Take cases outside of your practice area. Don't calendar any key dates. Co-mingle client and firm funds. And whatever you don't, do not call or email your clients to inform them about their cases. This is a blueprint of how NOT to practice law - or what to do if you want to be disbarred or end up on the wrong side of malpractice lawsuit.
Ethics violations and legal malpractice lawsuits have skyrocketed the last few decades. Law firms and attorneys must now recognize and evaluate their legal risk to avoid damaging ethical violations and costly malpractice lawsuits. In this fast moving CLE course, William T. McCaffery provides 60 tips in 60 minutes to educate you on how to recognize key ethical violations so you can sleep good at night and avoid the nightmare of getting sued. A few of the key areas Mr. McCaffery discusses include being competent, avoiding problem clients, conflicts of interest, establishing the attorney-client relationship, client billing and supervising other attorneys & support staff. This CLE course will teach you about your increasing exposure to legal malpractice claims, the top activities that lead to malpractice claims and practical ways to reduce exposure to potential lawsuits.
William T. McCaffery concentrates in the areas of legal malpractice defense, professional liability, commercial litigation, and general liability defense. Among other areas of professional liability and defense litigation, he represents attorneys and law firms that have been sued for legal malpractice in cases ranging from real estate and personal injury matters to complex business transactions and commercial litigation.
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy | Business Law | Criminal Law | Employment Law | Family Law | Intellectual Property | Law Practice Management | Litigation | Personal Injury | Real Property | Wills, Trusts & Estates
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