State Bar of Wisconsin

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

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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