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Ethics Tonight – 2021 VA Fall Tour Charlottesville (Morning)


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Faculty:
Greg St. Ours |  Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq |  Emily Hedrick
Duration:
03:00
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Not Applicable
Location:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Charlottesville - Charlottesville, Virginia

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Description

“Ethics Tonight – Season 2021” is a 3-hour CLE Ethics Program offered free for Virginia attorneys in partnership with the Virginia State Bar. Three video vignettes in the style of a late-night talk show shed light on ethical issues that many attorneys face daily. A group of panelists will apply the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct to the analysis of the issues presented.

During the panel discussions, attendees will be encouraged to ask questions and share comments. The intent is to emphasize that attorneys should take time to identify and reflect upon the ethical issues that arise in the day-to-day practice of law on a more frequent basis. Ultimately, the desire is to have attendees leave the program with greater sensitivity to the many ethical issues that can be in play any day of the week, be better prepared to view these issues as learning opportunities and be more willing to take advantage of these opportunities in order to see that the issues are responsibly addressed and resolved.

The issues raised in Vignette One, “Friendships,” include the types of costs and expenses that can be passed along to clients, for example, convenience fees for processing credit cards and technology fees to cover the costs of enhanced firm cybersecurity efforts; ethical issues that arise as a result of attorneys and staff working remotely; confidentiality concerns that arise out of the personal relationships attorneys are involved in; and what the term “personal interests of the lawyer” means in the context of conflicts of interest.

In Vignette Two “She’s Good,” the panel will have the opportunity to discuss an attorney’s obligations upon learning that a client intends to commit fraud, to include the meaning of the term “know” in this context; to do a deep dive on the ins and outs of withdrawing from a matter; and to explain how to ethically respond to a negative online review.

Finally in Vignette Three “It’s Getting Late” the program will conclude with a discussion on harassment in the workplace, the duties owed to prospective clients, the ethical boundaries of an attorney or firm offering various types of ancillary services, and the boundaries of non-lawyer ownership of a law firm in your jurisdiction.

Credits


Virginia
General Credits Ethics Credits
3 3

 



Faculty

Greg St. Ours's Profile

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Partner

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver


Greg St. Ours is a partner at Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver.  WAW is a full service commercial and litigation law firm with offices in Harrisonburg and Staunton, Virginia.

Greg’s principal focus is civil litigation.  His typical cases are on the defense side of the Bar in the fields of employment, construction, lender liability, antitrust and trade regulation, business torts, defamation, personal injury and wrongful death, and, in keeping with his role today as a panel member, professional malpractice, errors and omissions and insurance defense.

Greg also works with clients on the transaction side including advice and consultation on commercial transactions, contracts, insurance coverage, health care, employment, construction, commercial real estate and development, land use and zoning, eminent domain, finance and acquisitions, franchising and licensing, risk management, and copyright and trademark.

Greg received both his B.A. in Economics and his J.D. from the University of Virginia.


Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq's Profile

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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.


Emily Hedrick's Profile

Emily Hedrick Related Seminars and Products

Legal Ethics Counsel

Virginia State Bar


Emily Hedrick is Assistant Ethics Counsel for the Virginia State Bar, and has held this position since February 2011. She currently serves as a staff liaison to the Standing Committee on Legal Ethics and the Special Committee on Technology and Future Law Practice, drafts advisory ethics opinions, and provides informal ethics advice to members of the bar through the ethics hotline.

 

Before joining the VSB, Emily was a law clerk fellow at the Supreme Court of Virginia Office of the Chief Staff Attorney. She has a BA in philosophy from the University of Virginia and a JD from the UVa School of Law.


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Location

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Charlottesville

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990 Hilton Heights Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
(434) 973-2121
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