Ethics: Conflicts of Interest Traps That Attorneys Miss

Agenda / Content Covered

1. Former and Current Client Conflicts: What You Need to Know
   1:00 - 1:30, Peter L. Ostermiller
2. Third-Party Payor Problems
   1:30 - 2:00, Peter L. Ostermiller
3. Challenges Created by Business Transactions With Clients
   2:00 - 2:30, Peter L. Ostermiller
4. Withdrawing From Representation: Top Challenges and Hidden Dangers
   2:30 - 3:00, Peter L. Ostermiller
5. Joint Representation - Problems and Pitfalls
   3:00 - 3:15, Peter L. Ostermiller
6. Lateral Moves: Traps for the Unwary
   3:30 - 4:00, Peter L. Ostermiller
7. Waivers and Informed Consent: Key Hurdles
   4:00 - 4:15, Peter L. Ostermiller

Accreditation Details:

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.