Ellen Brotman is a frequent speaker and panelist at bar association events, law school symposia, and continuing legal education (CLE) programs across the country. Her presentations focus on attorney discipline, professional responsibility, criminal defense ethics, and the evolving regulation of lawyers.

Contact Ellen Brotman to schedule a presentation or panel participation.

2025

2024

2023

  • Recent Challenges to the Rule of Law: Obligations of the Legal Community, Co-Panelist — ABA White Collar Crime Conference, San Francisco, March 2023
  • Recent Challenges to the Rule of Law: Obligations to the Legal Community, Co-Panelist — ABA White Collar Crime Conference, March 2, 2023
  • Smith Act Prosecutions During the Red Scare, Co-Panelist — PACDL White Collar Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023
  • Attorney Discipline in Pennsylvania Updates and Hot Takes, Co-Panelist — Monthly PBI Live Webinar, April 2023
  • Ethical Considerations of Multi-party Representations, Co-Panelist — ABA White Collar Crime Conference, March 2023
  • Post-Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: Counseling and Lawyer Liability, Co-Panelist — APRL Mid-Year Meeting, February 2023
  • There’s a Rule for That: Ethical Issues in Criminal Defense, Presenter — NACDL Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen, CO, January 2023

2022

  • Professional Liability Program, Co-Panelist — Pennsylvania Bar Association, Women in the Profession Commission, November 2022
  • Attorney Discipline in Pennsylvania Updates and Hot Takes, Co-Panelist — Monthly PBI Live Webinar, June–December 2022
  • Ethics of Internal Investigation, Course Planner and Moderator — Stetson Law School Business Law White Collar Crime Symposium, February 2022

2021

  • Legal Ethics in the National Spotlight ABA, Center for Professional Responsibility, Presenter — October 2021
  • Lawyering in the DC Spotlight, Presenter — ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, June 2021
  • Discipline, Sanctions and Public Perception: Attorney Regulation of High-Profile Cases, Moderator and Course Planner — PBI, March 2021
  • From Rudy Giuliani to Josh Hawley: What is the Role of Lawyer Discipline?, Presenter — Hofstra Law School, January 2021

2020

  • Ethical Internal Investigations: Protecting the Company, the Individual and Yourself, Moderator — Lawline CLE Event, December 2020
  • Fee Agreements, Bank Accounts, Record-Keeping, and Succession Planning, Presenter — PACDL Webinar, June 2020
  • 2020 Virtual Institute on White Collar Crime: Fundamentals of Trial Practice, Moderator — ABA Webinar, June 2020
  • There’s A Rule For That: Ethical Issues In Criminal Defense, Presenter — PACDL Webinar, June 2020
  • PBA Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee Update 2020, Presenter — PBI Webinar, April 2020
  • From Rudy Giuliani to Josh Hawley: What is the Role of Lawyer Discipline?, Co-Panelist — Hofstra Law’s Monroe H. Freedman Institute, January 2020
  • The Knowledge Group Presents Legal Ethics: A Comprehensive Guide for Lawyers, Presenter — January 2020

2019

  • Criminal Law Update: Ethics Round-up, Panelist — PBI, December 2019
  • Ethical Challenges in Commercial Practices: Fifty Shades of Gray, Moderator — PBI Business Law Institute, November 2019
  • Let’s Be Careful Out There: Changing Ethics for Criminal Defense Lawyers, Panelist — NACDL Annual White Collar Crime Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2019
  • You’re in Business: When Business People are Lawyers and Lawyers are Business People, Course Presenter and Planner — Pittsburgh, PA, May 2019
  • Stay in Your Lane: Ethics Hypos for the Criminal Defense Lawyer, Co-Presenter — PACDL, Harrisburg, PA, February 2019

2018 and Earlier

  • Criminal Defense and Ethics – There’s A Rule for That, Co-Presenter — PBI, Philadelphia, PA, December 2018
  • Lies, Damned Lies and Alternative Facts, Co-Panelist — ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, May 2018
  • Attorney Discipline: Mitigation and Aggravation, Hearing Committee Training, Co-Panelist — Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania, October 2016–2023
  • The Top 10 Reasons the Disciplinary Board Comes Knocking, Presenter — PBI, November 2016; Delaware County Bar Association, October 2016
  • Embezzlement 101, Presenter — PBI, Philadelphia, PA, April 2016
  • Subpoenas To Lawyers: An Ethical Duty To Resist?, Co-Presenter — APRL Mid-Year Meeting, San Diego, February 2016
  • New and Evolving Strategies in Obtaining, Managing, and Challenging the Use of Electronic Data, Co-Presenter — ABA 30th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, San Diego, March 2016
  • The Ethical Limits of Trial Advocacy: How High Can You Go?, Presenter — NACDL Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, July 2015
  • Retention of Counsel, the Search, and Investigating the Case, Instructor — NACDL First Annual White Collar Criminal Defense College, Stetson University, March 2015
  • Ethics in the Digital Age, Presenter — ABA 29th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, New Orleans, March 2015

Contact Ellen Brotman to schedule a presentation or panel appearance.