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

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ETHICAL CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS
8:45 - 9:30 and 1:00 - 1:45, John C. Kissinger

• 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
• Implied Attorney-Client Contracts

RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND FEE DISPUTES
9:30 - 10:15 and 1:45 - 2:30, Peter G. Beeson

• Initial Fee Agreements
• Contingency Fees and Rule 1.5's "Reasonableness" Standard
• Fee Splitting
• Resolving Fee Disputes

RECORD-KEEPING PRACTICES THAT PREVENT LEGAL MALPRACTICE ALLEGATIONS
10:30 - 11:15 and 2:45 - 3:30, John C. Kissinger

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

PREVENTING LEGAL MALPRACTICE IN EVERYDAY PRACTICE
11:15 - 12:00 and 3:30 - 4:15, Peter G. Beeson

• When the Interstate Practice of Law Becomes the Unauthorized Practice of Law
• Partnering With Colleagues and Case Referral
• The Pitfalls in Online Marketing
• Ethics Consultations under Rule 1.6(b)(2)
• What to do When You Make That Mistake

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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