# overview
Generally speaking, my research interests largely deal with legal ethics and malpractice. More specifically, many of my scholarly endeavors involve law firm ethics and governance. I have conducted a number of empirical studies related to law firm ethics and culture, as well as lawyer conduct and regulation.

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility

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Columbia University - (New York, New York, United States)

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Columbia University - (New York, New York, United States)

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Trinity University - (San Antonio, Texas, United States)

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Antioch University - (Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States)

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Lawyers in Practice: Ethical Decision Making in Context: A Mirror and Window for Understanding Ethics of Law Practice

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Law as a Profession: Examining the Role of Accountability

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The Role of Ethics Audits in Improving Management Systems and Practices: An Empirical Examination of Management-Based Regulation of Law Firms

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Legal Malpractice, a Tort in Search of a Remedy: Prying Open the Courthouse Doors for Legal Malpractice Victims

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Are Law Firm Partners Islands Unto Themselves? An Empirical Study of Law Firm Peer Review and Culture

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The Billable Hours Derby: Empirical Data on the Problems and Pressure Points

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The Role of Ethics Audits in Improving Management Systems and Practices: An Empirical Examination of Management-Based Regulation of Law Firms

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Book Review: A Mirror and Window for Understanding Ethics of Law Practice

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Report to the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation: Analysis of Grievances Filed in Criminal and Family Matters from 2013-2016

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An Empirical Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of Billable Hour Requirements

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Patterns and Problems in Professional Discipline Cases

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OTS vs. The Bar: Must Attorneys Advise Directors that the Directors Owe a Duty to the Depository Fund?

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Addressing Perceived Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Attorney Discipline

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A Portrait of Uninsured Lawyers: Using Empirical Data to Enhance Public Protection

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Keeping Lawyers' Houses Clean: Global Innovations to Advance Public Protection and the Integrity of the Legal Profession

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Is it Educational Malpractice Not to Teach Comparative Legal Ethics?

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Understanding and Securing the LLP Shield in New York - Part One

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A Jurisprudential Analysis of Government Intervention and Prenatal Drug Abuse

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Insurance Issues Related to Lateral Hire Musical Chairs

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Systematically Thinking about Law Firm Ethics: Conference on the Ethical Infrastructure and Culture of Law Firms

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Assessing How Lawyers Keep Their Own Houses Clean: Baseline Report on Outcomes-Focused Regulation

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Taking Courthouse Discrimination Seriously: The Role of Judges as Ethical Leaders

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Chicken Little Lives: The Anticipated and Actual Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley on Corporate Lawyers' Conduct

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Preventing Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in Higher Education: How Lawyers Should Assist Universities in Fortifying Ethical Infrastructure

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Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession: The Significance of Giving Voice and Listening to Persons Who Experience Discrimination, Bias, and Harassment

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The Role of 'Good Prosecutors' in Advancing Access to Criminal Justice

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'They Don't Know What They Don't Know': A Study of Diversion in Lieu of Lawyer Discipline

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The Role of Accountability in Preserving Judicial Independence: Examining the Ethical Infrastructure of the Federal Judicial Workplace

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Collaborative Divorce: What Louis Brandeis Might Say About the Promise and Problems?

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Law Student Admissions and Ethics  Rethinking Character and Fitness Inquiries

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Seeking Shelter in the Minefield of Unintended Consequences  The Traps of Limited Liability Law Firms

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Designing and Improving a System of Proactive Management-Based Regulation to Help Lawyers and Protect the Public

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Attorneys' Malpractice Policies: Regulatory Exclusions and Public Policy

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Foreword: Systematically Thinking About Law Firm Ethics: Conference on the Ethical Infrastructure and Culture of Law Firms

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Foreword - Systematically Thinking About Law Firm Ethics: Conference on the Ethical Infrastructure and Culture of Law Firms

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Understanding and Securing the LLP Shield in New York - Part Two

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Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Complaints: Ethics Audits as a Risk-Management Tool

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Legal Malpractice Insurance: Surviving the Perfect Storm

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Law Firm General Counsel as Sherpa: Challenges Facing the In-Firm Lawyers Lawyer

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High Drama and Hindsight: The LLP Shield, Post-Anderson

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Am I My Partners Keeper? Peer Review in Law Firms

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Assigned Counsel Mentoring Programs: Results and Lessons from Two Pilot Projects

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Promoting Judicial Clerk Transparency: A Proposal that Balances Hiring Prerogative and Public Accountability

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Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires history of sexual harassment

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A tort in search of a remedy: Prying open the courthouse doors for legal malpractice victims

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Tales of Two Regimes for Regulating Limited Liability Law Firms in the U.S. and Australia: Client Protection and Risk Management Lessons

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Adopting Law Firm Management Systems to Survive and Thrive: A Study of the Australian Approach to Management-Based Regulation

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An Empirical Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of Billable Hour Requirements

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Professional Responsibility and Liability Issues Related to Limited Liability Law Partnerships

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Beyond Diversity Rhetoric: Understanding the Link between Professional Responsibility and Reasonable Accommodations for Lawyers with Disabilities

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Eyes Wide Shut: Using Accreditation Regulation to Address the 'Pass-the-Harasser' Problem in Higher Education

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University of California Berkeley School of Law

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Law Firm Risk Management and Peer Review

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I Dont Have Time to Be Ethical: Addressing the Effects of Billable Hour Pressure

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Back to the Future: Designing and Improving a System of Proactive Management-Based Regulation to Help Lawyers and Protect the Public

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Challenges and Guidance for Lawyering in a Global Society

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Ethics Counsels Role in Combating the 'Ostrich' Tendency

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Monroe Freedman: Servant Leader, Bridge Builder

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Leaks, Lies, and the Moonlight: Fiduciary Duties of Associates to Their Law Firms

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Online Legal Document Providers and the Public Interest: Using a Certification Approach to Balance Access to Justice and Public Protection

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What Lawyers Can Learn from Their Mistakes: An Empirical Examination of Legal Malpractice

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Ethical Quagmires for Government Lawyers: Lessons for Legal Education

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Mandatory Legal Malpractice Insurance: Exposing Lawyers Blind Spots

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Practice Makes Perfect: Weaving Together the Fabric of the Virtuous Biller

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Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and the Legal Profession (Foreword and Table of Contents)

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Foreword: Legal Malpractice Is No Longer the Profession's Dirty Little Secret

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In Pursuit of Attorney Work-Life Balance: Best Practices in Management

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Soul for Sale: An Empirical Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of Billable Hour Requirements

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Fortifying a Law Firm's Ethical Infrastructure: Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims Based on Conflicts of Interest

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The Ethics of Diversity: Fortifying Ethical Infrastructure and Fostering Ethical Leadership to Prevent Sexual Misconduct and Harassment in STEM Research & Practice Settings

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University School of Law; 8500 TAMU