Program Details
2026-11-10 14:30:00
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Course Overview
2026-11-10 14:30:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ESTThis session explains what a lawyer and a firm must do when the lawyer leaves. It covers who must tell clients and when, who owns client files and how they move, and which post-departure restrictions and financial penalties are allowed under Model Rule 5.6. Attendees will learn how to give proper client notice, handle files correctly, and spot pay structures that violate the ethics rules. The session relies on various ethics opinions, including ABA Formal Opinions 99-414 and 489, North Carolina 2025 FEO 1, Texas Opinion 699 (2024), and NYC Bar Formal Opinion 2025-3 to give a current framework.
Hope A. Comisky
Robert S. Tintner 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm ESTThis session follows a lateral hire conflict from start to finish: deciding whether a prior matter is “substantially related,” applying each state’s screening rules, building an ethical wall that will hold up under court scrutiny, and responding when the other side moves to disqualify the firm. Attendees will learn how to vet lateral candidates, set up screens that comply with ABA Model Rule 1.10(a)(2) and court decisions, and use recent court decisions as a guide in responding when a motion is filed. Attendees leave with a screening checklist, tips to lower disqualification risks, and a plan for opposing or conceding a motion.
Hope A. ComiskyRobert S. TintnerHope A. Comisky is a Member of Griesing Law, LLC, where she chairs both the Ethics & Professional Responsibility practice group and the Employment practice group and serves as General Counsel to the firm. For more than ten years she has advised lawyers and law firms on the rules of professional conduct, issuing ethics opinions and training in-house lawyers. She also brings more than 35 years of employment and litigation experience to her practice.
Robert S. Tintner is a Partner in the Philadelphia office of Fox Rothschild LLP, where a core part of his practice is representing and advising lawyers and law firms. He handles professional responsibility and legal malpractice matters, represents lawyers before the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board and the Pennsylvania Board of Bar Examiners, and is regularly retained as an expert on legal ethics, professional responsibility, and legal malpractice.
Hope A. Comisky is a Member of Griesing Law, LLC, where she chairs both the Ethics & Professional Responsibility practice group and the Employment practice group and serves as General Counsel to the firm. For more than ten years she has advised lawyers and law firms on the rules of professional conduct, issuing ethics opinions and training in-house lawyers. She also brings more than 35 years of employment and litigation experience to her practice.
Robert S. Tintner is a Partner in the Philadelphia office of Fox Rothschild LLP, where a core part of his practice is representing and advising lawyers and law firms. He handles professional responsibility and legal malpractice matters, represents lawyers before the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board and the Pennsylvania Board of Bar Examiners, and is regularly retained as an expert on legal ethics, professional responsibility, and legal malpractice.
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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