Introduction.

• Author: Larson, David O.

This is a manual for lawyers who represent insured defendants. By consulting these pages, lawyers will quickly learn how to interact with insurance carriers and policyholders in a professionally responsible manner. This guide aims to provides sensible answer to practical questions

Because the subject is professional responsibility, the guide does not address substantive or procedural issues relating to particular to kinds of defense representations. For example, the guide does not explain how to plead, to move for summary judgment, or to present evidence at trial, although it is by performing these tasks properly that lawyers satisfy the duty of care. Many treatises and continuing legal education materials address these matters.

To interact with policyholders and carriers in a responsible manner, defense lawyers must know what their rights and duties are vis-a-vis the two. They must know, first and foremost, whether policyholders and insurance carders are their clients. Consequently, this guide begins with a discussion of attorney-client relationships and client identity.

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