Enhancing Confidentiality, Ethics, and Effective Legal Advocacy
This course provides attorneys with a comprehensive understanding of the attorney-client privilege and its critical role in facilitating open and honest communication between lawyers and clients. Participants will explore the core principles, exceptions, and gray areas of this foundational legal doctrine, gaining valuable insights into how to safeguard confidential communications and protect the integrity of the attorney-client relationship.
Through case studies and practical examples, attorneys will learn best practices, strategies, and ethical considerations for effectively applying the privilege across various legal contexts, including litigation, corporate environments, digital platforms, and remote work settings. The course also examines emerging technological challenges—such as artificial intelligence, smart devices, and digital communication—and addresses common misconceptions surrounding the scope and limitations of the privilege.
By the end of this course, attorneys will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to confidently navigate the complexities of attorney-client privilege, maintain confidentiality, and provide optimal legal representation.
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Associate | Hinckley Allen
Alexa Millinger is an associate with the Litigation group at Hinckley Allen. Her experience includes complex business and contract disputes, employment and intellectual property cases, internal investigations, and matters involving First Amendment & Media law. She is a strong and talented litigator with experience across various courts, states, and specialties. Alexa brings extensive knowledge of the effective use of substantive and procedural mechanisms to effectively litigate and/or expeditiously resolve disputes. Alexa is especially adept at First Amendment & Media law, crafting compelling arguments in defamation lawsuits, conducting pre-publication review of articles and editorials to protect clients, and pursuing access to information under the Freedom of Information Act. She has litigated First Amendment cases for several of the largest media outlets in the country, including newspapers, television networks, digital platforms, and individual reporters. Additionally, Alexa is experienced in energy litigation, where her skills were pivotal to the successful representation of clients in environmental regulatory compliance cases, including offshore wind companies in Rhode Island. Alexa brings a distinct ability to form strong relationships with clients, creating trust, and open dialogue to the firm and her clients, leading to more effective representation. Her empathy also extends into the community, where she engages in pro bono work for Connecticut Statewide Legal Aid, volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters as a mentor, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government. She also serves as the vice chair of the Women in the Law and Media Law sections of the Connecticut Bar. Alexa is also fluent in Spanish and is a member of the bar in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York State. She has been named a Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Labor and Employment, and Privacy and Data Security, and named in Super Lawyers® Rising Stars — Business Litigation.
FOUNDER & OWNER | BOOMER DEN, LLC
Frances Trelease is a business owner, workshop leader, and college adjunct lecturer. Her background includes corporate communications roles for several large corporations, in the areas of marketing, public relations, internal communications and focus group work. In 2014 she launched a small business, Boomer Den, LLC, that places qualified adults ages 40+ into internships or permanent placements in new or encore career fields.
