Credit: This seminar qualifies for 1 CLE Ethics Credit

This program is a recording of the Live Webcast Seminar held on November 14, 2025.

If you attended the live webcast and received credit, then you cannot claim credit for watching this recorded program.

Summary:

From mobile apps to cryptocurrency, the ways clients want to pay for legal services are rapidly evolving. But not every new payment method fits neatly within the rules of professional conduct. This program will examine the ethical considerations lawyers face when accepting digital payments, peer-to-peer transfers, or cryptocurrency.

Topics include safeguarding client funds, compliance with trust-accounting rules, avoiding impermissible fee-sharing, and navigating confidentiality and security risks.

Attendees will gain practical guidance on how to meet client expectations for modern payment options while staying squarely within the ethical rules.

Speaker:

Ryan S. Little, Little Legal Ryan S. Little is the founder of Little Legal, a multi-state legal ethics firm serving lawyers and law firms in Hawai‘i, California, and Alabama. A former prosecutor with the Hawai‘i Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Ryan has extensive experience on both sides of the lawyer discipline system, including in trust accounting enforcement and defense matters.

At Little Legal, he advises firms on all manner of ethics issues, including how to build compliance systems, survive audits, and respond strategically to state bar inquiries. His clients range from solo practitioners to national firms. Known for his practical, no-nonsense guidance, Ryan helps lawyers stay in the clear and out of the Bar Journal’s discipline report.

Duration: approximately 1 hour

NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR ONLINE SEMINARS.  This seminar will be available in your classroom to view for 1 year from the date of purchase OR until November 14, 2027, whichever comes sooner.

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Questions? Please contact HSBA CLE Department at 537-1868 or CLE@hsba.org.