Frank Dunn - Business Lawyer, Corporate and Contracts Law From

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Frank Dunn - Business Lawyer, Corporate and
Contracts Law From

• My name is Frank Dunn, I am an experienced lawyer
  who is committed to excellence. Having practiced
  as a litigator and a commercial lawyer, I am able
  to provide clients with actionable legal guidance
  and top-quality services across a wide range of
  areas. In particular, I have advised clients in
  industries such as retail, education, real estate
  and financial services.

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Professional ResponsibilityAreas Of Professional
Responsibility

• Each of the many areas of lawyer responsibility
  contains a discrete category of ethical concerns.
  These areas can be organized as the lawyer-client
  relationship, the lawyer as counselor, the lawyer
  as advocate, transactions with persons other than
  clients, law firms and associations, public
  service, information about legal services, and
  the integrity of the profession.

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Lawyer-Client Relationship

• A lawyer must follow certain ethical standards
  when working with a client. A lawyer must be
  reasonably skilled in order to represent a client
  on a legal matter. Though a lawyer may work on
  legal matters unrelated to his or her usual
  practice, they may not charge the client for
  extra time studying to become competent in that
  area of the law.

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Lawyer as Counselor

• A lawyer serves varied roles, including that of
  counselor. As a counselor, a lawyer renders
  candid advice that may refer to factors apart
  from the law, including moral, economic, social,
  and political issues relevant to the client's
  situation. A lawyer may act as a mediator between
  multiple clients but only if each client consents
  and the mediation can be done impartially without
  affecting the lawyer's responsibilities to any of
  the clients.
• Lawyer as Advocate A lawyer is required to be an
  advocate for the client. This is an important
  obligation because U.S. law is based on the
  ADVERSARY SYSTEM, which gives competing litigants
  the principal responsibility for gathering
  evidence, formulating legal theories, and
  presenting evidence and theories at trial to a
  judge and jury.