Hilary P. Gerzhoy recently authored a Law360 article titled “4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape,” examining how the legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone, as courts, regulators, and law firms confronted the collision of fast-moving technologies, new business models, and long-standing professional duties.
The article analyzes four developments that shaped the year’s legal ethics docket, including the rise of AI-generated judicial communications and YouTube dissent videos, the rapid expansion of management services organizations and alternative business structures, heightened government pressure on major law firms, and a surge in sanctions tied to lawyers’ improper use of generative AI. Hilary explores the ethical and regulatory implications of each trend and previews what they signal for courts, firms, and disciplinary authorities heading into 2026. Read the full article here (subscription required).
Hilary is the Vice Chair of HWG LLP’s Legal Ethics and Malpractice Group, the Chair of the D.C. Rules Committee, a member of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics, and she teaches legal ethics at the Georgetown University Law Center.