Ethics Articles

• A Fresh Look at Attorney-Client Fee Disputes by Michael R. Caryl (9/2003)
• A Second Look at Nonrefundable Fees and the Ethical Requirement that Fees Be Reasonable by Nancy Bickford Miller (1/2005)
• Alone With the Judge: The Heightened Duty of Candor in Ex Parte Proceedings by Kevin Bank (8/2005)
• Alternative Fee Arrangements: How Long Do the RPCs Apply? by Mark J. Fucile (12/2004)
• Billing Ethics by Barrie Althoff (2/99)
• Big Brother Is Watching: Discipline for "Private" Conduct by Barrie Althoff (8-9/00)
• Changing Fee Agreements by Barrie Althoff (7/00)
• Communicating with a Represented Governmental Client by Barrie Althoff (6/01)
• Communicating with Represented Persons (2/2000)
• Communicating with Your Client by Barrie Althoff (4/97)
• Confidentiality in the ADR Process by Barrie Althoff (8/01)
• Discovery Practices and Problems by Barrie Althoff (3/99)
• Ethical Consideration as to Liens by Barrie Althoff (4/00)
• Ethical Considerations for Lawyers and Judges When Dealing with Unrepresented Persons by Barrie Althoff (1/00)
• Ethical Obligation to Provide Pro Bono Service by Barrie Althoff (5/99)
• Ethical Problems in Document Production by Barrie Althoff (4/99)
• Ethical Responsibilities of Lawyers regarding Nonlawyer Assistants by Barrie Althoff (6/98)
• Ethical Responsibilities of Lawyers Regarding Other Lawyers by Barrie Althoff (7/98)
• Ethical Responsibility of Candor to Judges by Barrie Althoff (10/98)
• Ethical Responsibility of Lawyers to Uphold the Judiciary by Barrie Althoff (11/98)
• Ethics and the Family Law Lawyer by Barrie Althoff (12/97)
• Ethics and the Real Estate Lawyer by Barrie Althoff (3/01)
• Ethics in Corporate Failures by Barrie Althoff (3/02)
• Ethics of Incivility by Barrie Althoff (7/99)
• Files: What to Do With Them So They Don't Do You In by Barrie Althoff (3-4/98)
• Gifts and Loans to or from Clients by Barrie Althoff (12/98)
• Honest Abe's Guide to Practicing Law by Barrie Althoff (10/00)
• Inadvertent Production: Gold Nugget or Rotten Egg? by Mark J. Fucile (5/2005)
• Inside the Rules of Professional Conduct Committee by Vicki Lee Anne Parker (8/01)
• Investing in Your Client's Business by Barrie Althoff  (3/2000)
• Lawyers and the Art of Motorcycle Riding (Part I) by Barry Althoff (12/2002)
• Lawyers and the Art of Motorcycle Riding (Part II) by Barry Althoff (1/2003)
• Lawyer's Duty of Truth & Candor to Non-Clients by Barrie Althoff (1/98)
• Limiting the Scope of Your Representation: When Your Client Wants, or Can Afford, Only a Part of You by Barrie Althoff (6/97)
• Limiting the Scope of Your Representation: Questions of Cost, Candor and Disclosure by Barrie Althoff (7/97)
• Losing or Damaging the License to Practice Law by Barrie Althoff 10/99
• Money and Ethics: The Young Lawyer's Conundrum by Patrick J. Schiltz (01/00)
• Multidisciplinary Practice: Will We Vote Ourselves out of the Competition? by Caryn L. Ambramowitz (8/00)
• Multijurisdictional Practice by Barrie Althoff (8/02)
• Practical and Ethical Considerations of Internet Advertising: Lawyer Advertising on the Internet by Barrie Althoff (12/99)
• Practical Suggestions to Avoid Problems with Fees by Joy McLean (1-2/97)
• Preamble to the Rules of Professional Conduct by Barrie Althoff (1/99)
• RPC Informal Opinion Roundup by Christopher Sutton (12/00)
• Reporting Professional Misconduct by Barrie Althoff (9/99)
• The Sad Story of an In-House Lawyer by Barrie Althoff (5/00)
• Sailing to Byzantium, Tahiti or Beyond: Leaving the Practice of Law by Barrie Althoff (8/97) (PDF)
• Serving at the Banquet of Justice by Barrie Althoff (12/00)
• Setting Up and Maintaining a System to Check for Conflicts of Interest by Barrie Althoff (8/98)
• Starving at the Banquet of Justice by Barrie Althoff (11/00)
• Supreme Court Provides Greater Public Access to Disciplinary Information by Barrie Althoff & Randy Beitel (9/97)
• Using a Trade Name for Your Law Practice by Barrie Althoff (9/98)
• Using E-mail, Asking for Trouble? E-mail, the Attorney-Client Privilege and RPC 1.6 by Mark D. Walters (5/98)
• What to Do When You Make a Big Mistake by Barrie Althoff (2/98)
• Who's Fair Game? Who You Can and Can't Talk to on the Other Side by Mark J. Fucile (7/2005)
• Why Conflicts Matter by Mark J. Fucile  (8/2004)