3 CLE / 3 E - Wednesday, March 26; 9:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
Topics:
The QUIZ: A potpourri of the hottest topics in legal malpractice and ethics, & what you need to know to protect yourself from novel malpractice risks & ethics complaints.
The Ethics and Malpractice Risk When Lawyers Leave Law Firms: Lawyers leave law firms to take positions at other firms, start their own firm, leave the practice entirely, retire, or…gulp, die, disappear or become disabled.
All these occurrences implicate the “left behind” lawyers’ duties under Indiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1. Competence, 1.3. Diligence, 1.4. Communication, 1.5. Fees, 1.6. Confidentiality of Information, 1.8. Conflict of interest; current clients; specific rules, 1.9 & 1.10. Duties & Conflict of Interest, Former Client & Imputation to Law Firm, 1.15. Safekeeping Property, 1.16. Declining or Terminating Representation, 5.1. Responsibilities of partners, managers and supervisory lawyers, 5.6 Restrictions on Right to Practice, 8.3. Reporting Professional Misconduct, and 8.4. Misconduct.
Attendees will learn how to identify where their potential ethics and malpractice risk lies, and the systems they need to have in place before they are “left behind.”
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National Speaker:
Christian A. Stiegemeyer is the Director of Risk Managementfor The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company and Executive Vice President of The Bar Plan Foundation. He annually conducts more than seventy Risk Management seminars, on a wide variety of ethical and legal malpractice issues, covering current issues concerning professionalism and providing practical solutions for dealing with malpractice and ethical concerns.
Mr. Stiegemeyer also directs The Bar Plan’s Practice Management Program, providing on-site, personalized reviews of lawyers’ law firm practices to help improve risk management and case handling procedures. In addition, Mr. Stiegemeyer responds to The Bar Plan’s ethics and malpractice telephone “Hotline” to timely assist its insureds with issues that arise in their daily practice andhas written numerous articles appearing in a variety of national, state and local bar association publications. He received his B.A. from Southeast Missouri State University and J.D. from The Saint Louis University School of Law in 1992.
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3 CLE / 3 E - Wednesday, March 26; 9:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
ICLEF • Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indianapolis, IN • Premier Indiana CLE
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