On October 10, 2013, O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing held its annual Continuing Legal Education seminar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on a number of legal ethics issues of interest to in-house counsel.
Chad Baruch of Texas, a recognized national speaker on legal issues, presented a lecture entitled “Back to the Beginning: Marberry v. Madison and the Roots of Judicial Review” and made a presentation on the ethics of legal writing.
Pete Faust, Chair of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing’s Corporate Practice Group, moderated a panel discussion between professional journalists and attorneys entitled “Legal Ethics Issues Relating to the Media and Dealing with the Media.” The panel was comprised of two media representatives, Mike Gousha, a television broadcaster and Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School, and Cary Spivak, an investigative reporter with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing attorneys Dean Laing and Steve Slawinski.
Grant Killoran, Chair of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing’s Litigation Practice Group, presented a lecture entitled “Ethical (and Practical) Considerations for Managing E-Discovery and Electronically Stored Information” focusing on legal ethics issues relating to electronic data.
O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing will hold this seminar again in the Fall of 2014. If you would like copies of the materials from our recent seminar, or if you would like to attend the 2014 seminar, please contact O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing at 414.276.5000. This seminar is limited to in-house counsel.
