Webinar Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Webinar Time: 12:00–12:50 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Please join your Kansas and Missouri Bar colleagues for a complimentary CLE webinar: The Zealous Lawyer: The Upper & Lower Boundaries of “Zeal”
Sponsored by Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC
Approved for 1.0 hour of ethics CLE credit in Kansas & Missouri
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Program Description
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct require a lawyer to act with “commitment, dedication and zeal” on behalf of their clients. Some lawyers are overly zealous, adopting a “scorched earth,” ”take no prisoners” approach, feeling that clients appreciate a “junk yard dog” as their advocate. Some other lawyers, perhaps from an overloaded docket or sheer laziness, are insufficiently zealous and attentive to their clients’ matters. Both kinds of lawyers often find themselves in trouble with courts and disciplinary authorities. Join attorney J. Nick Badgerow for a 1-hour CLE webinar on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. This seminar explores the duty of zeal, and the boundaries of over-zealous and under-zealous representation.
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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