Legal Ethics

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 ...

Author's Note: The article and update below were first published in Minnesota Lawyer on November 29 and December 1, 2021.  The update (1) clarifies a statement in the article; and (2) adds citations to blogs that provide more information on two cases ...

[This article originally appeared in the November 11, 2021 edition of Minnesota Lawyer] An Oct. 25, 2021, front-page Star Tribune article reports a crisis in the Minnesota lawyer professional responsibility system. The article reports the departures ...

It’s no surprise that a presidential election as bitterly fought as last November’s should also yield a lot of litigation—and a striking volume of complaints from lawyers regarding the conduct of other lawyers. Although many lawyers were involved in the ...

[Originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, November 24, 2020] The ABA has recently issued two formal opinions on when the personal relationships of judges and lawyers raise ethics issues that may require disclosure, consent, or disqualification. The ...