The FCBA Professional Responsibility Committee will sponsor a CLE on Monday, June 15, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET entitled Attorney Ethics: Fee Arrangements, Client Funds, and Privilege. This program will be held virtually via the Zoom platform.
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FCBA will apply for 2.0 hours of Ethics MCLE credit from the VA Bar. This program has NOT yet been approved. Attorneys licensed outside Virginia may use the certificate and materials provided to apply for credit in their jurisdictions.
AGENDA
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Recent Disciplinary Developments in Attorney Billing Practices
This presentation will survey the history and recent attorney disciplinary developments across the country in the area of fee arrangements and the handling of client funds, with a focus on evolving perspectives about the rules governing flat fees and other alternative fee arrangements. We will explore (and test!) the stated judicial rationales and justifications for varying disciplinary standards against which different fee arrangements are measured, including different benchmarks applied to the question of how a lawyer “earns” her fee under different billing arrangements and, where material to that question, how to tell that an engagement has ended.
Speakers:
Tom Gilbertsen, Co-Chair of FCBA Professional Responsibility Committee
Robert Walker, Of Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Wiley Rein
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Attorney-Client Privilege & Organizational Clients
This presentation will provide a refresher on the basics of the attorney-client privilege and explore some of the nuances that attorneys face when representing organizational clients, including a discussion of privilege issues that arise in the context of internal investigations and compliance programs.
Moderator:
Tom Gilbertsen, Co-Chair of FCBA Professional Responsibility Committee
Speakers:
Elizabeth Fisher, Co-Chair of FCBA Professional Responsibility Committee
Robert Walker, Of Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Wiley Rein
Cost: $150.00 for Private Sector Members; $95.00 for Non-Profit 501c3 Members; $50.00 for Government/Academic/Transitional/Retired Members; No charge for Law Student Members; $205.00 for Non-Members