June 2012

 

 

Program Description:

What are your duties to prospective clients or to people who hit you up for free legal advice at parties? What is your exposure when you prepare opinion letters that you know your clients will provide to third-parties? This one-hour program will address your ethical responsibilities and professional liability issues when meeting with prospective clients and when communicating with people who are not your clients. The program will review Colo. RPC 1.18, “Duties to Prospective Client,” the Colorado Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Steele, 252 P.3d 476 (Colo. 2011) regarding negligent misrepresentation claims against lawyers, and will discuss other potential claims that can arise out of lawyers' dealings with non-clients. The program will address practical steps that you can take when dealing with prospective clients and third-party non-clients to minimize the risk of a lawsuit against you.