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.

• 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