Caution: Keep Hands Off!

A Live Two Hour Legal Ethics Webinar

Live Virtual Webinar: Thursday, December 22nd 11:00 am - 1:00 pm CT

Approved for 2.0 ethics credit hours in KS & MO

Description

It’s been said that the entire legal ethics canon can be summed up in two rules: (1) Keep your hands off the money; and (2) Keep your hands off the client. And while this is a gross oversimplification of the legal ethics rules, it is true that these two breaches of fiduciary trust are among the gravest transgressions that a lawyer can make. Moreover, as they are often amongst the most heavily-punished violations, they often start a cascading effect of rule-breaking as lawyers desperately attempt to avoid their detection. As a result, it never hurts to review these all-important ethical limitations on lawyer conduct.

In this laugh-out-loud funny webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will do just that as he goes through the ins and outs of these two ethical principals, specifically as they apply to:

Stealing (and “borrowing”) client funds
Retaining funds that rightfully belong to others
Using undue influence to inherit client wealth
Diverting fees from one’s law partners
Premature withdrawal of earned fees
Coercing desperate clients into physical relationships
Sending lewd texts and messages to clients
Conditioning representation upon sex
Leading the client on about a possible relationship

Presenter Bio: Sean Carter

Sean Carter is a Harvard Law grad, who spent a decade practicing securities law before leaving the practice of law to pursue a career as the country's foremost Humorist at Law.

Since then, Mr. Carter has crisscrossed the country delivering comedic professional educational seminars for more than 350 legal organizations in three dozen states. His presentation topics run the gamut from legal ethics to stress management to diversity. Yet, all of his presentations have one thing in common -- humor and plenty of it.

In fact, in 2003, Mr. Carter was dubbed "America's Funniest Lawyer" by The Radio and Television Interview Report. Finally, Sean lives in Mesa, Arizona with his wife and four sons.

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