Ethics Update and Refresher for the Transactional Lawyer
December 2019
Ethics Update and Refresher for the Transactional Lawyer
Co-sponsored by the Financial Institutions Subsection, Colorado Bar Association Business Law Section
Highlights:
- Longtime Practitioner with Expertise in Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline Defense Refreshes Your Knowledge and Shares Developments on Ethics Issues Pertinent to Your Transactional Practice
- Current and Common Ethical Dilemmas Business Lawyers Often Face Addressed
- Insights on How to Better Represent the Organization Client, Various Conflicts of Interest, and Advance Waivers
Program Description:
- Back by Popular Demand - Cecil E. Morris, Jr., Esq., a longtime practitioner with expertise in legal ethics and attorney discipline defense!
- Polish your skills, refresh your knowledge and get up to speed on ethical dilemmas and ethics issues that arise in your transactional practice.
- Various conflicts of interest, ins and outs of representing the organization client, and advance waivers are included in the discussion.
Spend your lunch hour learning and earning before year’s end – register now!
REMEMBER: This Financial Institutions Subsection CLE Series Program is also available via live Internet webcast, direct to your desktop! REGISTER ONLINE! @www.cba-cle.org
We look forward to seeing you in our classroom on December 20th!
Meet Your Presenter
Cecil E. Morris, Jr., Esq., is of Counsel with the firm Fairfield and Woods, PC, in Denver. Mr. Morris graduated from the New York University School of Law, has been in practice for more than 30 years, and is a member of the California and Colorado Bars. His practice emphasizes complex civil litigation and arbitration, mainly in the areas of securities, business and commercial law.
Cecil also has expertise in legal ethics and attorney discipline defense. Among other things, he has been a member of the Standing Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Colorado Supreme Court since it was established in 2003, and he has been an active member of the Ethics Committee of the Colorado Bar Association for more than 20 years and was Chair of the Committee in 2004-2005. In addition, Cecil served on the Conduct Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado from 2005-2011 and was Chair of the Committee in 2010-2011. Cecil writes and lectures frequently on issues of legal ethics.
PROGRAM SERIES CO-CHAIRS
Cynthia Lowery-Graber, Esq., Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Denver, CO
Holly R. Shilliday, Esq., McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, Centennial, CO
Agenda:
11:30am – 12noon
Registration
12noon to 1:00pm
Pertinent Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and Ethics Opinions to be Discussed Concerning:
- Conflicts of Interest and the Organization Client
- Corporate Family Conflicts
- Concurrrently Representing the Organization and Its Constituents
- Former Client Conflicts
- Advance Waivers
Presented by Cecil E. Morris, Jr., Esq., Fairfield and Woods P.C.
1:00pm
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $59.00 |
| CBA Member | $39.00 |
| CBA Business Law Section Member | $29.00 |
| CBA Financial Institutions Subsection Member | $29.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $19.50 |
| CLE ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 1.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
- EDI Credits:
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