Working Remotely and Attorney-Client Privilege: Legal Ethics

Mr. Dobson provides ethics advice to lawyers, represents lawyers in disciplinary matters, and practices immigration and nationality law at Dobson Law LLC. He has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Furman University and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New England School of Law. During law school, Mr. Dobson received CALI awards in both the Law and Ethics of Lawyering and International Business Transactions and served as Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law. He previously served as Georgia UPL Liaison for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Georgia-Alabama Chapter and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Georgia to serve as Chairperson of the District 1 UPL Committee for the State Bar of Georgia from 2014 to 2017. Mr. Dobson is currently a member of AILA’s National Ethics Committee and was chair from 2017 to 2021. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility’s (APRL) Cross-Border Practice Subcommittee, which is working on proposed amendments to current ABA multi-jurisdictional practice rules. Additionally, Mr. Dobson is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Mindfulness & Wellbeing in Law Committee and vice-chair AILA’s new Lawyer Well-Being Committee. In October 2017, he became one of the first National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coaches.

Ms. Giannoni-Crystal is a dually qualified U.S. and Italian attorney. In her vicennial career she has provided assistance to a wide range of clients (industrial, commercial and technological companies, banks & financial institutions, law firms) both domestically and internationally. Ms. Giannoni-Crystal's practice has focused on transactional work and contractual issues (commercial law, banking law, Internet law, business law, international transactions, mergers and acquisitions, constitution and reorganization of companies, financing, and property development). She is also a “lawyer for lawyers”, assisting law firms in bridging activities Civil Law-Common law, and supporting other lawyers in international litigation (including international privileges), issues of cross border ethics, and international transactions.

Ms. Jacobowitz is a legal ethics consultant whose background as a litigator, in house counsel, and legal ethics scholar provide her with a unique perspective and skill set. She has provided ethics opinions and litigation reports in many areas of legal ethics and risk management, including, but not limited to conflicts of interest, attorney fees, advertising, alternative business strategies, and UPL. Ms. Jacobowitz's qualifications include a special focus on technology and social media issues implicated in the practice of law. Prior to devoting herself to legal education and legal ethics consulting, she practiced law for over twenty years. Ms. Jacobowitz began her career as a Legal Aid attorney in the District of Columbia; prosecuted Nazi war criminals at the Office of Special Investigations of the U.S. Department of Justice. She then practiced privately in general practice and commercial litigation firms in Washington and Miami.