10 Ways to Avoid Malpractice

Date: 6/21/23

Time:  Noon via Zoom

Speakers: Mark Ellis, Esq.

The number of claims for legal malpractice or breach of fiduciary duty remain consistently high. Mr. Ellis will be discussing 10 practical ways to avoid malpractice pitfalls and traps that may lead to such claims.

Mr. Ellis earned his law degree from California Western School of Law, cum laude, in 1985. He earned his undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary in 1982. Mr. Ellis has practiced in the area of legal malpractice defense for the last 36 years. He has handled hundreds of legal malpractice cases and has tried more than 50 malpractice cases to verdict or judgment. He is one of the few attorneys across California certified by the California State Bar as a legal malpractice specialist. Over the last 20 years, he has been named as a Northern California SuperLawyer, as one of the Best Lawyers in America, and as one of the best lawyers in Sacramento by Sacramento Magazine. His law firm, Ellis Law Group, LLP, has been named as one of the best small law firms by U.S. News & World Report. Mr. Ellis frequently lectures on issues related to the practice of law nd other related subjects.

This lunch will be held via Zoom Video Conference. Registered attendees will be provided with a link to Zoom registration once you have registered for this event and paid your fee online.  You must register on Zoom in order to receive the encrypted link for joining this secured web conference.  The link for registering will be found on your PCBA registration email.  Please be sure to register on Zoom no later than May 30 in order to receive written material.

This video conference will provide one hour MCLE credit or one hour specialty credit.

Cost is $25 for PCBA  members and $35 for non-PCBA members . Space is limited so be sure to sign-up early.