elcome to the web site of the Law Offices of Gary M. Young. Here you will find information regarding malpractice liability and risk management for a variety of professionals, including accountants, mental health care professionals, and attorneys.

On July 14, 2009, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued its decision in Tensfeldt v. Haberman, an estate-planning malpractice case. 2009 WI 77, ___ Wis. 2d ___, 768 N.W.2d 641. An analysis of this decision, presented in November, 2009, at the State Bar's 30th Annual Estate Planning Update, can be found here.

On February 27, 2007, the Ethics Committee of the Colorado Bar Association issued Ethics Opinion 115, relating to Ethical Considerations in the Collaborative and Cooperative Law Contexts. The Committee concluded that "[t]he Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct prohibit a lawyer from participating in Collaborative Law so long as a contractual obligation exists between the lawyer and the opposing party whereby the lawyer agrees to terminate the representation of the client." This Opinion arrives independently at the same conclusion reached in my earlier article from the May, 2002, Wisconsin Lawyer explaining collaborative divorce malpractice liability.

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