Learn how to remain professional, stay in compliance, and prevent pitfalls when terminating a relationship with a client.
Chances are you've experienced an attorney-client relationship that either makes you uncomfortable, scream, or wish you'd never taken the case. Attorneys often face situations where they need (or want) to terminate a client relationship for one reason or another. These reasons may range from conflicts of interest, unlawful behavior, inability to fulfill obligations (by either client or attorney), or fundamental disagreements. When is withdrawal from a case required? When is it optional? What ethical obligations must be considered in the termination of such a relationship? What steps can be taken to stay in compliance with ethical rules, avoid discipline or professional liability, and prevent the pitfalls that may occur when firing a client? This topic will reveal guidelines for deciding when to fire which clients and how to go about it if the relationship has become problematic.
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Guidelines for Deciding If or When to Fire a Client
- Rules of Professional Conduct
- When You Must Withdraw
- Violation of Law or Ethics Rules
- Impairment
- Discharged
- When You Can Withdraw
- Client Consent
- No Adverse Effect
- You've Been Used
- Fundamental Disagreements
- Unfulfilled Obligations
- Unreasonable Burden
Guidelines for Deciding Who to Fire
- The Pareto Principal
- Opportunity Costs and Cost Benefit Analysis
- Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way
- Communication and Expectations
- Resolution With Updates to Written Contracts
Guidelines for How to Fire a Client
- When to Get Court Approval
- Protect the Client's Interests
- Remain Professional
- Consider a Referral
- Review Your Contract
- End It Quickly
- Accommodate Unstable Clients
- Plan Ahead, Make It a Process
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This course was last revised on December 9, 2022.
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- AK CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- Alaska attorneys may receive 1.5 hours of continuing legal education, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit for completing this program. Please contact the Alaska Bar Association or go to www.alaskabar.org for details regarding reciprocity with other states.
- AL CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This course or a portion thereof has been approved by the Alabama State Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for a maximum of 1.5 hours' credit, including 1.5 hours of ethics credit.
- AR CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This course has been approved for 1.5 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- Arizona CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- The Arizona State Bar does not pre-approve or pre-certify MCLE programs. However, records of this program and attendance will be maintained by Lorman Education Services for auditing purposes. This activity may qualify for up to 1.5 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona, including 1.50 hours of professional responsibility.
- CA MCLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- Lorman Education Services is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 CLE hours of participatory credit, of which includes 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- CT CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- Neither the Connecticut Judicial Branch nor the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education approve or accredit CLE providers or activities. This course has been approved for CLE credit in jurisdictions aside from CT and therefore it automatically meets the content and delivery requirements in Connecticut. Credit is based on a 60 minute credit hour and shall be awarded as follows: 1.5 CLE credit(s) including 1.50 hour(s) of ethics credit.
- GA CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency for 1.5 CLE hours, including 1.5 ethics hour.
- HI CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program was approved by the Hawaii State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credit hours including 1.50 ethics credit hours.
- ND CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- North Dakota CLE policy does not allow for pre-approval of any self-study courses. This course may qualify for up to 1.5 hours of CLE credit, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- NH MCLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- NH MCLE does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the NH Minimum CLE requirement. Lorman Education Services believes this Ondemand course meets the requirement of NH Supreme Court Rule 53 and may qualify for 90 minutes of ethics credit.
- NM CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 hours of credit, including 1.5 hours of ethics credit.
- NV CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE hours, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- NY CLE 1.5 including Ethics and Professionalism 1.5
- This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York Continuing Legal Education Board for up to a maximum of 1.5 credit hours in the area(s) of Ethics and Professionalism for 1.50 hours. Each hour may be counted only as satisfying one category of credit. Duplicate credit for the same hour of instruction is not permitted. This course qualifies for credit for established attorneys only. Lorman Education- Noggin Guru, Inc. has a financial hardship guideline. Please contact customer service at 1.866.352.9539 for instructions on how to apply.
- OR CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- Approved for 1.5 CLE credits in Oregon, including 1.50 hour of ethics credit.
- RI CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.5 hours of CLE credit, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- VT CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This self-study program has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board of Vermont for 1.5 hour(s) of CLE credit including 1.50 hour(s) of ethics credit. Please note: Attorneys may only claim 12 credits per compliance period in this format. This course is considered "Non-Moderated Programming without Interactivity".
- WA CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 hours of A/V credit, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- NALA 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program is applicable for continuing legal assistant education credit. Please check with your accrediting board to see if this course will qualify towards your recertification requirements.
Program Length: 1.5 hour(s) including 1.50 hour(s) of ethics credit.
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Noel R. Bagwell, III, Esq.
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• Operates ExecutiveLP®, a virtual law firm based in Nashville, Tennessee
• Has won numerous awards, including the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Attorney for Justice award for his pro bono work with veteran entrepreneurs, as well as the Clarksville, TN Mayor’s Certificate (2019) for his contributions to the business community in that city, which, in 2019, Money magazine named the Best Place to Live in America
• Exclusively works with business clients to transform their legal support from a cost center to a profit engine, through ExecutiveLP’s legal operations install service, Profit from Legal™, and ExecutiveLP’s Legal Lifeline and Signet™, outside general counsel services
• Author of How to Structure Your Business for Success, a book of legal guidance for startups interested in putting their new venture on a firm legal foundation; Profit from Legal, an upcoming book structuring legal operations around the use of legal key performance indicators to create the conditions necessary for legal support to generate a posi-tive ROI for businesses; and numerous print and electronic articles for the Nashville Bar Journal and various blogs
• The host of the Profit from Legal Podcast
• J.D. degree, Cumberland School of Law at Samford University; Scholar of Merit: Economic Analysis of Law; B.A. degree in Philosophy, minor in international studies, Austin Peay State University
• Can be contacted at 615-716-0606 (option 5) and [email protected], on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2779139/; LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13936380/; on Twitter: @ExecutiveLP; https://www.twitter.com/ExecutiveLP; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExecutiveLP; or Fa-cebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/profitfromlegal
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