A LAWYER S DUTIES OWED TO CLIENTS, PROSPECTIVE …
A LAWYER'S DUTIES OWED TO CLIENTS, PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS, AND NONCLIENTS
CHARLES HERRING, JR. Herring & Irwin, L.L.P.
701 Brazos Street, Suite 650 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 320-0665 (512) 320-0931
State Bar of Texas BUSINESS TORTS INSTITUTE
October 28-29, 2010 Dallas
CHAPTER 22
A Lawyer's Duties Owed to Clients,Prospective Clients, and Nonclients
Chapter 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II.
DUTIES OWED TO PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
III. THE PRIVITY RULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
IV. WHEN DOES AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP EXIST? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
V.
WHEN DOES THE DUTY END? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
VI. NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VII. EQUITABLE SUBROGATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
VIII. DUTY TO WARN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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