Webinar Date: Thursday August 14, 2025
Webinar Time: 4:00–4:50 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Please join your Kansas and Missouri Bar colleagues for a complimentary CLE webinar: Climbing Together: Working to Achieve Client Objectives
Sponsored by Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC
Approved for 1.0 hour of ethics CLE credit in Kansas & Missouri
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Program Description
Rule 1.2 mandates that “[a] lawyer shall abide by a client’s decisions concerning the lawful objectives of representation.” Too often, lawyers have overlooked this mandate and have lost sight of their client’s objectives and pursued their own. As a result, clients have been disappointed, clients’ matters have been lost, and lawyers have been disciplined and sanctioned. A number of real-life exemplars will be discussed. Join attorney J. Nick Badgerow for a 1-hour CLE webinar on Thursday August 14, 2025. This program explores the parameters of the lawyer’s obligation to pursue a client’s “lawful” objectives, with the goal of establishing and maintaining a positive working partnership between lawyer and client – to the satisfaction of both.
Webinar Instructions (Registration, Participation, CLE Credit)
Notice to first-time participants and any who have previously encountered technical or credit-related issues: This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. To ensure a smooth experience and CLE credit eligibility, please review our Webinar Participation Guide and follow the instructions closely. Failure to do so may prevent you from joining and/or receiving participation credit for this webinar.
About the Presenters
J. Nick Badgerow | Partner, SpencerFane
Nick Badgerow has been a Kansas trial lawyer for 45 years, and in recent years has focused his practice mainly on the representation of lawyers, law firms and judges in professional responsibility matters. Nick was a member of the Kansas Judicial Council for 24 years; Kansas Board of Discipline for Attorneys for 16 years, and Chairman of the Johnson County Bar Ethics and Grievance Committee for 30 years. He was chairman of the Kansas Ethics 2000 Commission and the Kansas Ethics 20/20 Commission, and a member of the Supreme Court Task Force on Professionalism. Nick is currently a partner at SpencerFane.
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