12 p.m. Lunch
12:30-2:45 p.m. Program
McGuireWoods invites you and your colleagues to join us for Tom Spahn’s annual program on ethics and professionalism.
Illuminating Legal Limericks: Part I (Law Practice/Firms)
The first hour will explore ethics issues that lawyers encounter in their practices, using limericks as a fun, engaging way to learn.
Topics
- Unauthorized practice of law and multijurisdictional practice (including the definition of legal practice, temporary and virtual practice, and choice of ethics rules)
- Law practice creation (including law firm names, hiring and noncompetes)
- Law practice operation (including paralegals, trust accounts, fee sharing and file ownership)
- Marketing (including content limitations and marketing intrusiveness)
Professionalism Issues: Conflicts Between Georgia Lawyers and Their Clients (Part III)
The second hour will explore situations in which lawyers’ interests might conflict with clients’ interests.
Topics
- Duty to protect former clients
- File ownership (if the client has paid or not paid the lawyer)
- Arbitration of fee and malpractice disputes
Settlement of clients’ claims against lawyers
Thomas E. Spahn, Counsel, McGuireWoods LLP
Spahn has served on the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and has spoken at more than 2,300 CLE programs on ethics and other topics. Tom was selected as the 2013 and 2020 metro-Washington, D.C., “Lawyer of the Year” for “Bet the Company Litigation” by Best Lawyers®.
CLE credit applications will be made on behalf of attendees.
For more information, please contact Bridget Light at [email protected].
Our programs are intended for the benefit of our clients and contacts and we reserve the right to refuse any registration at our sole discretion.