Professional responsibility for lawyers / David Jargiello.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

1st edition

203241

Legal ethics.

Attorney and client.

Confidential communications.

Confidential communications -- Lawyers.

1. Regulation of lawyers

2. The attorney-client relationship

3. The duty to communicate

4. The duties of diligence and competence

5. The duty of confidentiality: confidences and secrets

6. The duty of confidentiality: attorney client privilege

7. The duty of loyalty: current client conflicts

8. The duty of loyalty: former client conflicts

9. The duty of loyalty: lawyer-client conflicts

10. Lawyers and money

11. Attorney advertising

12. Duties to third parties

13. The business and economics of practicing law

14. Legal technology, disruption by private capital and the future of the profession.

Written by one of the most experienced law firm general counsel in the United States, Professional Responsibility for Lawyers is a rigorous and accessible treatment of the law and ethics of legal practice, weaving together statutes, rules, case law, ethics opinions, and secondary authorities to illuminate the standards that define a lawyer’s professional obligations. Organized into fourteen clear and practical chapters, the book guides readers through the core duties of communication, competence, loyalty, confidentiality, and financial integrity, while also engaging with contemporary challenges such as legal technology and the growing role of private capital in the profession. Each chapter combines careful doctrinal analysis with practical insights drawn from real-world lawyering, making complex rules intelligible without sacrificing depth. Key Features: A systematic exploration of the regulatory architecture governing lawyers across jurisdictions ; A synthesis of disciplinary rules and fiduciary obligations as they converge in practice ; Detailed treatment of attorney-client relationships, conflicts of interest, and duties to courts, clients, and third parties ; Consideration of emerging issues in artificial intelligence, legal innovation, and the future of professional regulation. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781035345502

xvi, 517 pages ; 22 cm