Ethics, Discipline & Real World Obligations
A premier faculty drawn from the judiciary, the disciplinary bar and law firms will focus on the ethical and potential disciplinary issues confronting attorneys in everyday litigation practice, including:
Challenges in witness preparation
– Where is the line between suborning perjury and effective preparation?
– Payments to witnesses
Dealings with jurors
– Use of social media in jury selection
– Post-verdict contacts
Conduct toward judges
– Disclosure obligations under Rule 3.3 of New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct
– Critical statements to the press
– Critical statements in court Attorney civility Live Program (includes download of materials):
Live Program: $229 Member/$329 Nonmember Discounts will be granted to attorneys working for government agencies, public interest groups, full-time students and full-time academics.
Faculty
Celia Goldwag Barenholtz, Cooley LLP
Jorge Dopico, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department
Hal R. Lieberman, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
Honorable Richard T. Andrias, Associate Justice, NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department
Agenda
6:00-6:10 p.m. Introduction and Opening Remarks
6:10-7:00 p.m. Challenges in Witness Preparation
7:00-7:30 p.m. Dealings with Jurors
7:30-7:50 p.m. Break
7:50-8:20 p.m. Conduct toward Judges
8:20-8:50 p.m. Attorney Civility 8
:50-9:00 p.m. Questions and Answers
See more and register here.