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Thank you Gotham NYC Women for a wonderful meeting this afternoon and especially for including the Commerce Group! We had super special guests both - circuit riders and non-Gotham members; there was plenty of information shared, connections were made and there was an abundance of laughter which is really important.

Fellow Attorneys: I have a great opportunity to satisfy the 4 Ethics credit requirement in one sitting and learn about subjects we should all become familiar with-- Social media and attorney advertising! On March 13, at 8:30 AM, join me for "Avoiding Ethical Problems in Online Legal Marketing". Please call to register at 212 349-5890 or online at http://bit.ly/1zlPGl7

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Gothamite Attorneys needing to meet the 4 Ethics CLE can get it done with me in one morning session on March 13. The NYSTLI program I'm chairing will be about online legal marketing! 8:30 AM Plainview Holiday Inn. to register go to http://bit.ly/1zlPGl7 See what will be covered below, and hope to see you there! The program will feature top speakers addressing how to avoid ethical pitfalls within your website, blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook as well as best practices. We will focus on the application of advertising rules to LinkedIn, specifically: • NYS Rule 7.1: False or misleading statements • Disclaimers on LinkedIn profiles (Rule 7.1 and 7.3) • Solicitation (Rule 7.3) • Specialization and “expertise” (Rule 7.1 and 7.3, NYSBA Opinion 972) • LinkedIn Skills and Endorsements – reciprocal recommendations (Rule 7.2) and other issues • Client recommendations on LinkedIn • Confidentiality – what you can and cannot say about clients and cases on LinkedIn; confidentiality issues in communicating with clients/potential clients electronically (Rule 1.6) • Unauthorized practice of law and inadvertent attorney-client relationships (Rules 1.18 and Rule 5.5) • Who lawyers can and should connect to on social media There will also be a discussion on the use of Facebook, including: •“Friend” requests – which requests should and should not be accepted • What ethical issues are there when “friending” • Ethical considerations in researching juror’s, parties’, and witness’s social media presence • What can and can’t attorneys advise clients about incriminating social media postings There will also be comment from the Grievance Committee concerning the Committee’s perspective as to how attorneys are getting into trouble with advertising rules using social media. FACULTY: Chair: Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard Pegalis & Erickson LLC Fred Cohen, Esq. Founder, Amicus Creative Media, LLC Carolyn Mazzu Genovesi, Esq. Assistant Counsel State of New York Tenth Judicial District Allison Shields, Esq. Interim Executive Director, Suffolk Academy of Law Aaron Zerykier, Esq. Farrell Fritz, PC Secretary of the Social Media Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the NYSBA

Fellow Attorneys: I have a great opportunity to satisfy the 4 Ethics credit requirement in one sitting and learn about subjects we should all become familiar with-- Social media and attorney advertising! On March 13, at 8:30 AM, join me for "Avoiding Ethical Problems in Online Legal Marketing". Please call to register at 212 349-5890 or online at https://www.nystla.org/index.cfm?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=21364&evSubAction=listAll