Associations Weigh In on Policies- December 16, 2005 Two vastly different professional associations are advancing policies on client development issues: The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Legal Marketing Association. According to Lawyers Weekly USA, the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association has promulgated a voluntary code of conduct governing solicitation, which was passed by the association's board in September. Some of the guidelines appear to be coterminous with ethics rules, e.g. prohibitions against going to the site of..http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-associations-weigh-in-on-policies.html Name That Client- December 16, 2005 Marketing, even the most traditional types, often includes reference to clients or case information. Listing "representative" clients in a directory like Martindale-Hubbell goes back to near the beginning of time. Clearly, web sites have expanded on this theme as firms include not only client names, but details about results. Sometimes the client names are omitted but the results are promoted. But to what extent is a lawyer obligated to maintain the representation of a client confidential I...http://www.willhornsby.com/archives/news-name-that-client.html |