Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin advises and protects our clients’ interests in matters involving confidentiality, compliance, professional responsibility, and risk management. Our experienced Legal Ethics attorneys advise lawyers and law firms on a wide variety of professional responsibility matters including compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct; navigating conflicts of interest, disclosure requirements; client trust accounting issues; and privilege issues.

Pettit Kohn’s Legal Ethics attorneys are deeply involved and active in the world of lawyers’ professional responsibility, including through membership on the San Diego County Bar Association’s Legal Ethics Committee; the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL), and the Association of Discipline Defense Counsel (ADDC).

Services Offered to Lawyers and Law Firms:

• Defense of State Bar Complaints, Audits, and Inquiries
• Ethics Counseling for Law Firms Navigating Privilege Issues, Conflicts Issues, Engagement and Withdrawal, Use of Artificial Intelligence, and Trust Account Issues
• Pre-Litigation Risk Management 
• Counseling Regarding Permissive and Mandatory (Rule 8.3) Bar Complaints 
• Training for Law Firms on Professional Responsibility Issues including Client Trust Accounting Best Practices and Reporting Requirements