The DC Bar is presenting a course titled Conflicts of Interest: Uncovering the Issues and Practical Solutions. To be held at the DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, Washington DC, the program will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 and conclude at 8:15 p.m.
The session intends to provide the practicing attorney with an understanding of the conflict-of-interest issues under the amended District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct and the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. The topics to be covered will include the lawyer's duty of loyalty, representing both sides in a business transaction, being adverse to one's own client in an unrelated matter, conflict-of-interest considerations involving former clients, and conflict issues after changing law firms.
The program also intends to address the consequences of a conflict-of-interest, including disqualification, professional discipline, and malpractice liability, as well as law firm procedures to avoid conflict.
The speaker for the program will be Eric Hirschhorn, Winston & Strawn LLP.
For information about available CLE credits and fees, see CLE Events on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
For more information and to register for the seminar visit www.dcbar.org.