Learn how to determine if a lawyer-client relationship exists and if that relationship triggers legal and ethical obligations.
"Who is your client?" The answer is seldom simple and is even more complex when representing an organizational client. An organization is a legal entity that acts solely through its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, and other constituents. The answer is crucial, however, to determine whether a lawyer-client relationship exists. And the creation of that relationship triggers legal and ethical obligations that the lawyer owes to the client on such critical matters as confidentiality and conflicts of interest. This course will provide answers to this difficult question and will help you avoid the pitfalls associated with giving business and legal advice to an organizational client.
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Introduction/Summary
Who Is Your Client?
- Organizational Clients Are Legal Entities That Can Only Act Through Their Constituents
- Check Your Engagement Letter and Make Sure You Clearly Identify the Client
- Be Careful Not to Create an Implied Attorney-Client Relationship
- When Speaking to Individuals, Consider the Purpose of the Advice
Avoiding and Addressing Conflicts
- Make Sure the Organization's Constituents Know Who the Client Is
- Refrain From Advising Constituents Personally About Their Interests in the Company
- Rules of Professional Conduct Related to Retention by an Organization
- Rules 1.7, 1.13 and Comments
- Lawyer Employed by or Retained by an Organization Represents the Organization Through Its Constituents
- Must Determine When and If the Organization's Interests Are Adverse to Constituents
- Lawyer May Also Represent Directors, Officers, Employees, Members, Shareholders, or Other Constituents Provided Certain Consent Is Provided and the Conflict Is Not Prohibited
Prohibited Conflicts
- Directly Adverse
- Representing Both Sides of a Transaction
Obligations to Individuals
- No Duty to Constituents Based Solely on Their Status as Directors, Officers, or Shareholders
- In Cases of Uncertainty, Inform the Client's Constituents That You Represent the Organization Only and, If Appropriate, Advise Them to Obtain Independent Counsel
Attorney-Client Privilege
- Common Interest Doctrine
- Privilege Versus Confidentiality
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This course was last revised on July 18, 2022.
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- AK CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.5
- Alaska attorneys may receive 1.0 hours of continuing legal education, including 0.50 hours of ethics credit for completing this program. Please contact the Alaska Bar Association or go to www.alaskabar.org for details regarding reciprocity with other states.
- AL CLE 1.1 including Ethics 0.8
- This course or a portion thereof has been approved by the Alabama State Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for a maximum of 1.1 hours' credit, including 0.8 hours of ethics credit.
- AR CLE 1.0
- This course has been approved for 1.0 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board.
- Arizona CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.5
- The Arizona State Bar does not pre-approve or pre-certify MCLE programs. However, records of this program and attendance will be maintained by Lorman Education Services for auditing purposes. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona, including 0.50 hours of professional responsibility.
- CA MCLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.5
- Lorman Education Services is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.0 CLE hours of participatory credit, of which includes 0.50 hours of ethics credit.
- CT CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.5
- Neither the Connecticut Judicial Branch nor the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education approve or accredit CLE providers or activities. This course has been approved for CLE credit in jurisdictions aside from CT and therefore it automatically meets the content and delivery requirements in Connecticut. Credit is based on a 60 minute credit hour and shall be awarded as follows: 1.0 CLE credit(s) including 0.50 hour(s) of ethics credit.
- GA CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.5
- This program has been approved by the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency for 1.0 CLE hours, including 0.5 ethics hours.
- ND CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.75
- North Dakota CLE policy does not allow for pre-approval of any self-study courses. This course may qualify for up to 1.0 hours of CLE credit, including 0.75 hours of ethics credit.
- NH MCLE 1.1 including Ethics 0.8
- NH MCLE does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the NH Minimum CLE requirement. Lorman Education Services believes this Ondemand course meets the requirement of NH Supreme Court Rule 53 and may qualify for 63 minutes of ethics credit.
- NM CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.7
- This program has been approved by the New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hours of credit, including 0.7 hours of ethics credit.
- NV CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.5
- This program has been approved by the Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 CLE hours, including 0.50 hours of ethics credit.
- RI CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.5
- This program has been approved by the Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.0 hours of CLE credit, including 0.50 hours of ethics credit.
- VT CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.75
- This self-study program has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board of Vermont for 1.0 hour(s) of CLE credit including credit(s). Please note: Attorneys may only claim 12 credits per compliance period in this format. This course is considered "Non-Moderated Programming without Interactivity".
- WA CLE 1.0 including Ethics 0.75
- This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 hours of A/V credit, including 0.75 hours of ethics credit.
- NALA 1.05
- This program is applicable for continuing legal assistant education credit. Please check with your accrediting board to see if this course will qualify towards your recertification requirements.
Program Length: 1.05 hour(s).
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This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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David Sanders
The Patterson Law Firm, LLC
- Member of The Patterson Law Firm, LLC
- Clients contact him when they need a litigator; he assists businesses and individuals in cases pending in court, arbitration, and administrative agencies, and has tried cases before juries and arbitrators, with a focus on business lawsuits, contract litigation, shareholder disputes (business divorces), cryptocurrency disputes, and professional negligence cases
- Licensed to practice in Washington State and Illinois; in addition, he is licensed to practice before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
- Graduate, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law; B.A. degree in political science, cum laude, University of Washington
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