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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Ethics

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, August 26, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

  • An excellent opportunity to earn Ethics CLE credits. Note: BARBRI cannot guarantee that this course will be approved for ethics credits in all states. To confirm, please contact our CLE department at pdservice@barbri.com.

$197.00

This course is $0 with these passes:

CLE
ALL

This CLE webinar will discuss critical issues relating to legal ethics in negotiations for attorneys. The panel will explore applicable rules and provide attorneys a deeper understanding of key ethical challenges in contract and settlement negotiations as well as provide practical tools for navigating these issues in their practice.

Faculty

Amy G. McClurg
Assistant Counsel
Thompson Hine

As a member of Thompson Hine’s Office of General Counsel, Ms. McClurg conducts research and advises the firm’s lawyers on a variety of substantive legal ethics, privilege and liability issues. She also reviews and analyzes business intake conflicts, outside counsel guidelines and ethical screens; advises the firm’s lawyers on bar admissions matters; and provides guidance on ethical and liability issues to administrative departments throughout the firm. In addition, Ms. McClurg has responsibility for co-editing Thompson Hine’s legal ethics blog, The Law for Lawyers Today, which has been named a top law blog by the ABA Journal.

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Amber Bevacqua-Lynott
Senior Counsel
Buchalter

Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott is Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Portland and San Diego offices, and a member of the Firm’s Professional Responsibility and Litigation Practice Groups. She provides guidance and legal representation to attorneys, licensed professionals, and other business clients, including firms and in-house legal departments. Her practice centers on legal ethics, risk management, and discipline defense. Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott acts as outside counsel to clients in a variety of industries, providing advice and counsel on all manner of ethics issues, including conflicts, confidentiality, malpractice, risk management, and fee issues.

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Joseph A. Corsmeier
Owner/President
Law Office of Joseph A. Corsmeier, PA

Mr. Corsmeier represents attorneys in all matters concerning the Florida Bar and/or the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. He has numerous years of experience representing lawyers and applicants alike and will strive to help you understand the process to contribute a more effective strategy. Mr. Corsmeier is an expert in his field and will remain steadfast in representation.

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Description

The process of negotiating contracts and settlements is ripe with ethical issues and concerns. Attorneys engaging in these matters within their practice must consider issues pertaining to competence, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, truthfulness in negotiations, and more.


Attorneys engaged in contract and settlement negotiations, and the drafting of related documents, need to understand how to identify and manage ethical dilemmas, including issues related to privileged information and potential conflicts between clients.


Listen as our panel discusses applicable rules and provides attorneys a deeper understanding of key ethical challenges in contract and settlement negotiations as well as provides practical tools for navigating these issues in their practice.

Outline

I. Obligations on Lawyer

A. Rule 1.1 Competence

B. Rule 1.3 Diligence

C. Rule 1.4 Communications

D. Rule 8.3 Reporting professional misconduct

E. Rule 8.4 Misconduct

II. Deceit/Restrictions on Right to Practice

A. Rule 1.8 Current clients;

B. Rule 1.16 Declining or terminating representation

C. Rule 4.1 Truthfulness in statements to others

D. Rule 5.6 Restrictions on right to practice

E. Rule 8.4 Misconduct

III. Privilege and Conflicts

A. Rule 1.2 Scope of representation and allocation of authority

B. Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of information

C. Rule 1.7 Conflict of interest

D. Rule 3.3 Candor towards the tribunal

E. Rule 8.4 Misconduct

Benefits

The panel will address these and other key considerations:

  • What are the guiding ethical principles in contract negotiations?
  • What are some of the most common ethical challenges encountered in drafting contracts?
  • What are the key ethical considerations in negotiating the settlement of claims?
  • What are some effective strategies for navigating the tension between zealous advocacy and adhering to ethical obligations in contract and settlement negotiations?