February 2021 - The Rolwes Law Firm, LLC

When Is An Attorney’s Interests ‘Materially Adverse” to the Interests of a Former or Prospective Client? – New ABA Formal Opinion 497 Offers Welcome Guidance

ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.9(a) addresses conflicts between current clients and former clients of a lawyer. It reads: (a) A lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in the same or a substantially related matter in which that person’s interests are materially adverse to the interests [...]

Rolwes Law has been relaunched on a new web server

St. Louis, MO (RolwesLaw) We have relaunched our website on new servers to better serve our pages to visitors with enhanced speed and browser compatibility. Additional features are enhanced security (firewall) and using cache to help improve the speed. Plans are to utilize our blog better to help give prospective customers, and existing customers access [...]