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Liebowitz Law Firm Ends Operations

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By Edward Rosenthal & Tyler Maulsby — In January 2022, my Professional Responsibility and Ethics partner Tyler Maulsby and I wrote about whether and how Richard Liebowitz’s suspension from practice in New York (and elsewhere) impacted the ability of his former colleagues, including his sister, to call their firm the Liebowitz Law Firm.  That...

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Duty to Disclose Suspensions or Other Discipline to Clients

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By John B. Harris — Are lawyers obliged to disclose to clients they have been suspended in another jurisdiction based upon multiple acts of incompetence?  Or that the suspension is likely to be imposed reciprocally on the lawyer in their home...

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Why the “Stock” Decision Is Wrong — And Why It Is Right

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By Ronald C. Minkoff   Like so many New York lawyers, I was happy when the First Department decided Stock v. Schnader Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP, 35 N.Y.S.3d 31 (1st Dept. 2016 (Stock). Indeed, I was probably happier: The First Department’s decision,...

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Virtually Unclear: Will Legal Tech Companies Bridge Justice Gap or Fall into UPL Abyss?

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By Nicole I. Hyland and Tyler Maulsby In 1965, Norman F. Dacey published a book, How to Avoid Probate, which sold 600,000 copies in two years. New York Cty. Lawyers’ Assn. v. Dacey, 54 Misc.2d 564 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1967) affd. in part, modified in part, 28...

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Understanding & Securing the LLP Shield in New York (Part 2)

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By Susan Fortney As Part 1 of this article suggested (see NYLER June 2015), many lawyers jumped on the limited liability partnership (LLP) bandwagon without fully appreciating the reach of the statute that enabled lawyers to practice in LLPs and the...

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Tinker, Tailor, Lawyer, P.I.: Are Your Workplace Investigations Complying with the Law?

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How Attorneys Conducting Workplace Investigations Can Comply with N.Y.’s Private Investigator Law & Rules of Professional Conduct By Ronald C. Minkoff, Lindsay Harris, and Andrew Jacobs The recent high-profile trial in Ellen Pao vs. Kleiner...

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Understanding & Securing the LLP Shield in New York (Part 1)

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By Goldy Gluzman & Susan Fortney Introduction “[T]he actions of a partner you don’t even know, working in an office on the other side of the country, could cost you your house and force your kids to go to public school.” See, Michael Orey, “The...

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When Case-Within-a-Case Method Helps Plaintiffs Prove Legal Malpractice

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By Daniel L. Abrams Causation is an essential element in any legal malpractice case. When the plaintiff alleges that an attorney mishandled a lawsuit, in order to prove causation the plaintiff must prove that it would have prevailed in the underlying lawsuit....

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When You Can Contact Others Who Are or Were Represented by Counsel: Part II

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By Martin I. Kaminsky (Greenberg Traurig LLP) and Maren J. Messing (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP) In Part I of this article, “When You Can Contact Others Who Are or Were Represented by Counsel” (NYLER April 2015), we explained the basic...

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“Remembering Professor Monroe Freedman”

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By Abbe Smith The following remarks were delivered on March 1, 2015, at the Memorial Service for Professor Monroe Freedman. Monroe was my friend, co-author, intellectual life partner, mentor, and member of the family. There is no one like him; he is...