Ethics Update 2015 - October 6, 2015

Ethics Update 2015

Sponsored by Bloomberg NA

Learn the latest ethical issues of significance relating to supervision of escrow accounts, modification of fees and fee agreements, the use of social media in the practice of law, and issues relating to lawyers transferring from one firm to another.  Attorneys who change firms will explore what considerations go into the transfers and how to avoid pitfalls.

Educational Objectives:
• Learn the latest ethical issues of significance
• Discover the best methods to monitor escrow accounts
• Determine the ethical acceptability regarding lawyers transferring firms 
• Understand the implications of social media usage for lawyers

Who would benefit most from attending this program?
All lawyers will benefit from this course since considerations relating to fees, social media, transfers between firms, and escrow management affect all attorneys.

Speakers:

Ms. Sarah Jo Hamilton is a partner in the firm of Scalise Hamilton & Sheridan LLP in Scarsdale, New York.  The firm focuses its practice on the representation of professionals in professional responsibility and ethics matters and white-collar criminal matters.  Ms. Hamilton is the Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Discipline and in 2015 was appointed to the Statewide Commission on Attorney Discipline.  .

Mr. Richard Maltz is counsel to the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Group of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz P.C.  With more than 23 years of experience in the professional responsibility field, he is one of New York State’s leading practitioners in the field of legal ethics and professional responsibility, representing law graduates seeking admission, lawyers and law firms in a wide variety of disciplinary matters, litigation, fee disputes and law firm disputes.  He is a member of the New York State Bar Committee on Professional Discipline and is currently Co-Chair of the New York County Lawyers’ Ethics Committee.

FREE!

Total CLEs - One unit Ethics

October 6, 2015,  10:00 am to 11:00 am PT

For further information see:

http://www.bna.com/ethics-update-2015-m17179934924/?elqTrackId=8A0559EA9EB10877D216664D2A1DBD35&elq=6721f9ab88794525a8766fe1235a52d2&elqCampaignId=1369&elqaid=2369&elqat=1