Hal R. Lieberman on Faculty Panel at New York City Bar Program:

Ethics, Discipline & Real World Obligations

A premier faculty drawn from the judiciary, the disciplinary bar and law firms will focus on the ethical and potential disciplinary issues confronting attorneys in everyday litigation practice, including:

Challenges in witness preparation
– Where is the line between suborning perjury and effective preparation?
– Payments to witnesses

Dealings with jurors
– Use of social media in jury selection
– Post-verdict contacts

Conduct toward judges
– Disclosure obligations under Rule 3.3 of New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct
– Critical statements to the press
– Critical statements in court Attorney civility Live Program (includes download of materials):

Live Program: $229 Member/$329 Nonmember Discounts will be granted to attorneys working for government agencies, public interest groups, full-time students and full-time academics.

Faculty

Celia Goldwag Barenholtz, Cooley LLP

Jorge Dopico, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department

Hal R. Lieberman, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP

Honorable Richard T. Andrias, Associate Justice, NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department

Agenda

6:00-6:10 p.m.    Introduction and Opening Remarks

6:10-7:00 p.m.    Challenges in Witness Preparation

7:00-7:30 p.m.    Dealings with Jurors

7:30-7:50 p.m.     Break

7:50-8:20 p.m.     Conduct toward Judges

8:20-8:50 p.m.     Attorney Civility 8

:50-9:00 p.m.       Questions and Answers

See more and register here.