Legal Ethics 2022: What You Need to Know NOW

Agenda / Content Covered

1. Hot Issues and New Opinions
   2:00 - 3:00, Peter L. Ostermiller
   1. Opinion on Obligations to Prospective Clients (Formal Opinion 492)
   2. Pitfalls and Perils of Online Attorney Advertising
   3. Social Media Ethics - The Latest Developments
   4. Responding to Online Criticism and Recent Opinion 496
   5. Duty to Retain Client Communications
   6. Avoiding Complaints Concerning Client Communication
2. Attorney Fees and Agreements: What's New?
   3:00 - 3:30, Peter L. Ostermiller
3. Confidentiality: Current Ethical Dilemmas
   3:45 - 4:15, Dean R. Dietrich
   1. Non-Disclosure Agreements in Settlements and Attorney Right to Practice
   2. Confidentiality and Cloud Computing
   3. Today's Top Confidentiality Landmines
4. Ethics in a Post-Pandemic World
   4:15 - 4:45, Dean R. Dietrich
   1. New Opinion on Virtual Practice (Formal Opinion 498)
   2. Remote Work and Formal Opinion 495
   3. Cybersecurity Obligations
5. Conflicts of Interest: New Opinions, Recent Trends, and Case Law Update
   4:45 - 5:15, Dean R. Dietrich

Accreditation Details:

Dean R Dietrich , a shareholder with Weld Riley, S.C., has practiced in the areas of municipal law, labor relations and employment law, representing public and private sector clients in all aspects of municipal law and employment law, including labor relations. Mr. Dietrich also represents clients in the area of lawyer ethics and professional responsibility; has represented many attorneys in matters before the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of Lawyer Regulation; and has consulted with numerous law firms and lawyers regarding compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct. He has served as chair of the State Bar Committee on Professional Ethics in addition to past service on the committee appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review changes to Supreme Court Rules Chapter 20, the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. In addition, Mr. Dietrich is a member of the ABA's Center for Professional Responsibility and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He is also a member of the Labor and Employment Law, and Local Government sections of the State Bar of Wisconsin. He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and past president of the Senior Lawyers Division. Mr. Dietrich is a graduate of Marquette University Law School.

Peter L Ostermiller is a sole practitioner concentrating in legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. Mr. Ostermiller represents attorneys in disciplinary and reinstatement proceedings, judges in judicial ethics matters, and bar exam applicants. He has also represented parties in attorney’s fee dispute proceedings, attorneys in legal proceedings in which sanctions have been sought against the attorney; represented parties in attorney disqualification proceedings; and counseled lawyers and law firms in their respective rights, responsibilities and duties to other attorneys and their clients. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Mr. Ostermiller served on the Kentucky Bar Association's Ethics 2000 Committee which proposed changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct to the KBA, which resulted in the July 2009 revisions to the Ethics Rules. He graduated with his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Louisville.