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Recognizing and Handling Conflicts of Interest

SKU: EPR1500

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This CLE course will provide critical information and guidance regarding conflicts of interest, including screening for conflicts and addressing different types of conflicts, including simultaneous representation of clients, representing multiple clients, engaging in business transactions with clients, lawyer as Witness, the organization as client, and when the client is under a disability.

Attendees will learn about the importance of properly handling conflicts of interest, including informed consent waivers of conflict, if applicable. This course will also address ethical considerations related to the proper withdrawal/termination of representation and file closing and records management.

Lecturer Bio

Joseph A. Corsmeier, Esq.

Joseph A. Corsmeier is an "AV" rated attorney practicing in Clearwater, Florida. He concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of defense of attorney disciplinary matters before The Florida Bar, attorney admission matters before the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, and professional license and disciplinary matters before the Boards of the State of Florida. He provides expert analysis and opinion on conflict of interest and other attorney disqualification and legal malpractice issues and he has testified as an expert in both the federal and Florida courts.

Mr. Corsmeier served as an Assistant State Attorney in the Sixth Judicial Circuit from 1986 to 1990 where he prosecuted felonies exclusively from June 1987, and as Bar Counsel for The Florida Bar's Department of Lawyer Regulation from 1990 to 1998. He also represents police officers as counsel to the Fraternal Order of Police.

Mr. Corsmeier is the author of numerous articles for many bar publications, he has spoken at numerous local and statewide seminars on various topics, including ethics and professionalism. He was an instructor of paralegal ethics at the Rollins College Tampa campus until it closed in 1996 and he is currently an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College teaching paralegal ethics. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University and his J.D. from Mercer University.

Mr. Corsmeier is admitted to practice in all Florida Courts, the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Middle District of Florida. He is a member of The Florida Bar, American Bar Association, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and the Clearwater and St. Petersburg Bar Associations.

National Academy of Continuing Legal Education is an approved Sponsor (10551) of CLE, recognized by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education. To view our full accreditation details, please .

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Recognizing and Handling Conflicts of Interest

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Joseph A. Corsmeier, Esq.

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