This program addresses how attorneys can modify behavior with clients, employees and colleagues so as to both avoid acts of Bias and increase professionalism. The speakers review Incivility as Bias, Age Discrimination and Gender Bias, the Rules of Professional Conduct, case law, statutory law, positions of State Bar Associations, the role of the Discipline System in Bias matters and common scenarios where Bias may arise. The speakers also review inequities among women lawyers and make suggestions on how bias against among minority women lawyers may be remedied.

Incivility as Bias
What is Bias?
Missing from the rules: Incivility as a form of bias
Definition of Bias
Thesis: This Requirement Should Seek To Eliminate INCIVILITY And Not Just BIAS
Bias in Law Practice: 2 Rules = Broad Guidance
California Rules Of Professional Conduct
What about Civility?
Discipline (or lack thereof) under rule 2-400
In the Matter of Judge Jensen (NY)
Age Discrimination
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Large Law Firm Policies on Mandatory Retirement (EEOC Claim)
Scenarios where age bias may be manifested
What are the root causes of age discrimination?
How do different cultures view their elders, and can this affect attorney-client relationships in particular cases?
Gender Discrimination
Definition of Bias
What is bias?
Scenarios where gender bias may be manifested
Inequities in partnerships: minority women
Inequities among women lawyers
Suggested Remedies for Bias Against Minority Women Lawyers

Online Media Type:		Video
State Hours:		CA, IL, NC, NV, IN, TN

Speakers:

Gregory Alan Rutchik Gregory Alan Rutchik is the founding lawyer of the arts and technology law group – a firm focused on intellectual property infringement litigation and technology transactions. Attorney Rutchik's practice focuses on: copyright and trademark infringement litigation, "bet the business" disputes about technology, preparing and negotiating a diverse set of agreements to commercialize, and the development and distribution of software and information technology. Gregory Alan Rutchik's practice focuses on preparing and negotiating a diverse set of agreements to commercialize, develop and distribute software and information technology. His experience includes general commercial and contractual law issues, in and out licensing and distribution agreements, technology development and maintenance agreements, agreements for technology-related consulting services, telecommunications services and complex information technology outsourcing agreements. Current and former clients include public and private entities in business ranging from managed infrastructure service providers, embedded OS developers and consumer products to Palm software applications. Mr. Rutchik received a J.D. in 1992 from the Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Dean's List. He received a B.A. in American Studies from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1987. Mr. Rutchik was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law from 1992 - 1993. His focus was the Licensing of technology by Japanese information technology companies. Upon completing his Fulbright, he published some of the results of his research in a work entitled Japanese Research Projects and Intellectual Property Rights (US Commerce Department, 1996). Mr. Rutchik is a member of the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Connecticut, the State Bar of New York, the Bar of the District of Columbia and the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Pacific Region of the Anti-Defamation League Joanne Haag Joanne Haag practices immigration law on the Monterey Peninsula, in Salinas and in San Jose. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and lobbies Congress in Washington, D.C each year for better immigration laws. Ms. Haag's practice focuses on consultations with businesses regarding the E-Verify system, I-9 procedure and audit avoidance, and employer liabilities and sanctions. In the area of personal and family immigration law she helps clients with legal permanent residence (green cards) and naturalization issues. Attorney Haag is also a former arbitrator for the Santa Clara Superior Court and a pro-tem judge and mediator in the Santa Clara County Small Claims Court. Ms. Haag received her J.D. from University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco.