Professional and Ethical Dilemmas

Seminar Number 097179 CLE Hours (Self-Study Only) 3 CLE Hours including 2 Ethics Hours, 1 Professionalism Hour and 3 Trial Practice Hours	PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN LITIGATION
	RECORDED SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
	About the Seminar: This seminar will consist of two panels, both of which will consider a series of hypothetical situations which often arise in litigation. Each hypothetical will address at least one ethical, professional or legal dilemma which a litigator may face while representing a client. (A few examples: How soon must you disclose to a client that you have made an error? May you draft an engagement agreement which limits the time in which your client can complain about the invoices? Can you threaten a bar complaint to obtain leverage in a civil suit? Can your fee agreement require that disputes be arbitrated? If you find an important internal memo drafted by your opposing counsel, can you read it and use it? Must you return it?) The panels will consist of appellate judges (Supreme Court and Court of Appeals), trial court judges, lawyers from the Office of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia, and experienced litigation attorneys. Attendees will be encouraged to participate in the discussions.
	Program Chair and Moderator: David N. Lefkowitz, The Lefkowitz Firm, LLC, Atlanta
	SESSION I Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta Hon. T. Jackson Bedford, Judge, Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta Hon. M. Gino Brogdon, Former Judge, Superior Court of Fulton County; Brogdon, Davis & Adams, LLC, Decatur Jonathan Hewett, Senior Assistant General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta James T. McDonald, Jr., Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, Atlanta Charlotte Perrell, Perrell & Wright, LLC, Atlanta
	SESSION II Hon. Harold D. Melton, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta Hon. Sara L. Doyle, Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, Atlanta Hon. Christopher S. Brasher, Judge, Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta Hon. Ben W. Studdard, Chief Judge, Henry County State Court, McDonough Jenny Mittelman, Senior Assistant General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Richard E. Harris, Jones, Jensen & Harris, Atlanta Warren R. Hinds, Warren R. Hinds, P.C., Roswell