Lawyer´s ethics and client relations in the United States

Malpractice and ethics basics
Professional responsibility authorities
Lawyer’s obligations to client
Lawyers malpractice: transgressions
Lawyer discipline system
Malpractice law principles

Conflicts of interest and related matters
Lawyers-client: conflict of interest
Lawyer-client relations: Client funds and property
Lawyer mediation to avoid malpractice complaints
ABA attorney-mediation standards

Confidentiality
Lawyer confientiality

Fees, retention and discharge
Lawyer: end of the representation
Lawyer discharge and withdrawal
Lawyers billing opitions
Lawyer source of business: ethical issues
Lawyer initial interview
Lawyers retention
Lawyer´s retainer agreement
Lawyer´s billing practices
Lawyers: Letters of retention and non-retention

Other client-relations matters
Lawyer independence
Lawyer malpractice

Further reading:

• “Lawyer as Friend: The Moral Foundations of the Lawyer-Client Relation”, by Fried, Charles
• “Love, hate, and other emotional interference in the lawyer/client relationship”,MA Silver – Clinical L. Rev., 1999
• “The Ethics of Care and Reimagining the Lawyer/Client Relationship”, PJ Zwier… – J. Contemp. L., 1996
• “Negotiating the Lawyer-Client Relationship: A Search for Equality and Collaboration”, AJ Hurder – Buff. L. Rev., 1996
• “The Lawyer’s Amoral Ethical Role: A Defense, A Problem, and Some Possibilities”, SL Pepper – Law & Social Inquiry, 1986
• “Ethics of Empowerment: Rethinking the Role of Lawyers in Interviewing and Counseling the Child Client, The”, KH Federle – Fordham L. Rev., 199
• “Contingent?Fee Lawyers and Their Clients: Settlement Expectations, Settlement Realities, and Issues of Control in the Lawyer?Client Relationship”, HM Kritzer – Law & Social Inquiry, 1998
• “Lawyers and Caring: Building an Ethic of Care into Professional Responsibility”,T Glennon – Hastings LJ, 1991