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Ethics Tonight (2021)


Total Credits: 3.0 including 3.0 Ethics

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Categories:
Ethics
Faculty:
Mark Bassingthwaighte |  Timothy Petumenos |  Philip Shanahan
Duration:
3 Hours 15 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
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Description

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.

 

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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