Defending Detested Clients & Making Unpopular Decisions: Lawyers and Their Professional Responsibilities
Sponsored by The Ethics Institute at Capital University Law School, the Columbus Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee, the Student Bar Association and Phi Alpha Delta
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Wed., April 2, 2008; 12:15 - 2:15 pm
Please note the change in location! Due to high interest, the lecture is now taking place at the Columbus Museum of Art Auditorium, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio (just 2 blocks East of the Law School).
Approved for 1 hour of Ethics and 1 hour of Professionalism CLE credit.
The Law School is proud to present an ethics and professional responsibility program with Frank Armani. In 1973, Armani and his co-counsel, Francis Belge, gained international attention in their defense of serial killer Robert Garrow. Garrow told his attorneys where he buried the bodies of two dead girls. The attorneys verified the fact by finding the bodies, but they did not tell anyone. Six months later the bodies were found, and a year later, when Garrow’s case went to trial, it was disclosed that Armani and Belge had seen the bodies and not told anyone. The public and the media were uncomprehending. The lawyers’conflict between their own personal ethics and their professional responsibility to protect the confidences of their client remains a central tenant in the teaching of legal ethics.
The media attention given to the case and the difficult legal ethical issues that arose led to Armani co-authoring the book, “Privileged Information.” Twentieth Century Fox made the movie, “Sworn to Silence,” in which Armani appeared and he also was featured on a 1986 WETA-TV documentary, “Ethics on Trial.”
For more information contact Carmel Martin at 614-236-6515.
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