{"id":387,"date":"2022-12-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rm73v2idht.onrocket.site\/?p=387"},"modified":"2022-12-16T20:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:56:54","slug":"legal-malpractice-avoidance-tips-you-must-stay-current-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"Legal Malpractice Avoidance Tips &#8211; You Must Stay Current With Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Legal Malpractice Avoidance Tips - You Must Stay Current With Technology\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncOF8yJ5x5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staying current with technology is included in comment eight of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padisciplinaryboard.org\/for-attorneys\/rules\/rule\/3\/the-rules-of-professional-conduct#:~:text=1.1%20Competence,reasonably%20necessary%20for%20the%20representation\">1.1 competence rule<\/a>. In other words, everyone, I think, is familiar with the 1.1 competence rule of professional conduct that says a lawyer shall provide competent representation to the client. Commenting to that rule 1.1 says to maintain the relevant knowledge and skill, a lawyer should keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of the issues that come up today that I see are either lawyers&#8217; use of technology as far as utilizing Facebook, Twitter and things like that in their own practice, as well as advising a client as to their use of technology. And there is a pretty good ethics PBA opinion that describes the lawyer&#8217;s role with regard to technology and the lawyer&#8217;s role in the use of technology on behalf of the lawyer and also representing the client and advising the client on the use of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet Scott Eberle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnswhite.com\/attorneys\/scott-r-eberle\/\">Scott Eberle<\/a> is on several insurance carriers defense panels. He&#8217;s been doing this type of work for many years. In my opinion, he&#8217;s one of the best presenters of legal malpractice and how to prevent it. So I think you&#8217;re in for a treat in terms of taking back some good information that you can implement in your firms.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Eberle-S-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Eberle-S-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Scott Eberle Attorney\" class=\"wp-image-378\" width=\"202\" height=\"313\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My name is Scott Eberle, I am an attorney at Burns White in Pittsburgh where my practice focuses on representation of professionals, lawsuits and ethics matters. I&#8217;m focused on representation of lawyers in legal malpractice lawsuits, as well as ethics issues either in front of the office of disciplinary Council, or just general ethics consultation. I help attorneys navigate the issues that come up in their practice and I&#8217;m able to provide guidance on what you need to do to follow the rules of professional conduct to not get yourself in potential trouble with the disciplinary council.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staying current with technology is included in comment eight of 1.1 competence rule. In other words, everyone, I think, is familiar with the 1.1 competence rule of professional conduct that says a lawyer shall provide competent representation to the client. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/?p=387\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-malpractice-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}