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2025 Ethical Trends Today


Total Credits: 3 CLE, 3 Ethics

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Categories:
Ethics
Faculty:
Stacy L Shuman |  Craig D Henley |  Jennifer B Fite |  Meredith L Vivona |  Jamie Nicole Stankewicz
Location:
State Bar of Arizona - Southern Regional Office - Tucson, AZ (Multiple Locations Available)

Dates


Description

Staying on top of professional trends and managing the business of your practice will help you stand out.  Explore current ethical issues faced by many lawyers and learn how to avoid them.

Join Ethics and Bar Counsel as they work through key topics of interest to lawyers who want to manage their business effectively, ethically and endure the storms. 
 
Topics to be covered: 

  • Ethics Rule Changes
  • Law Office Technology  
  • Lawyer Regulation Updates
  • Cybersecurity and more!

Chair: 
Meredith Vivona, Ethics Counsel, State Bar of Arizona

Faculty:
Jennifer Fite,  Lawyer Assistance Program Director, State Bar of Arizona
Craig Henley, Senior Bar Counsel, State Bar of Arizona
Stacy Shuman, Intake Bar Counsel, State Bar of Arizona
Jamie Nicole Stankewicz, Practice Management Attorney, State Bar of Arizona

Faculty

Stacy L Shuman Related Seminars and Products

Staff Bar Counsel

State Bar of Arizona


STACY L. SHUMAN is Staff Bar Counsel at the State Bar of Arizona. In addition to working in the Attorney/Consumer Assistance Program, which handles all incoming inquiries and consumer complaints about Arizona attorneys, Ms. Shuman investigates and prosecutes formal ethics complaints against attorneys, as needed. Ms. Shuman received a B.A. in 1987 from Saint Mary’s College and a J.D. in 1990 from Indiana University at Bloomington. After law school, Ms. Shuman joined an AV-rated, commercial firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1998, Ms. Shuman relocated to Phoenix and later joined the Child and Family Protection Division of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, where she remained for eleven years before joining the State Bar in 2011.


Craig D Henley Related Seminars and Products

State Bar of Arizona


Craig Henley is a motivated, personable lawyer with thirty (30) years of trial experience in a variety of forum including, but not limited to, local, state and federal courts in the states of Arizona, Louisiana, Texas and Ohio. Craig is licensed in both the State of Arizona and State of Louisiana (inactive) but has practiced exclusively as Senior Bar Counsel with the State Bar of Arizona for the last eleven (11) years. He has previously served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Louisiana 16th Judicial District Attorney's Office and practiced law with various sized law firms in the State of Arizona. Craig was a partner at the Law Offices of Henley & Hicks and solo practitioner at the Law Office of Craig Henley for six (6) years. Among his high-profile cases, Craig has successfully litigated a securities fraud case in the State of Ohio valued at well over one hundred eighty million dollars ($180MM), prosecuted an extensive voter fraud case in the State of Louisiana and represented the State of Arizona Treasurer.


Jennifer B Fite Related Seminars and Products

State Bar of Arizona


Jennifer Fite is the Lawyer Assistance Programs Director for the State Bar of Arizona. Before joining the Bar, Jennifer had a varied career working primarily in civil litigation, most recently serving as Litigation Attorney and Managing Partner of a small firm. Jennifer has a Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale and received her Bachelors of Arts in International Relations from the University of Southern California. She has been licensed to practice in the State of Arizona since 2002 and is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the United States Supreme Court. She is a past Judge Pro Tempore.


Meredith L Vivona Related Seminars and Products

State Bar of Arizona


Meredith L. Vivona is the Ethics Counsel for the State Bar of Arizona, where she advises lawyers through the Ethics Hotline, presents ethics related CLE programs, acts as legal advisor to the Fee Arbitration Program, serves on the Ethics Advisory Group and acts as liaison to the Arizona Supreme Court’s Attorney Ethics Advisory Committee. Prior to becoming Ethics Counsel, Meredith served as Practice Management Attorney for Practice 2.0 and the Trust Account Helpline, the State Bar’s confidential practice management and trust account advice program. Before joining the State Bar of Arizona, Meredith served as Independent Bar Counsel, investigating and prosecuting misconduct allegations brought against attorneys, when the Lawyer Regulation Office had a conflict. Part of Meredith’s responsibilities included serving as Acting Disciplinary Counsel for the Commission on Judicial Conduct where she investigated and resolved judicial misconduct complaints. Before serving as IBC, Meredith enjoyed a varied career in private practice, with experience in civil litigation matters throughout the state. Meredith is admitted to practice in Arizona and the U.S. District Court for the State of Arizona. Meredith received her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest Law School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.



Dates

2025 Ethical Trends Today
Fri, Jun 27, 2025 - 09:00am to 12:15pm MST-Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

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Location

State Bar of Arizona - Southern Regional Office

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270 N Church Ave., Ste. 100, Tucson, AZ 85701 , United States
520-623-9944
azbar.org