This webinar is now available to watch on demand.
This presentation has been approved for one hour of ethics CLE in several states and can be self-reported.
Lucian Pera (Adams and Reese) and Trisha Rich (Holland & Knight) will present a rollicking one-hour review of the most important developments of the last year in legal ethics and lawyering.
They will distill practical guidance from ethics opinions and case law from all over, and review what lawyers should know to protect their clients and themselves and practice more effectively.
Topics include:
- Judicial ethics and recusal
- Responding to negative online reviews
- Crowdfunding
- Dealing with bad client conduct
- Cybersecurity
- Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest
- ...and more!
Lucian and Trish promise more ethics fun in an hour than lawyers should be allowed to have. Plus, it’s FREE!
Lucian is a partner with Adams and Reese in Memphis, Tennessee. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, legal ethics work, and media law. A Memphis native, Lucian has practiced law there since 1986. He was the youngest member of the ABA “Ethics 2000” Commission that rewrote the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and he served recently as chair of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility. He speaks and writes extensively on the ethical and regulatory aspects of the rapidly-changing legal services market, and he is the founding chair of the Practising Law Institute’s annual full-day program, “The Ethics of NewLaw.” Lucian served as President of the Tennessee Bar Association and is a past Treasurer of the American Bar Association. Lucian’s extensive bar association work in the law of legal ethics and professional responsibility has resulted in a successful local, state, and national practice and leadership in this emerging field. He represents and advises attorneys, law firms, their clients, and businesses that deal with lawyers about all aspects of the law. Recent assignments have included defense of lawyers in a disciplinary investigation, counseling clients with disciplinary and other claims against lawyers, advising law firms about loss prevention and claims, and defending and prosecuting motions to disqualify lawyers or for sanctions. Lucian can be reached at 901-524-5278 or via email at lucian.pera@arlaw.com. Learn more about Lucian here.