Speaking of Ethics Columns

Speaking of Ethics Columns

The following is a list of columns the Legal Ethics Program periodically contributes to the Washington Lawyer, the official magazine of the D.C. Bar.

Exit Strategy, May 2013
When Does the Client Get to Call the Shots?, March 2013
Lawyer vs. Client: The Problem With Keeping Secrets, January 2013
On File, November 2012
E–Discovery Vendors and Nonlawyer Partners, September 2012
Can We Talk?, May 2012
Considering ‘Of Counsel,’ January 2012
To Report or Not to Report: That Is the Question, November 2011
Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat, September 2011
When Tarasoff Meets Rule 1.6, May 2011
The Electronic Client File: Distinction Without a Difference?, March 2011
Going Through ‘Withdrawal’, January 2011
Helping the Indigent Client: A Threat to Lawyer Independence?, November 2010
An E–Mance–ipation Proclamation, September 2010
Representing Clients With Diminished Capacity, May 2010
In Trust Accounts We Trust, March 2010
Groundbreaking Rules or Breaking Ground Rules, January 2010
The Client Perjury Problem, November 2009
Lawyer Bankruptcy and Client Money, September 2009
Suing Your Client: The Rule 1.6 Problem, May 2009
Changing Jobs, March 2009
Obedience, January 2009
R U Competent ?, November 2008
When Lawyers Lobby, September 2008
How Substantial Is Your Relationship?, May 2008
The Third Man, March 2008
Pro Bono Publico, January 2008
Metadata as Metaphor: A Major or Miner Matter?, November 2007
Threatening to Report a Crime That Has Not Yet Been Committed: An Ethical Violation?, September 2007
Law–Related Services, May 2007
Fee Agreements and New Rules, March 2007
When a Lawyer Is a Guardian, January 2007
Settling Matters, November 2006
Ex Parte Contact With Former and Current Employees, September 2006
D.C. Conflict-of-Interest Rules and Opinions, June 2006
Lawyer’s Obligations When a Property Dispute Arises, May 2006
Agreement Between Lawyer and Media Representatives, April 2006
Confidentiality Revisited, March 2006
Surrendering Client Files Upon Termination of Representation, February 2006
Contact With In-House Counsel, January 2006
May a Solo Practitioner Be a Firm? December 2005
Government Lawyers and Rule 1.11, November 2005
When to File a Disciplinary Complaint, October 2005
Fee Sharing With Nonlawyers, September 2005
Proposed Changes to the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct, August 2005
When a Lawyer Needs a Lawyer, June 2005
Joint Representation and Confidentiality, May 2005
Should You Refer an Attorney to Your Client’s Adversary? April 2005
Firm Mergers, Lawyer Departures, and Rule 5.6., March 2005
Who Is Your Client? February 2005
Disposal of Client’s Property, January 2005
Qui Tam Relators’ Counsel and Rule 4.2(b), December 2004
Opinion 324: Disclosure of Deceased Client’s Files, June 2004
Opinion 323: Misrepresentation by an Attorney Employed by a Government Agency as Part of Official Duties, May 2004
Opinion 322: Whether a Nonlawyer Employed by a Law Firm May Be Partly Compensated by a Percentage of the Profits of the Cases on Which He Works, April 2004
Opinion 286: Contingent Referral Fees, March 2004
Of Counsel: Opinions 151, 224, 277, 192, and 255, February 2004
Opinion 292: Conflict of Interest: “Thrust Upon” Conflict, January 2004
Opinion 265: Positional Conflicts of Interest in Simultaneous Representation of Clients Whose Positions on Matters of Law Conflict With Other Clients’ Positions on Those Issues in Unrelated Matters, December 2003
Opinion 296: Joint Representation: Confidentiality of Information, November 2003
Lawyer’s responsibilities to “nonprofit organizations”: Opinions 305, 269, 273, 312, 315, and 308, October 2003
Opinion 321: Communications Between Domestic Violence Petitioner and Counsel for Respondent in a Privately Litigated Proceeding for Criminal Contempt, September 2003
Opinion 320: Jury Nullification Arguments by Criminal Defense Counsel, August 2003
Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts, June 2003
Opinion 319: Purchase by a Lawyer of a Legal Claim From a Nonlawyer, May 2003
Opinion 318: Disclosure of Privileged Material by Third Party, April 2003
Opinion 315: Personal and Substantial Participation in Prior Litigation, March 2003
Opinion 315: Personal and Substantial Participation in Prior Litigation, February 2003
Chat Room Communications, January 2003
Opinion 314: Whether a Nonlawyer Union Employee May Supervise a Union Attorney, December 2002
Opinion 313: Whether a Lawyer May Continue to Represent a Client When That Lawyer Represented the Same Client in the Same Matter While Serving as a Public Officer or Employee, November 2002
Conflicts of Interest: Case in Point, October 2002
Opinion 312: Information That May Be Appropriately Provided to Check Conflicts When a Lawyer Seeks to Join a New Firm, September 2002
The Client’s File II: Rule 1.15(Safekeeping Property) and 1.16 (Declining or Terminating Representation), also Opinions 283, 206 and 168, August 2002
The Client’s File: Opinion 250, 230 and 168, June 2002
Opinion 306: Practicing Law While Simultaneously Selling Insurance, May 2002
Clients Freedom to Select Counsel: Rule 5.6 (Restrictions on the Right to Practice), Opinions 181, 221, 65, 241, and 292, April 2002
Opinion 273: Ethical Considerations of Lawyers Moving From One Private Law Firm to Another, March 2002
Opinion 305: Ethical Considerations Arising From Representation of Trade Association, February 2002
Opinion 309: Advance Waivers of Conflicts of Interest, January 2002
Opinion 310: Propriety of Lawyer Charging Interest When the Client Fails to Pay Fees, December 2001
Representation of Impaired Clients, November 2001
From Private Practice to Government Counsel, October 2001
Fee Sharing With the Feds? September 2001
Unaffiliated Lawyers Sharing Office Space and Services, August 2001
Adventures in Cyberspace, May 2001
A Primer on Confidentiality, Part 2, March 2001
A Primer on Confidentiality, Part 1, January 2001
Collection Agencies and Stocks in Kind, November 2000
Reintroducing the Legal Ethics Committee, September 2000