Presented on August 23, 2001:

A Debate on Legal Ethics:
The ALI, the ABA, and Proposals for Reform

Debate Panelists:
Ronald D. Rotunda
Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Illinois
Lawrence J. Fox
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Moderator:
Ira P. Tiger
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

L. Fox Lawrence J. Fox is the former chairman of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and a spokesperson on behalf of the ABA on ethics in the legal profession. As the former chair of the ABA's Section of Litigation, he has participated fully in the major issues affecting litigators and the litigation civil justice reform, alternative dispute resolution, the integrity of the adversary process, the role of women and minorities in the profession and related issues. He is a partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where he has practiced continuously since 1972, concentrating principally in the area of securities litigation.

R. Rotunda Ronald Rotunda co-authored the most widely used course book on legal ethics, Problems and Materials on Professional Responsibility, and is the author of a leading course book on constitutional law, Modern Constitutional Law He is the author of Legal Ethics: The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility. Rotunda is also the co-author (with John Nowak) of Treatise on Constitutional Law. He is also the author of several other books and more than 200 articles in various law reviews, journals, newspapers, and books in this country and in Europe. These books and articles have been cited more than 1000 times by state and federal courts at every level, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Rotunda has been interviewed on radio and television on legal issues, both in this country and abroad. He chaired the subcommittee that drafted the ABA's Model Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement; is a member of the Publications Board of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility since 1994; was a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Discipline (1991-1997); and was Liaison to the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (1994-1997).

I. Tiger Ira Tiger is a member and former chairman of the Litigation Services Department at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis. He presently chairs the firm's Standing Committee on Professional Conduct and co-chairs the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group. Mr. Tiger has a diversified litigation practice and has handled antitrust, business torts, commercial, defamation, entertainment, products liability, RICO and securities litigation, among others. He handles matters at both the trial and appellate levels. He also serves as a Judge Pro Tempore of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and as an arbitrator and mediator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.