Add to ORKGWhen an attorney files suit on behalf of a client and later has reason to believe the client is incompetent, what should the attorney do? Can the case be settled? Can the attorney move for the appointment of a guardian ad litem? The article is an excerpt from an ethics opinion which answers these questions
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When an attorney files suit on behalf of a client and later has reason to believe the client is inco...
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Attorneys who represent possibly incompetent defendants charged with criminal conduct face difficult...
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An attorney is not an insurer of the result of a case in which he is employed, without a special con...
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This Article argues that the defense attorney has a multifaceted fiduciary duty toward the client wi...
This Article has argued that the defense attorney has a multifaceted fiduciary duty toward the clien...
This paper addresses a remarkably under-considered topic: the ethical standards for lawyers represen...
This article examines a difficult question in the representation of mentally impaired criminal defen...
Imagine you are a solo practitioner and have taken on a new personal injury case. Your client, the p...
This Article will explore the problem of the attorney\u27s duty to provide clients with adequate inf...
This article considers whether lawyers act as zealous advocates when they represent mentally disorde...
This Article will review existing case law and commentary, and propose a new formula for application...
When an attorney files suit on behalf of a client and later has reason to believe the client is inco...
This Article explores the tension between autonomy and paternalism that characterizes the attorney-c...
Attorneys who represent possibly incompetent defendants charged with criminal conduct face difficult...
Securities arbitration lawyers are well aware of the harms that senior investors with cognitive decl...
This Article has argued that the defense attorney has a multifaceted fiduciary duty toward the clien...
An attorney is not an insurer of the result of a case in which he is employed, without a special con...
This Article suggests what an attorney should consider when representing a client suspected by the a...
This Article argues that the defense attorney has a multifaceted fiduciary duty toward the client wi...
This Article has argued that the defense attorney has a multifaceted fiduciary duty toward the clien...
This paper addresses a remarkably under-considered topic: the ethical standards for lawyers represen...
This article examines a difficult question in the representation of mentally impaired criminal defen...
Imagine you are a solo practitioner and have taken on a new personal injury case. Your client, the p...
This Article will explore the problem of the attorney\u27s duty to provide clients with adequate inf...
This article considers whether lawyers act as zealous advocates when they represent mentally disorde...
This Article will review existing case law and commentary, and propose a new formula for application...