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Caution: Keep Hands Off!
It's been said that the entire legal ethics canon can be summed up in two rules: (1) Keep your hands off the money; and (2) Keep your hands off the client. And while this is a gross oversimplification of the legal ethics rules, it is true that these two breaches of fiduciary trust are among the gravest transgressions that a lawyer can make. Moreover, as they are often amongst the most heavily-punished violations, they often start a cascading effect of rule-breaking as lawyers desperately attempt to avoid their detection. As a result, it never hurts to review these all-important ethical limitations on lawyer conduct.
In this laugh-out-loud funny webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will do just that as he goes through the ins and outs of these two ethical principals, specifically as they apply to:
- Stealing (and "borrowing") client funds
- Retaining funds that rightfully belong to others
- Using undue influence to inherit client wealth
- Diverting fees from one's law partners
- Premature withdrawal of earned fees
- Coercing desperate clients into physical relationships
- Sending lewd texts and messages to clients
- Conditioning representation upon sex
- Leading the client on about a possible relationship
Disclaimer: All views or opinions expressed by any presenter during the course of this CLE is that of the presenter alone and not an opinion of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the employers, or affiliates of the presenters unless specifically stated. Additionally, any materials, including the legal research, are the product of the individual contributor, not the Oklahoma Bar Association. The Oklahoma Bar Association makes no warranty, express or implied, relating to the accuracy or content of these materials.