Five steps to a fair fight -- Beginning a client-lawyer relationship : actual, implied, and prospective clients -- Ending a client-lawyer relationship : former clients -- Court appointments, pro bono, and unpopular clients -- Joint clients -- Insurance defense and other third-party funders -- Entity and government clients -- Clients who morph -- Fees, glorious fees -- Competence -- Control -- Communication -- Confidentiality -- Privilege and work product -- Conflicts of interest -- Getting out : when you must or may withdraw from a representation -- Supervisory and supervised lawyers -- Court orders and court rules -- Crime and fraud -- Bias -- The investigation -- Contacting nonclients -- Discovery -- Dealing with experts -- Negotiations and settlement -- Candor to the tribunal : frivolous claims, expediting litigation, and disclosure obligations -- Tribunal impartiality : fairness, ex parte contact, publicity, and lawyer as witness -- Appeals -- Judicial ethics for lawyers -- Fair fight : legal ethics for litigators.
Summary:
"Fair Fight is a useful and entertaining legal ethics resource"--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.