Recession-Related Ethics:

When times get tough, the rules of professional conduct can seem like unnecessary hindrances, preventing hard-working lawyers from earning an honest living.  The temptations to cut corners in various ways are many, including: “creative” marketing you avoided during good times, taking clients you should not (either because there’s a conflict of interest or because you’re likely to withdraw when they become more difficult than anticipated), or “forgetting” rules about clients when leaving an old firm after you have quit or been fired.  This timely teleconference will discuss the myriad ethical issues that a slow economy can create for lawyers.

Take this teleconference to learn:

• About billing issues to get your fees paid and what to do when the client does not pay and when you can, and when you must, withdraw;
• About marketing in new ways including e-newsletters, blogging, and social networking and the ethical issues each new marketing venue creates;
• About steering clear of conflicts, including not taking clients where there is a conflict of interest and avoiding those clients you know would not be a good fit with the firm;
• About career changes and the issues that leaving a firm, joining a new firm, or going solo create.

Peter Geraghty, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, Chicago, IL

Mary Robinson, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Consulting, Downers Grove, IL

Lynda Shely, Owner/Attorney, The Shely Firm, PC, Scottsdale, AZ

$95 Center for Professional Responsibility and General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division Members
$150 ABA Members
$185 General Public
$75 Each additional registrant using the same phone line

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