Program Details
2025-11-06 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-11-06 14:00:00
1h CLE Credits
Intermediate
1
2:00 pm - 2:05 pm ESTThis opening session outlines the critical competencies practitioners need for handling federal discovery matters. Attendees will learn what ethical duties, procedural rules, and practical strategies the program will address.
Jeanne M. Huey
Richard Hunt 2:05 pm - 2:15 pm ESTThis session covers foundational federal rules including Rules 26, 34, and 37 governing scope, proportionality, privilege logs, and sanctions. Attendees will also explore ABA Model Rules on competence, confidentiality, supervision, and the landmark ABA Opinion 512 on generative AI.
Jeanne M. HueyRichard Hunt 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm ESTLearn when preservation obligations are triggered and how to implement effective litigation holds covering email, ESI, personal devices, and cloud storage. This session also addresses strategies for drafting targeted discovery requests and avoiding boilerplate objections that courts increasingly reject.
Jeanne M. HueyRichard Hunt 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm ESTThis session examines evolving privilege log requirements covering Zoom transcripts, Teams chats, and AI-generated materials. Attendees will learn supervision obligations for AI vendors, confidentiality risks with generative AI tools, and why cooperation serves both ethical duties and client interests.
Jeanne M. HueyRichard Hunt 2:45 pm - 2:55 pm ESTWork through three realistic scenarios: inadvertent production of a Zoom transcript, boilerplate objections combined with AI vendor review issues, and spoliation of text messages on personal devices. These exercises reinforce competence, confidentiality, and sanctions considerations discussed throughout the program.
Jeanne M. HueyRichard Hunt 2:55 pm - 3:00 pm ESTThe program concludes with essential principles: competence plus candor equals credibility, proportionality is your ally, and efficiency is ethical. Attendees leave with actionable guidance on evolving privilege logs and comprehensive preservation practices.
Jeanne M. HueyRichard HuntJeanne is a trial lawyer, mediator, and legal ethics consultant with 27 years of experience in civil litigation. Since 2017, she has focused her practice on helping lawyers and law firms manage complex ethics challenges that arise during litigation.
Richard Hunt is a Texas Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and partner at Hunt Huey PLLC in Dallas, with more than forty years of experience representing businesses and individuals in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. His practice is centered on the disability rights provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act, providing both defense representation and compliance consulting to a national client base spanning real estate developers, retailers, restaurants, shopping centers, banks, apartment owners, hotels, and governmental entities. Richard is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer. He is the author of Accessibility Defense (accessdefense.com), a nationally recognized blog serving as a resource for attorneys, accessibility professionals, and others involved in ADA and FHA litigation. He has served as an adjunct professor of Disability Law at the SMU Dedman School of Law, an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, and on the Examination Committee for Civil Trial Certification for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He holds a B.A. in English and German (1978) and a J.D. (1981), and has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 1990.
Jeanne is a trial lawyer, mediator, and legal ethics consultant with 27 years of experience in civil litigation. Since 2017, she has focused her practice on helping lawyers and law firms manage complex ethics challenges that arise during litigation.
Richard Hunt is a Texas Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and partner at Hunt Huey PLLC in Dallas, with more than forty years of experience representing businesses and individuals in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. His practice is centered on the disability rights provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act, providing both defense representation and compliance consulting to a national client base spanning real estate developers, retailers, restaurants, shopping centers, banks, apartment owners, hotels, and governmental entities. Richard is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer. He is the author of Accessibility Defense (accessdefense.com), a nationally recognized blog serving as a resource for attorneys, accessibility professionals, and others involved in ADA and FHA litigation. He has served as an adjunct professor of Disability Law at the SMU Dedman School of Law, an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, and on the Examination Committee for Civil Trial Certification for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He holds a B.A. in English and German (1978) and a J.D. (1981), and has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 1990.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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