Sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel
& Co Sponsored by the San Antonio Bar Association


Welcome to Ethics Follies®!
The South/Central Texas Business and Legal Ethics Conference 

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), South/Central Texas Chapter,  is pleased to present the 12th Annual Ethics Conference at the historic Charline McCombs Empire Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.   The San Antonio Bar Association and Bar Foundation join ACC in bringing San Antonio an ethical comedy, set at the historic Menger Hotel today and in 1929.  Everything old is new again, including corporate fraud and Ponzi schemes!  Attorney Nancy Naivete' rides a tornado "Somewhere Over the Alamo" and back in time to find that good ethics are good for business, especially in a recession!  It's the Menger Hotel's 150th Anniversary this year, so maybe we'll even see some ghosts!

 

2009 Showtimes are:

Wednesday October 14, 2009 at 2 p.m.
Specially priced show for the entire San Antonio Bar Association. $60 for two fun hours of ethics CLE and you can help fund The Community Justice Program.  "Get your ethics at the Empire!"

    &

Thursday October 15, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Don't miss this special evening performance , with The Second Annual Ethical Life Awards.  Special guests Mayor Julian Castro and Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson are scheduled to present.  Networking reception to follow.


Click either date above to download a registration form


Ethics Follies is a great way to keep up with legal and business ethics issues!  The award-winning Chapter's unique musical comedy format provides effective ethics awareness training in the new 2009 production.  No issue is safe from parody as Bernie Madoff, bad peanut butter, Tim Geithner's Tax Tips, Mortgage Loan Hoe Down and Blago the Gubernatorial Clown entertain and educate.  If you owe anyone or any company a fiduciary duty, this conference is for you!  All professions are welcome.  Don't miss it!


San Antonio's Annual Ethics Conference 


Giving back to the community has never been this fun!  Community Leaders Valero Energy, USAA and Cox Smith Matthews make ethical business and legal decisions a priority and kick off Ethics Follies 2009 with $10,000 conference sponsorships.  Jackson Walker will provide a wonderful catered reception for attendees of the October 15th performance right after the show.  Mission Pharmacal is a Producer this year with a $5,000 sponsorship! Thanks to our Sponsors for making the ethics conference possible.

Attorneys receive two hours ethics CLE.  Accountant will receive two hours regular CPE.  All professions are invited to attend the Follies.  Sponsorships and table reservations are available from ACC's Executive Director Amber Clark at (830) 336-2049.  A registration form is available by clicking either show date above. 

Please join us in keeping San Antonio's board rooms and courtrooms ethical places to work.
  
   
Click the video below to watch your invitation to Ethics Follies 2009!
 

 


Ethics Follies 2008 Reviews:

"Smart, touching...and funny!"
George Brin, President, Conflicts Solutions of Texas, Inc.

"Bravo!  You all make San Antonio proud

(even the Mayor says so)." 

Judith Blakeway, Partner, Strasburger & Price

"The Follies were FABULOUS!"

 
Linda Wright, Attorney, Zachary Holdings Inc.

"The Follies were
 
extraordinary. The script and the songs were

great. 
They were right on point, funny,

moving and carried out the story superbly."
 


Nancy Norman, Partner, Jackson Walker, LLP

ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING

PERFORMANCES! 


Linda Thoede, Attorney, Clear Channel Communications


"The Cox Smith Division Leaders felt like we just walked out of a Broadway Show!"
 
Amy Miller, Director of Client Services and Marketing, Cox Smith.

"
CONGRATULATIONS  for a great production.  That was really appropriate and on target for the business culture we live in today."
Thomas J. Dooley, CFO, Mission Pharmacal Company

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Our table had a great time."  Bennett Allison, CPA, CFP, Shareholder, Sol Schwartz & Associates, PC

"It could not have been

better!"
 

Dan Webster, Partner, Cox Smith 


Visit the Ethics Follies Blog ("Flog?")


The stories listed in the Flog will be used for the ethics issues in Ethics Follies 2009 and can keep you up to date with business and legal ethics issues all year long!

"It was fabulous! I'm amazed at the talent you've been able to assemble.  Everyone enjoyed the program.  The creativity was  incredible.  Thanks for the hard work and excellent production!"  
                           -Dean Fleming, Fulbright & Jaworski


Pediatric Cardiologist Teri Hospers, attorney Mary Belan Doggett, and mediator Danielle Hargrove sing "All That Jazz," which will be featured in the new production, "Misbehavin' at the Menger" in November, 2009.
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