Managing Editor: Michael Mihm
Publisher: CLE in Colorado, Inc.
Released: January 2014
Page Count: 1,500 +
Trim Size: 7.5 x 10-inch format
Format: soft cover, two volumes with CD-ROM
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 special topics unique to particular practice areas, as well as many other issues.
This 2014 soft-cover edition has been completely reorganized and divided into six parts for ease of use: Part 1, Professional Responsibilities to Clients and the Courts; Part 2, Law Practice Management; Part 3, Professional Responsibility in Litigation; Part 4, Professional Responsibility in Substantive Practice Areas; Part 5, Litigation of Professional Liability and Ethics Claims; and Part 6, Trends. All chapters have been renumbered and updated as needed to reflect case, statutory, and regulatory developments in the past year, including the new civil union and marijuana laws in Colorado. This year, we also added a new topic: Chapter 27, “Settlement and Mediation.”
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS:
Trends in Legal Malpractice Litigation: Features important legal malpractice cases from the past year and is fully updated for 2014.
Plus: Complete reorganization of all chapters in the book into six parts for easier use
ONE NEW CHAPTER:
Settlement and Mediation - Focuses on best practices aimed at avoiding malpractice claims after settlement (nearly 10 percent of legal malpractice claims arise after the client has voluntarily entered into a settlement)
The book is a valuable preventive tool and indispensable guide to practicing Colorado law “by the book.”