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Author: Sean Ginty, Esq., BS, JD
Risk Control Director, Lawyers’ Professional Liability Program, CNA

Sean is a Risk Control Director for CNA’s Lawyers’ Professional Liability Program. In this role, he manages a team of highly qualified attorneys who are responsible for the design, content and distribution of risk control content relevant to the practice of law. He also collaborates with executive leadership from CNA’s underwriting and clams teams to develop and execute strategies for profitable growth of the program.

 

Sean lectures frequently at CNA-sponsored events and at state and local bar associations and national seminars hosted by industry-leading organizations.  He also writes articles focusing on law firm risk control and professional responsibility issues.

 

Prior to joining CNA, he served as Chief of Staff and General Counsel for the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor and practiced law with two Chicago-based law firms.

 

He also taught legal writing and professional responsibility as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the DePaul and Loyola University law schools.  Since 2017, Sean has served as a member of the American Bar Association’s Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession.

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By Sean Ginty, Esq., BS, JD
Risk Control Director, Lawyers’ Professional Liability Program, CNA
COVID-19 has presented many new challenges to law firms, from shelter-in-place orders to temporary closures to a remote workforce. Law firms must remember the fiduciary duties owed to clients and their ethical duties as defined by their jurisdiction’s rules of professional conduct.