Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 7, 2017
Avoiding unintentional attorney-client relationships
Carefully worded engagement and correspondence letters and disclaimers will help avoid creating an attorney-client relationship where none exists.
J. Randolph Evans
Partner
Dentons US LLP
303 Peachtree St NE #5300
Atlanta , Georgia 30308
Phone: (404) 527-8330
Email: randy.evans@dentons.com
Not everyone has the right to sue an attorney for an alleged mistake. An attorney's liability is generally limited to those individuals to whom the attorney owes a legal duty to exercise ordinary care, skill and diligence in the performance of professional services. Ordinarily, this means that an attorney owes a duty to his or her clients. But a court may find that a duty extends to nonclients and third parties in certain contexts, whether because of a specific issue of third-party liabili...
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