Wendel, W. Bradley, 1969-

Professional responsibility : examples & explanations / W. Bradley Wendel. - 2nd ed. - Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2007. - xxv, 471 p. ; 26 cm. - Examples & explanations series . - Examples & explanations series. .

At the head of title: Aspen Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The many ways of regulating lawyers -- Formation and termination -- Aspects of an ongoing relationship -- Attorneys' fees and transactions with clients -- Representing entities and groups -- Incompetence: remedies for malpractice and constitutional ineffectiveness -- Confidentiality and secrecy -- Attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine -- Professional duty of confidentiality -- Perjury in civil and criminal litigation: the lawyer's "trilemma" -- Attorney conduct in litigation: forensic tactics, fair and foul -- The client fraud problem -- Overview of conflicts of interest -- Current client conflicts -- Current client conflicts issues in specific contexts -- Former client conflicts and migratory lawyers -- Personal-interest conflicts -- Attracting clients: advertising and solicitation -- Associations of lawyers -- The organized bar.

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Legal ethics--United States.

KF306 / .W46 2007