Reference Materials:

Contestant Summary (1 Page)
IP Dating Game: The Ethics of Counsel Selection (1 Page)
Rules 7.1: Advertising (9 Pages)
Rules 7.3: Solicitation and Recommendation of Professional Employment (5 Pages)
Ethics Opinion 1052 (3 Pages)
Ethics Opinion 1049 (6 Pages)
Ethics Opinion 1039 (4 Pages)
Ethics Opinion 1007 (4 pages)

Participants:

Hon. J. Paul Oetken, Host, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jeffrey Butler, Bachelor, Lonza Inc. 
Henry Cittone, Contestant, Cittone & Chinta LLP  
Shannon Clark, Contestant, Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto 
Neal Feivelson, Contestant, ADP 
Lynn Russo, Contestant, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Event Summary:

The process of outside counsel pitching for business and in-house counsel choosing representation has come into heightened focus in recent years given the economy for legal services, particularly in the intellectual property area. Attracting clients has become an important part of every law firm attorney’s professional focus, and choosing the right outside counsel has been an important responsibility for in-house counsel. This program explores ethical and tactical issues in a game show format that has fictional outside counsel competing as contestants for the affection of in-house counsel.

New Member Orientation

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM

I. Welcome and Introductions (5:30 PM to 5:35 pm)

II. Orientation (5:35 PM to 6:00 PM)

The mission of the Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court is to promote excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility, and legal skills for judges, lawyers, academicians, and students of law and to advance the education of the members of the Inn, the members of the bench and bar, and the public in the fields of intellectual property law.

We highly recommend new members join the other inn members at the reception to follow the IP Dating Game program.