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Ethics Refresher 2026 – Erie

  • City:Erie County Bar Association, 429 West 6th St., ., Erie, PA, 16507
  • Start Date:2026-08-14 09:00:00
  • End Date:2026-08-14 12:15:00
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  • Level:Intermediate
  • Topics:Ethics

$299.00

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This program is eligible for 3 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 3.6 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.

This is a simulcast of a live webcast course, streamed live to a local site with faculty in remote locations. Please note: Walk-in registrations will not be accepted - you must register in advance.

Overview

The Mindful Balance: Ethical Responsibilities in Addressing Client Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Lawyer Well-Being: Legal professionals frequently encounter client trauma, high stress, and emotional demands that can contribute to burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress. This program examines the ethical implications of lawyer impairment, including its impact on competence, judgment, and professional responsibility. Participants will learn to recognize warning signs, implement effective prevention strategies, utilize available support resources, and appropriately respond to colleagues in need.

Competence and the Rules Every Pennsylvania Lawyer Must Know: Competence is the foundation of every lawyer’s ethical obligations - and in today’s practice, it extends well beyond knowing the law. This program provides a practical, Pennsylvania-focused review of the core rules governing competence, confidentiality, supervision, and candor, along with critical state-specific requirements that directly affect daily practice. While touching on emerging issues such as artificial intelligence and digital workflows, the program emphasizes the rules lawyers must understand to avoid discipline, malpractice exposure, and client harm.

Faculty

Daniel J. Siegel, Esq.

Attorney Daniel J. Siegel is a nationally recognized authority on ethics, technology, data protection and business workflow management, and the principal of both the Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel, LLC and Integrated Technology Services, LLC. Dan provides techno-ethics counsel to solo, small and mid-sized law firms on cybersecurity, technology and other related issues. His practice includes representing of attorneys in disciplinary matters; providing professional responsibility guidance to attorneys and firms; serving as appellate counsel; and representing individuals in workers’ compensation and personal injury matters. Dan also consults with law firms and businesses on workflow management, implementation of paperless offices, and other productivity matters. Attorney Siegel is a prolific speaker and author, and serves as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and Past-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Professional Development Board Chair. The author of 15 books, Dan is a columnist and frequent lecturer on a wide range of topics, including ethics, technology, substantive law, appellate law, and professional responsibility matters. You can reach Dan at [email protected].

Brian S. Quinn, Esq.

Brian S. Quinn, Esquire is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania who currently serves as the Education and Outreach Coordinator for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc., a Lawyers Assistance Program established in 1988 for the purpose of helping lawyers, judges and law students recover from alcoholism, drug addiction and mental health disorders.
Mr. Quinn obtained his undergraduate degree in 1970, his law degree in 1973 and a certificate in Drug and Alcohol counselling in 2012, from Villanova University. He has been a private practitioner for over 40 years, having litigated both civil and criminal matters during his career. Mr. Quinn also worked in the field of Alcohol and Drug Counseling in suburban Philadelphia from 2011 to 2017, allowing him to gain both practical and clinical experience with individuals suffering from alcohol, substance use and mental health disorders.
Mr. Quinn is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Delaware County Bar Association and is a past member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, where he also served as a peer volunteer for over six years prior to accepting his current role as the organization’s Educator in 2017.
Mr. Quinn has written articles and made presentations on many lawyer wellness topics to law firms, Bar Associations, professional organizations and legal education providers on a state, national and international level reaching hundreds of thousands of lawyers during his career.
Mr. Quinn was the 2025 recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s prestigious C. Dale McClain Quality of Life/Balance Award. This award honors someone who identifies issues relevant to attorney wellness, well-being and attorneys’ efforts to find balance in their professional and personal lives.

Victoria L. White, Esq.

Ms. White is currently Ethics Counsel to the Pennsylvania Bar Association. As Ethics Counsel, Ms. White responds to Ethics Hotline inquiries from PBA members who have questions concerning the impact of the provisions of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct upon their own prospective conduct. Ms. White also assists the PBA’s Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, which issues written ethics opinions and reviews and recommends proposals for changes to the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct. In addition to staffing the Ethics Committee, Ms. White is the staff liaison to the PBA Civility in the Profession Committee. She also serves as the Associate Editor of the Pennsylvania Ethics Handbook, a useful guide to the professional responsibility obligations of practicing Pennsylvania lawyers. Prior to joining the PBA, Ms. White served as Assistant Counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission, practiced for several years in the private sector, and was a staff attorney in the solicitor’s office for a local municipality. Ms. White received her B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and her J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law.

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