Legal Ethics Blog
Insights on attorney discipline, professional responsibility, and legal ethics in our nation.
Yikes! ABA’s Latest Ethics Opinion Prohibits Nonrefundable Fees: Does It Change Things in Pa.?
August 28, 2023Many solos and small firms charge their clients “nonrefundable” fees, intending to take an advance fee that can be used…New Year’s Resolutions for an Ethical and Happy 2023
January 2, 2023It’s inevitable: the end of the year marks a time for reviewing your triumphs and your disappointments. This retrospection often…Preventative Medicine Is the Best Kind: Preparing for 2022 Now
January 18, 2022By Ellen Brotman It’s the season of gratitude and celebration, gratitude and celebration for getting through all this so far.…
Flat Fees, Operating Accounts and Trouble at the Disciplinary Board
February 2, 2021In a recent DBD Opinion suspending a lawyer for one year and one day for numerous Rule violations, the Board…Risky Business: Fee Agreements, Bank Accounts and Record Keeping Requirements Under the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct or What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
March 28, 2020Sleepless nights are a criminal defense attorney’s lot in life, full of worry about all the things that can and…
