Editor’s Note: It was winter when Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair, the authors of the “In Practice” columns on legal ethics, proposed writing a series on “The Seven Deadly Sins of Lawyers.”

I liked the idea a lot. Like everyone else, lawyers are susceptible to greed, envy, pride and the rest, and it had a catchy title. Shari and Alanna, partners at Dentons, wrote their articles, and we published them every two weeks between January and April.