The CLE seminar, entitled Risk Management, Legal Ethics and Professional Liability, is focused on helping attorneys improve internal and client communications, minimize risk, and avoid potential issues. The first of these recently updated seminars was presented to an audience of 80 attorneys at a recent Northeast Georgia Bar Association meeting, then to a local Bar group in Dalton, Georgia.
I was recently conducting a CLE seminar on Risk Management, Legal Ethics and Professional Liability for a local Bar Association. When we started discussing updates to Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4 (Communication), I was surprised that less than 20% of participants knew about the recent Rule update.
The Daily Report sought Douglas Chandler's viewpoints for their March 29 article on the Losey v. Prieto legal malpractice case (12EV104260): "Ex-Client Sues Lawyers for $1.3M." Click here to view the full article and Douglas' comments.
Many of us have been in the situation where we undertake representation, legal work is in process, and then the client has a change of heart and wants to get their file back. Regardless of the reason, whether they are changing counsel, have a change of heart about pursuing their case, or a variety of other reasons, there is a fairly clear set of guidelines that you must follow in order to steer clear of trouble when a client requests the file returned.
