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Avoiding Client Fund Mishaps: Ethical Lessons Learned From the Girardi Case

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1 hours 1 minute
James Ham
With James I. Ham from Law Office of James I. Ham, P.C.
Recorded June 24, 2025.
Product ID 101123

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Overview

From Beverly Hills to the Bar: An Ongoing Cautionary Tale on Client Fund Missteps

Former attorney Tom Girardi was recently found guilty in one of multiple ongoing cases concerning client mismanagement. The scandal quickly exploded onto the pop culture scene due to his appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and started new conversations about legal ethics, client trust, and client funds. In this engaging course, our accomplished faculty explores the dos and don'ts of client fund management through the lens of the Girardi case. Prevent ethical missteps - register today!

  • Explore the systemic failures and ethical blind spots present in the Girardi case.
  • Demonstrate best practices for client fund management.
  • Discuss the risks posed by lack of internal controls and firm oversight.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. The Girardi Embezzlement Case: Ethical Violations and Systemic Failures
  2. ABA Model Rules on Client Fund Management, Fees, and Safekeeping of Property
  3. Attorney Competence and Ethical Oversights in the Face of Cognitive Decline
  4. Proper Setup and Oversight of IOLTA Accounts
  5. Managing Client Funds: Legal Best Practices and Safeguards to Implement
  6. 5 Big Client Fund Management Don'ts

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 1 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1 Total
California CLE Approved 1 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 1 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1 Total
Florida CLE Approved 1 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 1 Total
Idaho CLE Upon Request 1 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 1 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 1 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 1 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 1 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 1 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1 Total
New York CLE Approved 1 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 1 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 1 Total
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  1. Avoiding Client Fund Mishaps: Ethical Lessons Learned From the Girardi Case

    1. The Girardi Embezzlement Case: Ethical Violations and Systemic Failures
    2. ABA Model Rules on Client Fund Management, Fees, and Safekeeping of Property
    3. Attorney Competence and Ethical Oversights in the Face of Cognitive Decline
    4. Proper Setup and Oversight of IOLTA Accounts
    5. Managing Client Funds: Legal Best Practices and Safeguards to Implement
    6. 5 Big Client Fund Management Don'ts

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

James I Ham
James I.
Ham
Law Office of James I. Ham, P.C.
Speaker bio
James I Ham

James I. Ham

Law Office of James I. Ham, P.C.
James Ham

founded the Law Office of James I. Ham in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. His practice focuses on California legal ethics and attorney regulation, defense of state bar complaints and disciplinary proceedings, bar applicant issues, and expert testimony in the field of lawyer conduct and the standard of care. Mr. Ham's services include advising lawyers and law firms on matters involving legal ethics and attorney regulation, and representation of respondent attorneys in state bar investigations and California State Bar Court disciplinary hearings. He has handled thousands of state bar investigations and inquiries, and has tried to decision and through appeal numerous California State Bar Court cases. Before focusing his practice more narrowly on legal ethics and the law of lawyering, Mr. Ham spent two decades as an equity partner of Arnold & Porter, LLP, a national law firm; and shareholder of Quinn, Kully and Morrow, P.C., a boutique Los Angeles law firm. He was also a partner for many years in Pansky Markle Ham LLP in South Pasadena. Mr. Ham's experience also includes membership on the Special Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of California, whose recommendations for the comprehensive redrafting of the California Rules of Professional Conduct were substantially adopted by the California Supreme Court in November 2018. He taught legal professions and legal ethics at the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law. Mr. Ham was also a member of the California State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct ("COPRAC"). He is a 30-plus year member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Professional Responsibly and Ethics Committee and chaired the committee twice. Mr. Ham is a member and former officer of the Association of Discipline Defense Counsel and chair of the Public Statements Committee of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers ("APRL"). He writes and speaks frequently at MCLE programs on legal ethics and lawyer regulation. Mr. Ham has been recognized by his peers for decades as a Preeminent AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell. He has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer every year since 2006. Mr. Ham is licensed to practice law in California and Texas.

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