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- Risk Management and Practice Analysis
- Reinstatement motion, application, and review
- Reinstatement hearing
- Reinstatement
- Legal Ethics Opinions for Lawyers
- Law Students and Bar Applicants
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Blog
- Common Ethical Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
- Navigating Ethical Challenges in the Legal Profession: A Guide for New York Lawyers
- Cheating on the Bar Exam: What Every Candidate Should Know
- Why All Attorneys Must Have a Trust Account Ledger
- Chris McDonough Co-Authors New York Law Journal Article About Email and Ex Parte Communications
- Chris McDonough Co-Authors NYLJ Article on Amendments to Rule 7.5 of NYRPC
- Chris McDonough Co-Authors New York Law Journal Article Calling for Scrutiny of Rudy Giuliani
- The Importance of Having Practice Systems in Place to Avoid Grievances and Malpractice
- Limiting the Scope of Representation in Family Court Proceedings
- Does Attorney-Client Confidentiality Die With the Client?
- Set Ethical Limits on Public Speaking as a Marketing Tool
- What Type of Lawyer Would Tape a Client?
- Retainer Games
- The Interactive Website Dilemma
- Legal File Maintenance: What Must Be Kept for 7 Years and in What Format?
- The Profession Needs to Do More to Help Our Members Suffering From Depression and Substance Abuse
- Metadata and Preservation of Client Confidences
- Avoiding the Adversarial/Difficult Client
- Defining the ‘Practice of Law’ After ‘Matter of Brandes’
- The Proper Way to Endorse and Disburse a Proceeds Check Made Payable to a Client and Attorney
- Differing Interests, Conflicts & Waiver and Consent 101
- Advanced Legal Fees and Related Escrow Issues
- Why Bother with Written Retainers?
- Alcohol Abuse by Lawyers Is a Major Problem in the Legal Profession
- What to Do If You Have Been Charged with Cheating on the Bar Exam or Violating Other Rules of the New York Board of Law Examiners
- Notice to Lawyers Who Hold Escrow: Beware of Recent Bank Maintenance Fees
- Bars Rally Around Suspended Attorney
- Applying to the BAR With a Criminal Record
- Applying for the BAR: Proving Yourself to the Committees on Character and Fitness
- Shaping Client Expectations
- What to do when your adversary is a $#%&??
- Are Ethics Necessary?
- Unpayable Escrow Money
- 4 Questions for Law Students
- New Rules of Professional Conduct
- A Primer on the Enhanced Scrutiny in the Ethical Rules Impacting Domestic Relations Practitioners