Below are the program descriptions for upcoming CLE events. All programs are held at KCMBA headquarters, 1125 Grand Blvd., Suite 400, KCMO unless otherwise stated. If you have any questions regarding the programs, please contact our CLE department at (816) 474-4322.
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Basic Legal Training Course
Spring 2010 Registration and Schedule Information
February Municipal Courts Lunch 'n' Learn: Prosecutors Forum
Sponsored by the KCMBA Municipal Courts Committee
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Lantz Welch Education Center, KCMBA Headquarters,
1125 Grand Blvd., Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64106
Registration & Lunch: noon Seminar: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
1.2 CLE Hours in Missouri and 1.0 CLE Hour in Kansas (pending)
Fees: $35 for KCMBA Member $70 for Non-member
Moderators: James A. Witteman, Jr., deVries & Associates PC & Anne J. LaBella, Attorney at Law
Panelists
Laine Barnard, Overland ParkKansas
Anthony Bologna, North Kansas City, Missouri
Ellen Greenberg Jacobs, Clay County, Missouri Traffic, Domestic Violence, Independence, Missouri
Beth Murano, Kansas City, Missouri
Ross Nigro, Raytown, Missouri
Meaghan Shultz, Kansas City, Kansas
Here's an opportunity to hear from local prosecutors about such topics as:
• Procedure for amendments/diversions of moving violations
• Plea bargain procedure and general parameters for frequently seen charges
• Effect on plea bargains/diversions when defendant is a CDL holder
Schedule:
Noon Registration
12:30 p.m. Presentation
1:30 p.m. Adjourn
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Practicing in Jackson, Johnson & Wyandotte Counties: Local Rules & Practice Tips plus Identifying & Avoiding Sanctionable Conduct
Sponsored by the KCMBA CLE Advisory Committee
Friday, February 26, 2010
Lantz Welch Education Center, KCMBA Headquarters,
1125 Grand Blvd., Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64106
Registration: 1 p.m. Seminar: 1:30 to 4:15 p.m.
3.0 CLE Hours, including 1.0 Ethics Hour, in Missouri and Kansas (pending)
Fees: $99 for KCMBA Member $169 for Non-member
Here is a great opportunity for all lawyers in the Kansas City metropolitan area to hear a review of Jackson, Johnson, and Wyandotte counties local rules, an interpretation of recently enacted rules, and practice tips offered by prominent judges sitting in those counties. A panel of judges will also discuss their definitions of sanctionable conduct and offer advice to attorneys on how to avoid it. Judicial panel members will be announced as soon as all are confirmed.
Schedule
1 p.m. Registration
Moderators: Roger D. Nail, Goza & Honnold, LLC & Lauren Perkins Allen, Attorney at Law
1:30 p.m. Local Rules & Practice Tips for Johnson & Wyandotte Counties
Hon. J. Charles Droege, 10th Judicial District Court of Kansas, Johnson County
Hon. David W. Boal, 29 th Judicial District Court of Kansas, Wyandotte County
2:20 p.m. Local Rules & Practice Tips for Jackson County
Hon. Justine E. del Muro, 16 th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri, Jackson County
3:10 p.m. Break
3:25 p.m. Identifying & Avoiding Sanctionable Conduct (Ethics)
Hon. Vernon E. Scoville, 16 th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri, Jackson County
4:15 p.m. Adjourn
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Breakfast at the Bar: Microsoft Excel-An Organization & Information Management Tool for the Attorney
Co-Sponsored by the KCMBA CLE Adivsory Committee & the Greater Kansas City Association of Legal Administrators
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Lantz Welch Education Center, KCMBA Headquarters,
1125 Grand Blvd., Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64106
Registration: 8:30 Seminar: 9 to 10:15 a.m.
1.5 CLE Hours in Missouri only
Fees: $35 for KCMBA Member $70 for Non-member
Moderator: Brian D. Larios, Director, Information Resource Center , Lathrop & Gage LLP
Speaker: Monica Sandler, Staff Development Manager, Lathrop & Gage LLP
This program will focus on the use of Excel to facilitate various functions in the practice of law. Monica will demonstrate some advanced Excel features to help increase the attorney productivity and information management.
8:30 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Presentation
10:15 a.m. Adjourn
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The Non-Bankrupt Party's View of Executory Contracts in Bankruptcy
Sponsored by the KCMBA Commercial & Bankruptcy Law Committee
Monday, March 22, 2010
C.E. Whittaker Courthouse; 400 E. 9th St (2nd Floor), Kansas City, MO
Registration: 11:30 a.m. Seminar: Noon to 1:00 p.m. (bring your own lunch)
Fees: $25 for KCMBA Member $45 for Non-member
1.2 CLE Hours in Missouri and 1.0 CLE Hour in Kansas (pending)
Moderator: John J. Cruciani, Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP
Speaker: Benjamin F. Mann, Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP
Schedule:
11:30 a.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. Presentation
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
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Chicago, Post-Chicago & Antitrust: Past, Present, Future
Featuring Sam Peltzman, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Sponsored by the KCMBA Business LitigationCommittee & Spectrum Economics, Inc., Christopher C. Pflaum, Ph.D., President
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Lantz Welch Education Center, KCMBA Headquarters,
1125 Grand Blvd., Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64106
Registration & Lunch: noon Seminar: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
1.2 CLE Hours in Missouri and 1.0 CLE Hour in Kansas (pending)
Fees: $35 for KCMBA Member $70 for Non-member
You will have the rare opportunity to hear Sam Peltzman, nationally recognized authority on business and regulatory economics due to the generous sponsorship of Spectrum Economics, Inc. Dr. Peltzman will discuss recent changes in antitrust policy that have sometimes been attributed to the influence of the " Chicago school". The spread of Chicago school doctrine in the courts has also elicited a "post-Chicago" reaction among some legal and economic scholars. Dr. Peltzman will review how antitrust policy changed (and did not change) in response to Chicago school analysis, then discuss the post-Chicago reaction & its effects on policy. Finally, he will assess how policy is likely to change, if at all, going forward. A greater understanding of antitrust policy and its application will be of significant value in counseling your business clients.
Speaker:
Sam Peltzman
Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service
Professor of Economics Emeritus
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Moderators:
David A. Jermann, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Chair, Business Litigation Committee of the Civil Litigation Section Christopher C. Pflaum, Ph.D, President, Spectrum Economics, Inc.
Spectrum Economics, Inc. is a firm of business and forensic economists, econometricians and financial analysts specializing in litigation support and business valuation. They provide economic analysis and expert witness services in areas of antitrust and contract damages, utility regulations, business and property valuation, employment discrimination and lost earnings.
About the Speaker: Professor Peltzman's research has focused on issues related to the interface between the public sector and the private economy. His published work includes numerous articles in academic journals. These encompass many issues in the general areas of the Economics of Government Regulation and Industrial Organization, including the regulation of banking, automobile safety and pharmaceutical innovation, the growth of government, the political economy of public education, and the economic analysis of voters and legislators. He is the author or an editor of several books, including Political Participation and Government Regulation and The Deregulation of Network Industries: What's Next.
Professor Peltzman is currently an editor of the Journal of Law and Economics and is the Director Emeritus of the George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago . He served as Director of the Stigler Center from 1991-2005. He serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals and on the Council of Academic Advisers of the American Enterprise Institute.
Sam Peltzman is the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago . He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1965, and he has previously taught at the University of California , Los Angeles . He also served as Senior Staff Economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He has been on the faculty of the University of Chicago 's School of Business since 1973.
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Breakfast at the Bar: Lessons Learned the Hard Way-A Review of Current Ethics Decisions and Issues
Co-Sponsored by the KCMBA CLE Adivsory Committee & the Greater Kansas City Association of Legal Administrators
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Lantz Welch Education Center, KCMBA Headquarters,
1125 Grand Blvd., Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64106
Registration: 8:30 Seminar: 9 to 10:40 a.m.
2.0 CLE Ethics Hours in Missouri and Kansas
Fees: $45 for KCMBA Member $85 for Non-member
Moderator: Brian D. Larios, Director, Information Resource Center, Lathrop & Gage LLP
Speaker: Alan Pratzel, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City
Mr. Praztel will present a review of recent disciplinary cases before his office and lead a discussion of related legal disciplinary and ethics issues under the Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct.
8:30 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Presentation
10:40 a.m. Adjourn
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Bank Failures: Five Things Every Bankruptcy or Commercial Lawyer Should Know
Sponsored by the KCMBA Commercial & Bankruptcy Law Committee
Monday, May 10, 2010
C.E. Whittaker Courthouse; 400 E. 9th St (2nd Floor), Kansas City, MO
Registration: 11:30 a.m. Seminar: Noon to 1:00 p.m. (bring your own lunch)
Fees: $25 for KCMBA Member $45 for Non-member
1.2 CLE Hours in Missouri and 1.0 CLE Hour in Kansas (pending)
Attorneys have experienced bank failures and the impact on their clients and sometimes on their own firms. This seminar will explore the factors and procedures involved, including (i) the mechanics of how a bank is taken into receivership by the FDIC, (ii) the priority of creditor's claims in a bank failure, (iii) the effect of bank failures on depositors, (iv) how a bank failure will generally cause an attorney's legal fees to remain unpaid as an unsecured creditor of the bank, and (v) how an attorney can evaluate whether a client bank is in danger of failing for purposes of seeking a retainer or seeking twice a month or weekly payment of fees.
Moderator: John J. Cruciani, Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP & Chair, Commercial & Bankruptcy Law Committee
Speakers: David J. Berson & Susan A. Berson, The Banking & Tax Law Group, LLP
Schedule:
11:30 a.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. Presentation
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
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Breakfast at the Bar: Using IT to Enhance Your Practice & Organize for Greater Productivity
Co-Sponsored by the KCMBA CLE Adivsory Committee & the Greater Kansas City Association of Legal Administrators
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Lantz Welch Education Center, KCMBA Headquarters,
1125 Grand Blvd., Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64106
Registration: 8:30 Seminar: 9 to 10:15 a.m.
1.5 CLE Hours in Missouri only
Fees: $35 for KCMBA Member $70 for Non-member
Moderator: Brian D. Larios, Director, Information Resource Center, Lathrop & Gage LLP
Speaker: Ben Weinberger, Chief Information Officer, Lathrop & Gage LLP
This program will provide an overview of information technology tools and systems that can increase your productivity and efficiency. Topics will include: smart phones, storage devices, document management systems, e-mail, and other software and hardware tools available to the lawyer.
8:30 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Presentation
10:15 a.m. Adjourn
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CLE registration cancellations received at least 24 hours in advance of a CLE event will receive a voucher for the amount paid. The voucher will be dated the date of the cancelled CLE seminar and may be used at any future CLE event prior to the voucher expiration date.
The voucher expiration date will be on (1) year from the date of the cancelled CLE seminar.
A written voucher will be sent to the registrant for his/her records. A copy of the written voucher is maintained in a voucher file at KCMBA.
The dollar value of a voucher may be used toward any CLE seminar with the same registration fee or a CLE seminar with a lesser fee. No credit will be issued for the difference in fees. If a CLE seminar registration fee is higher than the dollar value of a voucher, the difference will be the responsibility of the registrant.
No voucher will be issued for "no shows" or for cancellations received less than 24 hours prior to the start of a CLE seminar.
If a registrant is a "no show" for a CLE seminar where a voucher has been used to pay the registration fee, the voucher is forfeited.
Registration fees will no be refunded.
