2013 Utah State Bar Spring Convention

CLE Program Schedule

Approved for up to 10 hours CLE credit, including up to 2 hours Professionalism/Civility, up to 1 hour ethics, up to 2 hours for the Bar film, up to 1 hour for the Friday luncheon and 1 hour for the new 2:15 afternoon breakouts.

Dixie Center Floor Plan (PDF)

Directions on how to get to the dixie center http://www.dixiecenter.com/maps.html

Thursday, March 14, 2013

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Opening Reception & Silent Auction, Dixie Center North Lobby

Sponsored by:

Bingham, Snow & Caldwell
Christensen & Jensen
Parr, Brown, Gee & Loveless
Snow Jensen & Reece
TraskBritt

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. 1 hour CLE

A Litigation Ballroom C/E	B Transactional Sunbrook A/B	C General Entrada A	D General II Ballroom A	E General III Entrada B/C	F General IV Sunbrook C
e-Discovery Under the New Civil Rules Philip J. Favro – Symantec Corporation	Current Trends in the Title Industry that Real Property Practitioners Need to Know Bill Rowley – President, National Title Agency, LLC	Negotiation Skills for Lawyers: Understanding Tactics, Process & Opponents Denver C. Snuffer – Nelson Snuffer Dahle & Poulsen	Bankruptcy Basics for the Non-Bankruptcy Lawyer MaryAnn Bennett Bride – Pearson, Butler & Carson, PLLC Jessica G. Peterson – Durham Jones & Pinegar	The Long Game: Recruiting and Retaining Women Attorneys Paula E. Litt – Schopf & Weiss	URCrP 404b Hon. Derek P. Pullan – 4th District Court
11:15 am - 11:30am Refreshment Break (Sponsored by Fabian & Clendenin; JensenBayles, LLP; Nielsen & Senior; Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson; Workman/Nydegger)
11:30 am - 12:30pm 1 HR CLE Credit
G Litigation Ballroom C/E	H TRANSACTIONAL Sunbrook A/B	I GENERAL I Entrada A	J GENERAL II Ballroom A	K General III Entrada B/C	L LF General IV Sunbrook C
What t he Appellate Rules Won’t Tell You, But You Need to Know Justice Thomas R. Lee – Utah Supreme Court Hon. Gregory K. Orme – Utah Court of Appeals Hon. Carolyn B. McHugh – Utah Court of Appeals Lisa Collins – Clerk, Utah Court of Appeals & Acting Clerk, Utah Supreme Court Mary Westby - Central Staff Attorney, Utah Court of Appeals Moderator: Bridget K. Romano – Solicitor General for the State of Utah	Fundamentals of Franchise and Business Laws: How to Avoid Creating an Inadvertent Franchise or Business Opportunity Kara K. Martin – Thompson, Ostler & Olsen	Social Media in the Workplace Christina M. Jepson – Parsons Behle & Latimer	Lake Powell: Planning for the Future Ronald W. Thompson – General Manager, Washington Co. Water Conservancy District	Probate 101 Douglas K. Cummings – Callister Nebeker & McCullough	Using Evidence Based Practices to Obtain the Best Results for Criminal Defense Clients Daryl P. Sam – Utah Federal Defender Office
12:30pm - 2:00pm LUNCH PRESENTATION Legislative Update (1 Hr CLE Credit) Atrium (Sponsored by Green Filing)
		PAXTON R. GUYMON Mr. Guymon’s law practice spans all areas of real estate law, including a wide variety of real estate litigation matters, land use and zoning, subdivisions, land acquisitions and development, real estate finance, condominiums, owners associations, and real estate transactions. He is a founding partner of Miller Guymon, P.C.
	JOHN T. NIELSEN has been the Bar’s legislative representative for over twenty years. His legislative update is a regular agenda item at the Bar Conventions. Prior to retiring from active legal practice in 2007, Mr. Nielsen was Sr. Legal Counsel and Director of Government Relations for Intermountain Healthcare. He was appointed Sr. Advisor to the Governor on Health Care Reform by Gov. Huntsman in 2007 and served in that capacity until 2011. Mr. Nielsen has a long career in government having served in the office of the Salt Lake City Attorney, Chief Deputy-Justice Division of the Salt Lake County Attorney’s office and as Utah’s Commissioner of Public Safety. He has served on many state task forces and commissions as well as many boards for civic and arts organizations.
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Refreshment Break (Sponsored by Babcock, Scott & Babcock; Gallian Wilcox Welker Olson & Beckstrom, LP; Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough; Strong & Hanni; & Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy
2:00pm EVENT: Golf - Sunbrook Golf Course
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Bonus Breakout Hour 1 Hr CLE
M Track 1 Ballroom C/E Point – Counter-Point: Current Developments in Government Surveillance R. Scott Young – Snow Christensen & Martineau John M. Mejia – ACLU of Utah		N Track 2 Sunbrook A/B Hanging Your Shingle: What You Need vs. What You Want – Technology for the Law Office Lincoln Mead – IT Director, Utah State Bar		Track 3 E-Filing Demonstration George Knecht, Green Filing
Friday 5:30 p.m. - Women Lawyers of Utah Social honoring the recipients of the Dorothy Merrill Brothers and Raymond S. Uno awards - Everyone is invited. Sponsored by Adams Davis, P.C., Durham Jones & Pinegar, Law Office of Michael J. Langford. 914 Rio Virgin Drive, St. George. Directions available at the Convention registrtion desk
6:00pm EVENT: Senior Lawyers Section Social & Dinner - Riverwalk Grill (4210 Bluegrass Way St. George, UT 84790) - Social Hour at 6:00pm and dinner at 6:30pm. (RSVP and payment available with registration.)
Saturday, March 16, 2013
8:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast (Sponsored by: Ballard Spahr LLP; Durham, Jones & Pinegar; Ray, Quinney & Nebeker; Snell & Wilmer; &Thorpe, North & Western
9:00 am - 10:00 am Welcome - Ballroom C/E Keith C Barnes, Spring Convention Chair, Cedar City
Keynote Speaker 1 Hr CLE Credit		DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: Why You Should Never Emulate TV Lawyers SEAN CARTER - graduated from Harvard Law School in 1992. His ten years of legal practice focused on corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions. During this time, he represented such clients as GNC, Experian, The Boston Beer Company Homeside Lending, Safelite Auto Glass, J. Crew and many others. Most recently, he served as in-house counsel to a publicly-traded finance company. In 2002, Mr. Carter left the practice of law to pursue a career as the country's foremost Humorist at Law. Since then, Mr. Carter has crisscrossed the country delivering comedic professional educational seminars for more than 250 organizations in three dozen states. Mr. Carter is the author of the first-ever comedic legal treatise -- If It Does Not Fit, Must You Acquit?: Your Humorous Guide to the Law. His syndicated legal humor column has appeared in general circulation newspapers in more than 30 states and his weekly humor column for lawyers appeared in the ABA e-Report from 2003 to 2006. Finally, Sean lives in Mesa, Arizona with his wife and four sons.
	President-Elect Nominee	James D. Gilson, Callister, Nebeker & McCullough
10:00 am - 10:15 am Refreshment Break (Sponsored by: Lawyers Helping Lawyers)
	O LITIGATION Ballroom C/E	P TRANSACTIONAL Sunbrook A/B	Q GENERAL I Entrada A	R GENERAL II Ballroom A	S GENERAL III
10:15 am - 11:15 1 HR. CLE Credit	Challenges of a High Profile Case: Ethics, the Media, and Seating a Fair Jury – Looking Back at State v. Warren Jeffs Walter F. Bugden – Bugden & Isaacson Tara L. Isaacson – Bugden & Isaacson Brock R. Belnap – Washington County Attorney ETHICS	LIES, DAMN LIES AND LEGAL MARKETING: The Ethics of Legal Marketing Sean Carter ETHICS	The New JOBS Act with Recent Developments P. Christian Anderson – Ballard Spahr, LLP Todd A. Reece – Ballard Spahr, LLP	Civility Comes up More Often Than You Think Billy Walker - Sr. Counsel, Office Of Professional Conduct Carol L.L. Verdoia - Attorney General's Office Hon. Sherene T. Dillon, 2nd District Juvenile Court Moderator - Karma K. Dixon, Utah Attorney General's Office PROF/CIV	Nuts and Bolts – Family Law Procedure and Best Practices Comm. Katherine Conklin YLD
11:15 am - 11:30 am Refreshment Break (Sponsored by: Lawyers Helping Lawyers)
11:30-12:30 1 Hr. CLE Credit	Practicing Law in Southern Utah Courts Hon. James L. Shumate – 5th District Court Hon. Wallace A. Lee – 6th District Court Shawn T. Farris – Farris & Utley	Some Matters American Jurisprudece Should Know About the Socio-Cultural Practice & English Proficiency of Linguistic Minorities Prof. William G. Eggington – Dept. of Linguistics & English Language, Brigham Young University	Copyright Litigation: Applying Fundamentals to 21st Century Technologies Michael K. Erickson, Ray Quinney & Nebeker	Beating the Statistical Odds of Depression in the Legal Profession Randall K. Spencer, Fillmore Spencer ETHICS	Exploitation of the Elderly Nan Mendenhall – Assistant Division Director / Director of APS Division of Aging Gregory N. Ferbrache – Utah Assistant Attorney General Matthew D. Bates – Summit County Prosecutor
12:45 – 2:45 2 Hrs. CLE Credit	Utah State Bar Film Presentation: "Hot Coffee". In 1995 a jury awarded a huge sum for spilled hot coffee. Since then, there has been discussions about tort reform. If you have ever wondered about frivolous law suits please join us for this documentary film covering one of the largest frivolous law suits. Leslie A. Lewis, Coordinator and Moderator, Philip R. Fishler - Strong & Hanni, Brian S. King - Attorney at Law, L. Rich Humphreys - Christensen & Jensen