Editor’s Note: It was winter when Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair, the authors of the “In Practice” columns on legal ethics, proposed writing a series on “The Seven Deadly Sins of Lawyers.”

I liked the idea a lot. Like everyone else, lawyers are susceptible to greed, envy, pride and the rest, and it had a catchy title. Shari and Alanna, partners at Dentons, wrote their articles, and we published them every two weeks between January and April.

I wondered if the series might have more punch if it were packaged together, and amid the heat and humidity draping Atlanta this week, the time seems right to republish the pieces.