Legal Ethics

My article, Do Minnesota Prosecutors “Get Away” with Misconduct?, was published in Minnesota Lawyer and posted as a blog on this site on December 1, 2021 . My article commented on several articles discussing prosecutorial misconduct. Another article ...

This blog post first appeared as a column in MINNESOTA LAWYER on January 17, 2023. Under the Rules of Professional Conduct lawyers have duties to disclose certain matters (conflicts, adverse interests, etc.) and duties not to disclose confidential ...

This blog is an expanded and modified version of a column that appeared in MINNESOTA LAWYER on September 20, 2002. On September 14, 2022, the author sent an advance copy of the article to Susan Humiston and offered to post any comment Ms. Humiston ...

This blog was originally published as William J. Wernz, Professional Competence as an Ethics Obligation, Minn. Law., June 29, 2022. ----- A brochure of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility (OLPR) informs persons considering complaints, ...

AUTHOR’S NOTE - “What Minnesota Legal Ethics is all About” is the title of one chapter of my treatise, Minnesota Legal Ethics.  The chapter is not a complete chronicle, but it includes several sections that discuss ethics issues of the day.  Some of ...