Jerome Fishkin began his general practice in 1971 and has appeared in nearly every courthouse in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, from the old Justice Courts, the California Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit. He has represented clients in administrative hearings, civil, juvenile and criminal cases. In 1978, he became employed as a research attorney with the State Bar of California and became a prosecutor of disciplinary cases in 1983. He was senior prosecutor when he left the Bar in 1992 to open his own law practice, focusing his practice in the area of attorney ethics. Besides State Bar cases, he has represented attorneys in the Ninth Circuit, Bankruptcy Court, and the U.S. Patent Office. He argued the successful quantum meruit case, Huskinson v. Wolf, to the California Supreme Court.
Lindsay Kohut Slatter began practicing law in 1976, as a plaintiff's attorney in Los Angeles. In 1980, she began practicing adoption law. Since 1990, she too, has practiced in the area of attorney professional responsibility and attorney discipline. Today she is a partner in the Walnut Creek law firm Fishkin & Slatter LLP and focuses on advising and representing other attorneys. Like her partner, she continues to lecture at MCLE classes and write practical ethics articles for various attorney magazines.
The regulations regarding legal ethics are complex, and it is only natural to have questions. Don't risk making what could be a costly mistake. At Fishkin & Slatter LLP, we can help you make a well-informed decision about your options and potential defenses. Call 925.944.5600 or contact us by e-mail for answers to your ethics questions.
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