Law Practice,
Law Office Management,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 9, 2018
Avoiding unintended attorney-client relationships
There are many seemingly innocuous situations where — if an attorney is not careful — a party could believe or a court could find that an attorney-client relationship exists, even where the attorney has no such intent.
Not every attorney-client relationship begins in the traditional way, with an engagement letter or even an explicit agreement with the client to provide legal advice. There are many seemingly innocuous situations where -- if an attorney is not careful -- a party could believe or a court could find that an attorney-client relationship exists, even where the attorney has no such intent. There is also a risk that attorneys who provide offhand legal advice to people, with...
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