Seminars

Corporate Counsel Series: Ethics 2023

June 1, 2023

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Reception following)
Overland Park Convention Center
6000 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66211

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Foulston's popular annual ethics seminar has been developed specifically for corporate counsel with the goal of assisting you in your responsibility to provide high-quality legal guidance to your organization. Join us in Kansas City for our ethics seminar on Thursday, June 1, 2023

We are pleased to offer our Corporate Counsel Series on ethics and other relevant topics in Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka throughout the year. If you are unable to join us for this ethics session, please check back on our Seminars page for future programs.

Registration

RSVP to attend this year's seminar at this link. This is a FREE seminar for corporate and government counsel. Enrollment is not available for attorneys in private practice without prior approval. Register early, limited space available.

Certification

This program will be submitted for preapproval of two hours of CLE ethics credit for attorneys in Kansas and Missouri.

Presenters

Foulston attorneys Scott Palecki, Matthew Stromberg, Amanda Wilwert, and James Zakoura will present this ethics seminar.

Topics

The Legal and Ethical Responsibilities of the Board Member

Sometimes no good deed goes unpunished! You’ve been asked by a local non-profit to serve on its board of directors. You love their mission and look forward to assisting with board strategy, planning the annual gala, and getting to know fellow board members. Fast-forward to the first meeting, and you are peppered with questions about employment issues, the expiring office lease, and a sticky issue with a group of vendors. It doesn’t stop there – one board member even asks if you can help them with a traffic ticket. Suddenly you wonder if perhaps they simply wanted a lawyer on board. We’ll explore the legal and ethical obligations, and provide some practical advice for your admirable decision to say “yes” to board service, including the following:

The legal duties and obligations of board service
Understanding and defining your board service and setting expectations with the organization and fellow board members
Communicating about legal issues and the attorney-client privilege
Identifying and handling potential conflicts of interest
Providing competent advice
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Everything Ethics, Everywhere, All at Once

From high profile legal “mistakes” in the news to local ethics decisions to how to respond to an ethical complaint, we’ll tackle a range of topics and cases to help you navigate the ethical multiverse.