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The Limited Duties Of Lawyers To Protect The Funds And Property Of Nonclients, Vincent R. Johnson
The Limited Duties Of Lawyers To Protect The Funds And Property Of Nonclients, Vincent R. Johnson
St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics
Issues arise daily in law practice about the duties owed by lawyers to nonclients with respect to funds or property entrusted to them. In resolving those issues, care must be exercised when interpreting state versions of Model Rule 1.15, the American Bar Association’s pattern ethics rule on safekeeping of funds and property. Otherwise, a lawyer’s duties to third persons may too readily encroach on the performance of obligations owed to clients, as well as on the legitimate interests of lawyers themselves.
As numerous authorities have recognized, lawyers are obliged to protect the property interests of third persons only if they …
Think Twice: Charging Orders And Creditor Property Rights, Chad J. Pomeroy
Think Twice: Charging Orders And Creditor Property Rights, Chad J. Pomeroy
Faculty Articles
What do you do? As a lawyer (or prospective lawyer), I mean – what do you do (or what will you do) in exchange for a salary or hourly fee? You will probably be expecting a lot of money for your services; so what, exactly, is it that you will do to justify that payment?
The answer, of course, is varied because lawyers do lots of different things. And, among these activities, there are some things that only lawyers can do. Chief among those is suing people. Suing people is something that only lawyers do because states do not generally …