Arthur J Ciampi

November 25, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Arthur J. Ciampi, a litigation partner at Morrison Cohen, writes that law firm partners seeking to change firms must weigh the fiduciary obligations to one's partners and the fiduciary and ethical obligations to clients against her "self interest." All of these issues vastly complicate the process of changing firms in what has become a very mobile community of lawyers.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

12 minute read

September 24, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In his Partnership Law column, Ciampi LLC managing partner Arthur J. Ciampi discusses some of the issues that attorneys contemplating opening their own firms should consider to ease the transition to a new firm of their own creation.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

8 minute read

July 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Arthur J. Ciampi, managing member of Ciampi LLC, writes: Who doesn't like a bonus? If you are a partner, it means extra compensation for a job well done, and if you are a law firm, it is a method for motivating good work. On paper all of this should translate into increased profits, satisfied clients, and those rarest of creatures, happy partners. As we have learned by now, however, life - and this goes double for law firm life - is never so easy.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

10 minute read

May 31, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Arthur J. Ciampi, the managing member of Ciampi LLC, writes that including a provision in the partnership agreement requiring mediation as a condition precedent to a lawsuit or an arbitration proceeding may be an effective way of resolving conflicts among partners of a law firm - and empowering the mediator with the ability to decide certain matters will greatly enhance the success of the process.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

9 minute read

November 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Arthur J. Ciampi, managing member of Ciampi LLC, writes that 2007 has been chock full of important events affecting the relationship between law firm partners and their partnerships. The issue of aging lawyers was on many minds as the age discrimination action against Sidley Austin was resolved. Also, New York courts authored decisions reaffirming the weight provided to a partnership agreement, addressing the waiver of arbitration of a law firm dispute and more.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

14 minute read

March 02, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

This article analyses some applicable ethical limitations to partner departure agreements and suggests various helpful provisions and strategies for drafting such agreements.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

8 minute read

February 07, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Arthur J. Ciampi and Maria L. Ciampi of Ciampi LLC look back to President Lincoln's days as a practitioner to analyze how the implementation of fiduciary duties in the seemingly mundane daily operations of a modern law firm partnership can be a reason for its success.

By Arthur J. Ciampi and Maria L. Ciampi

15 minute read

March 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In his Law Firm Partnership Law column, Arthur J. Ciampi of Ciampi LLC discusses the basics of partnership dissolution in the context of a business failure by analyzing Article 6 of New York Partnership Law and recent examples of firms who have gone by the wayside.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

9 minute read

January 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Arthur J. Ciampi, managing member of Ciampi LLC, says as we all have unfortunately witnessed firsthand, the recession has brought with it an increase in law firm failures and bankruptcies, a crisis made more painful when accusations begin to fly.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

9 minute read

May 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Arthur J. Ciampi, co-author of the treatise "Law Firm Partnership Agreements" (Law Journal Press, 1998) and the managing member of Ciampi LLC, writes that the settlement of an infamous suit has provided little guidance concerning the departure of law partners from their firms despite the almost decade-long duration of the struggle, which included an astounding seven years of arbitration, discovery and mediation.

By Arthur J. Ciampi

13 minute read