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Lynda C. Shely, of The Shely Firm, PC, Scottsdale, Arizona, provides legal ethics, risk management, ABS law firm licensing, and regulatory advice to lawyers and law firms.  Prior to opening her own firm, she was the Director of Lawyer Ethics for the State Bar of Arizona.  Prior to moving to Arizona, Lynda was an attorney with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Washington, DC. Lynda was chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility from 2020-2023, an Arizona Delegate in the ABA House of Delegates for six years, and currently volunteers with several other nonbillable groups involved in legal ethics matters, including as a member of the Arizona Supreme Court’s Alternative Business Structures Committee, the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation, and the State Bar of Arizona’s Ethics Advisory Group. She is a past president of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, the Scottsdale Bar Association and the National ABS Law Firm Association.  She also has been an adjunct professor at all Arizona law schools, teaching professional responsibility. Lynda received her BA from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA and her JD from Catholic University in Washington, DC.   She has received several awards for her contributions to the profession including most recently the 2022 Maricopa County Bar Association Member of the Year Award and the 2023 Maricopa County Bar Hall of Fame.