Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Covid Columns
Oct. 23, 2020
Client communications during COVID-19
California's Rules of Professional Conduct are primarily about one thing: communication. And communicating effectively with clients may help inoculate attorneys against potential malpractice suits.
Louie H. Castoria
Partner
Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck LLP
425 California St 21st Fl
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 926-7601
Fax: (415) 926-7601
Email: lcastoria@kdvlaw.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Louie is a mediator with CourtCall Online Dispute Resolution, a member of the Mediation Society, a mandatory settlement officer with the San Francisco County Superior Court, and an adjunct professor of law at Golden Gate University. He won his first U.S. Supreme Court on July 1, 2021.
The problem with communication these days is that everybody talks about it and nobody does anything about it.
"These days" has taken on a new meaning since March -- something more specific and, please dear lord, much briefer than the 60s or the Disco Era.
The overused euphemism for our current condition, "these uncertain times," conveys nothing of the health, economic and personal tragedies visited...
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