In this Oscar-themed presentation, the speaker will present “awards” for the best (or rather, worst) ethics violations of 2022. In doing so, he will recap the facts of each disciplinary action, the ethics rules violated and the sanction imposed against the attorney. More importantly, he will explain how to avoid similar violations in the conduct of our legal practices.
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Nebraska MCLE #239243. 2.0 CLE Hours, including 2.0 Ethics Hours. (OnDemand credit)
Iowa MCLE #387440. 2.0 CLE Hours, including 2.0 Ethics Hours.
**This program has been approved for 2.0 hours of distance-learning CLE, including 2.0 hours of ethics. You may claim 2.0 hours of credit total for this program.
In this Oscar-themed presentation, the speaker will present “awards” for the best (or rather, worst) ethics violations of 2022. In doing so, he will recap the facts of each disciplinary action, the ethics rules violated and the sanction imposed against the attorney. More importantly, he will explain how to avoid similar violations in the conduct of our legal practices.
Sean A. Carter, Mesa CLE: Sean A. Carter graduated from Harvard Law School in 1992. He was a corporate securities lawyer in private practice in large law firms in Boston and Los Angeles serving clients such as GNC, the Boston Beer Company, Experian, Safelite Auto Glass, J. Crew and many others. In 2000, he accepted a position as in-house counsel for a publicly traded financial institution, at which he remained until October 2002. Since that time, Mr. Carter has been a full-time lecturer, columnist, and legal commentator. His written have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the ABA e-Report and on numerous blogs and websites, including Findlaw.com. He has been a guest on numerous radio programs across the country as well as online legal media outlets, such as The Legal Broadcast Network. In addition, Mr. Carter delivers more than 100 MCLE presentations each year on topics such as legal ethics, professionalism, the elimination of bias, substance abuse prevention, constitutional law, etc. He has spoken for state and local bar associations, law firms, law schools and corporate in-house legal departments in more than 30 states.
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