Law Practice,
Law Office Management,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
May 17, 2019
What’s your law firm’s relationship with the rules?
Some law firms operate on a just-in-time approach to the rules, looking them up and referencing them only if and when an issue arises. But the best-run law firms in California use the rules as a starting point.
Daniel O'Rielly
Partner
O'Rielly & Roche LLP
Partner Departure Law
Email: djo@oriellyroche.com
Daniel focuses his practice on Partner Departure Law, providing counsel for law firms and attorneys navigating partner departures, Law Firm Advice and Planning, and Legal Ethics Counsel, advising law firms and attorneys regarding ethics issues and compliance. The firm publishes the California Partner Departure Law blog (www.partnerdeparturelaw.com) and the California Attorney Ethics blog (wwww.attorneyethics.com).
Dena Roche
Partner
O'Rielly & Roche, LLP
Partner Departure Law
Email: dena@oriellyroche.com
Dena focuses her practice on Partner Departure Law, providing counsel for law firms and attorneys navigating partner departures, Law Firm Advice and Planning, and Legal Ethics Counsel, advising law firms and attorneys regarding ethics issues and compliance. The firm publishes the California Partner Departure Law blog (www.partnerdeparturelaw.com) and the California Attorney Ethics blog (wwww.attorneyethics.com).
Unless you've been living under a legal rock for the past few months, by now you know that California adopted a wholesale revision of its Rules of Professional Conduct effective November last year. What may be less apparent, even to savvy and conscientious lawyers, is how these rules affect your practice and whether and to what extent you have to review and revise everything you do to comply with the new rules.
One effect of the rule...
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