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.
SOME PRINCIPLES OF LAWYER CONDUCT
Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc. 2630 Exposition Blvd #115 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 mquinn@msqlaw.com (Resumes: www.michaelseanquinn.com) 1. Lawyers (“Ls”) may not lead or permit their clients (“Cs”)...
LEADING QUESTIONS: WORKABILITY AND VALUE–SEVERAL EXAMPLES FOR LEGAL MALPRACTICE CASES
SOME POSSIBLE DEPOSITION QUESTIONS FOR LAWYER MALPRACTICE CASES Michael Sean Quinn* I am a fan of the use of leading questions, even in depositions. Some of the questions are treated herein as declarative sentences. That is designed to indicate that a lot can be...
Divorce Law MalPractice & Some Principal Principles of Legal Ethics
Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc., Author Quinn and Quinn 1300 West Lynn #208 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 mquinn@msqlaw.com I have been observing the problems of lawyers practicing divorce law for a long time. Here are some of the...
More On Depositions & Leading Questions
SOME POSSIBLE DEPOSITION QUESTIONS IN LEGAL MALPRACTICE AND SIMILAR CASES Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc. Quinn & Quinn 2630 Exposition Blvd #115 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 mquinn@msqlaw.com (Resumes:...
Semantics of the Accepted Elements of Legal Malpractice
Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc. Quinn & Quinn 2630 Exposition Blvd #115 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 mquinn@msqlaw.com (Resumes: www.michaelseanquinn.com) Descriptions of the cause of action "legal malpractice" and for similar...
Legal Ethics: Fiduciary Duties–Fundamentals
Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D. QUINN and QUINN 1300 West Lynn Suite 208 Austin, Texas 78703 mquinn@msqlaw.com (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 www.michaelseanQuinn.com FIDUCIARY DUTIES: ATTORNEY → CLIENT[1] 1. Attorneys owe their...
SOME PRINCIPLES OF LAWYER CONDUCT: FORMAL FORMULATIONS
SOME LECTURE NOTES of Michael Sean Quinn Quinn and Quinn 1300 West Lynn #208 Austin, Texas 78703 mquinn@msqlaw.com (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 1. Lawyers (“Ls”) may not lead or permit their clients (“Cs”) to...
THE ETHICS OF LYING
PROFESSIONAL ETHICAL RULES GOVERNING LAWYERS’ LYING, E.G., IN NEGOTIATIONS Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc. Quinn & Quinn 2630 Exposition Blvd #115 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 mquinn@msqlaw.com To what extent, if any is what I...
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American Lawyers Have to Lie Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc. 2630 Exposition Blvd #115 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 mquinn@msqlaw.com Here is what a leading Yale-level scholar says about lawyers lying. He says that it is “part...
LAWYERS AND LYING
All Lawyers Lie? Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc. 2630 Exposition Blvd #115 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503 mquinn@msqlaw.com The following comes from a piece of fiction. Many people believe it to be true. I have little...
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