ACC Southwest Ohio Chapter: Ethics and the Lawyer’s Many Hats CLE Presentation

8 June
  • June 8, 2022
  • 3:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  • Fretboard Brewery, Cincinnati OH

Partners Jason Wilson and Amelia Sargent will present an in-person CLE titled “Ethics and the Lawyer’s Many Hats,” hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Southwest Ohio Chapter.

Jason and Amelia will be joined on the panel by Jacqueline Aguilar, Director & Assistant General Counsel of Procter & Gamble.

This panel will cover the application of different ethical rules to the many roles a lawyer plays both inside an organization and out. Topics will include: the Lawyer-as-Counselor, Lawyer-as-Advocate, Lawyer-as-Negotiator, and the Lawyer-as-Nonlawyer.

Jason, Amelia, and Jacqueline will also discuss the lawyer’s ethical obligations to their client, both in an advocacy and a non-advocacy role, and to nonclients, as well as the scope of the attorney-client privilege in each situation.

Model Rules covered will include: duty of confidentiality to current, former, and future clients, Rules 1.6, 1.13, 1.18, the Lawyer as Counselor/Advisor, Rule 2.1, Lawyer as Advocate Rules 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, Transactions with Persons Other than Clients, Rules 4.1-4.4, and Public Service, Rule 6.1.

Willenken is a proud sponsor of ACC chapters nationwide. If you are interested in learning more about the topic of this presentation, please contact Amelia.

To register for this event, click here.

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