9:00 A.M.         The QUIZ: A potpourri of the hottest topics in legal malpractice and

                  ethics, and what you need to know to protect yourself from

                  novel malpractice risks and ethics complaints. 

10:00 A.M.        Break  

10:10 A.M.        The Ethics and Malpractice Risk When Lawyers Leave Law Firms –

                  Lawyers leave law firms to take positions at other firms,

                  start their own firm, leave the practice entirely, retire, or…gulp, die,

                  disappear or become disabled.   

All these occurrences implicate the “left behind” lawyers’ duties under Indiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1. Competence, 1.3. Diligence, 1.4. Communication, 1.5. Fees, 1.6. Confidentiality of Information, 1.8. Conflict of interest; current clients; specific rules, 1.9 & 1.10. Duties & Conflict of Interest, Former Client & Imputation to Law Firm, 1.15. Safekeeping Property, 1.16. Declining or Terminating Representation, 5.1. Responsibilities of partners, managers and supervisory lawyers, 5.6 Restrictions on Right to Practice, 8.3. Reporting Professional Misconduct, and 8.4. Misconduct.   

 Attendees will learn how to identify where their potential ethics and

 malpractice risk lies, and the systems they need to have in place

 BEFORE they are “left behind.” 

11:10 A.M.        Break 

11:15 A.M.        The Ethics and Malpractice Risk When Lawyers Leave Law Firms – Con’t. 

12:15 P.M.        Adjournment