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The Trouble with Larry: Dealing with a Problem Partner
2013 NYSBA Annual Meeting Program
3.0 MCLE Credits (3.0 ethics)
Panelists will
assess and respond to “problem partner” scenarios from the
perspectives of the Lawyer Assistance Program, Law Practice
Management and Attorney Professionalism. After examining the many
faces of “Larry,” the problem partner, the second half of
this program will address several possible ways to help "Larry"
including training, coaching, counseling, confrontation, intervention,
peer review or possible termination of a partnership interest (firing).
Panelists from different disciplines will discuss the pros and cons of
these different approaches.
This program will cover Narcissist Larry, Larry
Past His Prime, Larry the Screamer, Good Time Larry, Ethically
Challenged Larry, Larry Liar Pants on Fire, Misogynist Larry and Larry
Later. View the Program Flyer.
Program
Agenda
Welcome and
Introductions | A Tribute to Gary Munneke
Marian C. Rice,
Esq.
Dealing with a
Problem Partner | Scenarios and Ethical Considerations
(1.5 Credits in
Ethics)
Solutions to
Protect Your Practice and Assist a Problem Partner Ethically and
Practically | Partnership Detoxification
(1.5 Credits in Ethics)
Panelists
Marion Hancock Fish, Esq., Hancock Estabrook, LLP
Thomas C. Grella, Esq., McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A.
Henry E. Kruman, Esq.
Marian C. Rice, Esq., L’Abbate Balkan Colavita & Contini,
LLP
Philip H.
Schaeffer, Esq., General
Counsel, White & Case LLP
Patricia Spataro, Director, NYSBA Lawyer Assistance
Program
This archived webcast is a video online program
that you will view and listen to on your computer screen.
This program was recorded on
January 24, 2013 at the New York State Bar Assocation Annual
Meeting.
Co-sponsored by the Law Practice Management Committee, the Committee
on Attorney Professionalism, the Electronic Communications Committee and
the Lawyer Assistance Committee of the New York State Bar
Association.
For more information about Law Practice Management resources,
visit www.nysba.org/LPM.
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