Keeping Company: The Lifespan of a Client Matter

Using an overarching analogy to the ins and outs of social relationships and getting engaged, this 1.0-hour ethics program addresses basic professional responsibility and loss prevention concerns that can arise over the lifespan of a client matter.

The presentation begins with prospective client communications (Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.17), documenting the engagement of the firm (Rules 1.2, 1.4), and client-imposed conditions (e.g., Rule 1.7, 1.10, 1.13). The presentation then moves to midstream issues such as confidentiality (Rule 1.6) and the risk of “unworthy” clients (Rule 1.2, 1.13), and concludes with the importance of properly terminating a matter (Rule 1.16).

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CLE information

Taft is applying for 1.0 CLE Ethics Credit in IL, IN, KY, MN, and OH. You must watch the live presentation in order to receive CLE credit. No credit will be available for later viewing a recording of the program.

About the Presenter

As a Senior Loss Prevention Counsel at ALAS, Rawn Reinhard consults, writes, and gives presentations on best practices and other issues involving professional responsibility and lawyer liability.

Before joining ALAS, Rawn was a partner at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, where he advised on and litigated a wide range of business matters, including contractual and commercial disputes, employee and executive departures, compensation and discrimination claims, customer complaints, torts and products liability, alleged violations of securities and consumer protection laws, regulatory investigations, business and legal ethics, class actions, arbitrations, and appeals.

Prior to Neal Gerber, Rawn was a partner at Ungaretti & Harris LLP (now a part of Nixon Peabody LLP), where he handled commercial litigation, including securities/brokerage disputes, employment claims, and products liability. He began his career as a law clerk to a federal appellate judge and by working for the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.