Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
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| Noon–2:00 p.m. |
SBM: Real Property Law Section Council Meeting & Lunch |
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| Noon–1:00 p.m. |
SBM: Commissioner Committees Meetings |
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| 1:30–3:30 p.m. |
SBM: Board of Commissioners Meeting |
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| 2:00–4:00 p.m. |
SBM: Michigan State Bar Foundation Members/Trustees Annual Business Meeting |
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| 3:00–7:00 p.m. |
SBM: Annual Meeting Registration Opens |
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| 4:00–5:00 p.m. |
SBM: New Board of Commissioners Meeting |
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| 4150–4:30 p.m. |
SBM: Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation Annual Business Meeting |
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| 4:30–6:00 p.m. |
SBM: Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation Reception (by invitation) |
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| 6:30–9:30 p.m. |
SBM: Awards Banquet
Join us as we pay tribute to our members who have achieved the highest honors in
areas of leadership, professional integrity, and community service. More Information |
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| Time |
Event |
| 8:00–9:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
Registration & Vendor Showcase |
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| 8:15–9:20 a.m. |
Getting the Most Out of Your ICLE Partnership and Online Library
ICLE Staff |
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| 9:00–9:20 a.m. |
SSFI: Welcome and Introduction
Richard T. White Jr., chair, General Practice Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Law Office of Richard T. White Jr., Rochester Hills |
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| 9:00–11:30 a.m. |
SBM: Family Law Section Business Meeting & Program
The meeting will begin with elections to council
and a vote on proposed bylaw changes. Immediately
following will be reports from the outgoing council
chair and the chairs of the Amicus, Legislation, and
Court Rules Committees.
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| 9:00 a.m.–Noon |
SBM: Young Lawyers Section Business Meeting |
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| 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
SBM: Representative Assembly |
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| 9:20–9:40 a.m. |
SSFI: Report from the Executive Director
Greetings from the State Bar's executive director with an update of Bar activities of special interest to solo and small firm practitioners.
Janet K. Welch, executive director, State Bar of Michigan, Lansing |
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| 9:30–11:30 a.m. |
SBM: Litigation Section Business Meeting |
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| 9:40–10:40 a.m. |
SSFI: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Law Practice Management
for Real Lawyers
Manage your practice to produce better results for your clients and your bottom line. Using humor and high energy, Larry reveals the secrets to a successful law practice drawn from his own experience and the practices of thousands of lawyers from across the nation. Lower your stress, improve your bottom line, and bring happiness to yourself and those who work for you!
Larry Rice, Rice Amundsen & Caperton PLLC, Memphis, TN |
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| 10:00–11:30 a.m. |
SBM: Casemaker Training |
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| 10:00 a.m.– Noon |
SBM: Past Presidents' Advisory Council Business Meeting
SBM: Administrative Law Section Business Meeting & Program
A discussion of the evolution of and major changes in
Michigan administrative law.
Speaker: Professor Don LeDuc, president of Thomas M.
Cooley Law School
SBM: Insurance & Indemnity Law Section Business Meeting & Program
Hot Topics in Professional Liability
Insurance for Lawyers
The program will focus on the professional liability
application and underwriting process, hot topics in
professional malpractice, and current trends in legal
malpractice claims.
Speaker: William Healey, vice president, Axis Capital,
Hartford, CT and a representative of AON Global
Moderator: Mark Cooper, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC,
Southfield
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| 10:40–11:00 a.m. |
Vendor Showcase Break |
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| 11:00–Noon |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Discovery: An Ounce of Discovery is Worth a Pound of Gold
Join Larry for an exploration of the joys and tragedies of the discovery process. Bringing years of experience in the trenches to the table, he will divulge deposition techniques and approaches to written discovery to make you the envy of those who did not attend!
Larry Rice, Rice Amundsen & Caperton PLLC, Memphis, TN |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Maximizing the Value of Your Practice and Assuring a Worry-Free Retirement
Get prepared for the next stage in your life. Phasing out of practice takes planning and consideration. From selling your practice to grooming a successor to take over your practice, from merging with another firm to transitioning to something new using your legal skills, start your plan now
with two of Michigan's most experienced and distinguished lawyers.
John E. Bos, Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices PLLC, East Lansing
John A. Scott, John A. Scott PC, Traverse City |
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SSFI: Technology Track: Getting the Most Out of Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010
From fixing default settings to using styles, you can save enormous amounts of time and energy by tapping the full potential of Word. Maximize your use in the law office with Barron's most practical solutions and time-saving tips for the two most recent versions of Word.
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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SSFI: Marketing Track: Convert Your Website into a Marketing Tool
Your firm probably has a website already, but are you making the best use of it to draw clients with new business? Convert your website into a powerful marketing tool that attracts new clients and helps current clients better understand and appreciate all the services you offer! Increase the bottom line by enhancing revenue with a powerful, more focused website.
William A. McNeil, McNeil Law Office PLC, Portage
JoAnn L. Hathaway, practice management advisor, State Bar of Michigan, Lansing |
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| Noon–2:00 p.m. |
SBM: Inaugural Luncheon
Share in the celebration with the swearing-in of the 76th State Bar president,
W. Anthony Jenkins, along with other State Bar officers. |
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| 1:00–2:00 p.m. |
SBM: General Practice Section Business Meeting
SBM: NLRB Region 7 Practice & Procedure Committee Meeting
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| 1:00–4:00 p.m. |
SBM: American Indian Law Section Business Meeting & Program |
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| 1:00–5:00 p.m. |
SBM: Appellate Practice Section Program & Business Meeting
Post-Judgment Procedures and the Appeal
A panel discussion with Michigan and federal judges
and appellate practitioners regarding the pitfalls of
post-judgment procedures in state and federal court
and the role of the appellate practitioner in perfecting
and preserving issues for an appeal.
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| 2:00–2:45 p.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Everything You Need to Know About the Uncapping of Real Estate Taxes
Is one of your clients planning to transfer property to an LLC as part of a new business relationship? Are you talking to clients about placing real estate parcels in their estate planning trust? Have clients asked about the best way to transfer real estate to their children? If your clients
have real estate questions, this session is for you. Done wrong, real estate transfers can uncap client property taxes
and lead to significant increases in tax liability. Learn the perils and pitfalls, but do it right. Take home best practices and an array of scary stories to better serve your practice.
William R. VanderSluis, McShane & Bowie PLC, Grand Rapids |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Managing and Leading Great Staff and Team Meetings
Your time is precious and frivolous meetings are simply not an option. Too many unproductive and wasteful meetings create a major drag on staff morale, motivation, and the bottom line. Well-managed meetings are highly effective tools to keep people and teams productive, effective, and consistently creating value. Take home strategies to be the best leader you can be and plan, manage, start, and end effective, efficient meetings.
Randall F. Dean, Randall Dean Consulting & Training LLC, East Lansing |
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SSFI: Technology Track: Power PDF Tips and Tricks
Redaction, portfolios, fillable forms, oh my! Get the most out of Acrobat 9 and its many incredibly useful features for lawyers. Redact in batches using word lists and patterns to find Social Security numbers, e-mails, and more. Avoid errors and save time with fillable forms. Discover new ways to combine files to create trial notebooks, document binders, and deal books.
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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SSFI: Marketing Track: Clients: Getting, Keeping, and Sometimes Controlling the Pesky People Who Pay the Bills
Clients make your practice a success or a nightmare. Larry
will lead you through the psychology, marketing, ethics, and management you need to upgrade your clients. As a real practicing lawyer, Larry will share his day-to-day experience to provide insight, tips, techniques, and forms to work for you in your practice.
Larry Rice, Rice Amundsen & Caperton PLLC, Memphis, TN |
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| 2:00–3:30 p.m. |
SBM: Casemaker Training |
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| 2:00–4:00 p.m. |
SBM: Retired Judges Association Business Meeting
SBM: Criminal Issues Initiative Program
Criminal Defense After Padilla v. Kentucky—Post Conviction Remedies & Plea Procedure
Learn how to remedy Padilla violations at the state and federal level, including a petition for writ of coram nobis, waivers of deportation, petition for 6.500 relief, and when to refer to an immigration attorney.
Panelists:
Frank Eaman, Frank D. Eaman PLLC
Noel Saleh, Law Office of Noel J. Saleh PC
Hon. David Hoort, 8th Circuit Court (moderator) |
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| 2:00–4:30 p.m. |
SBM: Labor & Employment Law Section Business Meeting
Social Media in the Workplace
The recent explosion of new methods of communication introduces emerging legal issues in the workplace.
The presenters will provide an overview of trends in
the law, employment policies and procedures, and
caselaw updates depicting the impact of social media on employers and employees.
Speakers: Adam Forman, Miller Canfield Paddock &
Stone PLC, Detroit; Jeff Fraser, Varnum LLP,
Grand Rapids; Gregory Ripple, Miller Johnson,
Grand Rapids; Tiffany Buckley-Norwood,
Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit; Brian Koncius,
Law Offices of Kathleen L. Bogas PLLC,
Bingham Farms
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| 2:00–5:00 p.m. |
SBM: Consumers Law Section Business Meeting & Program
We will be discussing new developments in
consumer protection.
Speaker: Ira Rheingold, National Association of
Consumer Advocates, Washington, D.C.
SBM: Environmental Law Section Business Meeting & Program
2010 State of the Law
We will be joined by Jim Sygo, deputy director of
the MDNRE, and the Environmental Law Section’s
committee chairs for an update on environmental
law topics.
Speaker: Jim Sygo, Michigan Department of Natural
Resources and Environment, Lansing
Moderator: Michael Caldwell, Zausmer Kaufman August
Caldwell & Tayler PC, Farmington Hills
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| 2:50–3:40 p.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: What's Happening with Commercial Foreclosures
Is the commercial real estate market next? Are analyst predictions coming true? Get help with your commercial real estate mortgage foreclosure practice from the experts, including the guy who "wrote the book!" Get up to speed and successfully make the best of every stage in the process.
John G. Cameron Jr., Dickinson Wright PLLC, Grand Rapids Monica J. Labe, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Bloomfield Hills |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Does Your Law Firm Need an Employee Handbook?
No matter the size of your law firm, employee handbooks can boost morale, increase productivity, and manage employee expectations. Handbooks also provide managers
and lawyers with a consistent way to enforce rules and measure performance. Handbooks limit your liability, reduce potential litigation expenses and keep business costs under control. If you don't have one, learn why this is an essential tool for running your business. If you DO have an employee handbook, make certain it's up to date and doesn't contain hidden land mines!
Rebecca Simkins, Barris Sott Denn & Driker PLLC, Detroit |
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SSFI: Technology Track: Negotiating and Revising Documents: Solving the Key Issues Using Word and Acrobat
Lawyers frequently trade electronic documents with opposing counsel and clients to indicate changes and propose modifications. Learn the tools available in Word and Acrobat for safely e-mailing documents, comparing versions, tracking changes, and adding comments and other annotations. Avoid metadata, know when PDFs should be used instead of word processor files, and more.
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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SSFI: Marketing Track: Clients: Getting, Keeping, and Sometimes Controlling the Pesky People Who Pay the Bills—Continued
Clients make your practice a success or a nightmare. Larry will lead you through the psychology, marketing, ethics, and management you need to upgrade your clients. As a real practicing lawyer, Larry will share his day-to-day experience to provide insight, tips, techniques, and forms to work for you in your practice.
Larry Rice, Rice Amundsen & Caperton PLLC, Memphis, TN |
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| 3:40–4:00 p.m. |
Vendor Showcase Break |
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| 4:00–4:45 p.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Drafting a Patient Advocate Designation
The patient advocate designation is a critical component of every well-prepared estate plan. Help your clients be ready for incapacity to ensure their health-related preferences are met. Answer your client's questions with confidence. Can she designate her own funeral arrangements? Understand the client's rights under the Michigan statute and the impact of HIPAA regulations. Plus, avoid drafting errors and ensure that PADs are honored.
Michele C. Marquardt, DeMent, and Marquardt PLC, Kalamazoo |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Taming the e-Mail and Info Overload Beast
More and more professionals find themselves buried deeper and deeper under a continuing stream of useful and useless e-mail. Develop a proven system for maintaining the flow of information and avoid spinning your wheels or feeling overwhelmed. Learn successful strategies to keep your e-mail inbox efficient and under control. Reduce the inbox mess with "natural" places for e-mails to go. Take charge of your account, get on top of your e-mail, and move your practice forward!
Randall F. Dean, Randall Dean Consulting & Training LLC, East Lansing |
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SSFI: Technology Track: Basic Excel for Lawyers
If you're like most lawyers, you own Excel as part of Microsoft Office, but you're either under-using it or not using it at all. Learn powerful ways to produce flawless estate and guardianship accountings, amortization schedules, real estate closing statements, disbursement schedules, medical bill summaries, date calculations, and graphical representations of data you feed into it (pie charts, bar graphs, etc.).
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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SSFI: Marketing Track: Powerful Persuasive Writing Techniques for Your Marketing Materials and Briefs
Learn to write more persuasively using the same powerful techniques that copywriters have relied on for years. Discover how to apply concepts such as "message to market match" and the "foot in the door" strategy, and to use tools like storytelling, social proof, and calls to action to more effectively sell your services to potential clients and your arguments to judges.
Lisa Solomon, Lisa Solomon, Esq., Legal Research & Writing, Ardsley, NY |
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| 4:30–6:00 p.m. |
SBM: Law School Receptions
Michigan State University College of Law Reception
Thomas M. Cooley Law School Reception
University of Michigan Law School Reception
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Reception
Wayne State University Law School Reception |
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| 4:50–5:30 p.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Top 10 Medicaid Planning Tips
To many, Medicaid seems like a morass. Bring clarity to the planning process with this fast-paced tour of some of the best Medicaid planning tips from one of the top elder law specialists in Michigan.
Amy Rombyer Tripp, Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices PLLC, Jackson |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Productivity Boosters: Key PC Shortcuts and Timesavers
Take home a collection of the fastest time-saving shortcuts available on your PC. Obtain a list of simple keystroke combinations to enhance your speed on the most common programs. Find and retrieve documents with speed and ease using Windows Explorer. Speed up your Web browsing without your mouse. Personalize your e-mail account to auto-send common messages, autofile, and delete. Develop a social media strategy to post to multiple
sites simultaneously. Be more productive and relaxed at your computer!
Randall F. Dean, Randall Dean Consulting & Training LLC, East Lansing |
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SSFI: Technology Track: Microsoft Outlook for Lawyers
Learn to use Outlook's core applications including e-mail, calendaring, contact management, and notes. Fix your default settings, set up e-mail signatures, automatically organize your inbox by creating rules and alerts, plus tips and tricks for getting the most out of this widely-used program.
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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SSFI: Marketing Track: Powerful Persuasive Writing Techniques for Your Marketing Materials and Briefs—Continued
Learn to write more persuasively using the same powerful techniques that copywriters have relied on for years. Discover how to apply concepts such as "message to market match" and the "foot in the door" strategy, and to use tools including storytelling, social proof, and calls to action to more effectively sell your services to potential clients and your arguments to judges.
Lisa Solomon, Lisa Solomon, Esq., Legal Research & Writing, Ardsley, NY |
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| 6:30–8:30 p.m. |
SBM: Access to Justice Reception
Celebrating Diversity—The State Bar is focused on a broad concept of inclusion to diversify and strengthen the legal profession. Its Justice Initiatives community is hosting this reception to celebrate the diversity we currently enjoy and to recommit to the value of better reflecting the society we serve. |
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Event |
| 7:30 a.m–5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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| 8:00–9:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
Vendor Showcase |
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| 8:15–9:20 a.m. |
Getting the Most Out of Your ICLE Partnership and Online Library
ICLE Staff |
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| 9:00–10:00 a.m. |
SSFI: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Keeping Them Satisfied—Exceeding Client Expectations Every Day
Savvy lawyers set client expectations early in the relationship. They do not "close the deal" by over-promising results they cannot achieve. Clients with unrealistic or violated expectations are the ones who file grievances. Attend this session to learn how to establish realistic goals, manage the relationship, and exceed expectations to establish happy, satisfied, and motivated clients who spread word of your high-quality service and attorney-client relations to their friends, family, and business associates.
Jim Calloway, Oklahoma State Bar Association, Oklahoma City, OK |
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| 9:00–11:30 a.m. |
SBM: Senior Lawyers Council Meeting & Master Lawyer Section Program
The Master Lawyers Section to Pro Bono
Using the wisdom and experience of its members
to contribute to community is one focus of this new
State Bar section. Master lawyers find that providing
pro bono legal services is an especially rewarding
community contribution. This program will
demonstrate the dynamic. |
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| 9:00 a.m.–Noon |
SBM: Criminal Law Section Business Meeting & Program
Medical Marijuana—Everything You
Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
The two-hour panel presentation will immediately
follow a short business meeting during which new
members are elected to the council. For questions
about the program, contact Opolla Brown at obrown@co.wayne.mi.us. |
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| 9:30 a.m.–Noon |
SBM: Michigan Lawyers Auxiliary Business Meeting |
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| 10:00–11:30 a.m. |
SBM: Casemaker Training |
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| 10:00 a.m.–Noon |
SBM: Children’s Law Section Business Meeting & Program
Prisoners and Protocol: Implementing Recent Changes in the Law
Speakers will address what the Supreme Court holding in Inrc Mason means and how to use it in everyday practice. Program will also feature a discussion on changes in forensic interviewing protocol.
Speakers: Becky Yunker, Children’s Assessment Center, Grand Rapids and Vivek Sankaran, University of Michigan, Child Advocacy Clinic, Ann Arbor
Moderator: Jodi Latuszek, Speaker Law Firm PLLC, Lansing
SBM: Master Lawyer Section Program
The Master Lawyers Section to Pro Bono
Using the wisdom and experience of its members
to contribute to community is one focus of this new
State Bar section. Master lawyers find that providing
pro bono legal services is an especially rewarding
community contribution. This program will
demonstrate the dynamic.
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| 10:05–10:50 a.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Mergers and Acquisitions for the Small Business
Small business owners can't afford the full range of activities required in a major M & A transaction. Find out which practices are required and where you can save money. What does due diligence look like in a small business transaction? Find out which documents are required and where to find the forms necessary to save time and still get the job done.
Tania E. (Dee Dee) Fuller, Fuller Law and Counseling PC, Grand Rapids |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: WORKSHOP: Keeping Them Satisfied—Exceeding Client Expectations Every Day!
In this interactive session following his keynote address, Jim Calloway provides additional tips and details. Bring your own ideas and share with the group: What has worked for you? What successes have you experienced? What lessons have you learned?
Jim Calloway, Oklahoma State Bar Association, Oklahoma City, OK |
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SSFI: Technology Track: iPhone + iPad = iPractice
Got the PC blues? Wondering why Macintosh computers and Apple products have such passionate devotees? Discover the advantages, features, and applications developed for Apple hardware to improve the lives of solo and small firm practitioners. Find out why an iPractice is a happy practice!
Randy Arden Musbach, Musbach Ritter, Chelsea
Diane Ebersole, practice management advisor, State Bar of Michigan, Lansing |
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SSFI: Starting a Law Practice Track: Suddenly Solo—What You Need to Hit the Ground Running
Thousands of lawyers find themselves suddenly opening a practice of their own. This session provides a roadmap for getting your practice up and running quickly with computers to phones to research to insurance. Barron will cover all the issues you need to address, help you prioritize, and connect you to resources that will help you get your practice moving.
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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| 10:30–Noon |
SBM: Arts, Communication, Entertainment, & Sports Section Business Meeting & Program
Copyright Protection & Licensing in the Arts: Practical Solutions for Securing and Commercializing Your Clients’ Creative Works
The program will focus on understanding the importance of copyright protection and how it’s done, types of ownership, licensing, and how to effectively take your clients’ expression of an idea into the commercial marketplace of visual and fine arts, literary arts, music, movies, live performances, and software.
Panelists: Thomas N. Doty, Howell; Susan Goldman, Franklin; Mindy M. Schwartz, Law Offices of Mindy M. Schwartz, Berkley
Moderator: Sam Fredrick, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC, Lansing |
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| 10:50–11:10 a.m. |
Vendor Showcase Break |
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| 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
SBM: Aviation Law Section Business Meeting |
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| 11:10 a.m.–Noon |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Satisfying Bankruptcy Trustees and Getting Your Reorganization Plan Approved
Bankruptcy has grown ever more complicated. You want to get your plans right and approved the first time or you're going to lose money. Discover what Chapter 13 trustees are looking for and hear from a successful debtor attorney on how you can make the process go as smoothly as possible with the fewest objections!
Brett N. Rodgers, Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee, Grand Rapids
Janet S. Thomas, Reddy Thomas & Associates, Muskegon |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times
Get a wealth of practical tips, resources, and tools to survive and thrive in a down economy by better managing your operation, strategically marketing your firm, and carefully leveraging technology to reduce overhead and maximize profitability. Based on his acclaimed book of the same title, Jim Calloway provides you with a road map to success despite a bleak economic picture. Gain an immeasurable advantage and shelter from the storm!
Jim Calloway, Oklahoma State Bar Association, Oklahoma City, OK |
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SSFI: Technology Track: Smartphones: Blackberries, iPhones, Windows Mobile, Android, and Palm
The smartphone boom is on! Understand options for remote e-mail, synchronizing calendars, contacts, and tasks, reading (or even drafting) documents, browsing the Web, and "tethering" your phone to a notebook computer. Get Barron's advice on which options a lawyer should consider, how they can be used in the practice of law, and the pros and cons of the five major smartphone operating systems.
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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SSFI: Starting a Law Practice Track: Business and Financial Planning for the New Solo and Small Firm Practitioner
Lawyers starting a new practice must develop careful business and financial plans. Where are your clients coming from? How will you build your business? What will be your sources of revenue? Have you developed a relationship with your bank? Do you have a line of credit? Have you considered your insurance needs? How will you pay your bills? Get answers to these questions and more in a dynamic session led by two successful solo practitioners.
John J. Conway, John J. Conway PC, Royal Oak
Elizabeth Welch Lykins, Lykins Law Firm PLC, Grand Rapids |
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| Noon–2:00 p.m. |
SBM: 50-Year Golden Celebration Luncheon
Celebrate and honor fellow colleagues being recognized for 50 years of membership in the
State Bar of Michigan. This is a great opportunity to network with your peers and mentors.
SBM: Law Practice Management & Legal Administrators Section Business Meeting, Program, and Lunch
Your Law Practice Day & Free Lunch
You need not be a member of the Law Practice Management & Legal Administrators Section to participate, but you must register in advance as attending the Section's Business Meeting & Program.
Q&A For Your Law Practice features topic-specific tables manned by knowledgeable practice management leaders who will field the questions that keep you up at night. Regardless of whether you have specific or just general questions or concerns, come have lunch and get advice from practitioners and administrators who face them just like you . . . and a free lunch! |
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| 12:30–2:00 p.m. |
SBM: Antitrust, Franchising, & Trade Regulation Section Business Meeting & Lunch |
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| 1:00–3:00 p.m. |
SBM: Negligence Law Section Business Meeting & Program |
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| 1:00–4:00 p.m. |
SBM: Paralegal/Legal Assistant Section Business Meeting, Lunch, & Program
Electronic Medical Records
Speaker: Carol D. Carlson, shareholder, Smith Haughey
Rice & Roegge, Grand Rapids
Ms. Carlson will speak about electronic medical
records. She has defended health care providers and
facilities for more than 20 years in the Michigan
circuit courts. She received her JD in 1987 from the
University of Notre Dame.
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| 2:00–2:50 p.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Family Law Update
Family practice continues to change rapidly. Stay on top of all the latest developments and be as current as you can be with an analysis of the most important cases during the last year.
Jennie Boldish Bryan, RizzoBryan PC, Grand Rapids |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour
Solo and small firm attorneys are well-positioned to embrace alternative billing. Their business clients want greater predictability and their consumer clients want to know "the bottom line." Dispel the myths! Task-based billing and flat fees don't mean working for free. Learn the many alternatives and circumstances available for alternative billing and make them work for you. Learn to explain the possibility of additional charges for win-win billing solutions.
Jim Calloway, Oklahoma State Bar Association, Oklahoma City, OK |
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SSFI: Technology Track: Web Conferencing for Lawyers—What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Should Be Using It
Web meetings and Web conferences are inexpensive and easy to set up and participate in. They are often far less expensive than meeting in person, they're less disruptive, and they allow you to share documents and collaborate in real time. This session provides an overview and demonstration of four leading Web meeting services including GoToMeeting, WebEx, Adobe Acrobat Connect, and MS Office Live Meeting.
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH |
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SSFI: Quality of Life Track: Light Up with Self Care: Stress Management Tips and Techniques for Lawyers
A quality of life expert and long time mental health counselor examines life stress in the legal profession and culture. No practitioner is immune but it can be controlled. You've worked hard and deserve a break. Join this session and take home concrete, specific and do-able techniques for managing stress while maintaining a busy and productive lifestyle.
Martha D. Burkett, Lawyers & Judges Assistance Program, State Bar of Michigan, Lansing |
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| 2:00–4:00 p.m. |
SBM: Animal Law Section Business Meeting |
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| 2:55–3:45 p.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Representing Injured Clients and Finding Value in Car Accident Claims
This fast-paced session addresses ways to work up claims for injuries and benefits resulting from automobile accident cases. Learn the value of claims for replacement services or attendant care. Earn interest and attorney fees while enforcing client rights. Take home tips on working up third-party claims. Develop a fresh approach to settlement negotiations. Turn those calls from injured clients into a revenue stream!
Steven M. Gursten, Gursten Koltonow Gursten Christensen & Raitt PC, Southfield |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Collecting Your Judgment—You Won the Case; Now Get Paid!
Most lawyers know how to win their cases, but can they collect on their judgment? A premier Michigan collections lawyer shares the basic secrets of collecting on judgments from garnishment tips, how to sell "stuff," and where to find resources.
David C. Myers, Muller Muller Richmond Harms & Myers PC, Grand Rapids |
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SSFI: Technology Track: 50 Tips in 50 Minutes
Fast-paced and fun, covering everything under the technology sun! From cool websites to software to gadgets and utilities, attend the fastest 50 minutes in CLE to learn the technology that will let you work smarter, faster, and more efficiently.
Jim Calloway, Oklahoma State Bar Association, Oklahoma City, OK
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH
Hon. Donald H. Passenger, 61st District Court, Grand Rapids |
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SSFI: Quality of Life Track: Why Would a Lawyer do Yoga?
Can yoga practice and philosophy improve the quality of your life and practice? Learn techniques and exercises to keep you sane, centered, and focused. Experience the energy and relief that flows from simple chair exercises during the session. Participation optional. Learn an exercise to help your clients on the witness stand. Join a family law practitioner/yoga teacher for a session that could change your life!
Sally Rutzky, Sally Rutzky & Naomi J. Woloshin, Ann Arbor
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| 3:45–4:00 p.m. |
Networking Break |
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| 4:00–4:45 p.m. |
SSFI: Substantive Law Track: Sentencing Advocacy in State and Federal Court
What persuades judges when sentencing one of your clients? What do judges want to hear? From gathering letters of support to making and preserving objections to pre-sentence reports, from marshalling evidence for a sentencing hearing to working with sentencing guidelines, this session compares and contrasts the challenges of advocacy in state and federal proceedings.
Charles E. Chamberlain Jr., Willey & Chamberlain LLP, Grand Rapids |
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SSFI: Law Practice Management Track: Social Networking in Your Law Practice
Add social networking to your marketing plan. Will clients
really find you on Facebook, Buzz, and Twitter? Can LinkedIn actually bring more referrals? How can the law-related social media sites enhance your practice? Effectively and ethically incorporate social networking into your practice with advice from Michigan's most tech savvy judge and two lawyers who have taken social networking to new heights.
Priya Marwah Doornbos, PMD Legal PLLC, Plymouth
Timothy P. Flynn, Karlstrom Cooney LLP, Clarkston
Hon. Donald H. Passenger, 61st District Court, Grand Rapids |
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SSFI: Technology Track: How Not to Commit Malpractice with Your PC
From file back up to security systems, from misdirected e-mail to the ethics of metadata, from flash drives to smartphones, the electronic age has ushered in new ways for lawyers to violate ethical obligations, get into discipline trouble, and face malpractice litigation. In this session, Jim
Calloway helps you stay on the right side of the line, reduce your exposure, and increase your practice satisfaction.
Jim Calloway, Oklahoma State Bar Association, Oklahoma City, OK |
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SSFI: Quality of Life Track: Hassle-Free Vacation Planning for the Busy Lawyer
Take the stress out of planning your next getaway. Use the best websites to find cheap airline tickets, take advantage of frequent flyer mile programs, and leverage your business acumen and Web savvy into better, more economic and more relaxing vacations!
Barron K. Henley, Henley March & Unger Consulting Inc., Columbus, OH
Lynn P. Chard, executive director, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Ann Arbor |
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