Capital Club
41 South High Street, Huntington Center
Columbus, Ohio 43215
www.capitalcolumbus.com

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Registration

There is a $30 fee to attend this program. We accept cash and checks but are unable to accept credit card payments. To register, please use our online event registration form. For more information, please contact Shannon Morgan at (614) 462-5400. Deadline for registration is Friday, September 2, 2005.

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Presenters

Geoffrey Stern
Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio from 1993 to 1997. Chair, Ohio State Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct in 1992 and 1993. Head of the professional responsibility practice area at Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter.

Christopher J. Weber
Member of the litigation, professional responsibility and construction area practices at Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter. Has tried several disciplinary cases to successful conclusions. Lead articles editor of the Toledo Law Review.

Judge David C. Norton
United States District Judge, Charleston, South Carolina, since 1990. Delegate and member of various court commissions, including the Judicial Conference (with the Chief Justice) of the United States. Practiced law in Charleston for fifteen years before being named to the federal bench.

Jonathan E. Coughlan
Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio since 1997. Adjunct Professor teaching Professional Responsibility at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Member, Board of Directors of the Association of Judicial Disciplinary Counsel and Instructor, National College of District Attorneys.

Denise Platfoot Lacey
Secretary, Commission on Professionalism of the Ohio Supreme Court. Previously served as Assistant Counsel to the Cleveland Bar Association, involved in the investigation and prosecution of complaints against judges and attorneys in Cuyahoga County.

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Program Schedule

1:30-2:30pm		Professionalism and UPL A view from the bench relating to attorney and judicial behavior. Judge Norton Professionalism and the Ohio Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Ohio’s Statement on Professionalism, Lawyer’s Creed and Lawyer’s Aspirational Ideals; cases and hypotheticals. Ms. Platfoot Lacey
2:30-3:30pm		Ethics Sources, procedures and recent developments in cases from the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline. Strategies and approaches from different sides of the disciplinary process. Mr. Coughlan and Mr. Weber
3:30-3:45pm		Break
3:45-4:15pm		Substance Abuse Introduction on substance abuse and its effects on the legal/general communities, including causes, prevention and treatment alternatives. Mr. Stern
4:15-4:30pm		Questions and Roundtable Discussion