By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner Aaron Swartz, 26 year-old co-founder of Reddit and long-time activist against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), committed suicide. Mr. Swartz killed himself weeks before his trial for charges related to his access to MIT’s computer…
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Attorney-Client Interview: Innocence, Jail and Canines – Part 3
Originally published in The Champion, November, 2011 Do You Believe That I’m Innocent? On occasion, some clients desperately insist that their lawyer must believe they are innocent. A tempered response goes something like this: Your innocence is not the standard.…
Tagged with: Attornery-Client Relationship, Attorney-Client Interview, Criminal Law, Innocenct, Practice of Law
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Attorney-Client Interview: Practice Points – Part 1 of 3
Originally published in The Champion, November, 2011 Basics of a Client Interview A lawyer can meet a client in many ways, including a referral by court appointment or in the waiting room of the lawyer’s office. For purposes of this…
Tagged with: Attornery-Client Relationship, Attorney-Client Interview, Client Communication, Criminal Law, Practice of Law
Posted in The Client
Posted in The Client
CON MAN CLIENT
New York Times reporters Eric Lichtblau and James Risen wrote a front-page article about Dennis Montgomery, a computer programmer, who received $20 million from the US Government for software that was supposed to thwart terrorism. The article suggests that Mr. Montgomery’s technology may…
Tagged with: American Bar Association Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.6 and 1.9, Attornery-Client Relationship, Con Man, Confidentiality, Cozen O'Connor, Dennis Montgomery, Duties to Former Clients, Ethics, Ex-Client, Federal Rule of Evidence 404 (a)(1) and 405 (a), Hayes Hunt, In Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, James Risen, Mike Wallace, New York Times, Professional Duties, Samurai, Seppuku
Posted in Ethics & Professional Conduct
Posted in Ethics & Professional Conduct
