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Judge, Ethics Lawyers Dish on Dealing With Dishonest Clients

By Jack Newsham

January 28, 2020

Judge, Ethics Lawyers Dish on Dealing With Dishonest Clients

1.28.2020

By Jack Newsham

The New York Law Journal reported on the General Practice Section and Committee on Professional Discipline’s Annual Meeting.

A federal judge and a panel of top ethics experts on Tuesday dove into a sensitive area in the law: dishonest clients and when attorneys are obliged to correct them or investigate the possibility that they’re being misled.

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