CLE and Rosanne Cash for Charity: Litigation Ethics

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Join us for an informative and entertaining one-hour Ethics CLE by nationally acclaimed ethics authority Tom Spahn. Afterwards, we will enjoy a delicious dinner at RT's Restaurant and then head across the street to see Rosanne Cash in concert at the Birchmere, America's Legendary Music Hall.

THE SHOW: Rosanne Cash is one of the country’s pre-eminent singer/songwriters. Her latest album, “She Remembers Everything”, was released on November 2nd. More than at any time in her career, her spirit and approach to performance these days reflects the influence of her father, the legendary country singer Johnny Cash.

Although Cash is often classified as a country artist, her music draws on many genres, including folk, pop, rock, blues, and most notably Americana. She won a Grammy Award in 1985 for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" and has received 12 other Grammy nominations. She has had 11 No. 1 country hit singles, 21 Top 40 country singles, and two gold records. In 2015, she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame.

Watch: Rosanne Cash sings "Pancho and Lefty"
Watch: Rosanne Cash sings "Seven Year Ache"

THE CLE: This fun and interactive program will use hypotheticals to address Ethics topics of interest to litigators and transactional lawyers whose clients might face litigation, including:

• Determining which state’s ethics rules applies to your case
• Lawyers' ability to talk in public about the case and the judge
• Aggressive and deceptive discovery tactics
• Dealing with fact witnesses

In addition to receiving one live-interactive Ethics credit the day of the program, participants will get a 4-credit Virginia CLE Online Bundle good for one year to buy the live-interactive webcasts or online seminars of their choosing.

EXPERIENCE PHILANTHROPY: As the educational division of the Virginia Law Foundation, Virginia CLE has taken the next logical step after the success of our Experience CLE programming where we pair CLE with social activities. Your CLE is free and every single dollar of your attendance fee—less the cost of the event itself—will go directly toward funding the Foundation's grants. Learn more about the Virginia Law Foundation grants program at www.virginialawfoundation.org.

This Experience Philanthropy program is not eligible for discounts.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Thomas E. Spahn, McGuireWoods / McLean

Thomas E. Spahn practices as a commercial litigator with McGuireWoods in Tysons, Virginia. He was selected as the 2013 metro-Washington, DC, "Lawyer of the Year" for "Bet the Company Litigation" by The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.). He has served on the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and is a member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Virginia Law Foundation.

Mr. Spahn has written extensively on attorney-client privilege, ethics, and other topics, and has spoken at over 1,400 CLE programs throughout the U.S. and in several foreign countries. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and received his J.D. from Yale Law School.