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Legal Ethics - Client Relations

 
All States, except California, have adopted rules of professional conduct based upon and, for the most part, are the same as the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Model Rules”), with some modifications. See generally Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. and W. William Hodes, The Law of Lawyering (3rd Ed. 2000) (“Hazard & Hodes”) § 1.15. California is apparently in the process of adopting the rules of professional conduct patterned after the Model Rules.

The rules of professional conduct adopted by the States provide baseline guidance regarding the professional relationship between the lawyer and the client, third parties and tribunals, among other things. The failure to comply with a Rule may result in discipline, but is generally not considered a per se basis for civil liability. See Schmitz v. Davis, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 101913 (D. Kan. Sept. 23, 2010) (“The court agrees that a violation of disciplinary rules does not per se constitute tort liability.”).

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John A. Snow is an attorney with Prince Yeates & Geldzahler, Salt Lake City, Utah. His practice consists of general civil litigation; including commercial, professional malpractice, construction, and insurance coverage and defense. Mr. Snow has been designated in The Best Lawyers in America as Lawyer of the Year in litigation, real estate and construction law; and designated in the areas of practice of legal malpractice-defense, commercial litigation and construction.

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John A. Snow

John A. Snow

Parsons Behle & Latimer

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John A. Snow

John A. Snow

Parsons Behle & Latimer

  • Attorney with Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Practice consists of general civil litigation, including commercial, professional malpractice, construction, and insurance coverage and defense
  • Designated in The Best Lawyers in America as Lawyer of the Year in litigation, real estate, and construction law; and designated in the areas of practice of legal malpractice defense, commercial litigation, and construction
  • Designated in Utah Business magazine’s Utah Legal Elite in the areas of business and civil litigation and construction law and as a Super Lawyer in the Mountain States in Super Lawyer Magazine
  • Former Chair of the Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee of the Utah State Bar
  • Can be contacted at [email protected] or 801-536-6772

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