Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Nov. 19, 2019
Legal ethics: Is law practice ‘just a capitalist enterprise’?
According to an Oct. 4 Law 360 Legal Ethics release, a New Jersey state superior court judge questioned whether the practice of law is “just a capitalist enterprise” when faced with an attorney fee dispute.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
According to an Oct. 4 Law 360 Legal Ethics release, a New Jersey state superior court judge questioned whether the practice of law is "just a capitalist enterprise" when faced with an attorney fee dispute. Unfortunately for Gregg Stone, the former attorney for a plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit (Peter H. Meister et al. v. Verizon New Jersey Inc. et al., ESX-L-4738-17), the judge ruled that, because of the lawyer's standing he was not...
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