Description:
One of the scariest things an attorney can face is an allegation that he or she has violated the legal ethics rules or committed malpractice, and it’s not only incompetent, lazy or dodgy lawyers who get hit with misconduct complaints. In the latest program in this popular series, Zach McGee provides an overview of the attorney discipline system, including reviewing the safeguards that exist to ensure that attorneys who are accused of misconduct are afforded due process. This program also includes a detailed review of an actual case that was recently decided in California involving a real attorney, real findings of misconduct and real sanctions imposed to show how the attorney discipline system works in practice.
Speaker:
Zachary S. McGee, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
Zach McGee is a Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, for Sony Pictures Entertainment in Los Angeles where he negotiates distribution deals for feature films and television series. Before joining Sony Pictures, Zach held senior in-house legal positions at NBCUniversal and Miramax. Zach began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and as an associate with DavisPolk in New York, New York, and Menlo Park, California. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and he received his Masters of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Zach is also a successful entrepreneur and founder of educational content companies in the legal space.