purpose of this article is to identify some of those themes.