There are various ways in which lawyers can run into legal-related problems or issues of legal ethics including civil lawsuits, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty or lawyer criminality and its consequences for discipline.
Topics: legal malpractice, legal ethics, civil lawsuits, fiduciary duty, lawyer criminality, and discipline.
LEGAL ETHICS Ethical Limits on Crusading Litigation
LEGAL ETHICSEthical Limits on Crusading Litigation Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D. Etc. We know that there is something wrong with a lawyer filing a lawsuit s/he knows is destined to fail. One cannot ethically file lawsuits exclusively...
AGE-ISM AND THE LONG EXPERIENCE LAWYER — A “NEW’ PROBLEM? OR QUITE AN OLD ONE?
WHEN IS THE OLDER LAWYER TOO OLD TO WORK? CONSIDER "CRYSTALIZED INTELLIGENCE"AGE-ISM, LAWYERS & WISDOMThe following comes from the OpEd page (A25) of NYT for November 13, 2020, Jennifer Senior wrote the short essay. Here's what might apply under my...
Cross Examination Trap: Error versus Lie
Suppose a witness W is asked a question on cross examination and W testifies p as to what happened between W and another person Y. Perhaps W is a party.Now suppose the the cross examiner "Y is probably going to come here and testify, you are saying that if...
Lawyers’ Symbol of American at Its Finest
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM FOR LAWYERS Patriotism is best understood as love of country. That idea does not imply that one cannot also be critical of the country one loves, even fiercely sometimes. Love of country implies that one sees excellence in that country. Excellences...
LAWYER PERSONALTIES AND THE “BIG SWINGING DICK”?
LAWYER EXCELLENCE AND MOSAICS OF REACTIONSSome successful traders on stock markets are described as having "big swinging dicks." Oddly enough this has "extended out," as it...
“Hughes Tolling Rule,” Legal Malpractice, Very Brief Summary
Hughes Tolling Rule for Texas Legal Malpractice ActionsMichael Sean Quinn*A tolling rule requires that some other rule does not apply for a period of time. Tollin can result from a statute, a case, or from equity. This sort of rule arises most often in statutory of...
Legal Malpractice and Writs of Mandamus
LEGAL MALPRACTICE CASE:CLIENT INSURER AGAINST COVERAGE COUNSELIn re Houston Specialty Insurance Company, RelatorOn Petition for Writ of Mandamus17-1060Opinion Delivered: January 25, 2019 Michael Sean Quinn* ...
BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS
PERSONALITY TRAITS AND REASONABLY GOOD LAWYERSMichael Sean Quinn, LawyerAustin, TexasGo Wikipedia under the title "Big Five Personality Traits" and look at, examine, and/or review the diagram. Read the article there if you wish, but intuition is good enough. The...
CLIENT EDUCATION: LAWSUITS, WAR, AND LOVE
PREPARATORY ADMONITION: Litigation is somewhat like war. "L" means "Lawyer" "C" means "Client" Preface There are type-size variation problems in this essay I can't seem to solve. Sometimes clients need to get an introduction as to how a...
Temporal Limitations for Suits Against Criminal Defense Lawyers
TEXAS LEGAL MALPRACTICE: CONVICTED CRIMINAL SUIT AGAINST DEFENSE LAWYER Gray v. Skelton, 18-0386 (Tex. Sp. Ct., February 21, 2020) Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D.Attorney, MediatorAustin, Texas This case and its predecessor cases are more or less 22 years old and...
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