Where is the real conflict of interest? Examining underlying issues in client relationships
Article Abstract:
Some attorney-client relationships may contain conflicts of interest which the profession has never been willing to acknowledge. Defense attorneys can have the self-interest of higher fees rather than the client's interest at heart when they want cases to go to trial rather than settling. Lawyers on contingent fees do not want to work past the mark of diminishing returns, while their clients may want them to work as much as possible because there is no additional cost involved. This seeming hypocrisy of the conflict-of-interest rules may be one reason the public thinks poorly of lawyers.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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Dangerous liaisons: survey: most disapprove of lawyer-client sex
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A random sample of 1,500 attorneys was surveyed to determine how prevalent lawyer-client sexual relations are, whether practitioners think the ethical canons should deal with the issue and whether these relationships should be prohibited. Some 31% of respondents said they knew of one or more cases of attorney sexual involvement with clients and 6% said they personally had had such involvements, although this may be understatement due to embarrassment. About two out of three respondents felt the ethical canons should address the issue and half felt the practice should be prohibited.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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Courtesy call: it is time to reverse the decline of civility in our justice system
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An ABA-sponsored model civility code would help address the problem of the breakdown of civility in the practice of law. Some jurisdictions are taking affirmative action to solve this problem and 88 jurisdictions have adopted their own codes. According to a 1996 survey of presidents-elect, the ABA should adopt a national code of civility for all members. A code of civility should set a high standard of conduct for the profession and not conflict with existing rules of ethics.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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