A: The lawyer has an obligation to competently and zealously represent the client, within the bounds of the law; this includes ethical rules. The lawyer, for example, is not to elicit or promote ...

“To err is human, to forgive, divine.” 1 But how many of us have godlike clients? At some point in their careers, most lawyers will make a mistake, whether trivial or significant in terms of the ...

Q: My brother has been charged with a crime. He has a criminal defense lawyer, though, who says he is “fighting hard to prove his innocence.” Our question is: If the lawyer knows the client is guilty, ...