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1. Ethical Client Communications
2. Responsible Management of Attorney's Fees and Client Trust Accounts
3. Record-Keeping Practices that Prevent Legal Malpractice Allegations
4. Preventing Legal Malpractice in Everyday Practice

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Session Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM and 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Eastern
Presenter: Eric Romano and Jason T. Studinski

ETHICAL CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS

• Protecting Confidentiality
• Preventing Conflicts of Interest
• Keeping the Client in the Loop
• Admitting to the Client When You've Made a Mistake
• Managing Difficult Clients
• What to do When Co-Clients are Fighting?
• Representing a Mentally Incapable Client or a Minor
• Implied Attorney-Client Contracts

RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND CLIENT TRUST ACCOUNTS

• Choosing the Appropriate Billing Method
• Initial Fee Agreements
• Simple Tips to Avoid Commingling of Funds
• Keeping Impeccable Financial Records
• How to Write Invoices That Clients Will Pay
• Fee Splitting
• Resolving Fee Disputes

RECORD-KEEPING PRACTICES THAT PREVENT LEGAL MALPRACTICE ALLEGATIONS

• How Long do I Keep the Closed Case File?
• What Must Be Done When a Lawyer Enters or Leaves the Firm?
• Electronic Communications Challenges
• Can an Attorney Secretly Record Conversations?

PREVENTING LEGAL MALPRACTICE IN EVERYDAY PRACTICE

• Interstate Practice of Law
• Partnering with Colleagues and Case Referral
• Ethical Advertising and the Pitfalls in Online Marketing
• Assisting a Pro Se Litigant
• Unauthorized Practice of Law - What to do When You're in Way Over Your Head
• Hidden Dangers of Office Sharing Arrangements

ERIC ROMANO is an attorney in the West Palm Beach law firm of Romano Law Group, where he practices in the areas of criminal defense, trial practice, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice and business litigation. Mr. Romano is a former Assistant State Attorney with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's office. He has lectured to various professional groups on pre-trial investigation and discovery in criminal and civil cases and trial notebook issues. Mr. Romano earned his B.S. degree from Florida State University and his J.D. degree from Stetson University. He is a member of the American and Palm Beach County bar associations, the Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, Florida Justice Association, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association (president).

JASON T. STUDINSKI is a sole practitioner in Steven Point, Wisconsin. He represents victims in cases involving nursing abuse and neglect, brain injury, wrongful death and other catastrophic injury cases. Mr. Studinski earned the F. Scott Baldwin Award in 2006, presented by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (American Association for Justice, an honor bestowed upon the most outstanding young trial lawyer in the country.) He has been named one of the top lawyers in Wisconsin by the American Association of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Studinski has served on the board of directors for numerous non-profit organizations. He has served on the board of directors of the Wisconsin Association for Justice and is an active member of the nursing home litigation group of the American Association for Justice. A tireless advocate for the forgotten, the abused, and the victimized, Mr. Studinski does more than simply handle cases. He has written numerous articles and lectured in the U.S. and Canada on nursing home abuse and neglect and other issues relating trial advocacy. Mr. Studinski earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and his J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

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