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1. How to Avoid Being the Target of a Legal Malpractice Claim
2. Identifying and Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
3. Changing Technology and Attorney-Client Privilege

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1. HOW TO AVOID BEING THE TARGET OF A LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM
   8:45 - 9:45 and 1:00 - 2:00, John C. Kissinger Jr.
   1. Screening the Case and the Client
   2. Recognizing and Avoiding Prohibited Transactions with a Client
   3. Scope of Retention
   4. Time Limitations
   5. Implementing Internal Controls in the Office
   6. Identifying Attorney Competency Issues
   7. Collections
2. IDENTIFYING AND AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
   10:00 - 11:00 and 2:15 - 3:15, Peter G. Beeson
   1. Types of Conflicts of Interest
   2. Consequences of Conflicts of Interest
   3. The Attorney-Client Relationship
   4. Vicarious Disqualification
   5. Motions for Disqualification
3. CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
   11:00 - 12:00 and 3:15 - 4:15, Peter G. Beeson and John C. Kissinger Jr.
   1. How Changing Technology Brings Ethical Dilemmas
      1. Wireless Communications
      2. Cell Phones
      3. Metadata
   2. Defining the "Reasonable Expectation of Confidentiality" in Light of the Ease of Intercepting Wireless Conversations
   3. What the Courts Say Regarding Privilege and Wireless Communications
   4. Inadvertent Disclosures

PETER G. BEESON is a shareholder at Devine, Millimet & Branch, Professional Association, where he co-chairs the firm's attorney conduct and liability practice group and is a member of the firm's internal professionalism committee. He is a trial attorney with 30 years of experience who has defended law firms and lawyers in legal malpractice actions, character and fitness inquiries, and disciplinary proceedings since leaving the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office more than 15 years ago. Mr. Beeson is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and the American Bar Association's Center for Professional Responsibility. He is a member of the Ethics Committee of the New Hampshire Bar Association; is listed in Woodward/White's Best Lawyers in America (in New Hampshire) for legal malpractice defense; and is the recipient of the Bar Association's 2008 E. Donald Dufresne Professionalism Award. Mr. Beeson earned his B.A. degree from Yale University and his J.D. degree from Cornell Law School.

JOHN C. KISSINGER JR. is an officer in the Manchester law firm of Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley, P.C., where he practices in the areas of commercial litigation and legal malpractice defense. He has spoken for various professional groups and written numerous articles on his areas of practice. Mr. Kissinger is a former assistant attorney general for the New Hampshire Department of Justice. He earned his A.B. degree and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Georgetown University. Mr. Kissinger is a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts bar associations.

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