“Lawyers play a vital role in the preservation of society. The fulfillment of this role requires an understanding by lawyers of their relationship to our legal system. The Rules of Professional Conduct, when properly applied, serve to define that relationship.”

— Preamble, Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct

Welcome to Ethics at Law

Here’s what you should know about me — Patricia A. Sallen, a legal ethics lawyer in Arizona — and here’s how I might be able to help you. Here’s how to contact me.
On my Ethics & Law Practice Blog, I write about new developments in professional-responsibility law, things I think need to be explained, our lawyer discipline system, and interesting cases.
AZ Ethics Opinions lists the opinion requests being considered by the Arizona Supreme Court’s Attorney Ethics Advisory Committee and the status of and information about each of them. If you’re an Arizona lawyer, you really, really need to pay attention to these!