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Fortney, Susan Professor
Positions
- Professor, School of Law, Texas A&M University
Generally speaking, my research interests largely deal with legal ethics and malpractice. More specifically, many of my scholarly endeavors involve law firm ethics and governance. I have conducted a number of empirical studies related to law firm ethics and culture, as well as lawyer conduct and regulation.
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Overview
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Levin, L. C., & Fortney, S. S.
(2023).
'They Don't Know What They Don't Know': A Study of Diversion in Lieu of Lawyer Discipline
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Fortney, S. S.
(2022).
Taking Courthouse Discrimination Seriously: The Role of Judges as Ethical Leaders. 70, 607-31.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2022).
Ethical Quagmires for Government Lawyers: Lessons for Legal Education. 69.
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Fortney, S. S., & Morris, T.
(2021).
Eyes Wide Shut: Using Accreditation Regulation to Address the 'Pass-the-Harasser' Problem in Higher Education. California Law Review Online.
12, 43-64.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2020).
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession: The Significance of Giving Voice and Listening to Persons Who Experience Discrimination, Bias, and Harassment
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Fortney, S. S.
(2020).
Keeping Lawyers' Houses Clean: Global Innovations to Advance Public Protection and the Integrity of the Legal Profession. Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
33(4), 891-930.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2019).
Online Legal Document Providers and the Public Interest: Using a Certification Approach to Balance Access to Justice and Public Protection. Oklahoma Law Review.
72(1), 91-123.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2019).
Assigned Counsel Mentoring Programs: Results and Lessons from Two Pilot Projects
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Fortney, S. S.
(2019).
What Lawyers Can Learn from Their Mistakes: An Empirical Examination of Legal Malpractice
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Fortney, S. S.
(2019).
Mandatory Legal Malpractice Insurance: Exposing Lawyers Blind Spots. 9(2), 190-237.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2018).
Preventing Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in Higher Education: How Lawyers Should Assist Universities in Fortifying Ethical Infrastructure. MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW.
103(1), 28-41.
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Sisk, G. C., Fortney, S. S., Geyh, C. G., Hamilton, N. W., Henderson, W. D., Johnson, V. R., ... Weresh, M.
(2018).
Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and the Legal Profession (Foreword and Table of Contents)
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Fortney, S. S.
(2018).
A Portrait of Uninsured Lawyers: Using Empirical Data to Enhance Public Protection
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Fortney, S. S.
(2017).
A tort in search of a remedy: Prying open the courthouse doors for legal malpractice victims. Fordham Law Review.
85(5), 2033-2056.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2017).
Collaborative Divorce: What Louis Brandeis Might Say About the Promise and Problems?. Tuoro Law Review.
33(1), 371-378.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2017).
The Role of 'Good Prosecutors' in Advancing Access to Criminal Justice
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Fortney, S. S.
(2016).
Legal Malpractice, a Tort in Search of a Remedy: Prying Open the Courthouse Doors for Legal Malpractice Victims
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Fortney, S. S.
(2016).
Back to the Future: Designing and Improving a System of Proactive Management-Based Regulation to Help Lawyers and Protect the Public
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Fortney, S. S.
(2016).
Practice Makes Perfect: Weaving Together the Fabric of the Virtuous Biller
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Fortney, S. S.
(2016).
Designing and Improving a System of Proactive Management-Based Regulation to Help Lawyers and Protect the Public. 2016, 91-113.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2015).
Foreword: Legal Malpractice Is No Longer the Profession's Dirty Little Secret. Hofstra law review.
44(2), 281-289.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2015).
Understanding and Securing the LLP Shield in New York - Part Two
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Gluzman, G., & Fortney, S. S.
(2015).
Understanding and Securing the LLP Shield in New York - Part One
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Fortney, S. S.
(2015).
Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Complaints: Ethics Audits as a Risk-Management Tool. Business Law Today.
2015(March), 1-2.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2015).
Monroe Freedman: Servant Leader, Bridge Builder
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Fortney, S. S.
(2015).
Beyond Diversity Rhetoric: Understanding the Link between Professional Responsibility and Reasonable Accommodations for Lawyers with Disabilities
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Fortney, S. S.
(2014).
The Role of Ethics Audits in Improving Management Systems and Practices: An Empirical Examination of Management-Based Regulation of Law Firms. 4(1), 112-148.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2014).
Patterns and Problems in Professional Discipline Cases
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Fortney, S. S.
(2014).
The Role of Ethics Audits in Improving Management Systems and Practices: An Empirical Examination of Management-Based Regulation of Law Firms. 4, 112-112.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2014).
Lawyers in Practice: Ethical Decision Making in Context: A Mirror and Window for Understanding Ethics of Law Practice
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Fortney, S. S.
(2013).
Foreword - Systematically Thinking About Law Firm Ethics: Conference on the Ethical Infrastructure and Culture of Law Firms
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Fortney, S. S.
(2013).
Systematically Thinking about Law Firm Ethics: Conference on the Ethical Infrastructure and Culture of Law Firms. Hofstra law review.
42(1), 1-15.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2013).
Book Review: A Mirror and Window for Understanding Ethics of Law Practice. Legal Ethics.
16(2), 409-423.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2013).
Foreword: Systematically Thinking About Law Firm Ethics: Conference on the Ethical Infrastructure and Culture of Law Firms
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Fortney, S. S.
(2012).
Law as a Profession: Examining the Role of Accountability. Fordham Urban Law Journal.
40(1), 177-215.
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Fortney, S. S., & Gordon, T. R.
(2012).
Adopting Law Firm Management Systems to Survive and Thrive: A Study of the Australian Approach to Management-Based Regulation. University of St. Thomas Law Journal.
10(1), 152-194.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2012).
Assessing How Lawyers Keep Their Own Houses Clean: Baseline Report on Outcomes-Focused Regulation
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Fortney, S. S.
(2011).
Trust in the World of the Global Lawyer. 25(165),
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Fortney, S. S.
(2010).
Leaks, Lies, and the Moonlight: Fiduciary Duties of Associates to Their Law Firms. St. Mary's law journal.
41(4), 595-619.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2009).
Taking Empirical Research Seriously. Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
22(4), 1473-1483.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2008).
Tales of Two Regimes for Regulating Limited Liability Law Firms in the U.S. and Australia: Client Protection and Risk Management Lessons. Legal Ethics.
11(2), 230-240.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2007).
Challenges and Guidance for Lawyering in a Global Society. St. Mary's law journal.
38(4), 849-857.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2005).
The Billable Hours Derby: Empirical Data on the Problems and Pressure Points. Fordham Urban Law Journal.
33(1), 171-192.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2005).
Law Firm General Counsel as Sherpa: Challenges Facing the In-Firm Lawyers Lawyer. University of Kansas law review. University of Kansas. School of Law.
53(4), 835-851.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2004).
Chicken Little Lives: The Anticipated and Actual Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley on Corporate Lawyers' Conduct. Capital University Law Review.
33(1), 61-81.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2004).
Law Student Admissions and Ethics Rethinking Character and Fitness Inquiries. South Texas law review.
45(4), 983-996.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2004).
Legal Malpractice Insurance: Surviving the Perfect Storm. Journal of the Legal Profession.
28, 41-64.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2003).
I Dont Have Time to Be Ethical: Addressing the Effects of Billable Hour Pressure. Idaho Law Review.
39(2), 305-319.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2003).
High Drama and Hindsight: The LLP Shield, Post-Anderson. Business Law Today.
12(3), 47-49.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2002).
A Jurisprudential Analysis of Government Intervention and Prenatal Drug Abuse. Journal of Law and Health.
17(1), 11-35.
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Fortney, S. S., & Hanna, J.
(2002).
Fortifying a Law Firm's Ethical Infrastructure: Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims Based on Conflicts of Interest. St. Mary's law journal.
33(4), 669-720.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2002).
An Empirical Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of Billable Hour Requirements. Texas Bar Journal.
65(1), 74-76.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2002).
Ethics Counsels Role in Combating the 'Ostrich' Tendency. 2002, 131-148.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2001).
An Empirical Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of Billable Hour Requirements. Texas Bar Journal.
64(11), 1060-1069.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2001).
Is it Educational Malpractice Not to Teach Comparative Legal Ethics?. Juridikum.
2001(3), 144-147.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2000).
Soul for Sale: An Empirical Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of Billable Hour Requirements. UMKC law review.
69(2), 239-309.
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Fortney, S. S.
(2000).
Insurance Issues Related to Lateral Hire Musical Chairs. 2000, 65-79.
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Fortney, S. S.
(1998).
Professional Responsibility and Liability Issues Related to Limited Liability Law Partnerships. South Texas law review.
39(2), 399-444.
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Fortney, S. S.
(1997).
Law Firm Risk Management and Peer Review. Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report.
51(2), 98-107.
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Fortney, S. S.
(1997).
Seeking Shelter in the Minefield of Unintended Consequences The Traps of Limited Liability Law Firms. Washington and Lee Law Review.
54(2), 717-766.
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Fortney, S. S.
(1996).
Are Law Firm Partners Islands Unto Themselves? An Empirical Study of Law Firm Peer Review and Culture. Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
10(2), 271-316.
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Fortney, S. S.
(1995).
Am I My Partners Keeper? Peer Review in Law Firms. University of Colorado law review. University of Colorado (Boulder campus). School of Law.
66(2), 329-373.
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Fortney, S. S.
(1993).
OTS vs. The Bar: Must Attorneys Advise Directors that the Directors Owe a Duty to the Depository Fund?. Annual Review of Banking and Financial Law.
12, 373-395.
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Fortney, S. S.
(1992).
Attorneys' Malpractice Policies: Regulatory Exclusions and Public Policy. BANKING LAW JOURNAL.
109(2), 116-128.
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Levin, L. C., & Fortney, S. S.
(2023).
'They Don't Know What They Don't Know': A Study of Diversion in Lieu of Lawyer Discipline
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book
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Fortney, S. S., Spanhel, C. L., & Patton, P. A.
(2005).
In Pursuit of Attorney Work-Life Balance: Best Practices in Management. NALP Foundation.
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Fortney, S. S., Spanhel, C. L., & Patton, P. A.
(2005).
In Pursuit of Attorney Work-Life Balance: Best Practices in Management. NALP Foundation.
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report
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Fortney, S. S., & Levin, L. C.
(2020).
Report to the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation: Analysis of Grievances Filed in Criminal and Family Matters from 2013-2016
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Fortney, S. S., & Levin, L. C.
(2020).
Report to the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation: Analysis of Grievances Filed in Criminal and Family Matters from 2013-2016
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webpage
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Fortney, S., & Morris, T.
(2022).
Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires history of sexual harassment
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Fortney, S., & Morris, T.
(2022).
Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires history of sexual harassment
Research
Teaching
teaching activities
- LAW7091 Professional Resp. Instructor
- LAW7816 Independent Study Instructor
- LAW7900 Sptop:legal Ethics Practicum Instructor
- LAW7900 Sptp: Legal Malpract Sem Instructor
- LAW7900 Sptp: Legal Malpractice Instructor
- LAW7900 Sptp:directed Rsrch Seminar Instructor
Background
education and training
awards and honors
- University Professorship, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2020
- Fellow, conferred by Hofstra University - (Hempstead, New York, United States), 2012
Contact
first name
- Susan
has last name
- Fortney
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University School of Law
8500 TAMU
Fort Worth, TX 76102
USA
Other
- sfortney@law.tamu.edu