Ethical Issues in a Tight Economy
Why Attend?
Today's economic climate is causing law firms to re-examine the work that they do, how they staff that work, and how they get paid for that work. All of these changes can have significant ethical and risk management implications.
Learn how to navigate in a tight economy while protecting your firm, your firm's reputation, and your clients' assets. This timely program, featuring a unique panel including disciplinary counsel, risk management counsel, and a professional liability insurance provider, offers expert advice on how to handle the ethics and risk management issues that arise as firms respond to the demands of today's economy.
Topics to be discussed include:
Conflicts more likely to arise in tough economic times
Steps firms can and should take to ensure they get paid
Evaluating when and how to terminate a client relationship
Issues to consider when lawyers leave the firm voluntarily or involuntarily
Reviewing, maintaining, and updating firm insurance coverage
And more!
This interactive seminar allows you to submit your questions before and/or during the program for live discussion by the faculty. All registrants receive a set of downloadable course materials and free access to the archived online program later.
Need ethics credit? This seminar qualifies for 1.5 to 1.8 ethics credit hours, depending on state requirements, in MCLE jurisdictions that accredit live telephone seminars and/or webcasts.
Planning Chair
Michael P. Downey, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, St. Louis, MO
Faculty
Paula J. Frederick, Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Henry S. Bryans, Aon Corporation, Radnor, PA
Program Schedule
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 1.5; total 50-minute hours: 1.8
Times
Eastern 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Central 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mountain 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Pacific 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Alaska 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Hawaii 7:00 am - 8:30 am
