Friday CLE Programs
May 7, 2010
60 Tips in 60 Minutes
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
Fastcase
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
Government Lawyers Division
8:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Linda U. Burke, Milwaukee City Attorneys Office,
Milwaukee
Guns and the Law in Wisconsin
8:30 - An Historical Overview of Gun Laws in Wisconsin.
9:30 - Break
10:00 - Regulation and Prosecution of the Use of Firearms and
Permissible Regulation of Gun Dealers and Shops.
Agriculture/Agribusiness Law Section
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Prof. Philip E. Harris, University of Wisconsin - Agriculture and
Applied Economics, Madison
10:00 - Family Farms in Wisconsin
This program is an update on farm estate and business
planning and income taxes. It covers issues that affect owners of family
farms in Wisconsin as they plan the business structure of their farm for
operating it during their lifetime and for transferring the farm to the
next generation. It will be of interest not only to attorneys who do
farm estate and business planning but also to those who advise other
small businesses on tax and transfer issues.
Bankruptcy Insolvency & Creditors' Rights
Section
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. James W. McNeilly, Jr., Law Offices of James W McNeilly Jr
LLC, Salem
Construction & Public Contract Law Section
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. William R. Cummings, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC,
Milwaukee
Diversity Outreach Committee
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Antonique C. Williams, Cross Law Firm SC, Milwaukee
10:00 - Minority and Women Labor Law Issues
What things constitute the "glass ceiling"; Ethics;
Statistics on Minority and Women Lawyers In Wisconsin - Promotion and
Retention.
Fee Arbitration Committee
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Christine K. Nelson, Nelson, Connell, Conrad, Tallmadge &
Slein SC, Waukesha
10:00 - General Overview of the Wisconsin State Bar Fee Arbitration
Program and Procedures.
Outline of the ethical rules governing attorney's fees.
Outline of ethical rules regarding fee agreements, requirements
regarding advanced fees and when fee arbitration is mandatory.
State Bar proposed fee agreement forms.
Recommendations for presentation of a fee dispute.
Media Law Relations Committee
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. James Alan Friedman, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Madison
10:00 - Dealing with the News Media: Feeding the Hand that can Bite
You.
Nonresident Lawyers Division
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Glenn M. Salvo, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis
10:00 - E-Discovery and the Small Case
Energy & Telecommunications Law Section - CLE Box
Luncheon
11:50 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Theresa Marie Hottenroth, Hottenroth Law Office LLC,
Madison
Intellectual Property Law Section - CLE Box
Luncheon
11:50 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Laura Ann Dable, Ryan Kromholz & Manion SC, Milwaukee
Friday Afternoon Spotlight CLE Program: Kay
Plantes – Differentiate Your Practice or Die
1:20 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Andrew W. Schmidt, Schmidt & Schmidt SC, Wausau
This Program Sponsored by the Law Office
Management Section
