Best practices for legal and ethical crisis management in organizations serving young people.

Youth organizations face an unprecedented onslaught of claims from former and current clients, and often turn to their lawyers for help. Unfortunately, the lawyers' usual toolkit can be counterproductive, particularly when it comes to youth organizations.
In this webcast, experienced child welfare lawyers will discuss how to ethically guide youth organizations through crises and significant claims.

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Member Chalmers at Adams, Backer & Kaufman, LLC
Deborah Ausburn focuses on advising and defending youth-serving organizations. Named a Best Lawyer in Atlanta in 2024, she has spent more than 30 years as a social worker, foster parent, criminal prosecutor, and civil trial attorney. Her experience includes successful cases before the United States Supreme Court in constitutional claims, extensive work in free speech and religious freedom issues, and dozens of successful jury trials. That experience has given her a national presence with organizations that serve young people.

Member Chalmers at Adams, Backer & Kaufman, LLC
Tom is a member of the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia office, where he focuses on providing counsel to organizations serving children and youth and representation in administrative and court proceedings involving allegations of child abuse and neglect. Tom brings to the firm expertise in child welfare law and policy.