Samuel C Stretton
August 31, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Lawyers must educate their hires on adhering to standards of professional responsibilityAre attorneys ethically responsible for the conduct of investigators, particularly when the investigator is attempting to contact clients who are represented by counsel?
By Samuel C. Stretton
6 minute read
June 01, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Supervising judges may not prevent judicial officers from public speaking.Supervising judges may not prevent judicial officers from public speaking.
By Samuel C. Stretton
9 minute read
September 21, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Questions and Answers on Professional ResponsibilityI have my own practice and also an unrelated business involving a restaurant and gift shop. What are my ethical obligations in my non-law businesses? Am I held to the Rules of Professional Conduct?
By Samuel C. Stretton
12 minute read
September 06, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer
Attorneys must make an extra effort to avoid inadvertent contact with jurors during a trialI am in the middle of a jury trial and during the lunch break, I was eating lunch at a local restaurant. Suddenly a voice said, "I'm one of the jurors on your case and you should stop talking."
By Samuel C. Stretton
8 minute read
February 22, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ethics ForumQuestions and Answers on Professional Responsibility
By Samuel C. Stretton
13 minute read
March 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
The rules on selling a law practice are not clear about when lawyers who have sold may return to private practiceQ: About eight months ago, I sold my law practice. A firm has asked if I would work for it part-time. May I?
By Samuel C. Stretton
8 minute read
May 24, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ethics ForumQuestions and Answers on Professional Responsibility
By Samuel C. Stretton
6 minute read
February 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
A lawyer should not become the executor of an estateQ:I have been seeing a number of wills where the will specifies that a lawyer is to be the named executor. Is it an ethical violation for a lawyer to place in the will that the lawyer is to be the executor?
By Samuel C. Stretton
9 minute read
June 21, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer
Questions & Answers on Professional ResponsibilityLawyers must be very clear about whether they represent a corporation as a whole or merely its constituents.
By Samuel C. Stretton
8 minute read
August 03, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ethics ForumQuestions and Answers on Professional Responsibility
By Samuel C. Stretton
7 minute read
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