CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar on various ethics topics of importance to attorneys practicing in Texas today. This seminar features experienced attorneys from the Houston area speaking on these critical ethics issues.
This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar that was originally conducted by the Houston Bar Association on November 1, 2008. This audio presentation features the speakers and topics listed below. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 4.5 hours. This seminar is entitled:
HBA Presents: "Ethics Issues Updates: E-Discovery, Trial Prep, Advertising, Grievances, Lying & Negotiations"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects and speakers for this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Ethics & E-Discovery
- David Chaumette, Baker & McKenzie, LLP
- Ethical Considerations in State-of-the-Art Trial Preparation
- Richard Waites, J.D., Ph.D., Attorney and Chief Trial Psychologist
- Developing Your Advertising - the Do's and Don'ts
- Laura Gibson & Mary Jane Mudd, Advertising Review Committee, State Bar of Texas
- Lying and Negotiations
- Michael Essmyer, Essmyer, Tritico & Rainey, L.L.P.
- The Grievance Procedures
- Tim Bersch, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, State Bar of Texas
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Michael M. Essmyer, who is a name partner with the firm of Essmyer, Tritico & Rainey, L.L.P. in Houston. Mr. Essmyer has a wide and varied practice devoted to litigation, both in civil areas of law and criminal law. He is admitted in Texas and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuit Appellate Courts, and the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Federal District Courts of Texas. His professional memberships include the American Bar Association, Houston Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, the American, Texas and Houston Trial Lawyers Associations, and the Federal Bar Association, among others. He received his law degree from South Texas College of Law (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1980), and his undergraduate degree from Texas A& M University (B.S., Geology, 1972). A more extensive biography for Mr. Essmyer may be found at his firm's Web site.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $113. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the Houston Bar Association, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $90. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the HBA Office in Houston (713-759-1133) and request the 'HBA Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.
This seminar is accredited for 4.5 hours of participatory CLE credit (all in the subject area of legal ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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