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About the Author
Sean Monahan, Conflicts Counsel at Foster Pepper PLLC, advises the firm on
legal ethics and related compliance matters. An attorney licensed in Washington,
he also manages the conflicts and records departments, including intake, client
engagements, ethical screens and file-closing. Sean serves as ILTA's co-RML for
the Seattle region and is a member of the Information Governance Peer Group
Steering Committee. Contact him at monas@foster.com.
Legal Ethics
and Information
Governance
Every physical digital repository is searched, and the key document
is found just in time. A client relations disaster was averted, but did the lawyer
also avoid a potential ethical violation?
The mechanics of receiving, creating, categorizing, organizing, archiving,
destroying and transferring the client file continue to evolve rapidly as lawyers
adopt new technology to improve client service.
An associate is desperately looking for a critical piece of
information, a communication with a client, and there is
no record of the document in the physical file or document
management system.
