The Attorney Conduct and Liability Practice Group provides New Hampshire and regional law firms, and individual practitioners, with assistance in legal malpractice actions, professional disciplinary proceedings, character and fitness committee inquiries, client fee disputes, opinions on a full range of ethical issues, conflict analysis and the preparation or defense of disqualification motions. We provide expert testimony on professional responsibility issues in all forums, and for all parties. We also consult with law firms on issues ranging from website advertising and ancillary businesses to partnership dissolution.

Our practice group includes several seasoned practitioners, including co-chair Mitch Simon, a professor at Franklin Pierce Law Center and long-term member of the Bar's Ethics Committee; co-chair a Peter Beeson, a trial attorney with extensive experience in legal malpractice and disciplinary proceeding defense; Andy Dunn, a recognized expert on malpractice insurance coverage issues; Bob Dewhirst, a seasoned trial lawyer and former member of the Supreme Court's Professional Conduct Committee; and Shelagh Michaud, an experienced litigation associate and former clerk to the Honorable John T. Broderick, Jr. at the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

In addition to representation in litigation and professional conduct proceedings, members of the group are available to provide training on a full array of professional responsibility issues. Areas of key concern to today's lawyers include multi-jurisdictional or "cross border" practice; marketing and website advertising; client misconduct; law firm mergers and dissolutions; and changes in New Hampshire's professional responsibility rules implemented by New Hampshire's Supreme Court effective January 1, 2008. Professor Simon is also available, with other members, to provide customized training programs to address the particular needs of lawyers and their firms.