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How to Keep It All Together at the Office
Original Program Date :
Length: 01:00
Program Summary: This one-hour program will focus on the importance of maintaining wellness in the practice of law. A frank discussion about the impact of attorney impairment will be coupled with the sharing of practical tips that can be implemented in order to help lawyers, and their staff, keep it all together at the office.
A Sampling of Attendee Takeaways:
- An awareness of the reality that attorney impairment is the true cause of a significant number of malpractice claims.
- An understanding of why taking care of one’s self is so vitally important.
- An appreciation of the value of learning how to manage the attorney’s side of the attorney-client relationship.
- Knowledge of the importance of boundary awareness as a risk management tool
Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq., Risk Manager, ALPS
Since 1998, Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq., has been a Risk Manager with ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ malpractice insurance. In his tenure with our company, Mr. Bassingthwaighte has conducted over 1200 law firm risk management assessment visits, presented over 600 continuing legal education seminars throughout the United States, and written extensively on risk management, ethics, and technology. Mr. Bassingthwaighte is a member of the State Bar of Montana as well as the American Bar Association where he currently sits on the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility’s Conference Planning Committee. He received his J.D. from Drake University Law School.
