Professional and personal responsibilities of the lawyer / by John T. Noonan, Jr. and Richard W. Painter.

New York, New York : Federation Press, 2001.

2nd ed.

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Legal ethics -- United States -- Cases.

I. Lawyer and client

Chapter 1. Lawyer and client

A. The client prejury dilemma

B. Use and abuse of civil process

C. The lawyer as agent and fiduciary

D. Fee arrangement

E. Division of fees

F. Payment of legal fees

G. Transactions with clients

H. Client and third-party funds

I. Termination of representation

J. Representation pro bono publico

II. Multiple relationships

Chapter 2. The client and society

A. Disclosure of client confidences

B. Disclosures to regulators and investors

C. Facilitation of client fraud

D. Legal opinions

Chapter 3. Client and political superior

Chapter 4. Successive clients

A. The resolving door: lawyers in government service and private practice

B. Successive clients in the private sector

Chapter 5. Professional relationships: peers, associates and partners

A. Peers

B. The associate

C. Promotion to partner

D. Partners

Chapter 6. Concurrent relationships

A. Concurrent roles

B. Concurrent conflicts in family and business representation

C. Concurrent conflicts in spousal representation

D. Concurrent conflict with lay intermediaries

E. Concurrent conflicts in class action

F. Concurrent conflicts in criminal representation

III. The tribunal as paradigm

Chapter 7. Representation

A. Representation of criminal defendants

B. Representation of civil litigants

C. Representation of business

D. Giving advice

Chapter 8. The adversary

A. The advocacy paradigm

B. Producing and preserving evidence

C. Representation of business

D. Giving advice

Chapter 9. The informed tribunal

A. Disingenuous argument-misrepresentation of facts B. Disingenuous argument-misrepresentation of legal authority

Chapter 10. The influenced tribunal

A. Ex-parte contact with the judiciary

B. Ex-parte contact with administrative tribunals

C. The biased tribunal

IV. Cooperation with the political system

Chapter 11. The professional and the political system

Chapter 12. Discipline and regulation of lawyers and law firms

A. Reform of the model rules

B. Discipline of law firms

C. Administrative agency discipline and enforcement proceedings

D. Lawyer advertising and solicitation

E. Public statements of attorneys

F. Unauthorised practice of law

G. Interstate and international lawyering

H. Lawyers and laypersons.

Includes index.

9781587780677

xxv, 897 p. ; 26 cm