CLE: Scammers Using Attorneys’ Ethical Obligations to Their Advantage

Description

The practice of law has changed drastically since the pandemic. Whether law firms or the courts like it or not, the industry has shifted to a remote environment. This allows attorneys to work remotely and reach markets that were previously impossible. For example, in Nevada, southern attorneys can represent northern Nevada clients as easily as they can southern clients, and vice versa. However, this also results in less intimate relationships with clients. An attorney can accept and work on a case without ever meeting their client in person. Consequently, this allows scammers to conceal schemes more easily. These scammers can also use an attorney’s ethical obligations to pressure them into engaging in a fraudulent transaction, even though it appears to be in the best interest of the “fraudulent” client. This CLE hopes to provide some basic procedures that attorneys should implement to reduce the chances of becoming a victim of fraud.

FACULTY

Joseph Dragon, a Gardnerville, NV native, graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a degree in Business Finance in 2010 and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho School of Law in 2014. He was recognized for more than 300 hours of pro bono service for indigent clients during law school. Afterward, he served as a staff attorney for Judge Leon Aberasturi in Nevada’s Third Judicial District Court. Mr. Dragon has since practiced in complex business litigation, contracts, financial litigation, real property, criminal defense, and family law. In 2020, he founded Dragon Law Group to deliver exceptional client service.