Lawyers have always had a duty to be honest and truthful pursuant to general ethical principles, as well as the State Bar Act. The newest version of the Rules of Professional Conduct, effective Nov. 1, 2018, provides more specific guidance to lawyers relative to this duty. Read More
On February 10, the SDCBA Environmental Law/Land Use Section met by Zoom to discuss new environmental and land use laws for 2022 in its presentation “Ground Hog Day Review – New Laws in 2022.” The reason for a Ground Hog Day review? Because it seems that every year, policymakers go around in the same circle and end up right back where they started: trying to get policy and law aligned with saving the planet. Read More
My mom and I work together as attorneys in a “family” law firm; we are family serving clients in family law and criminal defense matters. Deciding to work with a family member can be a difficult decision. How are we going to get along in a work environment? Is work going to interfere with our personal relationship? What if things go south? These are all questions that likely every individual who has decided to either start a law firm with a family member or join a family member’s law firm have asked themselves, including me. Read More
Civil litigator Robert L. Theiring has never been afraid to try something new: “That’s one of the things my father taught me about life. The day you stop learning is the day you die.” Read More
8 Tidbits of Advice from an International Student Turned U.S. Lawyer
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Tips from the Bench: Hon. Jill L. Burkhardt
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Application of CRPC 1.15 to Government Lawyers
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