Advice and Representation on Attorney Ethics Issues
As a former attorney member of the California State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners, Los Angeles lawyer Zach Wechsler serves as a consultant to members of the bar and law firms about identifying and resolving professional ethics questions. He also advises and represents attorneys facing disciplinary proceedings in the State Bar Court. To learn how his experience and insight into legal ethics issues can benefit you and your firm, contact the Law Offices of Zachary D. Wechsler.
Young attorneys, small practices, newly merged firms, and solo lawyers can often encounter situations where an ounce of prevention can avoid a ton of trouble down the line. We can advise you about legal advertising, disclosure or characterization of affiliations, billing and other client problems, conflicts of interest, trust account procedures, fee-sharing or co-counsel relationships, confidentiality and privilege, and many other problems that can arise in the course of an engagement or even through an unidentified defect in office administrative procedures. We can even perform an ethics audit for your practice to show you how checklists, reporting policies, or accounting improvements can help insulate you and your firm from the risk of an attorney ethics inquiry or complaint.
For lawyers who have been notified by the State Bar of California of its intention to commence formal disciplinary proceedings on the grounds of an ethics violation or other breach of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Mr. Wechsler's close familiarity with the attorney discipline process is invaluable. Most of all, he can help you take the remedial steps necessary to demonstrate the accountability or achieve the rehabilitation that the State Bar Court will need to see in order to keep your license intact. Our firm also helps law graduates and lawyers with the moral character application in the bar admission or reinstatement process.
Even the most conscientious attorney can run into ethics problems that might well be inherent in a given situation or client relationship rather than reflect unfavorably on the individual lawyer. At the Law Offices of Zachary D. Wechsler, our proactive approach to disciplinary exposure can provide useful advice in a particularly difficult instance for any attorney. We can also help less organized or detail-oriented lawyers find effective ways to tighten up their protocols to keep the risk of violations or complaints to a minimum. Contact us in Los Angeles for advice about your specific situation.
