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Live Teleseminar: 2009 Ethics Update, Part 2

Date: June 3, 2009
Time: 1:00p.m. - 2:00p.m.

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About the Seminar
A troubled economy is putting substantial new pressure on lawyers, law firms and their clients.  Law firms are laying off attorneys and other professional staff.  Billing and collecting fees can be a strained process.  Managing certain client engagements is becoming more difficult. This annual update on practical lawyer ethics will discuss the ethical issues arising from these and other areas of law practice in a troubled economy.  The program will also provide a comprehensive review of developments in the conflict of interest and ethical issues in the use of new technology in the law office.

Day 2 : June 3, 2009:
·          Managing difficult client engagements in a down economy
·          Developments in conflicts of interest, part 2
·          Ethical traps of technology in the law office

About the Speakers
William Freivogel is the Principal of Freivogel Ethics Consulting and is an independent consultant to law firms on ethics and risk management.  He was a trial lawyer for 22 years and has practiced in the areas of legal ethics and lawyer malpractice for 20 years.  He is Chair of the Editorial Board of the ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual on Professional Conduct and Chair of the ABA Business Law Section Committee on Professional Responsibility.  He maintains the Web site, Freivogel on Conflicts, at www.freivogelonconflicts.com.  Mr. Freivogel is a graduate of the University of Illinois ( Champaign ), where he received his B.S. and LL.B.

Lucian T. Pera is a partner in the Memphis office of Adams & Reese, LLP.  His practice includes professional malpractice litigation as well as counseling lawyers and law firms in the area of ethics and professional responsibility.  A member of the ABA ’s Ethics 2000 Commission, he is the co-author of Ethics and Lawyering Today, a national e-mail newsletter on lawyer ethics, which is available on his Web site: www.ethicsandlawyering.com.  Mr. Pera is a graduate of Princeton University , where he received his A.B. with honors, and Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he received his J.D.  After leaving law school, he served as a judicial clerk to Judge Harry W. Wellford of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours and Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility (LEPR) Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 1.0 MCLE credit hour, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour.

Event Type: Teleseminar