2014 Ethics 7.0
November 2014
2014 Ethics 7.0
All Your Ethics Credits in 1 Day!
Program Highlights:
- Ethical Use of the Internet in Marketing a Law Practice
- The New Normal: The Ethics of Effective Use of Contract Attorneys
- Ethical Use of the Internet: Researching Jurors, Investigating Parties and Witnesses, Posting Case-Related Information, Advising Clients Regarding Social Media
- Doing Well by Doing Right: Social Capital and Legal Ethics
- The Missing Client: The Ethics of Protecting His/Her Interests
- Attorney Regulation 2014: Cases, Marijuana and New Rule 1.15
- The Informed Client: Fulfilling the Obligation to Keep Your Clients Reasonably Informed
- Duties Owed to Others: When a Grievance Can Come from Someone NOT a Client
Program Description:
Practice at your very best. Get the latest information on ethical issues. Your distinguished faculty comprised of judges, practitioners, attorney regulation counsel and a law school scholar address current, common and challenging ethical issues you routinely encounter, or will encounter at some point in your practice years. At the end of the program, you will know both the conduct that will gain you respect, and the pitfalls that will jeopardize your practice. PLUS, you will have earned all of your required ethics credits.
AGENDA:
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Presented by:
Honorable Shelley A. Hill, District Court Judge, 14th Judicial District, Chair, Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee
9:10 - 10:10 a.m.
Ethical Use of the Internet in Marketing a Law Practice
Presented by:
Gregory G. Sapakoff, Esq., Podoll & Podoll, P.C.
10:10 - 10:25 a.m.
Networking Break
10:25 - 10:55 a.m.
The New Normal: The Ethics of Effective Use of Contract Attorneys
Presented by:
Eli Wald, Charles W. Delaney Jr. Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
10:55-11:55 a.m.
Ethical Use of the Internet: Researching Jurors, Investigating Parties and Witnesses, Posting Case- Related Information, Advising Clients Regarding Social Media
Presented by:
Gerald Pratt, Esq., Pratt & Landry LLP, and Andrew LaFontaine, Esq.,* Corporate Law Department, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
11:55 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Lunch (On Your Own)
1:10 - 1:40 p.m.
Doing Well by Doing Right: Social Capital and Legal Ethics
Presented by:
Eli Wald, Charles W. Delaney Jr. Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
1:40 - 2:10 p.m.
The Missing Client: The Ethics of Protecting His/Her Interests
Presented by:
John M. Lebsack, Esq., White and Steele, P.C., and Andrew LaFontaine, Esq.,* Corporate Law Department, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
2:10-3:10 p.m.
Attorney Regulation 2014: Cases, Marijuana and New Rule 1.15
Presented by:
James S. Sudler, Esq., Chief Deputy Regulation Counsel, Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, Colorado Supreme Court
3:10 - 3:20 p.m.
Networking Break
3:20 - 3:50 p.m.
The Informed Client: Fulfilling the Obligation to Keep Your Clients Reasonably Informed
Presented by:
John M. Lebsack, Esq., White and Steele, P.C., and James S. Sudler, Esq., Chief Deputy Regulation Counsel, Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, Colorado Supreme Court
3:50 - 4:50 p.m.
Duties Owed to Others: When a Grievance Can Come from Someone NOT a Client
Presented by:
Honorable John A. Jostad, Magistrate, 8th Judicial District Court, Larimer County
4:50 p.m.
Adjourn
*The views and opinions expressed may be those of the presenter, but do not necessarily reflect the view or opinions of State Farm or of its officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, or officers.
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $339.00 |
| CBA Member | $299.00 |
| New Lawyer - (in practice 3 years or less) | $269.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS---ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 7.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- From Judges to Practitioners to Attorney Regulation Counsel to Academia, Hear Perspectives on Ethical Duties and Obligations of Attorneys
- Ethical Aspects of Internet Marketing, Contract Lawyers, Internet Use, Social Capital, Missing Clients, Informed Clients, and Duties Owed to Non Clients To Be Covered in One Day
- Update from the Colorado Supreme Court's Office of Attorney Regulation Included