Answers to Everyday Ethical Questions

Originally held on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 | 6 pm – 9 pm

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Program Chair
Janis M. Meyer
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Join us to review some of the cutting-edge ethical issues facing lawyers today and how the Rules of Professional Conduct and related decisions, opinions, and commentary can apply to a variety of ethical quandaries.  The panel will welcome questions and comments from the audience on a range of ethical issues relevant to lawyers in 2017, including succession planning, social media, dealing with an impaired client, fee-sharing, the no-contact rule, billing clients for unpaid interns, and many more.

    DVDs & CDs: $229 Member | $329Nonmember
    On-Demand: $179 Member| $279 Nonmember
    Materials Only (No CLE Credit): $99 Member | $129 Nonmember

    * New York residents will be charged the New York sales tax for all audio visual purchases.

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  • Jeremy C. Bates 
    Matalon Shweky Elman PLLC

    William M. Lopez
    Professional Responsibility Counsel
    Foley & Lardner LLP

    William D. McCracken
    Ganfer & Shore, LLP

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  • 6:00 – 6:05 p.m.  Introduction of Panelists and Program
    6:05 – 6:30 p.m. Temporary Practice: Who Can Practice in New York–And Elsewhere
    6:30 – 6:50 p.m. In-Firm Privilege:  Lawyers Can Get Legal Advice Too!
    6:50 – 7:05 p.m. Estate Planning for Your Law Firm: Drafting Your Succession Plan
    7:25 – 7:40 p.m. Break
    7:40 – 8:05 p.m. Some Thorny Fee Issues

    • Billing Clients for Unpaid Student Interns
    • Sharing Fees with Your Client
    • Referral Fees
    8:05 – 8:25 p.m. Privilege and Conflict Issues in Dealing with Former Employees and Third Parties in Litigation
    8:25 – 8:50 p.m. Recent Developments in the Wonderful World of Social Media
    6:00 – 6:05 p.m. Introduction of Panelists and Program
    8:50 – 9:00 p.m. Q & A

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  • This program provides 3.0 credits in ethics for the New York & New Jersey MCLE requirements. California & Pennsylvania credit differs as it is based on a 60-minute credit hour. The live program provided transitional credit to newly admitted attorneys; the recording does not provide transitional credit.

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  • Sponsoring Association Committee:
    Professional Ethics | Bruce A. Green, Chair

    SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
    Davis & Gilbert LLP
    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    Dorsey & Whitney LLP
    King & Spalding
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
    Labaton Sucharow LLP
    Loeb & Loeb
    New York City Law Department
    Proskauer Rose LLP
    Shearman & Sterling LLP
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
    Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
    Winston & Strawn LLP

    Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
    Maricela Alfonso, Membership and CLE Relations Associate
    (212) 382-6608
    MAlfonso@nycbar.org

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