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Book Title: Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado - Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions, 2017 Edition
Managing Editor: Michael Mihm
Publisher: CBA-CLE (CLE in Colorado, Inc.)
Publication Date: May 2017
Page Count: 1920 pages
ISBN: 1-930993-65-X
Format: Softcover, 2 Volumes - (also includes Electronic PDF e-Book - Download from your CLE Dashboard)
About the Book:
Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado: Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions focuses on issues relevant to every practicing lawyer in Colorado: professionalism, ethics, the client-lawyer relationship, professional liability insurance, the grievance process and attorney discipline, defenses, technology and the practice of law, fees, debt collections, trends in legal malpractice, and numerous other special topics unique to particular practice areas. It is an essential guide for every Colorado attorney, regardless of practice area.
The 2017 Edition of Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado includes essential updates to many of its chapters based on recent statutory, regulatory, and case law developments. The Colorado Supreme Court's adopted rule changes affecting the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct are also discussed, through Rule Change 2016. The 2017 Edition also discusses the 2017 Colorado Court of Appeals opinion in Gallegos v. LeHouiller, which discusses the burden of collectability in an underlying case.
This is an essential resource for every lawyer in Colorado!
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Table Of Contents
Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado - Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions, 2017 Edition
For a detailed Table of Contents with sub-chapters, Click Here
VOLUME 1
PART 1 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CLIENTS AND THE COURTS
Chapter 1 Professionalism
Chapter 2 The Client-Lawyer Relationship
Chapter 3 Alternative Lawyer Relationships
Chapter 4 Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 5 Attorney Fees and Costs
Chapter 6 Reserved
Chapter 7 Collecting Fees
Chapter 8 Privileges and Confidentiality
Chapter 9 Diminished Capacity Clients
Chapter 10 A Lawyer's Relationship with the Press and Media
Chapter 11 Contacts with Represented Parties and Their Current and Former Employees
Chapter 12 Spying: The Ethics of Secret Recordings, Hidden Cameras, and Private Investigators
PART 2 - LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 13 Risk Management
Chapter 14 Choice of Law Firm Entity
Chapter 15 Professional Liability Insurance
Chapter 16 Technology and the Practice of Law
Chapter 17 Lawyer Advertising
Chapter 18 Social Media and Professional Liability
Chapter 19 Multi-Jurisdictional Practice of Law
Chapter 20 Managing Trust Accounts and Clients' Property
Chapter 21 Professional and Ethical Responsibilities When Departing a Law Practice
PART 3 - Professional Responsibility in Litigation
Chapter 22 Lawyers' Liability for Conduct During Litigation
Chapter 23 Interviewing and Preparing Witnesses
Chapter 24 Joint Defense Agreements
Chapter 25 Disqualification of Counsel
Chapter 26 Inadvertent Disclosure
Chapter 27 Settlement and Mediation
Chapter 28 Duty of Candor to the Tribunal and Remedial Measures in Civil Proceedings
Chapter 29 Preservation and Spoliation of Evidence
VOLUME 2
PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE AREAS
Chapter 30 Appeals
Chapter 31 Bankruptcy
Chapter 32 Transactions and Closely Held Businesses
Chapter 33 Class Action Lawyers' Professional Responsibilities
Chapter 34 Creditors' Rights and Debt Collection
Chapter 35 Professional Defense of the Accused
Chapter 36 Employment Issues
Chapter 37 Estate Planning and Probate
Chapter 38 Family Law
Chapter 39 Real Estate Transactions
Chapter 40 Liability and Protections Under the Federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Chapter 41 Taxation
Chapter 42 Workers' Compensation
Chapter 43 Tripartite Relationship: Professional and Ethical Responsibilities of Insurance Defense Counsel
Chapter 44 Law Firms' “General Counsel” and Risk Management
Chapter 45 Reserved
Chapter 46 Reserved
Chapter 47 Reserved
PART 5 - LITIGATION OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND ETHICS CLAIMS
Chapter 48 The Claim or Lawsuit
Chapter 49 Fundamentals of Legal Malpractice Litigation
Chapter 50 Causation and Damages in Legal Malpractice Litigation
Chapter 51 Common Law Legal Malpractice Claims
Chapter 52 Statutory Legal Malpractice Claims
Chapter 53 Defenses to Legal Malpractice Claims
Chapter 54 Vicarious Liability
Chapter 55 Colorado Attorney Regulation: Attorney Discipline Process and Procedure
Chapter 56 Colorado Attorney Regulation: Summary Adjudications, Collateral and Disability Proceedings, and Reinstatement and Readmission
PART 6 - TRENDS
Chapter 57 Trends in Legal Malpractice Litigation: 2012-2017
Subject Index
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Table Of Contents
Lawyer's Professional Liability in Colorado - Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions, 2017 Edition
For a detailed Table of Contents with sub-chapters, Click Here
VOLUME 1
PART 1 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CLIENTS AND THE COURTS
Chapter 1 Professionalism
Chapter 2 The Client-Lawyer Relationship
Chapter 3 Alternative Lawyer Relationships
Chapter 4 Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 5 Attorney Fees and Costs
Chapter 6 Reserved
Chapter 7 Collecting Fees
Chapter 8 Privileges and Confidentiality
Chapter 9 Diminished Capacity Clients
Chapter 10 A Lawyer's Relationship with the Press and Media
Chapter 11 Contacts with Represented Parties and Their Current and Former Employees
Chapter 12 Spying: The Ethics of Secret Recordings, Hidden Cameras, and Private Investigators
PART 2 - LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 13 Risk Management
Chapter 14 Choice of Law Firm Entity
Chapter 15 Professional Liability Insurance
Chapter 16 Technology and the Practice of Law
Chapter 17 Lawyer Advertising
Chapter 18 Social Media and Professional Liability
Chapter 19 Multi-Jurisdictional Practice of Law
Chapter 20 Managing Trust Accounts and Clients' Property
Chapter 21 Professional and Ethical Responsibilities When Departing a Law Practice
PART 3 - Professional Responsibility in Litigation
Chapter 22 Lawyers' Liability for Conduct During Litigation
Chapter 23 Interviewing and Preparing Witnesses
Chapter 24 Joint Defense Agreements
Chapter 25 Disqualification of Counsel
Chapter 26 Inadvertent Disclosure
Chapter 27 Settlement and Mediation
Chapter 28 Duty of Candor to the Tribunal and Remedial Measures in Civil Proceedings
Chapter 29 Preservation and Spoliation of Evidence
VOLUME 2
PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SUBSTANTIVE PRACTICE AREAS
Chapter 30 Appeals
Chapter 31 Bankruptcy
Chapter 32 Transactions and Closely Held Businesses
Chapter 33 Class Action Lawyers' Professional Responsibilities
Chapter 34 Creditors' Rights and Debt Collection
Chapter 35 Professional Defense of the Accused
Chapter 36 Employment Issues
Chapter 37 Estate Planning and Probate
Chapter 38 Family Law
Chapter 39 Real Estate Transactions
Chapter 40 Liability and Protections Under the Federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Chapter 41 Taxation
Chapter 42 Workers' Compensation
Chapter 43 Tripartite Relationship: Professional and Ethical Responsibilities of Insurance Defense Counsel
Chapter 44 Law Firms' “General Counsel” and Risk Management
Chapter 45 Reserved
Chapter 46 Reserved
Chapter 47 Reserved
PART 5 - LITIGATION OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND ETHICS CLAIMS
Chapter 48 The Claim or Lawsuit
Chapter 49 Fundamentals of Legal Malpractice Litigation
Chapter 50 Causation and Damages in Legal Malpractice Litigation
Chapter 51 Common Law Legal Malpractice Claims
Chapter 52 Statutory Legal Malpractice Claims
Chapter 53 Defenses to Legal Malpractice Claims
Chapter 54 Vicarious Liability
Chapter 55 Colorado Attorney Regulation: Attorney Discipline Process and Procedure
Chapter 56 Colorado Attorney Regulation: Summary Adjudications, Collateral and Disability Proceedings, and Reinstatement and Readmission
PART 6 - TRENDS
Chapter 57 Trends in Legal Malpractice Litigation: 2012-2017
Subject Index
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