The Impaired Lawyer from the Law Firm's Point of View
A presentation of the American Bar Association Standing
Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability; Commission
on Lawyer Assistance Programs; General
Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division; Section
of Labor and Employment Law, Law
Practice Management Section; and the ABA
Center for Continuing Legal Education
Faculty:
John H. Riddle, Nixon Peabody LLP, San Franciso, CA (Moderator)
Ed Harnden, Barran Liebman, Portland, OR
Ann D. Foster, State Bar of Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program,
Austin, TX
Donald B. Hilliker, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL
Roger E. Warin, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, D.C.
Dealing with the stress of a self-destructing colleague and friend is
difficult enough, but how do you effectively manage the fallout at the
firm? This program session discusses the ethical, employment, and professional
liability implications of lawyer impairment. It should help you recognize
impaired lawyers, and offer solutions on how to deal with them, based
upon the guidance offered by the rules of professional responsibility
and developments in the law. It will help you to develop risk
management practices to implement to protect your firm from liability
for an impaired lawyer's actions in dealing with client matters, undertand
the employment practices and rules that should be in place to deal with
an impaired member of the firm and familiarize yourself with the ethical
implications under ABA Model Rules regarding impaired lawyers, lawyers
at the firm of an impaired lawyer, and outside laywers who are aware
of an impaired lawyer's continuing representation of clients. The program
will also help you to locate resources available to assist you in dealing
with an impaired member of the firm
The accompanying written materials include articles on the impaired lawyer and professional liability; the impaired lawyer and the rules of professional conduct; the impaired lawyer and the firm as employer; and lawyer assistance programs. Links to relevant web sites are also provided.
Duration: 90 minutes
Credit Hours: 1.5 hours in a 60-minute state, 1.8 hours in a
50-minute state
Recorded from a live program on March 16, 2004
MCLE credit is subject to each state's regulations. Some states do not approve online courses for MCLE credit or have specific rules regarding who may earn credit or the maximum number of credit hours that may be earned through online CLE. Please contact your state if you have any questions.
