Tom Spahn on Conflicts Between Lawyers and Their Clients: Key Issues

A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the September 2022 webcast, Tom Spahn on Conflicts Between Lawyers and Their Clients: Key Issues.

The rules of professional conduct that govern conflicts between lawyers and their clients exist to preserve loyalty and independent judgment necessary to the attorney-client relationship. In this interactive program, McGuireWoods’ Tom Spahn uses hypotheticals to explore situations in which these conflicts might arise, and the answers are sometimes surprising. Don’t risk potential disqualification or discipline—be sure not to miss this program!

Topics will include:

• The applicability of ethics rules to lawyers’ non-legal activities
• Doing business with clients
• Accepting gifts from clients
• Representing unpopular clients
• Lawyers’ agreements to limit their practice in partnership agreements or in litigation settlements
• Limiting liability to clients; disclosing malpractice to clients
• Resolving disputes with clients
• File ownership after representations end
• Duty to protect former clients