Skip to main content
On Demand

Ethical Issues in Estate Planning (Engagement Letters & Retention Obligations)


Total Credits: 1 Ethics

Average Rating:
Not yet rated
Categories:
Ethics |  Probate & Estate Planning
Faculty:
Cynthia Lamar-Hart
Format:
Audio and Video
Original Program Date:
Dec 08, 2023
License:
Access for 90 day(s) after purchase.


Description

This seminar will discuss the ethical considerations for attorneys at the termination of a client relationship including  the ABA rules regarding retention obligations.

Handouts

Faculty

Cynthia Lamar-Hart's Profile

Cynthia Lamar-Hart Related Seminars and Products

Maynard Nexsen PC


Ms. Lamar-Hart received her B.A. from Birmingham-Southern College, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Seybourn H. Lynne, Senior District Judge, Northern District of Alabama. Cynthia is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), is a member of the Birmingham Estate Planning Council, is Past President of the Birmingham Bar Probate Section and serves as a member of the standing Alabama Law Institute committee for trusts and estates legislation. Cynthia serves as Chair of the Estate Planning, Fiduciary Advisory Services and Fiduciary Litigation practice groups at Maynard Cooper. Cynthia has been awarded a Band 1 ranking by Chambers and Partners as a leading attorney in the area of “Private Wealth Law,” The Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year – 2020 & 2015, Litigation - Trusts and Estates, and in 2016 for Trusts & Estates. She is consistently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® and in Super Lawyers in the areas of Trusts and Estates and Trust and Estate Litigation. Alabama Super Lawyers has recognized her among its Top 50 Lawyers in Alabama and Top 25 Women Lawyers in Alabama, and Mid-South Super Lawyers has recognized her as a “Top 50 Female Lawyers.”