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Zabel Schellenberg provides counsel to attorneys, law firms, municipalities, public officials, and other clients on matters involving legal ethics, professional responsibility, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, attorney conduct, and related compliance issues.

Our attorneys understand that legal ethics issues often arise in complex, sensitive, and time-sensitive circumstances.

Questions involving conflicts, client communications, confidentiality obligations, public-sector representation, attorney transitions, and professional responsibility can have significant practical and reputational consequences.

We provide careful, discreet, and practical guidance designed to help clients identify risks, satisfy their obligations, and make informed decisions.

Our legal ethics work is informed by the firm’s broad experience in litigation, appellate practice, municipal law, labor and employment, land use, real estate, and public-sector representation.

This background allows us to understand the real-world context in which ethical questions arise, particularly for attorneys and municipal clients navigating matters involving public officials, boards and commissions, administrative proceedings, and overlapping legal duties.

We advise clients on issues arising under the Rules of Professional Conduct, attorney-client privilege, confidentiality obligations, conflicts of interest, duties to current and former clients, communications with represented parties, attorney advertising, fee arrangements, file retention, and withdrawal from representation.

We also assist attorneys and firms in evaluating ethical obligations during lateral transitions, client transfers, and changes in representation.

For municipal and public-sector clients, legal ethics issues can be especially nuanced.

Our attorneys have significant experience advising municipalities, boards, commissions, public officials, and counsel on issues involving conflicts, recusal, ex parte communications, confidentiality, open government obligations, and the proper role of attorneys advising public bodies.

At Zabel Schellenberg, we approach legal ethics matters with discretion, judgment, and a practical understanding of the pressures attorneys and public officials face.

Whether advising on a discrete ethical question, assisting with a conflict analysis, or providing guidance in connection with a sensitive professional responsibility issue, we help clients move forward with clarity and confidence.

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