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Schedule/Agenda
Programs subject to change
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8:30-10:30 a.m. |
Solo & Small Firm Coffee Shop (informal gathering over
coffee) |
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9:00 a.m. |
Conference
Registration and Information Booth Open |
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8:30 a.m.
9:00-11:45 a.m. |
The Bar Plan
Risk Management Program
Mirror, Mirror...The Audit and You
Speaker: Chris Stiegemeyer
**Note Separate Registration Fee $85.00**
Qualifies for base rate discount for those insured with The Bar Plan
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9:00 a.m. |
CLE Garage Sale Opens |
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9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Starting and Building a Practice Boot Camp
- Practice Fundamentals
Services You Can Sell to Build Your Practice and Promote Cash Flow
POA for Business, Personal, and Health
Care Directives
Speaker: Josh Mathews
Wills, Basic Probate & Estate Planning
Speaker: Josh Mathews
Moderator: Kristen Dickinson
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10:00 a.m. |
Program Refreshment Break
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10:45-11:45 a.m. |
Starting and Building a Practice Boot Camp
- Practice Fundamentals
Services You Can Sell to Build Your Practice and Promote Cash Flow
Traffic/Criminal/DWI
Speaker: Bret Rich
Judgments & Collections
Speaker: Phil Prewitt
Moderator: Phil Prewitt
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11:00 a.m. |
Exhibit Hall and
MoBar Boutique Open |
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11:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
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Health Clinic |
11:30 a.m. -
1:00 p.m. |
Western District
Court Luncheon and Information Meeting on CJA (Criminal Justice Act) |
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11:30 a.m. –
12:15 p.m. |
Lunch at golf course for those playing golf
(cost on your own)
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12:00-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch on your own |
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12:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Legal Ethics Counsel Booth |
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12:30 p.m. |
Golf Outing on
the Oaks Course (18 holes) –
Hosted by The Bar Plan |
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1:00-2:00 p.m. |
Starting and Building a Practice Boot Camp
Luck is Where Preparation Meets Opportunity: How to Prepare and Plan for a
Successful Practice Launch
Speakers: Sarah Read and Ann Mills
Moderator: Sarah Read
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Substantive
Breakout Program
How to Get the Goods on
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Speakers: Joe DeWoskin and Henry DeWoskin
Moderator: Corinne Corley
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Social Security Disability Law for the Solo and Small
Firm Lawyer
Speaker : Eve Dake
Moderator: Kenneth Dake
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Practice
Management Program
Practice Planning Makes for Practice Success: Where Do
You See Your Firm in Five Years?
Speaker: John Olmstead
Moderator: Dan Lane
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Technology
Breakout Program
How to Cure Night Sweats with Time Matters Case
Management Software
Speakers: Nerino Petro and Phil Prewitt
Moderator: Sandra Ferguson
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Quality of Life
Ole’! Handling “Bullies” in the Legal Profession
Speakers: Jim Brady and Mary Lou Martin
Moderator: Jim Brady
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Computer Lab
Hands on Fastcase for Basic Users
Speaker: Phil Rosenthal
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PROGRAM BREAK |
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2:15-3:15 p.m. |
Starting and Building a Practice Boot Camp
Don't Gamble With Your Future: How to Ethically Set Up and Manage Your Trust
Account and Other Important Ethical Issues
Speaker: Sara Rittman
Moderator: Ann Mills
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Consumer Rights: Credit Reporting and Identity Theft
Speakers: Blair Drazic and Creighton Cohn
Moderator: Jim Rynard
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Substantive
Breakout Program
All About Foreclosures: Tips to Assist Clients Losing
Their Home, Handling Foreclosures for Lenders, and Advising Clients
Considering Buying Property in Foreclosure
Speakers: John Landwehr and John Kuebler
Moderator: Carol Chazen Freedman
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Intellectual Property Law for Solo and Small Firm Practitioners
Speakers: Morris Turek
Moderator: Doug Silvius |
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
How to Win Big Cases on Small Budgets
Speaker: Bill Shull
Moderator: Tim Mellitz
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Technology
Breakout Program
It’s Amazing!: What All You Can Do With Adobe – Part I
Speaker :Rick Borstein, Adobe Systems
Moderator: Sandra Ferguson
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Ethics Breakout
Program
When Lawyers Quarrel: New Lawyer-to-Lawyer Dispute
Resolution Rule/Program
Speaker: Judge Gary Lynch
Moderator: Karen McCarthy
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Computer Lab
Hands-On Fastcase for Advanced Users
Speaker :Phil Rosenthal
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3:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
REFRESHMENT BREAK -
SPONSORED BY HOVEY WILLIAMS |
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
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Starting and Building a Practice Boot Camp
Roll the Dice! How We Did It and What We Learned from the School of Hard
Knocks
Panelists: Ann Mills, Jim Wirken, Morris Turek and Jason Fauss
Moderator: Sarah Read
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Representing Small Businesses: Drafting Bylaws,
Operating Agreements, Buy-Sell Agreements, and Beyond
Speaker: Josh Mathews
Moderator: Barbara Washington
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Substantive
Breakout Program
ADA and Compliance Issues
Speaker: Todd Johnson
Moderator: Valerie Murray
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Technology
Breakout Program
Ethical Tips on Creating an Internet Presence:
Websites, Blogs, Face Book, and More
Speakers : Sara Rittman and Dennis Kennedy
Moderator: Sara Rittman
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
Practice Killers: Six Major Business Mistakes that
Can Take Out Your Law Practice
Speaker: Nerino Petro
Moderator: Dan Lane
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Ethics Breakout
Program
The Newest, Latest, and Greatest Ethical Rules You
Should Know About
Speakers: Alan Pratzel, Chief Disciplinary Counsel; Chris Stiegemeyer, Bar
Plan Risk Manager, and Denise Brown, IOLTA Director
Moderator: Stacey Meinen
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Technology
Breakout Program
It’s Amazing!: What All You Can Do With Adobe – Part II
Speaker : Rick Borstein, Adobe Systems
Moderator: Sandra Ferguson
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4:30-4:45 p.m. |
Refreshment Break |
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4:45-5:45 p.m. |
Legal Ethics
Counsel Booth |
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4:45-5:45 p.m. |
Starting and Building a Practice Boot Camp
Putting Together a Winning Hand: Finances, Taxes, Office Technology and
Practice Entity
Speakers: Steve Scott and Phil Prewitt
Moderator: Sarah Read
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Time to Visit the Exhibit Hall |
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Sponsor Programs
Tabs3/Practice Master Software - Verision 14
DeNeen Hallam
Group/Merrill Lynch - Strategies for Investing for Retirement
Thomson West
- Westlaw Litigation Solutions, Past, Present & Future
Law Firm Merchant
Account - How to Reduce Accounts Receivable by Using Credit Cars in Your
Practice
Mellitz &
Associates - Automating a High Traffic Practice with TRAFFIX
Missouri Lawyers
Media - Your're invited to celebrate the newly redesigned Missouri
Lawyers Weekly during our first-ever happy hour.
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6:00 p.m. |
Exhibit Hall and MoBar Boutique Closes |
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6:00 p.m. |
Evening Cruise on the Lake: Sponsored by Monsees,
Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick PC |
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6:00p.m. |
Welcome Reception & Social – Sponsored by Monsees,
Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick PC |
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6:30-8:00 p.m. |
Summer Salsa Social
Reception, Dinner and Entertainment by Del Alma - Sponsored by Monsees,
Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick PC |
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8:00 p.m. |
Sunset Cruise on the Lake - Sponsored by Monsees,
Miller, Mayer, Presley & Amick PC |
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8:30 p.m. - |
Night Cap Reception sponsored by UMKC Law School
and Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny, PC |
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7:00 a.m. |
CLE Garage Sale, Cyber
Café Opens |
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Registration, Exhibit
Hall, and MoBar Boutique Opens |
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7:00-8:00 a.m. |
CLE at Sunrise I
1. "Red Lighting": The Basics of Stoplight Traffic Cases -
Fred Cruse
2. 10 Things to Consider Before You Take the Case - Russ
Peterson
3. Beyond the Boring Bullets: Look What You Can Do With
PowerPoint - Mary Ann Shea
4. Don't Lien on Me - Ann Mills
5. Sneak Preview of Cyber Sandbox - Paul Henry
6. Overview of the New IOLTA Rule - Denise Brown, IOLTA Director
Moderator: David Ransin
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7:00-8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast -
Sponsored by Noland Law Firm |
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7:30-8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast with Law
Students and Conference Companions |
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7:00 a.m.-
12:00 p.m. |
Health Screening Clinic
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8:15-10:00 a.m.
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Plenary Session
Welcome: Mary Lou
Martin, Chair, Solo & Small Firm Committee
Address by:
Chief Justice Laura Stith
Ethics Rock! Lawyers Earn Ethics Credits to Classic Rock 'n' Roll
Speaker: Jack Marshall, ProEthics
This program features rock parodies performed on acoustic guitar, thus Ethics Rock!,
the most popular, unusual, nostalgic and tuneful CLE program ever to rock a
meeting room. This program will keep you engaged while laying out
complex ethical dilemmas. The songs are based on parodies in an
amusing way while describing actual legal scenarios that make it impossible
not to listen and learn.
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10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
˝ Hour Networking & Refreshment Break –
Exhibit Hall |
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10:15 - 11:45 a.m. |
Legal Ethics
Counsel Booth
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Trial College
Jury Instructions (MAI)
Speaker: Doug Noland and Lou Leonatti
Moderator: Steve Scott
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Substantive
Breakout Program
The New Bankruptcy Law:
How it Impacts Other Areas of the Law
Speaker: Michael McCrary, Rachel Foley and Lisa Mayer
Moderator: Fred Cruse
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Diamonds in the Rough:
How to Look For Hidden Gems When Workers' Compensation Benefits Are
Inadequate To Compensate Your Client
Speakers:: Matt
Padberg and Geoff Jones
Moderator: Jim Rynard
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Minor Problems, Major Issues: Civil and Criminal Matters Involving Minors
Speakers: Deanna Scott and Bert Twibell
Moderator: Barbara Washington
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
Time is Money: Making the Most of Your Time
Speaker : Ellen Freedman
Moderator:Scott Gardner
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Technology
Breakout Program
E-Discovery: It’s Not a
New Dating Service
Speakers: Ross Kodner and Dennis Kennedy
Moderator: Rick Rollings
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Ethics Breakout
Program
Best Practices in Client
Services to Keep Out of Ethical Trials and Tribulations
Speaker: Roy Ginsburg
Moderator: Sam Phillips
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Computer Lab
Hands on Fastcase for Advanced Users
Speaker: Phil Rosenthal
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PROGRAM BREAK |
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11:45–1:00 p.m. |
Networking Lunch –
Welcome and Prize Drawings EXHIBIT HALL
Welcome - Charlie Harris, President, The Missouri Bar
Sponsored by Saint Louis University School of Law |
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PROGRAM BREAK |
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1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
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Trial College
Voir Dire: Jury Selection
Strategies Proven to Win
Speaker: David Ransin and James Morrow
Moderator: David Ransin
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Substantive
Breakout Program
The Estate Planners Dozen: 12 Key Practice Tips on Estate Planning and
Revocable Trusts
Speakers: Gary Garwitz, CPA and Doug Nickell
Moderator: Jack Lewis
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Substantive
Breakout Program
How Small Firm Practitioners Can Avoid Trouble: Workers' Compensation,
Fraud, and Other Crimes
Speaker: Gary Schmidt, Acting Chief Administrator, Division of
Workers' Compensation Fraud and Noncompliance Unit
Moderator: Mary Lou Martin
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Substantive
Breakout Program
DWIs and DUIs: Learn From the Master Everything From Field
Sobriety Testing to Administrative Hearings
Speaker: Travis
Noble
Moderator: Dan Haltenhof
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Technology
Breakout Program
May the Office Be With
You!: Mobile Computing From the Road or your Favorite Starbucks
Speaker: Paul Henry and Ross Kodner
Moderator: Rick Rollings
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
I Will Survive or Will
You?: How to Prevent and Carry on When Health, Technological, and Natural
Disasters Strike
Speaker: Ellen Freedman
Moderator: Sam Phillips
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Quality of Life
Breakout Program
What’s Next?: How to
Create a Satisfying ‘Second Act’ in Your Legal Career
Speaker: Roy Ginsburg
Moderator: Tamara Wilson Setser
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Computer Lab
Hands On PowerPoint Basics
Speaker: Jim Frickleton
Moderator: Lucas Boling
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2:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
REFRESHMENT BREAK -
Sponsored by Injury Case Funding |
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2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
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Trial College
Discovery: Unearthing the
Heart of the Case
Speaker: Ed Hershewe and Kimberly Benjamin
Moderator: Mary Lou Martin
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Substantive
Breakout Program
You Never See Eagles Soaring With Ducks: How to
Interview and Evaluate New Dissolution Clients and Beyond to the Case
Conclusion
Speakers: Karl Timmerman and Corinne Corley
Moderator: Corinne Corley
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Substantive
Breakout Program
IRS Collections:
Exploring Taxpayer Options and Resolutions
Speaker: Charlie Lock
Moderator: Carol Chazen Freedman
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Negotiating with Insurance Companies in Today's Bodily Injury World
Speaker: Russ Peterson
Moderator: David Shaver
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Technology
Breakout Program
Taming Microsoft 2007 in Your Practice: More Gain, Less Pain (and the
"Vista Deserves to Die" speech)
Speaker: Ross Kodner
Moderator: Rick Rollings
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Ethics Breakout
Program
Best Practices in
Business Development: How to Get Results Professionally and Ethically
Speaker: Roy Ginsberg
Moderator: Scott Gardner
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Discussion
Group
Probate/Estates Talk
Leader: Doug Nickell
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Computer Lab
Hands On PowerPoint Beyond the Basics
Speaker: Jim Frickleton
Moderator: Jack Lewis
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3:45 - 4:00 p.m. |
PROGRAM BREAK |
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3:45-5:00 p.m. |
Legal Ethics
Counsel Booth |
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4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
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Trial College
Expert Witnesses: Putting
Them On or Taking Them Off the Pedestal
Speakers: Dr. Mike Freeman, Tim Monsees and Jason Call
Moderator: David Ransin
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Environmental Issues that Can Sneak Up on You and Your Clients
Speakers: Jim Arneson; Cindy Davies, Dept. of Natural Resources; Joe
Bindbeutel, Attorney General's Office
Moderator: Mary Lou Martin
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Bricks and Mortar of Homeowner Association Representation
Speaker: Elia Ellis
Moderator: Steve Scott
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
Lasting Impressions:
How Staff Behavior and Inadvertent Work Habits Impact Your Firm Ethically
and Erode Your Client Base
Speaker: Ellen Freedman
Moderator: Karen Mc Carthy
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Technology
Cyber Sandbox – Tech Tips
Speakers: tbd
Moderator and Speaker: Paul Henry
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Quality of Life
Breakout Program
How to Make Work Work for
You by Finding Help and Developing Relationships
Speakers: Wendy Werner and Jim Brady
Moderator: JIm Brady
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Discussion
Group
Family Law Talk
Leaders: Deanna Scott
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Computer Lab
Hands on Fastcase for
Advanced Users
Speaker: Phil Rosenthal
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5:00 p.m. |
Registration, Exhibit
Hall, & MoBar Boutique Close |
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5:00-5:30 p.m. |
Small Firm Internet Group
Reception |
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5:30 p.m. |
CLE Garage Sale &
Information Booth Close |
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5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
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Board of Governors
Reception – Meet Your Board Representatives |
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6:00-7:00 p.m. |
Reception – Sponsored by
David Ransin, P.C. (drink tickets provided) |
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7:00 - |
Dinner – Las Vegas Night
at the Lucky 13 Casino and the Las Vegas-style entertainment of Rich Vickers
Presents:
BLACK VELVET - A Tribute to the King
Sponsored by The Padberg
and Corrigan Law Firm
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Saturday, June 14
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7:00-8:15 a.m. |
CLE at Sunrise Part
II
1. Modified Collateral Source Under Section 490.715; What Medical
Bills Can a Plaintiff Claim Now? - Thomas Morrissey
2.
TBA
3.
TBA - Alison Lee
4. Stretch Your Mind and Your Body - Carolyn Matthews (no
MCLE credit)
5. 10 Things To Consider After You Take the Case - Russ
Peterson
6. Reloading Relocation: A Fast Update on Relocation Law
In Missouri - Corinne Corley
Moderator: David Ransin
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7:00 a.m.
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Registration, Exhibit Hall, & MoBar Boutique Opens
CLE Garage Sale, Information Booth,
Cyber Café Opens
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7:00 - 8:15 a.m.
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Buffet Breakfast –
Sponsored by Law Office of Mary Lou Martin, PC |
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7:15 - 8:15 a.m. |
Planning Committee Half-Time Breakfast
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8:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Plenary Session –
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from My Wife (Former Attorney, Now
Professional Speaker and Comedian)
Speaker: Rex Havens
Moderator: Mary Lou Martin
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9:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
REFRESHMENT BREAK |
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10:00 - 11:00 a.m. |
Hot Topic
Breakout Program
Use of Probability in
Handling All Types of Auto Accident Cases That’s Easy to Understand
Speaker: Dr. Mike Freeman
Moderator: David Ransin
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Trial College
Client Preparation, Depositions, Direct and Cross
Examination
Speaker: Randy James and Bill Thomas
Moderator: Jim Beck
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Substantive
Breakout Program
From Inside Family Court: Judges Discuss Tips That
Family Law Practitioners Will Want to Know
Speakers: Judge Doug Beach, Judge Joseph Phillips and Commissioner
Sherrill Roberts
Moderator: Jack Lewis
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
Low Cost Tips to Market Your Law Practice on a Budget
Speaker: Ellen Freedman
Moderator: Scott Gardner
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Technology
Breakout Program
Beyond the Plan and Good Intentions: How to Actually Take Your
Practice from LESS Paper to Complete Electronic Case Files
Speaker: Ross Kodner
Moderator: Dan Lane
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Ethics Breakout
Program
Conflict Checking Systems: Everything You Need to Know
About Conflicts and More Conflicts
Speakers: Sara Rittman and Chris Stiegemeyer
Moderator: Sara Rittman
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Discussion
Group
Office Hours: Discussion About Managing Your Law Practice
Leaders: Paul Henry and Jim Wirken
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Computer Lab
Fastcase User Tips
Speaker: Phil Rosenthal
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EXHIBIT HALL CLOSES 11:15 AM |
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11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Hot Topic Breakout Program
New Research into Chronic Pain Following Crashes: Medical Proof Why Your
Clients Continue to Hurt
Speaker: Dr. Mike Freeman
Moderator: David Ransin
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Trial College
Evidence: Getting out the Magnifying Glass
Speaker: Gene Graham and Dana Tippin Cutler
Moderator: Jim Beck
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Substantive
Breakout Program
How to Recognize a Class Action Suit When It Walks in
the Door
Speaker: Matthew Clement and Timothy VanRonzelen
Moderator: David Shaver
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Substantive
Breakout Program
How to Break Into Federal
Practice
Speakers: Judge Richard E. Dorr and Judge Gary Fenner
Moderator: Mary Lou Martin
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
Theft Prevention: Learn How to Fraud-Proof Your Law
Practice
Speaker: Ellen Freedman
Moderator: Tim Mellitz
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Technology
Breakout Program
(Un)Ethical Office Technology Gotchas to Head Off at
the Pass
Speakers: Sara Rittman and Dean Ellen Suni
Moderator: Sara Rittman
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Quality of Life
Breakout Program
Dealing with Client-Related Nightmares
Speaker: Sarah Read
Moderator: Sarah Read
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Discussion
Group
Tech Talk
Leaders: Ross Kodner and Dennis Kennedy
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12:30-1:45 pm |
Sponsor Lunch –
Prize Drawings! |
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2:00-3:00 p.m.
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Trial College
Having the First and Last Word: Opening and Closing
Statements
Speaker: David Zevan and Dana Tippin Cutler
Moderator: Jim Beck
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Finding and Grinding the
Numbers: How to Obtain and Use Financial Information to Benefit Your Clients
Speaker: Dan Runion
Moderator: Anthony Tumminello
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Substantive
Breakout Program
Shhhh!: ADR Secrets for Your
Next Mediation or Arbitration
Speaker: Ron Wiesenthal
Moderator: Valerie Murray
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Practice
Management Breakout Program
Connecting the Dots: How to Overcome Mingle-Phobia and
Learn the Social Aspects of Networking and Marketing Your Practice
Speaker: Wendy Werner
Moderator: Karen Digh
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Technology
Breakout Program
60 Hot Legal Tech Tips, Gadgets, and Websites in 60 Minutes
Speakers: Ross Kodner, Ellen Freedman, Nerino Petro
Moderator: Dennis Kennedy
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Ethics Program
Navigating an Ethical Complaint in a Sea of Uncertainty
Speakers: Nancy Ripperger and Mike Downey
Moderator: Sam Phillips, OCDC
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Discussion
Group
Shared Talk on Keeping Life’s Priorities in Focus:
Maintaining a Healthy Work/Life Balance
Leader: Sarah Read
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3:15 p.m.
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Closing Assembly –
Grand Prize Drawing!!
MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!
All Inclusive Trip for Two to
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico ($3,000 value) |
Speaker shirts sponsored by Fredrich J. Cruse and
The Cruse Law Firm, P.C.
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