First Friday Ethics (May 2022)

(1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
You’ve Received a Grievance or Sanctions Motion – What Now?
Scott Rothenberg, Law Office of Scott Rothenberg - Bellaire, TX
Receiving a grievance or a sanctions motion can be very upsetting for lawyers, but it doesn’t have to be. Please join Scott Rothenberg for an informative, reassuring, step-by-step process on what to do when a grievance or sanctions motion comes knocking at your office door.
 
(1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics) 
Ethics and the Duty of Loyalty (REPLAY)
Robert Denby, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, TX
Claude E. Ducloux, Attorney at Law, Austin, TX
The lawyer’s fiduciary responsibilities are at the core of ethics programs everywhere and include the duty to refrain from conflicts of interest.  But in a modern society, where lawyers freely move between large firms with sophisticated clients, should the firm and client have a right to waive such traditional conflicts of interest to hire new talent? There is a growing movement to allow firms and lawyers to provide advance consent to situations that are currently barred by conflict of interest rules, as well as organized opposition to “taking the wrecking ball to client loyalty.” Find out what’s going on and see what you think!

(1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools (REPLAY)
A.J. Singleton, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington, KY
This ethics CLE presentation will look at engagement letters and how they can be used as a risk management tool. Along they way, the presentation will provide practical tips to help lawyers avoid conflict of interest pitfalls and to assist in controlling client expectations about the scope of the representation.