Author: San Diego County Bar Association

Three Issues Raised by Opinion No. COPRAC 2019-200

What are a lawyer’s duties when the lawyer suspects, but does not know, a client’s witness who is expected to testify at a civil trial has testified falsely at deposition in the case, albeit favorably, for the lawyer’s client?

Learning to be a Lawyer

Carole Buckner, Procopio partner and general counsel; Dan Eaton, Seltzer Caplan partner; and Tanya Schierling, partner and chair of Solomon Ward’s litigation department, discuss learning to be a lawyer.

Fee Sharing and Insurance Disclosure

In Hance v. Super Store Industries, 2020 WL 373070, (Jan. 23, 2020), the Court of Appeal for the Fifth District addressed two important ethics rules involving fee sharing and disclosure to the client regarding whether an attorney has legal malpractice insurance.