Wednesday CLE Programs
May 5, 2010
Professional Ethics Committee
9:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Dean R. Dietrich, Ruder Ware LLSC, Wausau
9:30 - Dealing With Disasters: A Discussion of Ethics and
Professional Responsibility When Things Go Wrong in Your Practice
- Collecting Fees From Your Former Client
- Fixing the False Statement by a Witness at Trial
- Explaining Your Mistake to Your Client
- Addressing Conflicts of Interest After Representation Has
Started
- Dealing with the Deceased Client
- Dealing with the Irrational Client
- Explaining the Trust Account Overdraft
Law Office Management Section/Practice
411/Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators - CLE Box
Luncheon
11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Andrew W. Schmidt, Schmidt & Schmidt SC, Wausau
11:30 - Law Symposium Luncheon Panel
Administrative & Local Government Law
Section
1:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. John R. Orton, Curran, Hollenbeck & Orton SC, Mauston
1:00 - Lookout Below: Flooding and Water Damage Claims (Including
Hocking v. Dodgeville)
Boat Piers: Who owns the lake bed and who can install a pier (
including Berkos v. Shipwreck Bay)
1:50 - Discretionary Acts vs. Ministerial Duties: Application of
the “Known Danger Exception” (Including Pries v. McMillon)
Defaults, Foreclosures & Bankruptcies: Municipal obligations,
responses, and protections.
2:40 - Break
3:10 - Property Taxes: Methods of Valuation (Including Town of
Clayton v. Cardinal Construction)
Zoning: Interpreting and defining property “use” when evaluating
“area variances” or “nonconforming uses” (including Town of Cross Plains
v. Kitt’s “Field of Dreams” Korner, Inc. and Driehaus v. Walworth
County
Comprehensive Plans: What does it mean to be "consistent
with"?
4:00 - Smoking Bans: The Games People Play to Have a Smoke: Private
Clubs, Open Decks, and Other Tricks.
Smoking Bans: The games people play to have a smoke: Private clubs,
open decks, and other tricks.
Adult Entertainment: How your ordinances may be "naked."
(Annex Books vs. City of Indianapolis)
Elder Law Section
1:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Daniel J. Walsh, Walsh & Walsh SC, De Pere
1:00 - Elder Abuse
2:40 - Break
General Practice Section/Solo and Small Firm
Practice Committee
1:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Paul F. Angel, Angel & Angel SC, Dodgeville
- Atty. Anne Marie Blood, Madison Area Technical College,
Madison
1:00 - Serving Clients in the New Economy: A Solo's Guide to
Foreclosure and the Fair Debt Collection Act
1:50 - Attracting Clients with New Media: How Blogging Can Enhance
Your Practice
2:40 - Break
3:10 - Facing a New Day in Court: Practical Solutions for Dealing
with Pro Se Litigants
4:00 - Understanding New and Existing Ethical Issues in Client
Relations
Health Law Section
1:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Barbara J. Zabawa, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC, Madison
1:00 - As Counsel For a Wisconsin Health Care Organization, Much of
My Time Is Spent On…
A panel of in-house and outside counsel for hospitals,
nursing homes and/or CBRFs will discuss the legal issues they handle on
a daily basis. This presentation will help new and experienced
attorneys understand the legal challenges that these Wisconsin
facilities face and in the process, make them more effective
lawyers.
1:50 - What I Find Most Difficult About Stark/AKS is...
Another panel of health lawyers will discuss the most
challenging aspects of the federal fraud and abuse laws. As these laws
are constantly being tweaked by CMS and OIG in the face of health reform
and rising health care costs, the panelists will discuss what parts of
those laws create the most difficulty for their health care clients and
offer tips and advice on how to overcome those challenges.
2:40 - Break
3:10 - Health Reform/Legislative Update
This presentation may be in a panel format or with just one
speaker to discuss the outcome/impact of the federal health reform
effort currently being debated in Washington. Depending upon what
happens, this presentation will provide an analysis of the major reform
initiatives, or if nothing is passed, discuss why and what is next for
the U.S. healthcare system.
4:00 - HITECH Check: Successes and Challenges for Covered Entities
and Business Associates in Adopting the Privacy and Security
Changes
This panel of speakers will discuss the successes and
challenges they faced or continue to face in implementing the
challenges. The speakers will address the new federal regulations that
implement the changes and provide useful insight into the ever-growing
concern of health information privacy and security.
Individual Rights & Responsibilities Section/
Public Interest Law Section
1:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Lisa Clay Foley, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Milwaukee
1:00 - Same-Sex Marriage and the Status of the Constitutional
Amendment in Wisconsin
2:40 - Break
3:10 - Program Continues
Litigation Section
1:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Kelly L. Centofanti, Centofanti Phillips SC, Mequon
- Atty. Timothy Joseph O'Brien, Bakke Norman SC, New Richmond
- Program Chair(s) :
1:00 - Legislative Changes to Litigation Practice
Legislative (and potentially common law) changes to
litigation practice such as mandatory insurance and increase in minimum
liability limits, UIM definition, prohibition on reducing clauses,
intentional tort statute of limitations, Family Justice bill, cost and
procedures for obtaining medical records, and the presumption of
reasonableness of medical bills as possible topics.
1:50 - The Electronic Frontier: E-discovery, including preservation
and production requirements; use of social media websites to prepare and
present your case.
2:40 - Break
Practice 411/ Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance
Program (WisLAP)
1:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. James R. Cole, Quarles & Brady LLP, Madison
- Program Chair(s) :
1:00 - Personal and Practice Management Skills for Health and Well
Being
Program content will focus on building skills to lower
stress through productive effective office management and through
identifying personal life choices to reduce stress and increase
stability.
2:40 - Break
3:10 - Program Continues
Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section
1:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Carol J B Hatch, Nowlan & Mouat LLP, Janesville
- Atty. Deborah C. Tomczyk, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC,
Milwaukee
1:00 - Sustainability and Green Development
A panel including two lawyers, an architect and a civil
engineer will discuss current development and redevelopment requirements
regarding sustainability and "green" development. Topics will range
from energy efficiency, to storm water management and building
features.
2:40 - Break
3:10 - Prevailing Wage
A panel of four lawyers will discuss the provisions in
Wisconsin's most recent State Budget Bill increasing the circumstances
in which prevailing wages must be paid.
4:00 - Hot Topics
Five lawyers will present five different, hot, timely topics
in five consecutive, ten-minute increments.
Topics may include: Property Tax Exemption changes; E-Recording;
Foreclosure issues; Creditor protections; Condominium Law Changes;
and/or Domestic Partnership Act.
Break
2:40 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
Elder Law Section/Litigation Section
3:10 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Kelly L. Centofanti, Centofanti Phillips SC, Mequon
- Atty. Timothy Joseph O'Brien, Bakke Norman SC, New Richmond
- Atty. Daniel J. Walsh, Walsh & Walsh SC, De Pere
3:10 - Medicare Subrogation and Medicare Set Aside Trusts
