Ethics Tonight - 2022 Free Ethics Program
Total Credits: 3.0 including 3.0 Ethics
- Average Rating:
- 1148
- Categories:
- Ethics
- Faculty:
- Mark Bassingthwaighte | Philip Shanahan | Timothy Petumenos
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 58 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Ethics Tonight
Recorded Friday, March 25, 2022
3.0 Ethics CLE Credits | CLE #2022-311
Registration fee: FREE
Registration for Non-Bar Members: $95
Moderated by: Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq., Risk Manager with ALPS
Panel Members: Phil Shanahan, Bar Counsel, Alaska Bar Association and Tim Petumenos, Law Office of Tim Petumenos
Program Description:
Join us for another edition of “Ethics Tonight,” the latest in a series of video vignettes designed to shed light on ethical issues that many attorneys face daily. Presented in the context of a late night television program, the issues raised in this brand new series include ethical concerns that arise as a result of attorneys and staff working remotely, confidentiality concerns that arise out of the personal relationships attorneys are involved in, how to respond to a negative online review, an attorney’s obligations upon learning that a client intends to commit a fraud, harassment in the workplace, the ethical boundaries when offering ancillary services, the ins and outs of withdrawing from a matter, and more.
Handouts
| Ethics Tonight 2022 Materials (13.74 MB) | 80 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Mark Bassingthwaighte Related Seminars and Products
Alps Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Since 1998, Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq. has been a Risk Manager with ALPS, an attorney’s professional liability insurance carrier. In his tenure with the company, Mr. Bassingthwaighte has conducted over 1200 law firm risk management assessment visits, presented numerous continuing legal education seminars throughout the United States, and written extensively on risk management and technology. Mr. Bassingthwaighte is a member of the ABA and currently serves as the ABA’s Law Practice Division’s Liaison to the ABA’s Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability. He received his J.D. from Drake University Law School.
Philip Shanahan Related Seminars and Products
Bar Counsel
Alaska Bar Association
Phil Shanahan grew up in the Boston area and graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1993. He moved to Alaska shortly after graduation and practiced as a criminal defense attorney in both state and federal courts. After a few years in private practice sharing office space with some of Anchorage’s best and brightest criminal defense and family law attorneys, he joined the Office of Public Advocacy. In 2007 he joined a private criminal defense firm, and opened his own criminal defense practice in 2010. He is a founding member of the Alaska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and served on its Board of Directors for four years, including one year as a marginally-effective Secretary of the Board. He began his role as Bar Counsel with the Alaska Bar Association in December of 2019.
Phil is a diehard fan of all Boston sports teams, but realizes he has an ethical duty to work with even Yankees fans (when absolutely necessary).
Timothy Petumenos Related Seminars and Products
Law Office Of Tim Petumenos
Tim Petumenos graduated from Tufts University in 1973 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. Mr. Petumenos has been involved in some of the more celebrated Alaska trials in the course of his career including the Senator George Hohman bribery cases, the McKay murder trials and was lead counsel in the state trial of the Exxon Valdez Oil spill. His practice also focused on ethics related issues. Mr. Petumenos served on Disciplinary Hearing Committees for the Bar and was appointed as Special Counsel in connection with gubernatorial ethics complaints during the Palin administration. Mr. Petumenos litigated numerous legal malpractice cases and has been qualified as an expert witness in legal malpractice cases. He is a certified teacher with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has taught trial advocacy on numerous occasions for the Alaska Bar Association, at the Northwest Regional Session of NITA and for prosecutorial agencies. Mr. Petumenos intends to devote much of his future practice to presiding over complex binding arbitrations.