Ethics Tonight (2021)

Ethics Tonight
3.0 Ethics CLE Credits | CLE #2021-311
Registration fee: FREE
Registration for Non-Bar Members: $95

 

Moderated by: Mark Bassingthwaithe, Esq., Risk Manager with ALPS

Panel Members: Phil Shanahan, Bar Counsel, Alaska Bar Association and Tim Petumenos, Law Office of Tim Petumenos

Program Description:

                This program is a three-part video series.  It starts with the playing of a 15-minute video vignette entitled “Losing Control.”  The issues presented include the use of indemnification provisions in fee agreements, law firms as clients of professional employer organizations, the no-contact rule and pushing ethical boundaries. Part two is a 10-minute video vignette entitled “Story Time.” The issues presented in part two include lawyer mobility in general, switching sides, inadvertent misdelivery, and limited scope representation. Finally, part three is a 7.5-minute video vignette entitled “Jump Shifts” The issues presented in this final vignette include the obligations of a successor counsel post termination of the original contingent fee counsel, vishing and smishing, winding up a practice, and the sale of a practice.

A Sampling of Attendee Takeaways:

• An understanding of the pros and cons involved with the use of indemnification agreements in an attorney fee agreement.
• An awareness of the ethical issues a lawyer would need to address prior to becoming a client of a professional employer organization.
• Clarity on what Rule 4.2 does and doesn’t allow.
• Clarity on how to navigate lawyer transitions in an ethically sound manner.
• An awareness of the obligations that arise should a lawyer realize that information not meant for her has nonetheless inadvertently ended up in her hands.
• An understanding of the ethical boundaries and risk management concerns associated with limited scope representation.
• An awareness of the obligations that arise for successor counsel once a client has fired the original contingent fee counsel.
• An understanding of what the cyber-attack vectors of smishing and vishing are, how they work, and the steps one can take to try and prevent becoming a cybercriminal next victim.
• Clarity on the steps one must take to wide up a practice.