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Corporate Law Ethics – 2008
Presented by the ISBA Corporate Law Departments Section

 

Springfield
Friday, June 13, 2008
Illinois Association of School Boards
2921 Baker Drive (map and directions)
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4.0 MCLE hours, including 4.0* hours of PMCLE credit

In today’s climate, understanding the issues surrounding corporate ethics is vital.  Identifying issues for your client (whether in-house or outside counsel) will make you more valuable to your client in risk mitigation efforts.  Names such as Enron should resonate with every attorney and business partner.  Speakers include well-known, experienced attorneys who will share their knowledge and show you how to leverage your position to make an impact on corporate ethics.

This program is an introduction to corporate ethics.  It will be useful to many attorneys, especially in-house corporate lawyers, sole practitioners who provide counsel or desire to provide counsel to corporations, lawyers in mid-sized and large firms who counsel corporations, and newly admitted lawyers and seasoned practitioners who wish to expand their knowledge of corporate law practice.

 

Program Coordinator:
Meredith E. Ritchie, Alliant Credit Union, Chicago

Program Moderator:
R. Stephen Scott, Scott & Scott, PC, Springfield

 

Noon – 1:00 p.m.  Ethical Obligations in Corporate Compliance
The speaker will discuss disclosure requirements, ethical limitations and other special considerations relating to compliance.  His experience as a private attorney for various companies will be invaluable to the audience.
Stanley J. Dale, Schaumburg

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.  Panel: Corporate Attorney and the Duty to Report
This presentation will include a discussion regarding application of duty to private practitioners and application of duty to in-house counsel.
Frances S. Cook, General Counsel, Westell Technologies, Inc., Aurora
Stanley J. Dale
Peter L. Rotskoff, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, Chicago

2:00 – 2:15 p.m.  Break

2:15 – 3:15 p.m.  Attorney/Client Privilege:  Who is your Client?
This presentation will include a discussion about general standards for all attorneys, in-house complications and parent-subsidiary concerns.
Professor Leonard Gross, SIU School of Law, Carbondale

3:15 – 4:15 p.m.  Panel: Civility and Professionalism
Cheryl Niro will energize the audience by discussing civility and professionalism and her role as Chair of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.  She will then lead a discussion on the subject of civility and professionalism vis-à-vis corporate law.
Cheryl Niro, Chairperson, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, Chicago
Hon. Naomi H. Schuster, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago
Peter S. Trotter, Assistant General Counsel & Privacy Officer, Growmark, Inc., Bloomington

 

* Subject to review
Please note: Supreme Court Rules on MCLE require lawyers to earn at least 4 hours of Professional Responsibility MCLE every reporting period