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Legal Ethics, Professionalism & Substance Abuse Seminars

Each year we organize a Legal Ethics, Professionalism & Substance Abuse seminar for our clients. There is no cost to our clients. Non-clients pay $100 at the seminar. The following are the cities and dates we will be offering the seminar in 2012:

Invitations will be going out mid-summer. Be sure to return these early, space is limited. If you are not a client and would like to attend any one of these seminars, complete the trial application on this website to obtain a quote and the fee for the seminar will be waived. Hope to see you there!!

Amendment to the Code of Professional Responsibility

The Supreme Court of Ohio adopted the following amendment to Canon 1 of the Code of Professional Responsibility (DR 1-104) and Notice to Client, effective July 1, 2001.

Canon 1

A Lawyer Should Assist in Maintaining the Integrity and Competence of the Legal Profession

Disciplinary Rules

DR 1-104 Disclosure Of Information to the Client

  1. A lawyer shall inform a client at the time of the client's engagement of the lawyer or at any time subsequent to the engagement if the lawyer does not maintain professional liability insurance in the amounts of at least one hundred thousand dollars per occurrence and three hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate or if the lawyer's professional liability insurance is terminated. The notice shall be provided to the client on a separate form set forth following this rule and shall be signed by the client.
  2. A lawyer shall maintain a copy of the notice signed by the client for five years after termination of representation of the client.
  3. The notice required by division (A) of this rule shall not apply to a lawyer who is engaged in either of the following:
    1. Rendering legal services to a governmental entity that employs the lawyer.
    2. Rendering legal services to an entity that employs the lawyer as in-house counsel.

Notice To Client

Required by DR 1-104 Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility

Pursuant to DR 1-104 of the Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility, I am required to notify you that I do not maintain professional liability (malpractice) insurance of at least $100,000 per occurrence and $300,000 in the aggregate.

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Attorney's Signature

Client Acknowledgement

I acknowledge receipt of the notice required by DR 1-104 of the Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility that [insert attorney's name] does not maintain professional liability (malpractice) insurance of at least $100,000 per occurrence and $300,000 in the aggregate.

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Cleint's Signature

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Date