Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Nov. 26, 2024
Lessons learned from modern fictional attorneys
"So Help Me Todd" and "All Rise," and the legal ethics lessons that can be learned from the fictional attorneys in these shows.
Heather L. Rosing
CEO and President, Klinedinst PC
legal malpractice (specialist), business law
501 W Broadway Ste 600
San Diego , CA 92101
Phone: (619) 239-8131
Fax: (619) 238-8707
Email: hrosing@klinedinstlaw.com
Northwestern Univ School of Law
Heather serves as the chairperson of the Legal Ethics and Law Firm Risk Management Practice Group, as well as the Lawyers and Accountants Practice Group. She is an appointed advisor to the State Bar of California's Rules Revision Commission.
David M. Majchrzak
Shareholder, Klinedinst PC
Litigation, Legal Ethics
501 W Broadway Ste 600
San Diego , CA 92101-3584
Phone: (619) 239-8131
Fax: (619) 238-8707
Email: dmajchrzak@klinedinstlaw.com
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
David practices in the areas of legal ethics and litigation of professional liability claims.
Joanna L. Storey Mishler
Senior Counsel, Klinedinst PC
Christine C. Rosskopf
Senior Counsel, Klinedinst PC
A few years ago, a colleague from the San Francisco Bar Association's Legal Ethics Committee and I started an annual tradition of presenting a CLE to our members about legal ethics lessons learned from fictional attorneys.
We set the stage with examples of how fictional attorneys handled a thorny issue, and then broke down how the attorney got it wrong (or right) by applying the rules of professional conduct. We offer practical guidance for how the principl...
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