NEWS

3 days ago
1 min

Be More Engaging Online With Prospective Clients

Attorneys need to engage with clients and prospective clients online these days. Being engaging online is a little different than in pers...

Sep 14
1 min

Implicit Bias: Do We Have a Choice?

Have you or someone you know stood stunned as someone accused you of acting improperly, ascribing an intent you never entertained? It may...

Sep 9
1 min

4 Tips to Avoid Ethical Traps While Working From Home.

As lawyers, we need to watch for those pesky ethical violations that can occur inadvertently - like accidentally exposing confidential in...

Sep 6
1 min

Sneak Peak into Ethics CLE

Does Ethics CLE has to be boring and dry? NO! Not the way we do it! Front Porch Lawyer: Lawyers Can Master Life Integration, too. Build Y...

Sep 6
1 min

How to Build Iron-clad Trust With Clients By Supercharging Your Ethics

Don’t get caught on the ground floor of ethics. It’s too close to the basement where discipline happens. Supercharge your ethics and stay...

Aug 28
2 min

Stress Management for Attorneys: Ethical Traps for the Unwary

The American Bar Association Model Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 address the relationship a lawyer has with his or her client. From compet...

Aug 28
1 min

Ethics of Client Communication

A lawyer’s failure to communicate is the number one issue clients cite in bar complaints, complaints over attorney fees, bad reviews onli...

Feb 29
1 min

Francine Tone slated to Present at The Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity Biennial Convention

Francine will be presenting two ethics CLE courses to the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity during their 2020 Biennial Convention. Due to COVID-...

Apr 10, 2019
1 min

Francine Tone, a Lawline Faculty Member. Three CLE Courses Available at Lawline.com

Francine Tone is now a faculty a Lawline.com, an online CLE provider from whom over 120,000 attorneys are earning credit. Find the course...

Apr 3, 2019
2 min

Cyberspace Danger Zones: The Ethics of Attorney Advertising

Each day, new technology and global regulations are implemented to impact how the internet is used across the globe, including American l...

Nov 16, 2018
2 min

Overcoming the Impact of Chronic Stress: How to Successfully Maintain Your Competence and Your Legal

When does brain function interfere with your ability to be competent? When is your brain bandwidth overloaded (even when you don't realiz...

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

What do Lions have to do with Being a Lawyer?

While many attorneys are winning battles in the courtroom, they are losing battles in their lives. They are often overworked, unappreciat...

Jan 22, 2018
1 min

Engaging. Interesting. Ethics CLE Will Leave You Inspired.

"It was refreshing and inspiring to hear you and I look forward to receiving your book." - Fred Deltorchio In response to "The best aspec...

Dec 18, 2017
2 min

Client Communication Ethics CLE Offered at Bar Associations

Want clients who are your champions and refer all their and their friends' business to you? Want clients who pay their bills timely witho...

Aug 17, 2017
1 min

Client Trust Ethics CLE Presentation Receives 5-Stars

On August 16, 2017, Francine Tone presented her California State Bar Approved Ethics Continuing Education Course "Keeping Client Trust Ev...

Jun 9, 2017
2 min

Ethics Course Approved by California State Bar

The California State Bar has approved Francine Tone as a Continuing Education Provider to present her program "Keeping Client Trust Even ...

Sep 20, 2016
1 min

What Every Good Lawyer Wants You To Know - Now a Book

Finally, all the information that we have been giving our clients over the past 30 years to prepare them for what is to come in their inv...

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