Explore advanced negotiation ethics for lawyers, focusing on how to recognize and counter dirty tricks in legal negotiations
In the latest installment in the popular “Negotiation Ethics for Lawyers” series, Zach McGee discusses even more “dirty tricks” and bad faith tactics that the other side may use to try to gain an unfair advantage in your negotiations.
The program will include a review of the legal ethics rules that apply to lawyers when we negotiate, as well as some powerful techniques you can use to legally, ethically, and strategically respond when the other side is using negotiation “dirty tricks” and bad faith tactics against you.
Rules covered include: ABA Model Rules 4.1 & 8.4; California Bus. and Prof. Code §§ 6068 (d), 6106 & 6128(a); California Attorney Guidelines of Civility and Professionalism (2007).
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Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Zach McGee is a Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for Sony Pictures Entertainment in Los Angeles, where he negotiates distribution deals for feature films and television series. Before joining Sony Pictures, Zach held senior legal positions in-house at NBCUniversal and Miramax. Zach began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He also worked as an associate at Davis Polk in New York, New York, and Menlo Park, California. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and he earned his Master's in Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Zach is also a successful entrepreneur and the founder of educational content companies within the legal field.
