Ethics for Insurance Defense Counsel

Symposium: Liability Insurance Conflicts and Professional Responsibility

1. Thomas D. Morgan, What Insurance Scholars Should Know about Professional Responsibility, 4 Conn. Ins. L.J. 1(1997)
2. Stephen L. Pepper, Applying the Fundamentals of Lawyers' Ethics to Insurance Defense Practice, 4 Conn. Ins. L.J. 27 (1997)
3. William T. Barker, Insurance Defense Ethics and the Liability Insurance Bargain, 4 Conn. Ins. L.J. 75 (1997)
4. Robert H. Jerry, Consent, Contract, and the Responsibilities of Insurance Defense Counsel, 4 Conn. Ins. L.J. 153 (1997)
5. Nancy J. Moore, The Ethical Duties of Insurance Defense Lawyers: Are Special Solutions Required?, 4 Conn. Ins. L.J. 259 (1997)
6. David A. Hyman, Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, and the Eternal Triangle: Will Lawyers or Insurers Call the Shots?, 4 Conn. Ins. L.J. 353 (1997)
7. Symposium Transcripts, 4 Conn. Ins. L.J. 411 (1997)

Law Review Articles

8. Douglas R. Richmond, Lost in the Eternal Triangle of Insurance Defense Ethics, 9 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 475 (1995)
9. Jeffrey W. Stempel, The Relationship Between Defense Counsel, Policyholders, and Insurers: Nevada Rides Yellow Cab Toward "Two-client" Model of Tripartite Relationship. Are Cumis Counsel and Malpractice Claims by Insurers Next?, 15-Jun Nev. Law. 20 (2007)
10. Karon O. Bowdre, Conflicts of Interest Between Insurer and Insured: Ethical Traps for the Unsuspecting Defense Counsel, 17 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 101 (1993)
11. Keith A. Brown, Conflicts of Interest Between Insurer and Insured: When Is Independent Counsel Necessary, 22 J. Legal Prof. 211 (1998)
12. Jennifer Lyn Miller, Ethics - Board of Professional Responsibility Formal Ethics Opinion Number 99-f-143: Is There a Realistic Approach to the Tripartite Relationship That Exists Between an Insured, the Insurer, and an Attorney under a Viable Code of Professional Conduct?, 31 U. Mem. L. Rev. 521 (2001)
13. Douglas R. Richmond, Emerging Conflicts of Interest in Insurance Defense Practice, 32 Tort & Ins. L.J. 69 (1996)
14. Michael M. Marick & Karen M. Dixon, The Insurer's Contract "Right" to Defend: the "Tripartite" Relationship Reconsidered, 39 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 1119 (2004)
15. James I. Sullivan, Impact of Ethical Rules and Other Quasi-standards on Standard of Care, 61 Def. Couns. J. 100 (1994)
16. Shaun McParland Baldwin & Lisa C. Breen, Malpractice Claims by Primary and Excess Insurers: Is the Honeymoon Over?, 62 Def. Couns. J. 18 (1995)
17. Amber Czarnecki, Ethical Considerations Within the Tripartite Relationship of Insurance Law - Who Is the Real Client?, 74 Def. Couns. J. 172 (2007)

Other Periodicals, Seminars, Etc.

18. Attorney Professionalism Forum, 78-Jun N.Y. St. B.J. 50 (2006)
19. Dale E. Hausman, Conflict Issues in the Tripartite Relationship, Practicing Law Institute (2006)
20. Michael F. Aylward, Daniel C. Crane, Richard R. Eurich & Paul M. Moretti, The Tripartite Relationship of Insureds, Insurers and Defense Counsel - Three Views, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (2006)
21. Duty of Insurer to Defend, Generally, 44 Am. Jur. 2d Insurance §1396 (2007)
22. NH Bar Association, Release Of Billing Statement To Third Party Auditors, Ethics Committee Advisory Opinion # 2000-01/05 (2000)
23. Compensation or Direction of a Lawyer by a Third Person, Restatement (Third) of Law Governing Lawyers. §134 (2000)

Decisions

24. Broom v. Continental Cas. Co., 152 N.H. 749, 887 A.2d 1128 (2005)
25. Buysse v. Baumann-Furrie & Co., 448 N.W.2d 865 (Minn. 1989)
26. Dumas v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 111 N.H. 43, 274 A.2d 781 (1971)
27. Gibbs v. Lappies, 828 F.Supp. 6 (D.N.H.,1993)
28. Mid-America Bank & Trust Co. v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., 224 Ill.App.3d 1083, 587 N.E.2d 81 (1992)
29. Montanez v. Irizarry-Rodriguez, 273 N.J.Super. 276, 641 A.2d 1079 (1994)
30. Illinois Mun. League Risk Management Ass'n v. Siebert, 223 Ill.App.3d 864, 585 N.E.2d 1130 (1992)
31. San Diego Navy Federal Credit Union v. Cumis Ins. Soc., Inc., 162 Cal.App.3d 358, 208 Cal.Rptr. 494, 50 A.L.R.4th 913 (1984)
32. Foremost Ins. Co. v. Wilks, 206 Cal.App.3d 251, 253 Cal.Rptr. 596 (1989)