Cost: $50 PFAC Member – $70 Non-Member
Speakers: Karen Goodman
CEU Awarded: 1.0 Ethics
Presented Date: 11/17/2020
The presentation will focus on the professional fiduciaries’ risks in representing clients who have diminished capacity, mental and/or physical limitations, or limited English-speaking skills in understanding what a “fiduciary duty” means in high-stress situations. This program will present illustrations of typical problems encountered by professional fiduciaries and provide risk management suggestions to avoid ethics complaints or civil actions.
Karen Goodman is an attorney who has been litigating fiduciary duty cases since the mid-1980s. She is President of her own law firm, Goodman Law Corp, which has a trial practice focusing on professional liability and ethics matters. She is Vice President of the Sacramento Valley Chapter for the American Board of Trial Advocates. She is designated as a Certified Specialist by the California State Bar in the Legal Malpractice field. She is consulted by other professionals concerning ethics issues on a regular basis. She is a Vice-Chairperson of the California Lawyers Association Ethics Committee.