2025 PPA October CLE - Maintaining Privilege and Ethical Boundaries

Maintaining Privilege and Ethical Boundaries

PPA is pleased to have James D. (JD) Mazzocco of Babst Calland speak on how paralegals must maintain privilege and other ethical boundaries. 

JD Mazzocco is a shareholder in Babst Calland’s Litigation and Environmental groups.  His practice focuses on environmental and complex commercial litigation.  His environmental litigation experience includes representing clients in environmental cost recovery cases and federal, state, and local environmental regulatory matters, including large-scale citizen suits and environmental class actions.  Mr. Mazzocco has extensive experience representing clients in trials and hearings in federal and state courts, as well as before administrative bodies and arbitration panels. His complex commercial litigation experience includes representing clients in a wide variety of matters, including toxic tort actions, contract and lease disputes, and premises liability actions.

Mr. Mazzocco received his B.A. in English and a minor in Chemistry, cum laude, from Gettysburg College in 2011. Mr. Mazzocco received his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 2014.  During law school, he served as an intern at several law firms in the Pittsburgh area, worked as a teaching assistant, and was an award-winning individual and team member of Duquesne University’s Appellate Moot Court Board, competing in the Federal Bar Association Thurgood A. Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition and the WVU National Energy & Sustainability Moot Court Competition.

Mr. Mazzocco is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. 

PPA members may attend for FREE.

The fee for non-members is now $20.00.

This CLE approval is pending.