Defending Charges: Zealous Advocacy Amidst the Candor Requirement

As a result of the law enforcement investigation, charges have been filed against the corporation and certain offices. What happens now? This program discusses procedures of the case from charges to trial or plea. Where uncharged corporate employees are witnesses, how may the prosecutors and defense counsel ethically obtain information? What are the potential traps for unwary counsel responding to criminal charges? Participants will obtain insight into these questions and become better prepared to represent a witness or defendant to criminal charges.

Learning Objectives:

I.   Grasp procedures of a case from charges to trial to plea

II.  Know how prosecutors and defendants may ethically obtain information from witnesses

III. Understand potential traps for unwary counsel responding to criminal charges

Program Attorney: Sigalle Barness