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This is an online event.
Bo Donegan Colorado Defense Lawyers Association 303-263-6466 bo@codla.org
Becoming an Incredible Attorney
Presented by: Billy-George Hertzke, SGR, LLC
Applied for 1 hour ethics
CDLA Members only Please
Lunch and Learn Webinar
Thursday October 25, 2022
12:05 pm - 1:05 pm
In this ethics program, attorneys will learn the importance of building and maintaining credibility with clients, judges, and opposing attorneys.
Course Outline:
Importance of credibility
- The perks that come with being credible.
- The cons of a bad reputation.
How to build credibility by applying Rules of Professional Conduct
- Clients.
- C.R.P.C. 1.4 – Communication
- How to use C.R.P.C. 1.4 to build and maintain credibility and trust.
- Opposing Attorneys.
- C.R.P.C. 3.4 – Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel.
- Ways to gain and lose credibility by not complying with Rule 3.4.
- Court.
- C.R.P.C. 3.3 – Candor Toward the Tribunal
- Pitfalls and common mistakes.
- Duties to correct errors and accurately cite cases.
- Mediators.
- C.R.P.C. 4.1 – Truthfulness in Statements to Others.
- Importance of being straightforward in mediations.
Examples and Discussion