ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR
NOVEMBER 25,2008 WEBCAST
1. Lawyers
Obligation to REGULARLY AND FULLY Keep Client Informed -
I referred to
GORSKI v. SMITH , 812 A.2d 683, 2002 Pa. Super 334 where
the court quoting Fiorentino
v. Rapoport, 693 A.2d 208
(Pa.Super.1997), appeal denied, 549 Pa. 716, 701 A.2d 577
(1997) stated
“In order to
advise a client adequately, a lawyer is obligated to
scrutinize any contract which the client is to execute and
thereafter must disclose the client the full import of the
instrument and possible consequences which might arise
therefrom. The lawyer must be familiar with well settled
principles of law and the rules of practice which are
frequent application in the ordinary business of the
profession.”
I suggested that one way of conforming with this
professional obligation is to e-mail to your client a copy
annotated with your comments of each draft of the document
being drafted. I also suggested that you would probably
want to keep a hard copy of each such annotated draft in
your file with a printout of the email to which the draft
was attached.
