News & Updates
Mother Nature Strikes Again ...
Once again devastating flooding has impacted multiple communities across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Everyone in those communities is in our thoughts and prayers. The LMICK Board and Staff are so sorry for the lives lost, the homes and keepsakes within them ruined, the businesses destroyed and interrupted, and the uncertainty those affected face in the days ahead. With regard to lawyers more specifically, we know that some of our insureds have been affected. When tornadoes hit the state in 2021, LMICK developed materials to assist lawyers whose offices and/or client files were destroyed or damaged. Aside from dealing with any personal loss, lawyers have ethical responsibilities to their clients in these unfortunate circumstances and the recent flooding may well trigger some of these duties. For example, lawyers must notify clients of the damage and advise of the risk of inadvertent disclosure of client confidential information if files are scattered. Similarly, clients must be advised of the destruction of their files and of the lawyers efforts to reconstruct same. Below are links to materials that may be useful if your office and client files have been damaged.
