Best Practices For Texting With Clients
Text messaging is an essential part of how we communicate. This is true even for lawyers. Text messaging provides a convenient and cost-effective way to communicate important information to clients. …
October 2023 Discipline
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of October 2023. Louisiana Supreme Court Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary …
May a lawyer communicate with a represented person if that person is seeking a second opinion or replacement counsel?
Yes, a lawyer may communicate directly with a represented person if that person is seeking a “second opinion” or replacement counsel. Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct rule 4.2 provides: …
Lawyer Suspended After Filing A Bar Complaint
Lawyers panic upon receiving a bar complaint from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Am I going to lose my law license? How will public discipline impact my practice? Can I …
Is “Tagging” A Communication?
Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct rule 4.2 prohibits lawyers from communicating with represented persons without authority either from the law, the court, or the represented person’s lawyer. Whether a lawyer’s …
Lawyer Suspended for Double-Dipping on CLEs
On September 11, 2023, the Supreme Court for the State of Maine ordered that lawyer Jason R. Buckley be suspended from the practice of law for one year, with none …
LSAT To No Longer Include Logic Games Section
The Law School Admission Council, which develops and administers the LSAT, announced on October 18, 2023, that it would eliminate the logic games section of the test beginning in August …
September 2023 Discipline
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Discipline Board recommendations published during the month of September 2023. Louisiana Supreme Court Louisiana Attorney Discipline …
ABA Formal Opinion 505: Handling Advance Deposits From Clients
On May 3, 2023, the ABA issued Formal Opinion 505 providing guidance to lawyers on how to handle fees paid in advance by clients for services to be performed in …
ABA Opines on the Use of Nonlawyers for Client Intake
On June 7, 2023, the American Bar Association Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released Formal Opinion 506 providing guidance on a lawyer’s ethical obligations when the lawyer delegates to …