Professional responsibility : problems and materials / by Thomas D. Morgan, Oppenheim Professor of Law Emeritus, the George Washington University ; Ronald D. Rotunda, the Doy & Dee Henley Chair, and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, the Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University ; John S. Dzienkowski, Dean John F. Sutton, Jr. Chair in Lawyering and the Legal Process, the University of Texas.
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Professional responsibility : problems and materials / by Thomas D. Morgan, Oppenheim Professor of Law Emeritus, the George Washington University ; Ronald D. Rotunda, the Doy & Dee Henley Chair, and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, the Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University ; John S. Dzienkowski, Dean John F. Sutton, Jr. Chair in Lawyering and the Legal Process, the University of Texas.
Published
St. Paul, MN : Foundation Press, [2014]
Call Number
KF306 .M668 2014
Edition
Twelfth edition.
ISBN
9781609303259
1609303253
1609303253
Description
xliv, 692 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)871381387
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
v
Table Of Cases
xvii
Table Of Statutes
xxxi
Table Of Authorities
xxxix
ch. I
Legal Profession: Background and Fundamental Issues
1
A.
Introduction
1
B.
What is a Lawyer?
2
Legal Profession in America on the Eve of the Revolution, in Harry W. Jones, Ed., Political Separation and Legal Continuity / Richard B. Morris
3
Democracy and the Legal Profession: Cautionary Notes / Robert Stevens
6
C.
How the Practice of Law has Changed Over the Last Half-Century / Robert Stevens
8
D.
Development of Standards of Professional Conduct / Robert Stevens
15
E.
Some Contributions from Moral Philosophy to the Study of Legal Ethics / Robert Stevens
18
1.
Ethics of Duty versus the Ethics of Aspiration / Robert Stevens
18
Morality of Law / Lon Fidler
18
Questions / Lon Fidler
20
2.
Moral People versus Moral Actions / Lon Fidler
20
3.
Role Ethics versus Common Ethical Standards / Lon Fidler
21
Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues / Richard Wasserstrom
22
Moral Responsibility in Professional Ethics / Gerald Postema
23
Questions / Gerald Postema
23
4.
Consequential versus Deontological Standards / Gerald Postema
24
5.
Ethic of Care / Gerald Postema
25
6.
Personal versus Social Ethics / Gerald Postema
26
7.
Matter of Professionalism / Gerald Postema
26
F.
Word on the Organization of this Book / Gerald Postema
29
ch. II
Regulation of the Legal Profession / Gerald Postema
31
Problem 1
Admission to the Bar / Gerald Postema
32
Questions / Gerald Postema
33
A.
Character and fitness for admission to the bar / Gerald Postema
33
B.
Candor in the bar application process / Gerald Postema
37
C.
Educational and knowledge standards for admission to the bar / Gerald Postema
39
D.
Other attempts at state and federal limits on bar admission / Gerald Postema
44
Problem 2
Lawyer Discipline and the Disabled Lawyer / Gerald Postema
45
Questions / Gerald Postema
46
A.
Conduct that can subject a lawyer to professional discipline / Gerald Postema
46
B.
Aggravating and mitigating factors in discipline cases; the problem of alcohol and drug abuse, psychological disorders, and mental disease / Gerald Postema
51
C.
Interstate discipline: jurisdictions that may sanction and the law they apply / Gerald Postema
53
D.
duty to report another lawyer's misconduct; the discipline process itself / Gerald Postema
55
Problem 3
Regulating Lawyers Outside of the Formal Disciplinary System / Gerald Postema
61
Questions / Gerald Postema
63
A.
standard of care and conduct in a malpractice action / Gerald Postema
63
B.
Proving a malpractice case / Gerald Postema
68
C.
Malpractice remedies; advance waivers of a lawyer's malpractice / Gerald Postema
70
D.
Other significant consequences of negligence or misconduct by lawyers / Gerald Postema
73
ch. III
Fundamentals of the Lawyer-Client Relationship / Gerald Postema
81
Problem 4
Undertaking to Represent a Client / Gerald Postema
82
Questions / Gerald Postema
83
A.
lawyer's duties to a prospective client / Gerald Postema
83
B.
decision to represent a client / Gerald Postema
86
C.
Documenting the decision to undertake a representation / Gerald Postema
88
D.
Decision making during representation-issues the lawyer is to decide and issues reserved to the client / Gerald Postema
91
Problem 5
Billing for Legal Services / Gerald Postema
95
Questions / Gerald Postema
96
A.
fee agreement between lawyer and client / Gerald Postema
96
B.
requirement that a lawyer charge only a "reasonable" fee / Gerald Postema
100
C.
Special rules applicable to contingent fees / Gerald Postema
104
D.
alternative of the hourly-rate fee / Gerald Postema
107
Problem 6
Handling Client Property and Withdrawing from a Representation / Gerald Postema
110
Questions / Gerald Postema
111
A.
Handling client property / Gerald Postema
111
B.
Lawyer withdrawal without consent of the client / Gerald Postema
115
C.
Limitations on a lawyer's efforts to collect a fee / Gerald Postema
118
D.
Attorneys' liens and other security interests / Gerald Postema
121
Problem 7
Duty of Confidentiality / Gerald Postema
124
Questions / Gerald Postema
125
A.
Information protected by the attorney-client privilege / Gerald Postema
125
B.
Information protected by work product immunity / Gerald Postema
129
C.
lawyer's professional obligation of confidentiality / Gerald Postema
132
D.
How legal protection against disclosure can be lost / Gerald Postema
136
Problem 8
Confidentiality and the Organization as a Client / Gerald Postema
141
Questions / Gerald Postema
142
A.
Privilege and confidentiality rules when the client is an organization / Gerald Postema
142
B.
Control of waiver of privilege and confidentiality protection / Gerald Postema
150
C.
common interest privilege among multiple organizations / Gerald Postema
153
D.
Limits of confidentiality in cases of risk to third parties / Gerald Postema
156
ch. IV
Requirement of Loyalty to the Client / Gerald Postema
159
Problem 9
Representing Multiple Parties Dealing with Each Other / Gerald Postema
160
Questions / Gerald Postema
160
A.
Determining whether a lawyer has a conflict of interest / Gerald Postema
160
B.
Waiver of a conflict of interest; the requirement of informed consent / Gerald Postema
162
C.
Conflicts for which consent is not effective / Gerald Postema
164
D.
Remedies other than professional discipline for a conflict of interest violation / Gerald Postema
170
Problem 10
Duty of Loyalty / Gerald Postema
172
Questions / Gerald Postema
173
A.
Taking a case against a current client / Gerald Postema
173
B.
Ascertaining who is a current client / Gerald Postema
179
C.
Firing a current client; the hot potato rule / Gerald Postema
183
D.
problem of positional conflicts / Gerald Postema
188
Problem 11
Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Litigation / Gerald Postema
191
Questions / Gerald Postema
192
A.
Limits on one lawyer's representing co-defendants in a criminal case / Gerald Postema
192
B.
public interest in objecting to multiple representation / Gerald Postema
197
C.
Conflicts of interest faced by prosecutors / Gerald Postema
199
D.
Conflicts of interest of defense counsel; publication rights / Gerald Postema
202
Problem 12
Conflicts Between Client Interests and the Lawyer's Personal Interest / Gerald Postema
203
Questions / Gerald Postema
204
A.
Accepting payment in the form of stock; business transactions with a client / Gerald Postema
204
B.
Using confidential client information to make private investments / Gerald Postema
209
C.
Accepting unsolicited gifts from happy clients / Gerald Postema
210
D.
Intimate relationships between lawyers and clients / Gerald Postema
213
Problem 13
Representing the Insured and the Insurer / Gerald Postema
216
Questions / Gerald Postema
218
A.
lawyer's client(s) when retained by an insurer to represent an insured / Gerald Postema
218
B.
lawyer's obligation to protect confidential information of the insured / Gerald Postema
220
C.
lawyer's duty at the time of a settlement offer in a third-party payment case / Gerald Postema
225
D.
Defining the appropriate level of effort when an insurer pays for the defense / Gerald Postema
228
Problem 14
Lawyer and Her Former Client / Gerald Postema
232
Questions / Gerald Postema
233
A.
Matters as to which disqualification is required / Gerald Postema
233
B.
Determining when matters are the "same or substantially related" / Gerald Postema
235
C.
Other situations where model rule 1.9 may require disqualification / Gerald Postema
240
D.
Access to the work product of disqualified counsel / Gerald Postema
242
Problem 15
Imputed Disqualification / Gerald Postema
243
Questions / Gerald Postema
244
A.
Imputation of conflicts throughout a law firm / Gerald Postema
244
B.
Persons and firms to which imputation will extend / Gerald Postema
247
C.
Imputation within lawyers' families / Gerald Postema
254
D.
Using "screening" to avoid imputation / Gerald Postema
257
Problem 16
Conflict of Interest Issues for Government Lawyers and Judges / Gerald Postema
260
Questions / Gerald Postema
262
A.
rules applicable to former government lawyers / Gerald Postema
262
B.
former private lawyer who enters government service / Gerald Postema
268
C.
Negotiating for post-government employment while still in government / Gerald Postema
271
D.
Conflicts of the former judge or third party neutral / Gerald Postema
272
ch. V
Advising Clients / Gerald Postema
277
Problem 17
Lawyer for an Individual Client / Gerald Postema
278
Questions / Gerald Postema
279
A.
difference between advice and advocacy / Gerald Postema
279
B.
Limits on the advice a lawyer may give / Gerald Postema
282
C.
client suffering from diminished capacity / Gerald Postema
284
D.
client who is likely to endanger others / Gerald Postema
287
Problem 18
Advising the Business Corporation / Gerald Postema
290
Questions / Gerald Postema
291
A.
client to whom a corporate lawyer owes primary loyalty / Gerald Postema
291
B.
Reporting corporate misconduct within and outside the client organization / Gerald Postema
294
C.
Lawyer liability for failure to take appropriate action / Gerald Postema
296
D.
Some special problems of counsel employed by the corporation / Gerald Postema
300
Problem 19
Contact with Represented and Unrepresented Persons / Gerald Postema
302
Questions / Gerald Postema
303
A.
Contact with a represented opponent in general / Gerald Postema
303
B.
Special issues when dealing with officers and employees of an organization / Gerald Postema
308
C.
Interviewing client employees and other unrepresented persons / Gerald Postema
311
D.
possibility that special rules apply to federal prosecutors / Gerald Postema
314
Problem 20
Ethics of Negotiation / Gerald Postema
319
Questions / Gerald Postema
320
A.
Authority to participate in and consummate negotiations / Gerald Postema
320
B.
duty of honesty in negotiations / Gerald Postema
322
C.
duty to volunteer information or correct a misapprehension / Gerald Postema
326
D.
Possible limits on the results that parties can reach in negotiations / Gerald Postema
331
Problem 21
Lawyer as Evaluator / Gerald Postema
334
Questions / Gerald Postema
335
A.
Duties to a client who asks for a legal opinion / Gerald Postema
335
B.
Duties in preparation of a legal opinion for delivery to a third party / Gerald Postema
338
C.
Special problems responding to an auditor's request for information / Gerald Postema
341
D.
Lawyer liability for an inaccurate opinion / Gerald Postema
345
Problem 22
Obligations When the Client May Be Engaged in Fraud / Gerald Postema
348
Questions / Gerald Postema
350
A.
Disclosure of a client's intended crime or fraud / Gerald Postema
350
B.
special obligations of a securities lawyer / Gerald Postema
353
C.
Specific ABA and SEC responses to a series of corporate failures / Gerald Postema
359
D.
Special issues of disclosure by a government lawyer / Gerald Postema
364
ch. VI
Ethical Problems in Litigation / Gerald Postema
367
Problem 23
Decision to File a Civil Suit / Gerald Postema
367
Questions / Gerald Postema
369
A.
Ethical standards governing the filing of a civil action / Gerald Postema
369
B.
ethical status of delay as a litigation tactic / Gerald Postema
376
C.
Other sanctions for litigation misconduct / Gerald Postema
378
D.
Consideration of ADR alternatives / Gerald Postema
381
Problem 24
Litigation Tactics / Gerald Postema
383
Questions / Gerald Postema
385
A.
ambiguous line between creative lawyering and deception / Gerald Postema
385
B.
Using deception in the search-for truth / Gerald Postema
388
C.
Using an opponent's inadvertently disclosed confidential information T / Gerald Postema
395
D.
Judicial efforts to enforce civility / Gerald Postema
399
Problem 25
Disclosure of Law or Facts Favorable to the Other Side / Gerald Postema
402
Questions / Gerald Postema
404
A.
Candor about adverse legal authority / Gerald Postema
404
B.
Candor about adverse facts / Gerald Postema
406
C.
Candor about incomplete or inaccurate discovery responses / Gerald Postema
411
D.
Candor about factual matters that are not easily verifiable / Gerald Postema
416
Problem 26
Handling Physical Evidence / Gerald Postema
419
Questions / Gerald Postema
420
A.
Confidentiality of a client's identity / Gerald Postema
420
B.
Taking possession of physical evidence for testing or safekeeping / Gerald Postema
423
C.
Nondisclosure of physical evidence / Gerald Postema
429
D.
Destroying, or failing to retain, physical or documentary evidence / Gerald Postema
431
Problem 27
Client Who Intends to Commit Perjury / Gerald Postema
434
Questions / Gerald Postema
435
A.
Knowing when a lawyer knows something / Gerald Postema
435
B.
decision to call a witness who may testify falsely / Gerald Postema
438
C.
decision to call the defendant who may commit perjury / Gerald Postema
442
D.
What to do when the client does give false testimony / Gerald Postema
451
Problem 28
Verdict That May Be Tainted / Gerald Postema
454
Questions / Gerald Postema
455
A.
ethics of contacting jurors after trial / Gerald Postema
455
B.
Contacting jurors before trial; compensation of witnesses / Gerald Postema
457
C.
Secret tape recording / Gerald Postema
460
D.
lawyer as a witness at the client's trial / Gerald Postema
462
Problem 29
Crusading Prosecutor / Gerald Postema
466
Questions / Gerald Postema
467
A.
Media relations in modern litigation / Gerald Postema
467
B.
Standards governing a prosecutor's decision whether and what to charge / Gerald Postema
473
C.
Limits on prosecutors investigating defense attorneys / Gerald Postema
477
D.
Prosecutorial obligations to defendants (including efforts to get "cooperation" of corporate defendants) / Gerald Postema
482
Problem 30
Duty to See Justice Done / Gerald Postema
487
Questions / Gerald Postema
488
A.
Duties of a lawyer who learns an injustice may have been done / Gerald Postema
488
B.
Concerns about the reliability of results in our legal system / Gerald Postema
489
C.
obligation, if any, to respond to concerns about an injustice / Gerald Postema
492
D.
Other conflicts between professional obligations and doing justice / Gerald Postema
494
ch. VII
Delivery of Legal Services / Gerald Postema
497
Problem 31
Marketing Professional Services / Gerald Postema
498
Questions / Gerald Postema
500
A.
constitutional context of the regulation of lawyer marketing / Gerald Postema
500
B.
When lawyer advertising becomes solicitation / Gerald Postema
507
C.
Continuing issues in the field of lawyer advertising / Gerald Postema
512
D.
Continuing issues of solicitation by lawyers / Gerald Postema
518
Problem 32
Ethics of Referral to a Specialist / Gerald Postema
521
Questions / Gerald Postema
522
A.
lawyer's duty when a matter requires new skills or raises unfamiliar issues / Gerald Postema
522
B.
Calling a lawyer a "specialist" in one or more fields of practice / Gerald Postema
523
C.
Payment of a "referral fee" in a case such as this / Gerald Postema
527
D.
Alternatives to referral fees designed to achieve similar benefits / Gerald Postema
531
Problem 33
Roles and Responsibilities in a Modern Law Firm / Gerald Postema
534
Questions / Gerald Postema
535
A.
obligations of supervisory lawyers and those they supervise / Gerald Postema
535
B.
rights of a lawyer who refuses to violate the law / Gerald Postema
540
C.
Some other legal rights of lawyers as compared to employees generally / Gerald Postema
543
D.
Doubts about life in the modern large law firm / Gerald Postema
547
Problem 34
Leaving One Law Firm and Forming Another / Gerald Postema
550
Questions / Gerald Postema
551
A.
law and ethics of departing from a law firm / Gerald Postema
551
B.
Efforts by law firms to inhibit their lawyers' ability to leave / Gerald Postema
559
C.
Buying a lawyer's or law firm's practice / Gerald Postema
563
D.
Establishing a group legal services plan as part of a law firm / Gerald Postema
565
Problem 35
Duty to Work for No Compensation / Gerald Postema
569
Questions / Gerald Postema
570
A.
moral obligation to provide pro bono legal services / Gerald Postema
570
B.
Efforts to translate a moral obligation into a legal requirement / Gerald Postema
572
C.
tradition of accepting court appointment in a criminal case / Gerald Postema
574
D.
Other sources of funding for legal services to the poor / Gerald Postema
579
Problem 36
Problems in Class Action and Multiparty Representations / Gerald Postema
585
Questions / Gerald Postema
586
A.
use of publicity to find clients for a class action suit / Gerald Postema
586
B.
Possible conflicts of interest in class action Cases / Gerald Postema
589
C.
Limitations on advancing funds needed to meet expenses of litigation; new ways of financing litigation / Gerald Postema
592
D.
Calculating fees for prevailing in class actions, civil rights cases, and other fee shifting litigation / Gerald Postema
597
Problem 37
Future of the Practice of Law / Gerald Postema
606
Questions / Gerald Postema
607
A.
unauthorized practice of law / Gerald Postema
607
B.
multijurisdictional practice of law / Gerald Postema
612
C.
Prohibition of the corporate practice of law / Gerald Postema
618
D.
Law firm delivery of ancillary, not-traditionally-legal services / Gerald Postema
622
ch. VIII
Ethical Conduct of Judges / Gerald Postema
627
Problem 38
Judges Disqualifying Conflict of Interest / Gerald Postema
628
Questions / Gerald Postema
629
A.
Financial interests that may create disqualifying bias / Gerald Postema
629
B.
Financial interests of the judge's family / Gerald Postema
634
C.
Bias arising from personal views rather than financial interest / Gerald Postema
638
D.
Waiving judicial disqualification / Gerald Postema
644
Problem 39
Judge as a Political Candidate and Public Figure / Gerald Postema
644
Questions / Gerald Postema
646
A.
content of judicial campaign speech and activities / Gerald Postema
646
B.
Judges soliciting and receiving campaign contributions / Gerald Postema
651
C.
Lawyer criticism of judges / Gerald Postema
654
D.
judge rewarding his friends / Gerald Postema
660
Problem 40
Active Federal Judge / Gerald Postema
661
Questions / Gerald Postema
662
A.
judge's performance of official duties / Gerald Postema
662
B.
judge's participation in non-judicial activities / Gerald Postema
667
C.
judge's obligation to engage in proper off-bench behavior / Gerald Postema
669
D.
Special issues involving federal judges / Gerald Postema
671
Index / Gerald Postema
675