Hot Topics in Legal Ethics

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Practice Areas:

Ethics, Law Office Management, Law Practice Management, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Science & Technology

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This program will provide expert insights on hot topics in the field of legal ethics on matters arising in your legal practice. The program will discuss legal ethics issues arising from the use of AI, the sharing of data online, and lawyer advertising, as well as recommended actions an attorney should take before retirement.

Topics

  • Update on Legal Ethic Issues in the Use of AI
  • Ethical Considerations in Sharing Data Online
  • How SB 37 Changed Lawyer Advertising Requirements
  • Actions Every Lawyer Should Take Before Retirement

About the Presenters

Joanna Storey Mishler, Esq.

Rosing Pott & Strohbehn

Practice Area: Ethics (+ 2 other areas)

Joanna is a judge’s lawyer and a lawyer’s lawyer. She works with clients to proactively mitigate the risk of potential loss and find creative solutions when thorny problems arise. Joanna is the Chair of the Legal Ethics Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco.She focuses her practice on professional liability, risk management, and legal ethics for lawyers and law firms. Joanna also represents judicial officers appearing before the California Commission on Judicial Performance.Joanna is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and counsels law firm clients on identifying, evaluating, and managing risks associated with privacy and information security practices.As a ...

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Albert J. Boro, Jr., Esq.

Boro Law Firm

Practice Area: Litigation (+ 9 other areas)

Albert J. Boro, Jr. has more than 30 years of legal experience and is skilled in managing complex litigation and strategic business negotiations. Prior to starting Boro Law Firm, Al Boro served as Senior Vice President Strategic Business Development, General Counsel, and Secretary of SoloPower, Inc., a CIGS solar panel manufacturer in Silicon Valley, and was a partner with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco, practicing in the firm's antitrust and litigation groups. Al served as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White (October Term 1987) in Washington, D.C., and Judge Walter J. ...

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Nicole Engler, Esq.

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney

Practice Area: Business and Corporation (+ 4 other areas)

As a Director in Murphy Pearson’s San Francisco office, Nicole uses her two decades background in business and executive coaching to help make complex litigation concepts easy to understand. Engaging a vast array of communication styles, she offers a compassionate, client-centered approach, ensuring clients fully understand the litigation process and experience.Nicole has represented attorneys in various professional liability matters. Combining her experience in HR with her current legal practice, she has represented employers, including a large manufacturer, in claims related to wage and hour, PAGA, and general employment practices under FEHA and federal statutes. She has represented contractors and subcontractors ...

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Robert R. Cross, Esq.

Skootsky & Der

Practice Area: Wills, Trusts, & Estates (+ 6 other areas)

Trust and estate litigation in probate and civil courts, including will and trust contests, undue influence, conduct of trustees, elder financial abuse, spousal property characterization, and disputes concerning estate assets and dispositionFederal and state court litigation of complex business, financial and real estate disputes, corporate and partnership governance or dissolution litigation, trade secret and intellectual property disputes, creditor rights and bankruptcy matters; business arbitrations and appeals

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Carl Chamberlin, Esq.

California Court of Appeal

Practice Area: Trial

Chamberlin has served as the Lead Appellate Court Attorney at the First District Court of Appeal, First Appellate District since 1999. He served as an Acting Assistant District Attorney at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office in 1992. Chamberlin worked as an Associate and Of Counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe from 1985 to 1999. Chamberlin received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Drew Takaichi.

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