CLE
Alanna Clair
Alanna Clair Dentons US LLP
Michael LeBoff
Michael LeBoff Klein & Wilson, LLP
Ronald Minkoff
Ronald Minkoff Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
The Ethical Trial Lawyer Maintaining Ethics During Trial
Recording Available Soon
The Ethical Trial Lawyer: Maintaining Ethics During Trial

Trials are fast-paced and stressful. It can become easy to lose sight of ethical duties. This program presents a rapid-fire look at how the ethical rules impact trials and provides practical advice for maintaining ethical balance under the crushing stress of a trial.

Topics covered include:
Legal Ethics Law Practice Trial Skills
Agenda:
  • Rule 1.1 - Competence
    • Requirements for trial work
    • Competence and mental health

  • Rule 1.4 - Communications
    • Clients need to make decisions
    • Professional judgment rule

  • Rule 1.7 and 1.8 - Conflicts of Interests
    • Concurrent client conflicts
    • Former client conflicts
    • Subpoenaing a client

  • Rule 1.16 - Declining or Terminating Representation
    • Mandatory withdrawal vs. permissive withdrawal

  • Rule 3.1 - Meritorious Claims and Contentions
    • Claims must not be frivolous

  • Rule 3.3 - Candor Toward the Tribunal
    • How to address potential client perjury

  • Rule 3.4 - Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel and Rule 3.5 - Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal

  • Rule 3.6 - Trial Publicity
    • Risk of material prejudice

  • Rule 3.7 - Lawyer as Witness
    • Balancing risks and rewards
    • How can lawyers stay out of the witness chair?

  • Rule 5.1 - Supervisory Responsibilities
    • Hypotheticals about duties to supervise others

  • Rule 5.5 - Unauthorized Practice of Law

  • Q&A (As Time Permits)
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Duration of this webinar: 60 minutes
Originally broadcast: March 11, 2026 10:00 AM PT
Recording Available Soon
Speakers
Alanna Clair
Alanna Clair Partner
Dentons US LLP

Alanna Clair is a partner at Dentons US LLP in Washington, DC. She defends law firms and other professionals regarding alleged breaches of professional duties, bar grievances, partnership disputes, and other similar claims. She also advises insurers on bad faith claims and other large losses. She authors a regular article in American Lawyer Media publications on legal ethics and risk avoidance, and is the co-author of District of Columbia Legal Malpractice Law, Georgia Legal Malpractice Law, and The Lawyer’s Handbook. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Michigan Law School.

Michael LeBoff
Michael LeBoff Partner
Klein & Wilson, LLP

Michael S. LeBoff brings more than 25 years of trial practice to Klein & Wilson, handling and winning high-stakes trials and arbitrations. Michael represents clients of all sizes in a wide variety of business cases, including shareholder, partnership and joint venture disputes, trade secret claims, fraud, breach of contract, business torts, real estate, attorney fee disputes and legal malpractice actions. Read More ›

Ronald Minkoff
Ronald Minkoff General Counsel/Partner
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC

Ronald Minkoff is one of New York State’s leading practitioners in the field of attorney ethics and professional responsibility, representing attorneys in a wide variety of matters including law firm partnership agreements, attorney departures and lateral hires, attorney discipline cases, legal fee disputes and legal malpractice and professional liability cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He also provides ethics opinions and advice to a wide variety of law firm clients. He often serves as an expert witness in legal malpractice lawsuits and attorneys’ fees disputes. Read More ›

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits

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Alabama CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

Alaska CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

California CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics

Hawaii CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

Illinois CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Professional Responsibility

Nebraska CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Professional Responsibility

Nevada CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics and Professional Conduct

New Jersey CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.20 Ethics/Professionalism

North Carolina CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

Ohio CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Attorney Professional Conduct

Pennsylvania CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics, Professionalism, or Substance Abuse

Texas CLE

Status: Pending

Credits: TBD

Utah CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics

Vermont CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Ethics


This presentation is approved for one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Alabama, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Alaska, one hour of Legal Ethics CLE credit in California, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Hawaii, one hour of Professional Responsibility CLE credit in Illinois, one hour of Professional Responsibility CLE credit in Nebraska, one hour of Ethics and Professional Conduct CLE credit in Nevada, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in North Carolina, one hour of Attorney Professional Conduct CLE credit in Ohio, one hour of Ethics, Professionalism, or Substance Abuse CLE credit in Pennsylvania, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Utah, and one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Vermont. This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.20 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.20 qualify as total hours of credit for Ethics/Professionalism. An application for accreditation of this activity has been submitted to the MCLE Committee of the State Bar of Texas and is pending.

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