What Do You Do If Your Client Dies During Representation?
Imagine this: You’ve been hired by a client to represent them, but during the representation, the client dies. Now what? Attorney-client relationship The attorney-client relationship is an agency relationship, in which the client is the principal and the attorney is the agent. Typically, the death of a client terminates the attorney-client agency relationship, and the […]
Social Media Endorsements, Recommendations, Reviews: What You Need To Know
Most social media sites allow users to receive and post likes, endorsements, recommendations, reviews, and comments. Having such posts on your profiles can provide social proof and evidence of your abilities as a lawyer. Clearly, lawyers are responsible for all content they post on their social media profiles. But what about posts by other users? […]
Social Media Use: Is It Advertising or Soliciting Under the Ethics Rules?
I’m going to answer like a lawyer: “It depends.” Here are the basic principles: If an attorney uses a social media account strictly for personal purposes, then advertising and soliciting rules probably don’t apply. (See, e.g., Florida) For accounts, profiles, unsolicited communications, or posts made primarily for the purpose of retention of the lawyer or […]
