Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Aug. 9, 2014
Breaking up is hard, but necessary, to do
Your work for Client A has ended but you have yet to make time to formally disengage from the representation. You should know that timely formal disengagement is critical to good risk management.
Alison Buchanan
Shareholder
Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
60 S Market St Ste 1400
San Jose , CA 95113-2396
Phone: (408) 287-9501
Fax: (408) 287-2583
Email: alison.buchanan@hogefenton.com
Illinois IT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Alison's practice focuses on business litigation and professional liability. Alison is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law and recently completed a three-year term serving as a member of the State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct.
Your work for Client A has ended. But you have yet to make time to formally disengage from the representation.
Maybe you are too busy to be bothered with disengaging. You may have contracts to evaluate, depositions to take, motions to argue, estate plans to prepare, clients to meet with, and networking events to attend. It is easy to push aside the seemingly mundane administrative task of closing a matter and formally disengaging from representation. This is the kind of proje...
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