Ethics & Professional Responsibility Lawyers
8,133 verified ethics & professional responsibility attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Ethics & Professional Responsibility counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
Sean Thomas McGrevey is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, personal injury litigation, insurance coverage and 8 other areas of law. Sean receive...
Mr. Richard Lee Smith, Jr. is a lawyer practicing insurance, professional liability, business litigation and 11 other areas of law.
Andrew J. D'Amico is a lawyer practicing personal injury, medical negligence, general practice and 3 other areas of law.
Christopher Chad Sabis is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, appellate practice, chancery and equity and 11 other areas of law. Chris...
William Monahan McKeon is a lawyer practicing business, ethics & professional responsibility, personal injury and 5 other areas of law. William receiv...
Lawrence Patrick McCarthy III is a lawyer practicing corporate law, taxation law, estate planning and 3 other areas of law. Lawrence received a B.A. d...
Eric R Elms is a lawyer practicing arts and sports, business law, civil litigation and 13 other areas of law. Eric received a B.S. degree from Florida...
Richard C Tynan is a lawyer practicing arbitration, health care, ethics & professional responsibility and 6 other areas of law. Richard received a B.A...
Rasheeda Zamani Khan is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, ethics & professional responsibility, federal crime and 4 other areas of law. Rasheeda r...
Richard J. Behr is a lawyer practicing personal injury defense, litigation, lawsuits & disputes and 2 other areas of law.
William Thomas McCaffery is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, litigation, arbitration and 3 other areas of law. William receiv...
Ariel Michael Furman is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, partnership dispute litigation, lawyers professional liability and 4...
Mr. Joseph John Bottiglieri is a lawyer practicing franchising, consumer protection, ethics & professional responsibility and 7 other areas of law.
LaTour Rey Lafferty is a lawyer practicing white collar crime, government investigations, corporate compliance and ethics and 10 other areas of law. L...
Atty. Thomas Robert Nolasco is a lawyer practicing business law, cannabis law, commercial litigation and 8 other areas of law.
Richard E. Freeburn is a lawyer practicing motorcycle accident, ethics / professional responsibility, personal injury law.
Mr. Daniel James Huff is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, medical malpractice, health care law and 7 other areas of law.
Mark Raymond Beebe is a lawyer practicing litigation, agriculture, antitrust / unfair competition and 16 other areas of law. Mark received a B.A. degr...
Thomas Michael Prato is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, insurance defense, medical malpractice and 1 other area of law. Thom...
James Matthew Haddad is a lawyer practicing personal injury, ethics & professional responsibility, commercial litigator and 1 other area of law. James...
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Richard Patrick Byrne is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, general liability, construction industry and 3 other areas of law. ...
Nancy Ellen May-Skinner is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, appellate practice, professional liability and 1 other area of la...
John Martin George, Jr. is a lawyer practicing securities & investment fraud, ethics & professional responsibility, director and officer liability and...
Joseph Lloyd Mooney is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, personal injury, appeals and 3 other areas of law. Joseph received a ...
Gregor Hensrude is a lawyer practicing business law, intellectual property, professional liability and 2 other areas of law. Gregor received a B.A. de...
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Joseph H. Reinhardt is a lawyer practicing plaintiffs disability insurance, expert witness in attorney fee disputes and legal malpractice, bankruptcy ...
Kevin Joseph Kuhn is a lawyer practicing investigations & compliance, personal injury defense, professional liability and 17 other areas of law. Kevin...
Ms. Jennifer Randolph Purdy is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, personal injury, wrongful death and 11 other areas of law.
Raymond M Hassett is a lawyer practicing criminal law, driving while intoxicated, divorce and 6 other areas of law. Raymond received a B.A. degree fro...
Douglas Robert Rosenzweig is a lawyer practicing construction / development, ethics / professional responsibility, labor law and 2 other areas of law....
Todd William Messner is a lawyer practicing ethics / professional responsibility, legal ethics and professional responsibility. Todd received a degree...
Julie is a senior associate in GrayRobinson's Orlando office in the Health Care and Litigation Practice Groups. She concentrates her practice in medic...
Adrian Edward Harless is a lawyer practicing class actions/mass tort, pharmaceutical and medical devices, professional regulation/licensure and 4 othe...
Kathy L Torregano is a lawyer practicing litigation, insurance, civil practice and 3 other areas of law. Kathy received a B.A. degree from Loyola Univ...
Raymond Young Ryan is a lawyer practicing legal malpractice, ethics & professional responsibility, litigation. Raymond received a B.A. degree from Uni...
Mr. Douglas Edward Herman is a lawyer practicing loans, liens and foreclosure litigation, administrative law, commercial transactions and 13 other are...
Mr. Anthony Thomas Ballato is a lawyer practicing business and contracts, family and divorce, litigation and 22 other areas of law.
Mr Jon D Weiss is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, investigations and criminal litigation, labor & employment and 6 other areas of law. Jon rec...
Dr. Randolph Lucius Lee is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, ethics & professional responsibility.
Vicki Ann Elmer is a lawyer practicing admiralty / maritime, ethics / professional responsibility, commercial litigation. Vicki received a B.A. degree...
Elliot R. Schiff is a lawyer practicing legal malpractice, personal injury, medical malpractice and 3 other areas of law.
Kenneth M. Berman is a lawyer practicing insurance & worker's compensation, litigation, malpractice and 10 other areas of law.
Nicholas Emil Froning is a lawyer practicing business law, civil litigation, criminal law and 12 other areas of law. Nicholas received a B.A. degree f...
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Kevin Watt Rethore is a lawyer practicing private wealth services, litigation, fiduciary litigation and 5 other areas of law. Kevin received a B.A. de...
James Francis Mackey is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, appellate practice, personal injury and 6 other areas of law. James received a B.S.Ed. d...
Daniel Rene Guadalupe is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, construction law, food, beverage & hospitality and 6 other areas of law. ...
Thomas R Gerarde is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, lawsuits & disputes, municipal litigation and 4 other areas of law. Thom...
John Robert Trigg is a lawyer practicing class actions, commercial, environmental litigation and 15 other areas of law. John received a B.S. degree fr...
Mr. James Joseph Farrell is a lawyer practicing securities litigation and professional liability, litigation & trial practice, complex commercial liti...
Mr. Matthew Thomas Jones is a lawyer practicing general liability, professional malpractice and healthcare litigation, general practice & trial law an...
Joshua Paul Welsh is a lawyer practicing health care, professional liability, premises liability and 11 other areas of law. Joshua received a M.A. deg...
Mr. Patrick Russell is a lawyer practicing administrative, appellate practice, civil litigation and 10 other areas of law.
Paula Ann Koczan is a lawyer practicing general liability, ethics & professional responsibility, medical professional liability and 1 other area of la...
Hon. Anne Ashby is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, business, consumer and 27 other areas of law.
Shannon Dee Nordstrom is a lawyer practicing professional liability, employment law, complex commercial litigation and 3 other areas of law. Shannon r...
Mr. Kenneth David Rhodes is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, general civil litigation, personal injury & product liability litigation and 10...
Mr. William Leonard Carey is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, commercial litigation, torts and 5 other areas of law.
What is Ethics & Professional Responsibility?
Ethics & Professional Responsibility is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, ethics & professional responsibility sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way ethics & professional responsibility works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Ethics & Professional Responsibility attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Ethics & Professional Responsibility lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 8,133 verified ethics & professional responsibility attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need an Ethics & Professional Responsibility attorney?
Most people contact an ethics & professional responsibility lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for ethics & professional responsibility representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by an ethics & professional responsibility lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 8,133 ethics & professional responsibility attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose an Ethics & Professional Responsibility attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing an ethics & professional responsibility lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of ethics & professional responsibility experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does an Ethics & Professional Responsibility lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay an ethics & professional responsibility lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for ethics & professional responsibility attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side ethics & professional responsibility work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing ethics & professional responsibility needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about ethics & professional responsibility
How quickly can an ethics & professional responsibility lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a ethics & professional responsibility lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many ethics & professional responsibility attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does an typical ethics & professional responsibility matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are ethics & professional responsibility lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between ethics & professional responsibility and the related practice areas?
Ethics & Professional Responsibility overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find ethics & professional responsibility attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the ethics & professional responsibility roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Ethics & Professional Responsibility by State
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