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Annual Meeting

Business Meeting, Program, and Lunch

    The Section will hold a business meeting and program in conjunction with the State Bar of Michigan's Annual Meeting.

    Date: Friday, September 18, 2009
    Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.
    Location: Hyatt Regency, 600 Town Center Drive, Dearborn, MI 48126
    Cost:. $35 Registration PDF

    Agenda
    1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch
    2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Business Meeting/Awards
    3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Practical Techniques for the 21st Century, Suzanne K. Schultz

    Today’s law offices are fast paced environments where paralegals are expected to work efficiently and independently. The Internet brings a vast array of information into the office without much instruction about how best to use it. This year we are pleased to present a seminar that highlights Internet resources for paralegals in most specialty areas with information that is relevant whether you are a novice or experienced paralegal.

    About Our Presenter
    Suzanne K. Schultz has been a paralegal since 1983. She is currently at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC. She has worked in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, and Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. She has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial litigation in areas of contracts, real estate and land use, professional malpractice, securities, mortgage, and banking, general counsel engagements, creditor rights, intellectual property, litigation management, investigation, and trial practice. Currently she is the office manager in the firm’s Ann Arbor office.

    Suzanne is best known for Practical Techniques for Legal Assistants a full day continuing education seminar presented all over the country. In recent years she has focused on teaching Internet usage in the law, advanced legal research, and computer assisted legal research in the ABA approved programs at Oakland University and Henry Ford Community College.

    Questions?
    For further information, please contact Nicole M. Cook at (517) 896-1016 or hba1977@yahoo.com