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About the Seminar
The SC Bar CLE Division and the Bar’s Professional Responsibility Committee have teamed up to bring you a fast-paced and (yes!) entertaining look at trending ethics topics for 2023.  Created by PR Committee Chair Barbara Seymour, this special half-day seminar is designed to give you practical insights on key principals that will help you keep your license where it belongs - on your wall!

Professional Responsibility Committee members Michael Virzi, James Bell, Stephanie Weissenstein, Dr. Greg Adams, Jeffrey Silverberg, and Tara Nauful will join Barbara Seymour to provide authoritative guidance on the ethics of advertising, disqualifying information on prospective clients, key fee structure issues, document witnessing and notarizing, surreptitious recording, law firm departures and breakups and more. And as a bonus, you will also get a full hour of lawyer mental health and wellness regarding lawyer suicide prevention, cognitive impairments in colleagues, avoiding compassion fatigue and building resilience in your life as a practicing attorney. 

Seminar Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Barbara M. Seymour, Chair, SC Bar PR Committee

Ethics Tips:

Advertising Disclosures – What, Where, When, and How

Barbara M. Seymour, Clawson & Staubes, LLC, Columbia

Prospective Clients & Disqualifying Information

Michael J. Virzi, Virzi Law Firm, Columbia

Advance Fees, Credit Card Transactions, and Good Funds

James L. Bell, The Bell Law Firm, PA, Charleston

Fee Splitting, Fee Sharing, and Referral Fees

Michael J. Virzi

Witnessing & Notarizing Documents

Stephanie N. Weissenstein

Surreptitious Recording, Pretexting, and Supervising Investigators

James L. Bell

Consent Clauses, Motions to Withdraw, Confidentiality

Stephanie Weissenstein, The Dial Firm, LLC, Columbia

Lawyer Departures/Firm Breakups

Barbara M. Seymour

Current Events Panel Lightning Round
Moderator:

Barbara M. Seymour

Panelists:

Dr. Gregory B. Adams, University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia

Jeffrey I. Silverberg, Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Columbia

Mental Health & Wellbeing Tips:

Suicide Prevention

Tara E. Nauful, Best Law, P.A., Mt. Pleasant

Recognizing Cognitive Impairment in Colleagues

Barbara M. Seymour

Avoiding Compassion Fatigue

Tara Nauful

Building Resilience

Barbara M. Seymour
Adjourn

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 3.91 MCLE credit hours, including up to 2.91 LEPR credits, and 1.0 SA/MH Specialization credit.

This seminar is an Intermediate level program.


Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2024, please use this course code: 241285ADO.

Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2025,please use this course code: 
 

Tags Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Wellness; Ethics/Professional Responsibility; Big Ticket