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Paralegal Day

  • August 24, 2022
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Online (Zoom)

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Please join us as we celebrate Paralegal Day
August 24, 2022
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

LAPA members FREE
Non-members $10.00

Earn 1 hour MCLE

TECH ETHICS
Resources, Checklists & Examples:
Helping You Meet Technology Competence Requirements
as a Legal Professional

This presentation on Legal Tech Ethics will discuss professional competence as it relates to the ethical use of technology by attorneys.  The subjects addressed include:

·         Technological Competence

·         Diligence

·         Communication

·         Confidentiality

·         Supervision of non-attorney personnel

The session will conclude with the benefits of training and education for attorneys.


Presented by:
Amber Bevacqua-Lynott


Amber Bevacqua-Lynott is Senior Counsel & Associate General Counsel in the Firm’s Portland and San Diego offices, and a member of the Firm’s Professional Responsibility and Litigation Practice Groups.

Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott provides guidance and legal representation to attorneys, licensed professionals, and other business clients, including firms and in-house legal departments. Her practice centers on legal ethics, risk management, and discipline defense. She acts as outside counsel to clients in a variety of industries, providing advice and counsel on all manner of ethics issues, including conflicts, confidentiality, malpractice, risk management, and fee issues.

Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott has more than 20 years of legal experience, including extensive civil trial experience. Prior to joining Buchalter, Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott worked in the Oregon State Bar’s Disciplinary Counsel’s Office (DCO) as an Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, where she enforced the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct through the investigation and prosecution of alleged misconduct.

Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott’s prior experience as a Bar prosecutor, offers her clients a unique insight and expertise on ethics issues and professional obligations.

Intimately versed in legal ethics, Ms. Bevacqua-Lynott developed, updated, and presented Legal Ethics Best Practices, a semi-annual “ethics school” for attorneys. She also prepared and edited the annual annotations of all Bar formal proceeding dispositions, requiring that she be expertly familiar with each stipulated and adjudicated case result.

She regularly presents seminars on ethics issues, both locally and nationally, and frequently provides ethics advice to attorneys.


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