Sentences with phrase «competent in»

Bob Ambrogi: Mark and I did a panel yesterday for the Association of Corporate Counsel of Colorado on the ethical duty of lawyers to be competent in technology, and it's a scary issue, it's a fascinating issue in one we could do a whole «nother show on.

In recommending a reprimand and that the lawyer be restricted to practising under supervision and taking on new client matters only with a supervisor's approval, the committee found that the lawyer was competent in his own area — commercial litigation — but noted that he «ran into trouble when he exercised poor judgment and took on cases outside his area of practice.»

That is, f the easiest way to get CPD credits is to go to a programme authorized by the LSUC, the can claim there's no valid reason for the hypothetical lawyer to not be minimially competent in his or her area of practice since all he or she has to do is go to a programme on that area, get the material, and learn it.

Laser scanning: I've operated Optech, Riegl, and Leica systems and am competent in processing data from all of these.

The JFLC helps students to develop good client relationships, to become competent in Colorado juvenile and family law in particular, and in Colorado civil practice more broadly.

Proper legal advice can only be obtained from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction who is competent in the specialized area of the law, and with whom you consult and hire via a written retainer agreement, and who then assumes the obligation to protect your rights and explain your responsibilities.

Ulloa & Asociados is a team of professionals, responsible and competent in corporate and business law areas, offering solutions to their clients based on the efficient implementation of the law.

I'm also pleased to see that they included technology competence as a category asking, «What are you doing to make sure that lawyers are competent in the technology that they use?»

«Lawyers think they are competent in IT issues and they screw things up royally,» Judge Waxse said.

But an emerging body of ethics law requires lawyers also to be competent in technology.

The team is utterly professional, thorough and competent in dealing with all the technical challenges.

They also must be educated about advances in science and medicine and competent in defending their clients using innovative and practical strategies.

A recent article in the ABA Journal titled «Not competent in basic tech?

Now that some 20 states are conforming with the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct by requiring lawyers to be competent in technology, it looks like the only way to go is forward.

Transferring lawyers will have an ethical obligation not to practise in areas of the law they are not competent in.

They also want to be confident that the lawyer they refer to is competent in their field, and also provides great service.

Some other states, while not having formally adopted the change to their rules of professional conduct, have nonetheless acknowledged a duty of lawyers to be competent in technology.

As a non-lawyer (potential client) I find this line, «transferring lawyers will have an ethical obligation not to practise in areas of the law they are not competent in», to be very curious.

Some cases have suggested that need must be established by filing medical evidence, such as an affidavit from the first examining physician recommending a further examination by a health practitioner competent in another specialty.

Pennsylvania personal injury lawyers are highly competent in these issues and may help you determine what damages you may be entitled to, for physical injuries as well as for the emotional injuries often involved.

Sources tell us that the team is «utterly professional, thorough and competent in dealing with all the technical challenges.

It requires someone to know the background developments that have taken place for storing these documents, to know what the archive is and does, and to feel competent in searching it.

Whether we go the route of the ABA and a growing number of states or craft our own Canadian response, it's time we acknowledge the increasing ubiquity of technology in all aspects of legal practice and determine how best to ensure that lawyers are competent in its use.

This paper proposes that if women feel that they are less competent in these skills, it is probable that they will be less committed to their legal careers.

Last year, we wrote about the Legal Tech Audit (LTA), a test designed to examine whether attorneys were competent in working with basic Windows - based technology tools like PDF, Word documents, and Excel spreadsheets.

I have written a more detailed analysis of the proposed opinion for the Catalyst E-Discovery Search Blog: California Considers Ethical Duty To Be Competent in E-Discovery.

In August 2012, the American Bar Association voted to amend the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make clear that lawyers have a duty to be competent in technology.

Clients like knowing you have experience with similar matters, and it is fairly impossible to be competent in more than a few practice areas, anyway.

I concur with the need to consult with someone competent in the area of online computer security.

Now, the duty to be competent in technology may be coming to my state, Massachusetts.

And basically what the California opinion said is that if you are a lawyer who does litigation of any kind — whether it's the small, tiny family case or whatever, if you're going into court and representing clients in course — that you need to be competent in ediscovery technology.

However, again, there are any number of court cases that do recognize that lawyers have a duty to be competent in the technologies that they're using.

It's funny because the 20/20 Commission itself said that this is not a new duty, that lawyers have always had a duty to be competent in the tools and the technologies they use both as they relate to their own law practice and as they affect their clients.

At Cohen & Cohen, we are experienced and competent in medical malpractice suits.

Robert Ambrogi reports that fifteen state bar associations have now adopted the ABA model rule that requires lawyers to be competent in the technology they use.

Green: They are highly competent in that area, and have a high commitment to doing the task.

Lawyers are generally not asked by bar associations, journals, or schools to instruct others unless they are very competent in a particular field themselves.

But how can we become competent in new areas of the law?

As regular readers of this blog know, 17 states now say lawyers have an ethical duty to be competent in technology.

In a decision that could be a harbinger of how other states will rule, the State Bar of California has now said that lawyers who handle litigation have an ethical duty to be competent in e-discovery or associate with others who have that competence.

It is important that you have an North Carolina personal injury attorney competent in both personal injury and estate administration assist in any accident that results in a death.

We work incredibly hard because we both love and are competent in our practice niche.

She indicated that whereas she learned some new things about property and debt distribution, she was already competent in the areas covered, other than LLLT ethics rules.

This defendant, whether anybody likes him or not, was competent in how he proceeded.

Attorneys must at least be competent in electronic discovery and know what options are available for electronic storage of documents and files.

Of course, it's hard to say whether Low's all around experience or Dickhaus» lack of criminal experience make him less competent in a criminal trial.

In my column this week at Above the Law, I discuss this evolving ethical duty of technology competence for lawyers and what it means for a lawyer to be competent in technology.

One IT firm I contacted, which seemed very competent in technology for law firms (and there don't seem to be many), said it couldn't help me because it only served the lower mainland.

It does, however, mean that you can not turn a blind eye to the technology - driven global economy; rather, lawyers must «remain competent in a digital age.»

To do this, it encourages lawyers, scholars and others who are competent in legal analysis to contribute commentary on cases or to post summaries of cases.