Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Dec. 31, 2016
The law of lawyer conflicts in 2016
As the year draws to a close, it is a great time to take a moment to review the latest conflicts cases, and contemplate whether we need to adjust how we approach lawyering in 2017.
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Wendy Chang
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Loyola Law School, 1995
Wendy is based in the firm's Los Angeles office. She is a member of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. She served as an advisor to the State Bar of California's Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct and is a past chair of the State Bar of California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Wendy is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law by the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization.
As 2016 draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on the developments of the past year. This is a great time to take a moment to review the latest conflicts cases, and contemplate whether we need to adjust how we approach lawyering in 2017. Conflicts are always a hot topic in the published case law, and rightfully so given their fact specific nature. This year was no different.
We start with Costello v. Buckley, 245 Cal. App. 4th 748 (2016). In Costello, a lender and b...
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