Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP attorney,
Marjorie S. Hensel, will be a featured moderator at the 2012
LMRM Conference. The Conference will take place February 29 – March 2, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, at The Westin Chicago River North. Ms. Hensel will be moderating the topic, "The Lesser Known Affirmative Defenses," from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 29, 2012.
The panelists will examine important but lesser known affirmative defenses. The defenses of
in pari delicto, the adverse interest exception and the
Wagoner doctrine are often available in "big ticket" financial fraud cases, such as actions against professionals by bankruptcy trustees. Because lawyers are frequently sued for alleged errors in or concerning litigation, the defenses of
res judicata and collateral estoppel often are available. The panelists will discuss recent decisions on these defenses and what to know about raising them.
This panel is part of the Legal Malpractice series of topics of the LMRM Conference.
Other Legal Malpractice Topics include:
To register for the Legal Malpractice Topics, The Risk Management Topics, or for the entire 2012 LMRM Conference, please visit the LMRM website at
www.LMRM.com.