Preparing for and Responding to Disasters: A Guide for Lawyers

This program will provide an overview and guide for lawyers when it comes to preparing and responding for disasters, including:

• Knowing what you have and where it is: Creating a list of electronic and physical things
• Protection of all confidential information, electronic and physical:
• The intersection of RPC 1.1, 1.6. 1.15, 5.2 and 5.3, etc.
• Restoring and rebuilding the workspace: Getting back online
• Accessing and restoring confidential information
• Dealing with deadlines: How to deal with adjournments of filing requirements, hearing dates, discovery and other deadlines and closed courthouses
• Reputation risks: How to manage a disaster
• Planning for the unexpected checklists

Speakers:

Gail L. Gottehrer, Esq. | Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC

Ronald J. Hedges, Esq. | Dentons US LLP

Andrea M. Matwyshyn, J.D., Ph.D. | Penn State Law

Steve Watson | VTO Labs