Lawyers Gone Ethical

Clients and lawyers should work well together. It makes for a smoother relationship, better work product, and better outcomes. It also reduces the risk of ethics violations and Bar complaints. As a lawyer, you must get comfortable with the idea that you will turn some clients away, and you must have systems in place to make sure you do so properly.

In this episode Megan discusses the reasons for turning clients away, how to do it (sometimes without even knowing you are), and what documentation to retain to protect yourself if a non-client later makes a complaint against you.

Resources Mentioned:

Book Megan mentioned - Radical Candor

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Autonomous vehicles sound like Knight Rider's Kit, but they are in real development for use on the roads -- and to some extent, they are already here. In this episode, Megan is joined by Damien Riehl, legal technologist, Managing Director of Fastcase Legal Research Platform, and member of Minnesota's Governor's Council on Connected and Automated Vehicles. They talk about what autonomous vehicles are, what we can expect to see in development, and what their rise means for practice areas including personal injury and products liability.

Resources Mentioned:

Damien's Article on Autonomous Vehicles

Guest Info:

Damien on LinkedIn

Damien on Twitter

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Megan reports on ABA TECHSHOW 2020

Resources Mentioned:

TECHSHOW Site

Erin Levine of Hello Divorce on Twitter

Jess Birken on Twitter

Jayne Reardon on Twitter

Clio

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Mistakes in handling funds entrusted to lawyers account for a large percentage of bar complaints and prosecutions. Most lawyers realize that mishandling their trust account can lead to big trouble, but many still struggle to do it right. At Clio Con 2019, bookkeeper to the solos and smalls of the country Annette Fadness sat down with Megan to talk about what can go wrong with trust accounting, how to avoid many common mistakes, and why professional help can be a really good idea.

Resources Mentioned:

Clio

TrustBooks

LawPay

Guest Info:

Annette's Website

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We have made it to 100 episodes, which is so exciting! Megan is so grateful to her listeners, guests, and production team.

Many lawyers have misconceptions about the attorney discipline process. On this special episode, Megan dispels three big myths:

1. Attorneys can only suffer attorney discipline for lawyer conduct.

2. The attorney discipline process is fair.

3. The State Bar exists for lawyers.

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Mark Palmer, Chief Counsel in the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (also known as 2Civility), sat down with Megan at Clio Con 2019 to talk about the disappearing rural lawyer. We know that there is a massive access to justice problem, but one aspect of this problem we do not hear so much about is the shortage of lawyers in rural areas of the country. There are large geographic expanses with zero or only a handful of lawyers. Mark and Megan talk about the problem and what is being done to address it.

Resources Mentioned:

Lawyers Gone Ethical episode with Jayne Reardon also from 2Civility

Guest Info:

Mark Palmer - Twitter and LinkedIn

2 Civility - website, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook

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What is a law firm's culture? It does not have to be any one thing, any stereotype, or inspired by a movie. Every firm has a culture, even if it has not been consciously identified and cultivated. In this episode, Megan talks with Jordan Couch at Clio Con 2019 about his role as Cultural Ambassador at Palace Law, what it means to have an intentional law firm culture, and how to bring your firm's values to light.

Guest Info:

Jordan Couch on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter

Jordan's Email: [email protected]

Palace Paw on Instagram

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Lawyers often hide their real selves behind their lawyer personas, but Shreya Ley and her husband Colin have built their practice largely on the premise that the shield can be dropped and we can be our real selves at work, in marketing, and with clients. At Clio Con 2019, they presented together on this topic, and Shreya visited with Megan to talk about what it means to be authentic in lawyering, how to take the perceived risk of letting your guard down, and the incredible payoffs.

Resources Mentioned:

Shreya and Colin's Podcast - The Lawyer Human Show

Guest Info:

Shreya Ley on Twitter

Shreya's Email - [email protected]

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Consumer-facing digital legal products assist self-represented consumers, but lawyers need education and guidance too. Frequent guest and contributor Erin Gerstenzang is an accomplished trial lawyer, and in this episode she and Megan talk digital legal products designed to train other lawyers on specialized areas. Erin has recently launched DUI Roadmaps, which is an online course and tool for DUI lawyers around the country to prepare for trial. She and Megan talk about how providing expertise to other lawyers is a niche that is frequently overlooked.

Resources Mentioned:

DUI Roadmaps

Guest Info:

Erin Gerstenzang - Website and Twitter

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Lori Gonzalez, founder of Rayna Corp., knows more than a thing or two about supporting lawyers. Her business's purpose is to bring admin superpowers to law firms around the country. At Clio Con 2019, Lori spoke about utilizing administrative superpowers to make your practice better. In this episode, she visited with Megan to talk about her presentation and what a super powered admin can do for any solo or small firm lawyer.

Resources Mentioned:

Lori on Lawyers Gone Ethical Episode 26

Clio Legal Trends Report

CaseMail – digital mailing service

Guest Info:

Lori Gonzalez - Twitter

Rayna Corp

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