Legal Ethics: New Case Law and Changed Rules

Agenda / Content Covered

• Attorney Speech and Client Communications
  10:00 — 10:40, Alex Leeman, John Snow
  • How Attorneys Can and CANNOT Contact Prospective Clients
  • Attorney Advertising Online and Online Directories
  • Attorney Conduct Judges Punish
• Confidentiality: Current Legal Ethics Dilemmas
  10:40 — 11:15, Alex Leeman, John Snow
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements in Settlements and Attorney Right to Practice
  • Cloud Computing and Confidentiality
  • Email/Message Tracking by Attorneys: Recent Decision
• Conflicts of Interest: Recent Case Law and Trends
  11:30 — 12:05, Alex Leeman, John Snow
• Attorney Fees and Agreements: What's New?
  12:05 — 12:40, Alex Leeman, John Snow
  • Scope of Representation and Limited Services
  • Things You Can't Bill for: Recent Case Law
  • Handling Client Trust Accounts
• Handling Bar Grievances and Other Disciplinary Actions
  12:40 — 1:15, Alex Leeman, John Snow

Accreditation Details:

ALEX B. LEEMAN is a shareholder at Parsons Behle & Latimer. His practice focuses on employment law, professional malpractice defense, land use law, ethics, and financial institutions/collections. Mr. Leeman is a member of the Utah State Bar, the J. Ruben Clark Law Society, the Salt Lake County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the state of Utah, the U.S. District Court (District of Utah), and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Leeman earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Maurer School of Law, Indiana University.

JOHN A. SNOW is a shareholder with Parsons Behle & Latimer. Mr. Snow’s practice consists of general civil litigation, including commercial, professional malpractice, construction, and insurance coverage and defense. He is a member of the Utah State Bar; the Litigation Section of the Utah State Bar; Construction Law Section of the Utah State Bar; the State Bar of Nevada; the American Bar Association; Litigation Section, Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee (Utah State Bar); Model Jury Instruction Committee for the State of Utah (Commercial Transactions Subcommittee); and member of the United States District Court for Utah (Technology Advisory Committee). Mr. Snow has been designated in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialties of legal malpractice law, commercial litigation, and construction law for more than five years. He has been designated in Utah Business magazine’s Utah Legal Elite in the specialties of civil litigation and construction law. He has also been designated as a Super Lawyer in the Mountain States in Super Lawyer Magazine and ranked in Chambers USA. Mr. Snow earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Arizona State University.