Impermissible Client Solicitation by Third Parties: ABA Formal Opinion 501, Client Pitches, and Ethical Challenges
Ensuring Third-Party Compliance With Model Rules 7.3, 5.3, and 8.4, and Avoiding Vicarious Liability for Misconduct
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will discuss what supervising attorneys must do to ensure that anyone the lawyer employs, retains, or associates with--whether inside or outside the firm--understands and acts consistently with the Rules of Professional Conduct. The program will review ABA Formal Opinion 501 and its ramifications when attorneys or others acting for them pitch for firm business to clients with specific legal issues.
Outline
- Applicable rules
- Ambiguities clarified by ABA Formal Opinion 501
- Effective policies on client solicitation
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other key issues:
- What professional rules govern client solicitation?
- Do legal ethics prohibit the use of lead-generation services?
- What would an effective policy on client solicitation look like?
Faculty
Amber Bevacqua-Lynott
Senior Counsel
Buchalter
Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott is Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Portland and San Diego offices, and a member of the... | Read More
Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott is Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Portland and San Diego offices, and a member of the Firm’s Professional Responsibility and Litigation Practice Groups. She provides guidance and legal representation to attorneys, licensed professionals, and other business clients, including firms and in-house legal departments. Her practice centers on legal ethics, risk management, and discipline defense. Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott acts as outside counsel to clients in a variety of industries, providing advice and counsel on all manner of ethics issues, including conflicts, confidentiality, malpractice, risk management, and fee issues.
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Joseph A. Corsmeier
Owner/President
Law Office of Joseph A. Corsmeier
Mr. Corsmeier represents attorneys in all matters concerning the Florida Bar and/or the Florida Board of Bar Examiners.... | Read More
Mr. Corsmeier represents attorneys in all matters concerning the Florida Bar and/or the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. He has numerous years of experience representing lawyers and applicants alike and will strive to help you understand the process to contribute a more effective strategy. Mr. Corsmeier is an expert in his field and will remain steadfast in representation.
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Amy G. McClurg
Assistant Counsel
Thompson Hine
As a member of Thompson Hine’s Office of General Counsel, Ms. McClurg conducts research and advises the... | Read More
As a member of Thompson Hine’s Office of General Counsel, Ms. McClurg conducts research and advises the firm’s lawyers on a variety of substantive legal ethics, privilege and liability issues. She also reviews and analyzes business intake conflicts, outside counsel guidelines and ethical screens; advises the firm’s lawyers on bar admissions matters; and provides guidance on ethical and liability issues to administrative departments throughout the firm. In addition, Ms. McClurg has responsibility for co-editing Thompson Hine’s legal ethics blog, The Law for Lawyers Today, which has been named a top law blog by the ABA Journal.
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