Ethics: Counseling Clients in Unlawful Possession of Firearms (from Firearms in Virginia 2020) (On Demand Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming AUDIO replay of one session from the October 2020 seminar, Firearms in Virginia.

Your client tells you that she has an unregistered machine gun, or that he has a felony conviction and possesses a firearm. What advice may you render to assist the client in coming into compliance with the law and avoid both self-incrimination and obstruction of justice? Issues arise under the Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.2(c), under which a lawyer many not counsel criminal conduct but may discuss legal consequences of alternatives, and Rule 1.6 (a), which prohibits disclosure of information protected by the attorney-client privilege.

FACULTY

Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., Attorney at Law / Fairfax

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., Private Practice / Fairfax
Stephen Halbrook argued and won Printz v. U.S. and other constitutional law cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. He also represented a majority of members of Congress as amici in D.C. v. Heller, and represented the NRA in McDonald v. Chicago.  He has argued firearm law cases in all but one of the federal circuit courts of appeals. 

Mr. Halbrook is the author of the following books that have been cited in judicial opinions:

• Firearms Law Deskbook
• The Founders’ Second Amendment
• Securing Civil Rights: Freedmen, the 14th Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms
• That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right
• Gun Control in the Third Reich

Mr. Halbrook holds a J.D. from Georgetown University and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University. He previously taught philosophy at Tuskegee University, Howard University, and George Mason University. He regularly lectures at law schools and in CLE programs.