Ethics Seminar.

Boca Raton -- June 19-22

Recognizing and avoiding conflicts of interest will be the subject of the 2002 Masters Ethics Seminar at the June Bar convention at the Boca Raton Resort and Club.

The event, titled "Conflicts of Interest: How to Spot Them and the Consequences if You Don't," will be from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, June 21. It will feature a variety of speakers, including Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince.

"This is one of the more prevalent problems that we have at the ethics and disciplinary revel, and we probably receive more calls or that subject than any other; hence our choice of topic," said Don Beverly, co-chair of the seminar.

One strength of the program is that audience participation is welcomed, he said.

"We have tended to drift from the more lecture-oriented seminar and have evolved into more of a Socratic exchange," Beverly said. "Once the initial comments of the various speakers are on the table, I think we will have some interesting exchanges."

The seminar will open with a welcome from Jeffrey P. Whitton, chair of the Professional Ethics committee. Quince will then talk on the judicial perspective on conflicts of interest, and she and Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge Larry A. Klein will discuss...