The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | January 7, 2021
What is your New Year's resolution as an attorney who has practiced for many years?
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 30, 2020
I am representing a client and I discovered the client has committed fraud in certain answers and documents. Can I continue to represent the client?
By Dan Clark and Phillip Bantz | December 29, 2020
At organizations ranging from Penn State University to Goldman Sachs, these in-house counsel found themselves at the center of controversy in 2020.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel J. Siegel | December 23, 2020
Among an attorney's most important duties is the obligation to safeguard all client and third-party property held in trust. It is an obligation that lawyers learn about in law school, and hear about throughout their careers.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 23, 2020
I had represented a corporation and that corporation is now defunct and does not exist anymore. Do the privileged conversations and information learned during my representation of the corporation still remain in the attorney-client privilege since the corporation is now defunct?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lynn Marietta Nichols and Ellen C. Brotman | December 18, 2020
Like many of you, we have taken refuge in work. In that spirit, we offer a column that focuses more narrowly and looks at a recent change to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5. The change adds a new Comment 5 and affects any lawyer who uses contingency fees in their practice.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 17, 2020
I was consulted with a potential client about retaining me. I met briefly with the client and discussed the case. Subsequently, the client chose to hire someone else. I have now been subpoenaed as a witness as to what the client told me. Is this within the attorney-client privilege?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew B. Weisberg | December 10, 2020
An action in legal malpractice negligence has a two-year statute of limitations. An action in legal malpractice breach of contract has a four-year statute of limitations.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 10, 2020
I have a pending disciplinary hearing. Is it possible to work out a guilty plea resolution?
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 3, 2020
I am involved in a civil suit and the other side has subpoenaed my fee agreements. In addition, they are seeking the fee bills I have sent. Can I assert an attorney-client privilege?
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