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Overview
Manage the Tension Between Your Personal Interests and Professional Duties to Clients
The fast-paced and competitive nature of legal practice means you're frequently faced with self-interest conflicts that can challenge your ethical standards and loyalty to clients. This guide will show you how to identify these conflicts and strike the right balance between satisfying your own interests and your professional responsibilities. Navigate trying scenarios with tact and professionalism - register today!
- Tackle the challenge of aligning your personal financial interests with the best interests of clients.
- Learn how to avoid conflicts when dealing with family, friends, and business partners.
- Address internal firm pressures to maximize billable hours or prioritize more lucrative clients.
- Discover strategies and safeguards for handling related matters with current and former clients.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Balancing Financial Interests: Your Wealth vs. Client Welfare
- Accepting Gifts or Benefits From Clients or Third Parties
- Maintaining Boundaries in Personal and Business Relationships
- Law Firm Interests: Client Needs vs. Revenue Generation
- Managing Duties to Former and Current Clients
- Client Loyalty Conflicts: Multi-Client Representations
- When Securing Fees Conflicts With the Client's Interest
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Alabama CLE |
|
1 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
1 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| Arizona CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| California CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Colorado CLE |
|
1 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Delaware CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Florida CLE |
|
1 Total | 05-31-2026 |
| Georgia CLE |
|
1 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Idaho CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2029 |
| Illinois CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-04-2026 |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
1 Total | |
| Maine CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-04-2026 |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Missouri CLE |
|
1.2 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Montana CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2027 |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
1 Total | |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2027 |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Nevada CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2027 |
| New York CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2027 |
| Ohio CLE |
|
1 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Oregon CLE |
|
1 Total | |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
1 Total | |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
1 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-04-2026 |
| Utah CLE |
|
1 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| Vermont CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-05-2026 |
| Washington CLE |
|
1 Total | 11-04-2029 |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
1 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
1.2 Total | 11-05-2026 |
Select Jurisdiction
CLE
Agenda
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Self-Interest Conflicts: How to Ethically Identify and Address Them
- Balancing Financial Interests: Your Wealth vs. Client Welfare
- Accepting Gifts or Benefits From Clients or Third Parties
- Maintaining Boundaries in Personal and Business Relationships
- Law Firm Interests: Client Needs vs. Revenue Generation
- Managing Duties to Former and Current Clients
- Client Loyalty Conflicts: Multi-Client Representations
- When Securing Fees Conflicts With the Client's Interest
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Cindy G. Cole Ettingoff
is an attorney with Ettingoff Law and Mediation. She is engaged in virtually every aspect of labor and employment law practice and has represented employers, employees, and unions in litigation, contract negotiations, arbitrations, and mediations. Ms. Ettingoff is a Rule 31 general civil mediator, family mediator, and mediator trainer, CPR mediator, FINRA mediator, and is listed on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Mediator/Dispute Resolution Panel. She is a past chair of the Tennessee Bar Association ADR Section, immediate past president of the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators, and member of the Mid-South Community and Justice Center Board. Ms. Ettingoff is a member of the American Bar Association (ADR, Labor and Employment Law, and Civil Rights and Social Justice sections), and served as a case reviewer for the FLSA, FLMA, or workers' compensation subsections' 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2021/2022 midwinter publications. Ms. Ettingoff earned her J.D. degree from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
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