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Professor Marc Garfinkle’s “Ten Commandments of Defensive Lawyering” are a dozen (!) do’s and don’ts for solo and small-firm lawyers that can keep them out of trouble.   In this humorous, fast-moving program, drawn from his popular book, “$olo Contendere:  How to Go Directly from Law School into the Practice of Law without Getting a Job”   Marc offers some scraps of wisdom from his years at the bar.   

One of America’s most popular CLE speakers, Marc Garfinkle is a solo attorney specializing in matters involving attorney ethics violations.  A former ethics investigator and committee chair, he knows how attorneys get into trouble and why they start losing sleep. 

• Getting other lawyers to protect and help you
• Recognizing  and avoiding conflicts of interest
• “Firing” clients; withdrawing from representation
• Using your diary defensively
• Managing client expectations
• Reviewing Active Files
• The common danger zones for solos and small-firm lawyers
• Pre-empting problems
• What to do if you screw up