Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
May 24, 2019
Can you hear me (and my client) now?
Lawyers have a duty to communicate with their clients. And they have many options regarding the means they use to do so. These include, for example, emailing, texting and telephoning. Of course, each of those options is available through most, if not all, smartphones.
David M. Majchrzak
Partner
Rosing Pott & Strohbehn
Litigation, Legal Ethics
501 W Broadway A380
San Diego , CA 92101-3584
Email: dmajchrak@rosinglaw.com
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
David practices in the areas of legal ethics and litigation of professional liability claims.
Heather L. Rosing
Founding Partner
Rosing Pott & Strohbehn
Legal Malpractice (Specialist), Business Law
501 W Broadway, A380
San Diego , CA 92101
Phone: (619) 990-5566
Email: hrosing@rosinglaw.com
Northwestern Univ School of Law
Heather serves as the chairperson of the Legal Ethics and Law Firm Risk Management Practice Group, as well as the Lawyers and Accountants Practice Group. She is an appointed advisor to the State Bar of California's Rules Revision Commission.
Lawyers have a duty to communicate with their clients. And they have many options regarding the means they use to do so. These include, for example, emailing, texting and telephoning. Of course, each of those options is available through most, if not all, smartphones.
But merely transmitting information to a client is not enough to satisfy a lawyer's ethical obligations regarding communications. In addition to making sure that they h...
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