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Ethics Tonight – 2022 VA Fall Tour Virginia Beach (Morning)


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Average Rating:
   21
Faculty:
Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq |  Barbara Saunders |  Paul Georgiadis
Duration:
03:00
License:
Not Applicable
Location:
Virginia Beach Convention Center - Virginia Beach, 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

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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.


Barbara Saunders's Profile

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Assistant Ethics Counsel

Virginia State Bar


Barbara Balogh Saunders is Assistant Ethics Counsel for the Virginia State Bar.  She has held this position since June 2001.  Ms. Saunders staffs the Ethics Department’s “hotline,” providing ethics advice to members of the Virginia Bar, and also is staff counsel responsible for reviewing and investigating unauthorized practice of law complaints.
 
Prior to joining the Virginia State Bar, Ms. Saunders was in private practice for twelve years.  She was a partner at the law firm of Poindexter & Schorsch in Waynesboro where her practice focused on domestic relations, Workers Compensation, and Social Security disability.  Prior to practicing in Waynesboro, Ms. Saunders practiced in Richmond.
 
Ms. Saunders graduated from Mary Washington College in 1983 with a BA in International Affairs.  She graduated from T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 1989.


Paul Georgiadis's Profile

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Attorney


Paul Georgiadis has over 30 years of private and government practice in defending and prosecuting attorneys. From his Richmond, Virginia office, he now represents attorneys throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia in professional liability issues including bar complaint defense, ethics advice, law office management, and law office audits. 


His practice includes advising attorneys in New Mexico through the Ethics and Risk Management Hotline of the State Bar of New Mexico. 


Georgiadis also provides law office audits for members of the Virginia State Bar, Hawaii State Bar, and the State Bar of New Mexico proactively, as imposed in discipline terms, and for LPL insurability.


From 2000-2015, he served as Assistant Bar Counsel for the Virginia State Bar, prosecuting hundreds of bar complaints before bar tribunals and circuit courts of the Commonwealth. 


From 1995-2000, he was selected by the State Bars of Virginia, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Tennessee to serve as Risk Manager to their members. 


He is a past-president of the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. American Inn of Court and a past president of the Henrico County Bar Association. He is a past-president of the Virginia Boat Club and since 2012, has coached the VCU Novice Men’s Crew Team. 


He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. 


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Location

Virginia Beach Convention Center

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1000 19th St, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451, United States
(757) 385-2000
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