Boards of Directors and Piercing the Corporate Veil - 2026 Update
This two-hour credit CLE course explains the role of the lawyer in representing a board of directors or an individual board member and explains how board members in Oklahoma can be held personally liable for a judgment against an entity where the board of directors has failed to carry out their statutory duties in a timely and professional manner. The board of directors not only has a fiduciary duty to the entity, but is also now required as part of its governance function to oversee and approve policies governing AI for the for-profit and nonprofit organization where they serve. In addition, this course explains the benefits of a lawyer serving on a board of directors of either a nonprofit organization or a for-profit company. This course builds on my previous CLE courses on boards of directors and is based on my experience serving on numerous nonprofit and for-profit boards of directors as well as litigating both against boards of directors and on their behalf.
SPEAKER:
Herb Rubenstein
Author, Leadership for Lawyers, (2nd ed., American Bar Association, 2008); Lead Author: Breakthrough, INC. High Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurial Organizations (Financial Times, London, 1999, with Anthony Grundy); Lead Author, Leadership Development for Educators, Rubenstein, Miles, and Bassi (Rowman and Littlefield Education, Lanham, New York, 2009); Author of numerous courses on Leadership for Lawyers, Ethics for Accountants, Sustainability, Strategic Management, Electronic Court Systems, & Forecasting; Attorney, Member DC, MD, VA, and Supreme Court Bars, Member, Federal District Court, Colorado. Founder of the David Warner Fellowship Fund for scholarships at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Honors and Education: Washington and Lee University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Captain and Four-Year Letterman, Golf Team, 1974; University of Bristol, Bristol, England, Diploma in Social Sciences, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, 1975; Master of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin, 1977;Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor, 1982.
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