Special Guest Speaker: Amy Lepine, Esq. speaking on "What is the Rule of Law Concerning Our City Attorney?"
MCLE Credit: 1 hour general participatory credit
This talk will recap the recent controversy and analyze relevant authority, including the City Charter, and American Bar Association and California Rules of Professional Conduct, and state case law. The speaker will pose certain rules of law that are absolute and inviolable concerning the job of our next city attorney.
About the speaker. Amy Lepine, a private attorney who owns and manages Lepine Law group, a boutique law firm specializing in consumer and family law matters, is running for the office of San Diego City Attorney. Prior to founding her own law firm, Lepine handled civil litigation, including consumer class actions, for a San Diego litigation firm and then served on the City Attorney’s Pension Task Force, where she gained experience in not only San Diego’s pension matters, but the inner workings of the City Attorney’s office. Before attending law school, Lepine served as the director of legal services at the Center for Community Solutions, running a non-profit domestic violence clinic. She has drafted legislation and testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Lepine received her B.A. in journalism from San Diego State University and graduated cum laude from California Western School of Law. Ms. Lepine currently serves on the board of directors with Lawyers Club of San Diego, and co-chairs Lawyers Club’s Leadership Development Committee, a committee dedicated to grooming and promoting young women for leadership positions. For more information about Lepine’s campaign for City Attorney, visit www.lepineforcityattorney.com.
All Law Week events are FREE and open to the public. Pre-registration is required for Guest Speaker events. Call the hosting Library branch to register.
