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Am I My Partner's Keeper? Peer Review In Law Firms, Susan Saab Fortney
Am I My Partner's Keeper? Peer Review In Law Firms, Susan Saab Fortney
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This article explores the concept of peer review in the practice of law. The article begins with an introduction to law partners’ liability exposure for the acts or omissions of their law partners. The article explains how this exposure has traditionally been approached as vicarious liability and how the government is attempting to transform these issues into direct liability by using failure to monitor claims. Part I briefly reviews perspectives on the emergence, growth, and structure of law firms, then uses a matrix to show how firm culture and organizational structure affect internal and external controls on attorney conduct. Part …