Practical Tips for Drafting Contracts and Avoiding Ethical Issues

It is important to recognize some of the traps and pitfalls that await even an experienced transactional attorney so these problems can be resolved quickly or avoided if possible. This article describes why and how drafting contracts differs from drafting other legal documents, presents a few of the more common ethical traps an attorney drafting contracts might encounter, and provides practical tips designed to help attorneys who draft, review, and change contracts minimize the impact of or avoid making mistakes altogether.