Bethany Anthony

Bethany Anthony is a Principal Legal Ethicist at the Center for Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics, a leading think tank dedicated to promoting ethical conduct within the legal profession. With twelve years of experience, Bethany is a nationally recognized expert in lawyer ethics and professional responsibility. She provides strategic counsel to individual attorneys, law firms of all sizes, and corporate legal departments on matters related to compliance, risk management, and ethical decision-making. Before joining the Center, Bethany honed her skills as a Senior Ethics Counsel at the National Association of Legal Professionals (NALP), where she developed and implemented ethics training programs for thousands of attorneys nationwide. Her deep understanding of legal ethics extends to areas such as conflicts of interest, confidentiality, attorney advertising, and the unauthorized practice of law. Beyond her advisory work, Bethany is a prolific writer and speaker on legal ethics topics. A pivotal moment in her career was successfully defending a landmark case before the State Supreme Court, which significantly clarified the boundaries of permissible attorney-client communication in the digital age.