President Jack Cinquegrana to speak about "Assaults  on the Lawyer-Client Relationship"

Assaults on the Lawyer-Client Relationship  

Sponsored by:
Senior Lawyers Section
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Reception to follow

An official in the Department of Defense publicly asks corporations to fire lawyers who represent "war on terror" clients, and a major newspaper applauds; the Department of Justice wants corporations to waive the lawyer-client privilege in exchange for favorable treatment; Congress makes Bankruptcy lawyers personally responsible for representations and defaults of debtors; governments wiretap conversations between lawyers and clients.  Join us as a panel of experienced and thoughtful experts describe recent attacks on relationships between lawyers and clients, and try to describe what it all means.

Panelists Include:

• Jack Cinquegrana, a partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP and President of the Boston Bar Association.

• Judith A. McMorrow, Professor at Boston College Law School
  
  
• Carol V. Rose, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts

Program Chair:

• Mala Rafik, a partner at Rosenfeld & Rafik, PC. and Co-Chair of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Section of the Boston Bar Association  

Moderator:

• Richard L. Levine, Co-chair of the Senior Lawyers Section of the Boston Bar Association

This program is free to BBA Members and their guests.  To RSVP, please click here.

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