Total Credits: 2.0 MCLE, 2.0 Ethics
Hour 1 – The QUIZ: A potpourri of the hottest topics in legal malpractice and ethics, and what you need to know to protect yourself from novel malpractice risks and ethics complaints.
Hour 2 – The Ethics and Malpractice Tools for Conducting Your Law Practice Management Review (Part 1) – Law firms constantly change and evolve. So to do the ethics and malpractice issues guiding lawyers’ conduct and representations. Only through regular review and updating of a firm’s processes and procedures to align with such changes can lawyers avoid unwanted surprises. This program will assist in breaking down a daunting review task into bite-sized nuggets. Areas to be covered in this program include: Strategic Planning Considerations, Client Evaluation & Intake, and Conflicts of Interest. Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct considered include 4-1.1: Competence, 4-1.2: Scope of Representation, 4-1.3: Diligence 4-1.4: Communication, 4-1.6: Confidentiality of Information, 4-1.7: Conflict of Interest: Current Clients, 4-1.9: Conflict of Interest: Duties to Former Clients, 4-1.10: Imputation of Conflicts of Interest: General Rule, 4-1.18: Duties to Prospective Clients, and 4-5.1: Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers.
Speaker: Christian A. Stiegemeyer, The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company, St. Louis
Opinions and positions stated by presenters of MoBarCLE programs are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of The Missouri Bar. This program is intended as information for lawyers in Missouri, in conjunction with other research they deem necessary, in the exercise of their independent judgment.
Christian A. Stiegemeyer is the Director of Risk Management for The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company where he helps lawyers arrive at practical solutions to a wide variety of ethical and legal malpractice issues. He received his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law.
