LEGAL ETHICS: All the President’s Men – An Examination of the Ethical Duties and Boundaries of Attorneys
There are ethical lines that attorneys cannot cross in representing clients, but the lines have not always been clear. After a series of disbarments and criminal convictions of attorneys serving in presidential administrations, and various actions against attorneys in corporate America, the ethical lines are brighter. This session explores the duties attorneys owe to their clients and the public, and whether the ethical boundaries permit or prevent certain actions. Rules governing professional conduct, the responsibilities of lawyers in upholding the law, protecting public interest, and the consequences of attorneys’ actions (or inactions) are discussed.
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Introductions
Julie Kind is the Director of Program Management, overseeing the development of compelling content for a variety of MBA’s member conferences. Before joining MBA, she was the Director of Marketing and Customer Outreach for Freddie Mac’s Single-Family division where she managed a large portfolio of conferences, advisory groups, committee meetings, and outreach and educational forums for 1200+ depositories, credit unions and independent mortgage banks. Kind’s prior experience also includes serving as the Vice President of Client Services for Paladin Life Care, an advocacy and life care consulting company serving a diverse, at-risk client base with financial management, housing, emotional stability, living conditions and health crisis remediation.
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Sanford “Sandy” Shatz is Of Counsel and a member of the Commercial Litigation and Consumer Financial Services practice groups. Based in our Irvine offices, he has been a licensed attorney in California for 30 years, and has litigated cases involving commercial law, real estate, and consumer financial services, focusing on mortgage-related issues, and offered regulatory and compliance advice to clients throughout the country. In 1998, he joined Countrywide Home Loans where he organized and established that company’s California In-House Litigation Group. Sandy focused on mortgage-related litigation and has tried numerous cases to verdict.
