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CLE Fest St. Louis - Schedule
St. Louis,
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly The Adam’s Mark)
315 Chestnut Street (map and directions)
Thursday - Friday, June 26 - 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26
(You may choose one topic during each session.)
8:00 – 10:10 a.m. – Session 1
Workers’ Compensation – (LIVE)
Trial Preparation, Technique and Procedures – Robert Nelson, Nelson & Nelson Attorneys at Law PC, Belleville
Workers’ Compensation Case Law Update – David Menchetti, Cullen Haskins Nicholson & Menchetti PC, Chicago
Real Estate – (LIVE)
Reading a Phase I Environmental Report – Phil Van Ness, Webber & Thies, PC, Urbana,
Other Statutes Affecting Mortgagors – Diane E. Thompson, of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center, Godfrey
General Practice – (VIDEO)
Hot Topics in Elder Law, Civil Practice, Criminal & Traffic Law -- Video selections from the 2008 Hot Topics for the General Practitioner program recorded on February 22, 2008.
10:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Session 2
Workers’ Compensation – (LIVE)
Heart Attack Cases/Psychological Injuries –Richard D. Hannigan, Law Offices of Richard D. Hannigan, Mundelein
John B. Adams, Roddy Leahy Guill & Zima, Ltd., Chicago
The Top Ten Cases – Kristen A. Wadiak, Beatty & Motil Attorneys, Edwardsville
Real Estate – (LIVE)
Mortgage Foreclosure – Samuel Levine, Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Chicago
Real Estate Case Law Update – Steven Bashaw, Steven B. Bashaw PC, Lisle
Professionalism and Civility (VIDEO) * PMCLE Credit
Professionalism and Civility Among Illinois Attorneys -- Video presentation recorded on September 20, 2007.
1:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. – Session 3
Professional Responsibility (LIVE) * PMCLE Credit
Introduction to Lawyers' Assistance Program - Janet Piper Voss, Executive Director, Lawyers' Assistance Program, Chicago
Striving for Balance in a High Stress Job - Susan Riegler, Lawyers' Assistance Program, Chicago
Lawyers Assistance Program Issues for Attorneys - Hon. James Radcliffe, Ret., Associate Director, Lawyers' Assistance Program, Belleville
Probate & Estate Planning/Criminal Law (LIVE)
Hot Topics in Probate & Estate Planning – Lorraine K. Cavataio, Mathis Marifian Richter & Grandy, Ltd., Belleville
Hot Topics in Criminal Law – Michele M. Jochner, Law Clerk to Justice Charles E. Freeman, Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago
Professionalism and Civility (VIDEO) * PMCLE Credit
Professionalism and Civility Among Illinois Attorneys (Continued) -- Video presentation recorded on September 20, 2007.
3:30 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. – Session 4
Professional Responsibility (LIVE) * PMCLE Credit
Rule of Professional Conduct 1.17: Sale of a Law Practice and Transitioning Your Practice – John Maville, Law Office of John H. Maville, Belleville; John T. Phipps, John T. Phipps Law Offices, PC, Champaign
Communication Skills – John Maville
Professional Responsibility (LIVE) * PMCLE Credit
Professional Responses to Difficult Situations - Audrey J. Lee, Legal Education Consultant, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, Chicago
Cheryl Niro, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, Chicago
Civil Practice (VIDEO)
Civil Practice and Procedure Update -- Video selections from program recorded on June 22, 2007.
Friday, June 27
(You may choose one topic during each session.)
8:00 – 10:10 a.m. – Session 5
Traffic Law – Part 1 (LIVE)
CDLs and Basic Commercial Drivers License Issues – Hon. Charles Burns, Criminal Court Building, Chicago; Edward Maloney, Ahern Maloney & Moran, Skokie
General Traffic Law – Hon. Mark W. Dwyer, 18th Judicial Circuit, DuPage County Courthouse, Wheaton; David Franks, Franks & Rechenberg PC, Lake in the Hills
Criminal Law/Family Law (LIVE) * PMCLE credit
Cybercrimes – Presentations from the April 2008 program; Craig Chval, The Chval Law Group, P.C., Clarendon Hills
Ethical Concerns in Family Law Advertising – James Grogan, Deputy Administrator, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, Chicago
Practical Ethical Advice (VIDEO) * PMCLE credit
Practical Ethical Advice: From ARDC Complaints to Courtroom Dilemmas – Video presentation originally recorded on August 17, 2007
10:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Session 6
Traffic Law – (LIVE)
BAID/SCRAM –Donald Ramsell, Ramsell Armamentos & Klis LLC, Wheaton
New Case Law & Legislation in Traffic Law – David Franks; J. Brick Van Der Snick, Van Der Snick Law Firm Ltd., Geneva
Family Law – (LIVE)
Family Law Case LawUpdate – Enrico Mirabelli, Nadler Pritikin & Mirabelli, Chicago
Dissolution Taxation – David Hopkins, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck, Chicago
Practical Ethical Advice (VIDEO) * PMCLE credit
Practical Ethical Advice: From ARDC Complaints to Courtroom Dilemmas (Continued) – Video presentation originally recorded on August 17, 2007.
1:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. – Session 7
Illinois Supreme Court in Review –(LIVE)
Important Supreme Court Cases, Procedures and Rules - J. Timothy Eaton, Shefsky & Froehlich, Ltd., Chicago, Michael T. Reagan, Herbolsheimer Lannon Henson Duncan & Regan P.C., Ottawa, Hon. Mary Jane Theis, First District of Illinois Appellate Court, Chicago
Family Law – (LIVE)
Termination and Review of Maintenance: Proving Your Case – Robin Miller, The Law Office of Robin R. Miller, Wheaton
Adoptions, State, International and Hague Convention – Deborah Cobb, Crouse Cobb & Bays, Collinsville
Tort Law – (VIDEO)
The Trial Note Book, Liens, Depositions – Video selections from the 2008 Tort Law Nuts and Bolts program recorded on February 18, 2008