Preventing Third Party Legal Malpractice Claims for Defense Attorneys & Ethical Considerations
Lawyers Professional Liability, Ethics CLE
as it relates to clients and non-client.
All CLDA Membership can benefit from this CLE Program!
Thursday, April 18 from 4-5 pm, Happy Hour to Follow
Presented by
Andrew R. McLetchie, Esq.
Fowler | Schimberg | Flanagan | McLetchie PC
and
Christopher M. Buckman
RPA Insurance Services, LLC
Tech Center—Denver Corporate Center, Tower I
4700 South Syracuse Street, Suite 200, Denver
1 CLE Credits Applied For
Legal Risk Management for the Defense Attorney—Prevention Third Party Claims
Attendees can except to learn about the increasing exposure of third party claims and malpractice claims from institutional and insurance company clients. In today’s increasingly transactional culture, defense attorneys’ exposures have increased greatly. The CLE will address client communication strategies and other legal risk management topics to reduce the possibility of being sued for legal malpractice. The CLE will also address Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct Rules: 1.1, 1.2 (a) Scope and Objective of Representation, 1.4 (a) Communication and 1.5 (a) Fees. In addition, Formal Ethics Option 113 will be discussed. An interactive discussion around the Tri-Partite relationship will be presented along with recent CO Supreme Court Case Opinions on strict privity and standing: Bewley v Semler, and Baker v Wood Ris & Hames, P.C.
Look forward to seeing you there:
Jim Miletich, Chair, Professional Liability Committee