Seminar  Seminar

Staying Out of Trouble: What Every Attorney Must Know About Ethics 2013


What you will learn

At this year’s program, “Anatomy of a Disciplinary Proceeding,” our expert faculty will take you through a hypothetical disciplinary proceeding.  Our panel of experienced practitioners will teach you how the disciplinary process works, ways to avoid becoming enmeshed in it, and strategies for dealing with disciplinary complaints if they do come.  You will also learn about proper handling of escrow accounts, addressing fee disputes with clients, and the propriety of deceptive investigative techniques.

We will examine:

  • How to react when a disciplinary complaint arrives
  • How to prepare for a disciplinary deposition
  • How to use character and mitigation evidence
  • How to better manage your attorney trust accounts
  • How to defuse fee disputes
  • How to find the line between proper and improper investigative techniques

PLI Group Discounts

Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI.

Cancellations

All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.

December 17, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  (E.S.T.)

9:00 Introduction

9:15 Investigation Phase: How a disciplinary investigation commences
  • Role and structure of disciplinary committee
  • Confidentiality of proceedings (N.Y. Jud. Law § 90)
  • Rules for IOLA/attorney escrow accounts
  • Use of deception in investigations
  • Charging and retaining liens
  • Role of investigatory depositions
10:15 Networking Break

10:30 Litigation Phase
  • Deciding whether to bring charges
  • Alternatives to the disciplinary process
    (a) Mediation
    (b) Public v. non-public discipline
  • Liability vs. mitigation phase
  • Scope of discovery
  • Use of third-party subpoenas
  • Role of referees
  • Preparing for and conducting the liability hearing
11:30 Mitigation Phase
  • Types of disciplinary sanctions
  • Character witnesses
  • Use of psychiatric evidence
  • Substance abuse evidence
  • Prior disciplinary history
12:30 Adjourn
Chairperson(s)
Ronald C. Minkoff ~ Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Speaker(s)
Naomi F. Goldstein ~ Deputy Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial Department
Richard M. Maltz ~ Counsel, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC
J. Richard Supple ~ Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Ellen C. Yaroshefsky ~ Clinical Professor of Law, Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Program Attorney(s)
New York City Seminar Location

PLI New York Center
, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, (2nd floor), entrance on 45th Street, New York, New York 10036. Message Center, program days only: (212) 824-5733.

New York City Hotel Accommodations

Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
, 1605 Broadway (at 48th Street), New York, NY 10019 (212) 977-4000. You can also make reservations online to access PLI's rates.

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Related Items

On-Demand  On-Demand Programs

Ethics for Discovery 2013 Aug. 5, 2013
Ethics for In-House Corporate Counsel 2013 Aug. 5, 2013
Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2013 Jul. 11, 2013
Ethics for Transactional Lawyers 2013 Apr. 1, 2013
Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer 2013 Jan. 25, 2013
Staying Out of Trouble: What Every Attorney Must Know About Ethics 2012 Dec. 31, 2012
Ethics for Corporate Lawyers 2012 Dec. 31, 2012
The Attorney-Client Privilege & Internal Investigations 2012 Aug. 28, 2012

Handbook  Course Handbook Archive

Winter Ethics 2014-2015  
Ethics for Transactional Lawyers 2014  
Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2014  
Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer 2014  
PLI Ethics Programs: Spring 2014  
Winter Ethics 2013-2014  
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Terri L. Mascherin, Jenner & Block LLP
Terri L. Mascherin, Jenner & Block LLP
John C. Koski, Dentons US LLP
Maurice Grant, Grant Schumann LLC
Frederick M. Snow, First American Bank
Matthew J. Gehringer, Perkins Coie LLP
Daniel M. Kotin, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC
Hon. Sophia H. Hall, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Leslie Ellis, Ph. D., TrialGraphix
Howard Schneider, Charles River Associates
Patricia C. Bobb, Patricia C. Bobb & Associates
James J. Grogan, Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Julie A. Bauer, Winston & Strawn LLP
Jennifer T. Nijman, Nijman Franzetti LLP
Brenda H. Feis, Stowell & Friedman, Ltd
Hon. Thomas R. Mulroy, State of Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division - Commercial Calendars Section
April A. Otterberg, Jenner & Block LLP
Robert L. Denby, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc.
 
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Stephen D. Brody, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Andrew J. Ceresney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Philip N. Yannella, Ballard Spahr LLP
Allison J. Schoenthal, Hogan Lovells US LLP
George S. Canellos, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
David Boyd Booker, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
Louise Pentland, Nokia Corporation
Christina B. Dugger, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York
 
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