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Former governor among speakers to deliver ethics seminar for lawyers
By Julie Filby
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Catholic Lawyers Guild of Colorado Seminar ‘Ethical Gems’ When: 12: 30 p.m.–5 p.m., Oct. 14 |
Attorneys are invited to attend an ethics seminar hosted by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Colorado Oct. 14 at the Denver Athletic Club. The half-day seminar, “Ethical Gems,” will feature presentations by several prominent lawyers.
“What I love about the seminar is it’s a variety of really wonderful speakers from a big cross-section of interests,” said Eileen Kottenstette, chairman of the seminar committee. “We love to pick topics that are different—and encouraging and inspiring.”
The Catholic Lawyers Guild of Colorado is a nonprofit organization that fosters ideals of Catholic lawyers practicing in a secular environment by promoting fellowship; providing spiritual guidance and support; facilitating education on legal, moral and ethical issues; and promoting social service.
The seminar will open with a talk on ethical and social responsibility in the practice of law by University of Colorado international environmental law professor Lakshman Guruswamy and José Ambrozic. Guruswamy is a recognized expert in international environmental and energy law; and Ambrozic, a consecrated layman, is director of St. Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark.
The day continues with a panel of three speakers presenting “Gems from the Past.” Each speaker will talk about a historical figure whose example demonstrated living out the code of ethics and its related challenges.
Speakers include retired attorney Theodore Borrillo, past recipient of the St. Thomas More Award, presenting “The Defense of Unpopular Cases;” James Lyons, senior partner at Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP and recipient of the 2010 Archbishop Charles J. Chaput Leadership Award, sharing “Justice Frank Murphy—Moral Judgment in Wartime;” and former Colorado governor Bill Ritter Jr., director of the Center for the New Energy Economy, discussing “Ethical Considerations in Departing from the Truth.”
The second group of speakers will address “Gems of Today.” The first talk “Challenges to the Attorney Client Privilege in Representing Guantanamo Bay Detainees” will be presented by Scott Barker, a senior trial partner at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP, who led a team of lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees 2005-2011; and J. Triplett Mackintosh of Holland & Hart LLP, an advocate of export controls, trade sanctions and anti-corruption.
Mark Fogg, general counsel-elect for COPIC Insurance and past president of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Colorado, will share insights on “Every Day Ethical and Professional Issues.”
The final speaker of the day will be federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado John Kane Jr. presenting “Judicial Discipline and the Gospel: Exegesis and Eisegesis of Luke 7:1-10.”
“It’s a great opportunity to get together with a great group of people,” said Kottenstette.
The seminar has been approved by the Colorado Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education for four ethics credits. To register, email kcgerdes@hotmail.com for a registration form or visit www.colocatholiclawyers. com. The registration deadline is Oct. 1.
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