Lawyer’s ethical obligations in surrendering client papers and property after termination of representation and asserting retaining liens

By Thomas Bonte | Published August 17, 2016 | Posted in ABA formal opinions, Ethics and lawyer withdrawal, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Florida lawyer ethics client file retaining liens, Florida Lawyer Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinions, Lawyer ethics retaining liens, Lawyer ethics returning documents to client after termination | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, Florida Bar Ethics Opinions, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer ethics Florida client retaining liens | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert will discuss the lawyer’s ethical obligations to surrender papers and property to which the former client is entitled after termination of the representation and asserting retaining liens. American Bar Association Formal Ethics Opinion 471 provides a good overview of these ethical obligations. The July 1, 2015 ABA Read More

Lawyer’s ethical obligations in surrendering client papers and property after termination of the representation

By Thomas Bonte | Published August 16, 2016 | Posted in ABA Ethics opinion in providing file documents to former clients after termination, ABA formal opinions, Attorney Ethics, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinion in providing file documents to former clients after termination, Lawyer ethics opinions, Lawyer ethics returning documents to client after termination | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert will discuss American Bar Association Formal Ethics Opinion 471 which addresses the lawyer’s ethical obligations to surrender papers and property to which the former client is entitled after termination of the representation. The ABA opinion and provides a good overview of those obligations. The advisory opinion was Read More

Recent ABA Formal Ethics Opinion examines obligations of lawyers in providing file documents to former clients after termination

By Thomas Bonte | Published July 8, 2015 | Posted in ABA Ethics opinion in providing file documents to former clients after termination, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinion in providing file documents to former clients after termination, Lawyer ethics opinions, lawyer ethics opinions Groupon type marketing, Lawyer ethics returning documents to client after termination | Tagged Tags: ABA opinion in providing file documents to former clients after termination, Attorney Ethics, Bar ethics rules, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer ethics in providing file documents to former clients after termination | 3 Comments

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss recent American Bar Association Formal Ethics Opinion 471 which discusses the obligations of lawyers to return file/documents to former clients. The opinion is Formal Opinion 471 (Ethical Obligations of Lawyer to Surrender Papers and Property to which Former Client is Entitled) (July 1, 2015) Read More

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