Welcome to the seventh episode of Legal Ethics in a New York Minute with host Kaylin Whittingham. Your Legal Ethics briefing where you’ll hear tips to stay on track and traps to avoid. In this episode, Kaylin takes a look at the importance of supervision and how you can be held accountable for not just your own actions as an attorney; but also the actions of your associates and non-attorney employees, from managers to bookkeepers. Kaylin goes into two great case examples in this episode where she highlights the consequences of a lack of supervision and how you can avoid doing the same. Join in on the discussion with Kaylin and suggest some topics you'd like to hear discussed.
This is a Seasonal Podcast with each Season having eight episodes that are released in two parts–four episodes each and offer tons of tips and nuggets from Kaylin's years of experience working in Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Kaylin was named Super Lawyer for Professional Liability in the New York Metro Area 2022 and Lawyer of Distinction 2022. In 2020, she was named in the Top 100 National Black Lawyers. She is the recipient of the 2018 National Bar Association Presidential Award; 2017 Association of Black Women Attorneys Achievement Award; and 2016 Black Women of Influence (BWOI) Trailblazer Award. Kaylin is featured in the Book and World Exhibit—"200 Women: Who Will Change the Way You See The World.” Guided by her mantra: "Inspire. Empower. Engage."—Kaylin advocates for women's rights, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, and the mentally ill.
0:00 - Intro.
0:53 - Consequences of not supervising your non-attorney employees.
2:09 - Non-attorney employees have responsibility too.
3:18 - Case example: Matter of Hallock.
5:03 - Another case example: Matter of Galasso.
6:12 - What the Courts considered when determining what the sanctions should be in these cases.
7:41 - Outcome of Matter of Galasso.
8:22 - Outro
Signup for our:
Monthly Legal Ethics CLE webinar via Zoom
Legal Ethics & Attorney Discipline Quarterly Report
On our website - https://whittinghamlaw.com
Follow Kaylin on social media;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylinlwhittingham-36338214/
https://www.facebook.com/whittinghamlaw/
https://www.instagram.com/kaylinwhittinghamnyc/?hl=en
Welcome to the seventh episode of Legal Ethics in a New York Minute with host Kaylin Whittingham. Your Legal Ethics briefing where you’ll hear tips to stay on track and traps to avoid. In this episode, Kaylin takes a look at the importance of supervision and how you can be held accountable for not just your own actions as an attorney; but also the actions of your associates and non-attorney employees, from managers to bookkeepers. Kaylin goes into two great case examples in this episode where she highlights the consequences of a lack of supervision and how you can avoid doing the same. Join in on the discussion with Kaylin and suggest some topics you'd like to hear discussed.
This is a Seasonal Podcast with each Season having eight episodes that are released in two parts–four episodes each and offer tons of tips and nuggets from Kaylin's years of experience working in Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Kaylin was named Super Lawyer for Professional Liability in the New York Metro Area 2022 and Lawyer of Distinction 2022. In 2020, she was named in the Top 100 National Black Lawyers. She is the recipient of the 2018 National Bar Association Presidential Award; 2017 Association of Black Women Attorneys Achievement Award; and 2016 Black Women of Influence (BWOI) Trailblazer Award. Kaylin is featured in the Book and World Exhibit—"200 Women: Who Will Change the Way You See The World.” Guided by her mantra: "Inspire. Empower. Engage."—Kaylin advocates for women's rights, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, and the mentally ill.
0:00 - Intro.
0:53 - Consequences of not supervising your non-attorney employees.
2:09 - Non-attorney employees have responsibility too.
3:18 - Case example: Matter of Hallock.
5:03 - Another case example: Matter of Galasso.
6:12 - What the Courts considered when determining what the sanctions should be in these cases.
7:41 - Outcome of Matter of Galasso.
8:22 - Outro
Signup for our:
Monthly Legal Ethics CLE webinar via Zoom
Legal Ethics & Attorney Discipline Quarterly Report
On our website - https://whittinghamlaw.com
Follow Kaylin on social media;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylinlwhittingham-36338214/
https://www.facebook.com/whittinghamlaw/
https://www.instagram.com/kaylinwhittinghamnyc/?hl=en