How Ethics Rules Apply to Lawyers Outside of Law Practice
Total Credits: 1 including 1 Ethics Credits
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- Categories:
- Ethics
- Faculty:
- Thomas E. Spahn
- Original Program Date:
- Feb 05, 2026
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Professional responsibility extends far beyond the courtroom and law office, creating unexpected ethical obligations in business ventures, board service, and consulting roles. This program illuminates the often-overlooked ethical duties that follow lawyers into non-practice activities and alternative career paths. Discover how to maintain professional integrity while pursuing diverse opportunities outside traditional legal practice.
Schedule:
- Understand when professional conduct rules apply to non-legal business activities and investments
- Navigate conflicts of interest in corporate board service and consulting arrangements
- Address advertising and solicitation rules affecting lawyers in business and entrepreneurial roles
- Manage confidentiality obligations when transitioning between legal and non-legal professional roles
Faculty
Thomas E. Spahn Related Seminars and Products
McGuireWoods, LLP
Thomas E. Spahn is a partner in the McLean, Virginia office of McGuireWoods, LLP, where he has a substantial practice advising clients on properly creating and preserving the attorney-client privilege and work product protections. For more than 30 years he has lectured extensively on legal ethics and professionalism and has written “The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine: A Practitioner’s Guide,” a 750 page treatise published by the Virginia Law Foundation. Mr. Spahn has served as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and as a member of the Virginia State Bar's Legal Ethics Committee.
