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Ethics Tonight – 2022 VA Fall Tour Alexandria (Morning)


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Average Rating:
   21
Faculty:
Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq |  James McCauley |  Jeannie P. Dahnk
Duration:
03:00
License:
Not Applicable
Location:
Belle Haven Country Club - Alexandria, Virginia

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Tags: Virginia CLE


Description

“Ethics Tonight – Season 2022” is a series of video vignettes designed to shed light on ethical issues that many attorneys face daily. While the issues raised in the series are never state specific, we will apply the Rules of Professional Conduct of your jurisdiction to the analysis of the issues presented.

In each program, three video vignettes will be shown, and a panel will discuss a series of questions that addresses the issues raised in each vignette. 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 a greater sensitivity of 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.

Program Summary:
The issues raised in Vignette One “Air Traffic Control” include ethics concerns with a subscription-based legal practice, complying with Rules 1.1 and 1.4 when the client and attorney don’t share a common language, and exploring the ethical boundaries of a mediation practice.

In Vignette Two “Conflicts in the Metaverse,” the panel will have the opportunity to discuss the meaning of the terms “materially adverse interests” in the context of Rules 1.9 and 1.18 and “direct adversity” as used in Rule 1.7. Once the meaning of each term is explained, the panel will then shift to discussing the ramifications of these two terms on a practicing attorney. This session will then finish up with a deep dive on the topic of joint representation, including setting forth the ethical boundaries, exploring the use of advance waivers, and explaining the ethical issues that can arise when proposing or agreeing to a restriction to practice provision in a settlement offer.

Finally in Vignette Three “The Times They Are A-Changin” the program will conclude with discussions on trust accounting basics, ethical concerns with accepting cryptocurrency as payment for advanced fees, the importance of establishing communication boundaries in light of the tech-centered world we all live and work in, and finally, maintaining competency in the context of a fully virtual practice.

Credits


Virginia
General Credits Ethics Credits
3 3

 



Faculty

Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq's Profile

Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq Related Seminars and Products

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.


James McCauley's Profile

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Ethics Counsel

Virginia State Bar


James M. McCauley is the Ethics Counsel for the Virginia State Bar. He serves as staff liaison to the Virginia State Bar’s Standing Committee on Legal Ethics and manages the staff in the Legal Ethics Department and the Legal Ethics Hotline. Mr. McCauley served on the faculty of the Virginia State Bar’s Mandatory Professionalism Course from 2004-2010. For 15 years Mr. McCauley taught Professional Responsibility at the T.C. Williams School of Law in Richmond, Virginia and served on the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Ethics and Professionalism from 2008-2011.  In 2018, Mr. McCauley was elected “Leader of the Year” in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly “Leaders in the Law” awards program. He serves on the Planning Committee for the ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility Annual Conference and the Lawyer Advertising Committee for the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.  Mr. McCauley is a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and American Bar Foundation.  From 2014-2020, he served  on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (VJLAP). 


Jeannie P. Dahnk's Profile

Jeannie P. Dahnk Related Seminars and Products

Glover & Dahnk


Jeannie P. Dahnk received her undergraduate degree from George Washington University in 1981 and her law degree from Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary in 1985. Ms. Dahnk is a Member, Virginia State Bar, Fredericksburg Area Bar Association and the American Bar Association; Past President of the 15th Judicial District Bar Association. Chair, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Works (formerly Rappahannock Legal Services); Former Board member of the Fredericksburg Area American Red Cross; former Board member of the SPCA of Fredericksburg; former Member of the Fredericksburg Area Parks and Recreation Commission.

 

Ms. Dahnk was President of the Virginia State Bar 2003-2004; President elect of the Virginia State Bar 2002-2003; Virginia State Bar: former Vice chair of the Task Force on Public Access to the Disciplinary Process; former Chair of the Committee to Study the Annual Meeting; former Chair of the Committee to Study Pro Hac Vice; former Member Virginia State Bar 6th District Disciplinary Committee: former Member of the Virginia State Bar Lawyers Malpractice Insurance Committee; former Chair Virginia State Bar Leadership Task Force; former Member Supreme Court of Virginia's Solo & Small Firm Practitioners Forum; Chair of Law School for Legislators; former Chair of the Midyear Legal Seminar Planning Committee; former chair and member Virginia State Bar Professionalism Faculty; former member Budget and Finance Committee; former member Executive Committee and Council; former Virginia delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association; former Chair, Risk Management Subcommittee, Member, Virginia State Bar Trust Accounting and Technology Review Committee; Member, Virginia CLE Committee. Ms. Dahnk has a civil law practice with Glover & Dahnk in Fredericksburg, Virginia.


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Location

Belle Haven Country Club

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6023 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, Virginia 22307, United States
(703) 329-1448
www.bellehavencc.com