Learn to identify conflicts of interest to stay in compliance with the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct.
Historically speaking, a practicing lawyer in Minnesota has about a 1-in-20 chance of facing an ethics complaint at some point in any given year. Add in the potential for separate malpractice or criminal liability, and increase the number of years in practice and clients served, and your chances of facing a complaint or lawsuit can go up. While such odds may be acceptable to some, ethics and related complaints against lawyers stem from circumstances that in many cases may have been avoided entirely. Improper client identification and the failure to use ethically written fee engagements, overlooking conflicts of interest, and not knowing the difference between acceptable multi-jurisdictional practice and the unauthorized practice of law are sources of ethical and civil complaints each year against Minnesota attorneys. This topic will help Minnesota-licensed attorneys avoid these pitfalls by teaching viewers how to craft a well-written engagement agreement, identify common and not-so-common conflict of interest issues, and color in to a greater extent the thin line separating acceptable cross border representation from the unauthorized practice of law in other states.
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Faculty
Christopher A. Grgurich
Ballard Spahr LLP
- Trial lawyer and former law general counsel at Lindquist & Vennum LLP and now loss prevention counsel for Minneapolis and Sioux Falls offices of Ballard Spahr LLP
- Extensive national securities and commercial litigation trial and arbitration practice
- Represents business and professional clients involved in general and complex securities and investment matters, as well as shareholder and general business disputes
- Vice-chair Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board
- Former law firm general counsel and current loss prevention counsel
- Former adjunct law professor teaching professional responsibility, securities regulation and securities litigation
- Received the highest rating with Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops in the areas of attorney ethics, professionalism and litigation
- Member of the American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association and Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
- J.D. degree, University of Illinois; M.B.A. degree, University of Illinois
- Can be contacted at 612-371-3543 or [email protected]
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