Events

May 11, 2023

Frankfurt Kurnit’s 2023 Litigation Ethics Summit

Join us in person at our New York City office on May 11, 2023 from 2:00PM to 7:00PM for our Litigation Ethics Summit -- a complimentary CLE event on current hot topics in ethics and professional responsibility. If you serve as corporate counsel, law firm general counsel, or are dealing with issues of ethical compliance and risk management – you won’t want to miss it! 

 

Register: HERE

 

On the docket: 

 

  •   -Lateral Transitions, Partnership Disputes and Litigation
  •   -Non-competes and NDAs
  •   -Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims in Law Firms -- and for Clients
  •   -Alternative Legal Services Models
  •   -Remote Work and the Unauthorized Practice of Law
  •   -Legal Malpractice 
  •   -And much more

 

When: May 11, 2023 from 2:00PM to 7:00PM EST.

 

Agenda:

2:00PM – 2:30PM Registration

 

2:30 PM – 3:30PM Conducting Sexual Harassment Investigations at Law Firms 
John B. Harris, Frankfurt Kurnit 
Wendy Stryker, Frankfurt Kurnit 
Marjorie J. Peerce, Ballard Spahr LLP  

 

3:30PM – 3:45PM Break

 

3:45PM – 4:45PM Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Navigating Partnership Disputes and High-Impact Partner Departures
Ronald C. Minkoff, Frankfurt Kurnit 
Tyler Maulsby, Frankfurt Kurnit 
Kristen Niven, Frankfurt Kurnit 
Janis Meyer, Clyde & Co US LLP 

 

4:45PM – 5:00PM Break

 

5:00PM – 6:00PM Ethics “Gameshow”: Featuring Hot Topics such as fee sharing and referral fees, business transactions with clients, duty of candor, lateral partner transitions and more!
Nicole Hyland, Frankfurt Kurnit - Moderator 

Panelists:
Richard Maltz, Frankfurt Kurnit 

Jesse Klinger, Frankfurt Kurnit
Khasim Lockhart, Frankfurt Kurnit

 

6:00PM - 7:00PM Reception

 

Where: Frankfurt Kurnit -- New York Office , 28 Liberty Street, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10005

 

CLE: This program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 2.0 credit hours in Ethics and Professionalism, and 1.0 credit hours in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias. (Note: The content of this course is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys (non-transitional and transitional))