Can California Associate Attorneys Be Disciplined For Their Boss’s Misconduct?
2/27/19
By: Gregory Fayard
The answer to this question is yes, in certain circumstances. In November 2018, after 29 years, California enacted new rules of professional conduct for lawyers. The new rules have some major changes from the old rules. One …
8/24/18
By: Paige Pembrook
The newly revised California Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys, set to take effect November 1, 2018, include a tougher approach to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in legal practice that exposes attorneys to State Bar discipline even …
In California Lawyer-Client Sex Will Soon Be A No-No
5/14/18
By: Greg Fayard
In California, lawyers can have consensual sex with their clients as long as it is not based on coercion or in exchange for legal services. That will change this Fall. On May 10, 2018, the California Supreme …