Lawyer Discipline Invoked After Self-Dealing With Mother’s Estate
We often write about cases of lawyer discipline. That’s not because we enjoy relating the stories, but because they often provide guidance even to non-lawyers. For one example, many of the lawyer discipline cases involve breaches of fiduciary duty. The duties owed to an estate are the same whether the executor is a lawyer or […]
Powers of Attorney: Draft With Care and Use as Instructed
APRIL 7, 2003 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 40 Recently two different state courts addressed the exercise of authority made pursuant to a durable financial power of attorney. These cases illustrate why care should be taken both in drafting a power of attorney and in choosing an agent. In Florida, after David R. James II died, four […]