(Photo: msoladay) Lack of Law Firm Oversight During Pandemic Could Make 'Ghost Clients' a More Common Problem
"If you're doing everything through your house, the concerns that somebody is going to walk in your office and see all this stuff on some different letterhead aren't there, right?" said Memphis attorney Brian S. Faughnan.
January 14, 2022 at 01:01 PM
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Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Ethics experts said a Washington state attorney's recent disbarment for representing more than 150 "ghost clients" without his firm's knowledge was an extreme case, but the lack of oversight during the past two years of remote work could potentially give rise to more examples.
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