Ten Remedies You Must Understand

Practical Litigator, Vol. 16, No. 6, p. 41, 2005

14 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2008 Last revised: 12 May 2012

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Lawrence J. Fox

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Susan R. Martyn

University of Toledo - College of Law

Date Written: 2005

Abstract

It is in every lawyer's best interest to know the ten legal remedies available for violations of the law governing lawyers: professional discipline, tort liability to clients, criminal accountability, misrepresentation, tort liability to nonclients, ineffective assistance of counsel, fee forfeiture, sanctions, disqualification, and loss of contractual rights.

Keywords: Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, Remedies, Discipline, Crimes, Misrepresentation, Duties to Third Persons, Tort Liability, Malpractice, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Disqualification, Fee Forfeiture, Loss of Contractual Rights, Sanctions

Suggested Citation

Fox, Lawrence J. and Martyn, Susan R., Ten Remedies You Must Understand (2005). Practical Litigator, Vol. 16, No. 6, p. 41, 2005 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1160008

Lawrence J. Fox

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University of Toledo - College of Law ( email )

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