2009 Spring Convention in St. George
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CLE Program Schedule

Approved for up to 9 hours CLE credit, including up to 2 hours Ethics, up to 3 hours NLCLE, up to 2 hours for the Salt Lake County Bar film and up to 1 hour for the Friday luncheon.

Dixie Center Floor plan
Thursday, March 12, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Opening Reception & Silent Auction
(See Events for further information.)
Sponsored by:
  • Farr Kaufman Sullivan Jensen Medsker Olds & Nichols
  • Parsons Behle & Latimer
  • Snow Christensen & Martineau
Michael Lucarelli
MICHAEL LUCARELLI began his music education in 1973 on the electric guitar. Later, Michael discovered the classical guitar and went on to receive his Bachelor of Music degree in 1989 from the University of Utah and his Master of Music in 1992 from the University of Arizona in guitar performance. Currently Michael lives in Salt Lake City where he has an active schedule performing, recording, teaching, and composing for the classical guitar. Aside from being critically acclaimed as a solo artist, Michael's six CDs have received enthusiastic reviews world wide.
Friday, March 13, 2009
8:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
 
Sponsored by:
  • Durham Jones & Pinegar
  • Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough
  • VanCott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy
  • Workman/Nydegger
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Welcome - Ballroom C/E
Tiffany N. Blanchard & Hon. Wallace A. Lee, Spring Convention Co-Chairs
1 hour CLE
Keynote Speaker:
Jeffrey Thredgold, Economic Futurist - Ballroom C/E
Jeff Thredgold

JEFF THREDGOLD is President of Thredgold Economic Associates, an economic consulting and professional speaking company based near Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jeff is the only economist in the world to have ever received the designation of CSP, or Certified Speaking Professional, the highest earned designation in the professional speaking.

His career includes 23 years with $102 billion banking giant KeyCorp, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. He now serves as "economic consultant" to $55 billion Zions Bancorporation, which has banks in 10 states. He also serves as economic consultant to various other clients.

Jeff has appeared dozens of times on CNBC-TV... the nation's business networks, as well as numerous appearances on CNN, and is quoted regularly in the nation's financial press. He is a monthly contributor for the national publication Blue Chip Financial Forecasts and quarterly USA TODAY economic forecast surveys.

Jeff has been writing a weekly economic and financial newsletter, now entitled the Tea Leaf, for 33 years. His latest book, econAmerica, was released in July 2007 by Wiley & Sons. Other books include A Parent's Letter to My Children in School; Economy by Thredgold; and On the One Hand... The Economist's Joke Book.

He served as an adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah for 16 years. He is a former member of both the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association and the Economic Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Awards:
  • Dorothy Merrill Brothers - Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession
  • Raymond S. Uno - Advancement of Minorities in the Legal Profession
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by:
  • Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
  • Barney McKenna & Olms
  • Epperson & Owens
  • Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
  • Richards Brandt Miller & Nelson
  • Travis Christiansen


Breakout Sessions
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
1 hour CLE
Litigation
Ballroom C/E
Transactional
Sunbrook C
General I
Entrada B/C
NLCLE
Sunbrook A/B
General II
Entrada A
General III
Ballroom A
The Twombly Effect

John H. Bogart, Howrey, LLP

We Want You!! Mentoring Made Easy

Jeffrey J. Hunt, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Rodney G. Snow, Clyde Snow Sessions & Swenson

Perspective on Arbitration

Craig C. Coburn, Richards Brandt Miller & Nelson
James M. Elegante, - Holme Roberts & Owen
David W. Slaughter,Snow Christensen & Martineau
Lance Tanaka, American Arbitration Association
Adam T. Mow, Babcock Scott Babcock

Wills for Heroes Training - Basic Wills & Estate Planning
(NLCLE)

Deacon G. Haymond, Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough

Art of the Witness Interview

Bryant J. McConkie, Strong & Hanni

Having Fun with the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act

Craig T. Peterson, Cathcart & Peterson
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by:
  • Babcock Scott & Babcock
  • Bonewell Morris & Associates
  • Brindley Sullivan
  • McKay Burton & Thurman
  • Nielsen & Senior
  • Thorpe North & Western
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1 hour CLE
Litigation
Ballroom C/E
Transactional
Sunbrook B/C
General I
Entrada B/C
NLCLE
Sunbrook A/B
General II
Entrada A
General III
Ballroom A

Construction Law Update

Brian J. Babcock, Babcock Scott & Babcock

The Environmental Aspects of Renewable Energy Projects

Linda M. Bullen, Lionel Sawyer & Collins

Strategies for Entering Foreign Markets and How Utah Attorneys Can Help

Diane D. Card, International Lawyer & Solo Practitioner

Counseling Clients About Bank Accounts in an Era of Fraud and Financial Disorder
(NLCLE)

Scott H. Clark, Ray Quinney & Nebeker

Child Witnesses

Hon. Anthony W. Ferdon, Third District Juvenile Court

Working with Troubled Lawyers
(Ethics)

Sean Morris, Blomquist Hale
Lewis P. Reece, Snow Jensen & Reece
Cheri K. Gochberg
12:30 - 12:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by:
  • Christensen & Jensen
  • Hillyard Anderson & Olsen
  • Holme Roberts & Owen
  • Jenkins Ronnow Jensen & Bayles
  • Kirton & McConkie
  • Snell & Wilmer
12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
1 hour CLE

Lunch Presentation ~ "Contrasting the Talmudic and American Legal Systems Approaches to the Financial Crisis, Criminal Defense, and Medical Malpractice" - Garden Room
(MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND)
Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, Dean - Institute of American and Talmudic Law
Sponsored by:
  • Lewis B. Freeman & Partners Inc.
1:30 p.m.

Golf ~ Sunbrook Golf Course

 
1:30 - 5:30 p.m.

YLD/Paralegal Division Community Service Project
Wills for Heroes Project, Southern Utah Legal Community Center

The YLD and the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar have joined together to provide Wills for Heroes, a pro bono community service project for the benefit of all police officers, fire fighters, paramedics, sheriffs, and other emergency first responders. Wills for Heroes is a unique program created by the Wills for Heroes Foundation, which provides free wills and other basic estate planning documents to emergency first responders, their spouses and domestic partners. To date, Wills for Heroes has assisted more than 8,000 emergency first responders in several states including Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

During the 2009 Spring Convention, the YLD and Paralegal Division will sponsor a Wills for Heroes Event for all emergency first responders in Washington County. This event will mark the one year anniversary of the YLD's sponsorship of Wills for Heroes in Utah. Volunteer attorneys will be asked to attend a training session at the DIXIE CENTER from 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. to receive training on basic wills and estate planning principles, as well as the Lexis Nexis HotDocs software program used to prepare the documents. Attorneys attending the training session will receive one hour of NLCLE/CLE credit. Attorneys do not need any experience in estate planning to volunteer. Attorneys who were trained at last year's convention, or at another WFH event, do not need to attend the training. After the training, from 1:30 - 5:30 p.m., attorney volunteers will meet individually with emergency first responders and their significant others to provide free wills, durable powers of attorney, and advanced health care directives. WFH is a great opportunity for attorneys to give back to those people who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities.

The 2009 Spring Convention WFH event will be held at the Washington City Community Center (about 20 minutes from St. George), located at 350 North Community Center Drive, Washington, Utah. Attorneys who are interested in volunteering on the afternoon of the 13th should sign-up before the Convention on the YLD website at http://www.utahyounglawyers.org, under the Wills for Heroes tab. Still have questions? For more information, contact Nick Villa nickvilla@hotmail.com chair-person of the YLD WFH Committee.

 
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Salt Lake County Bar Film - "Presumed Innocent"
 

Leslie A. Lewis
Philip R. Fishler, Strong & Hanni
Michael R. Skolnick, Kipp & Christian
Mark R. Moffat, Brown, Bradshaw & Moffat
Sponsored by: Salt Lake County Bar Association
Saturday, March 14, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by:
  • Cohne Rappaport & Segal
  • Fabian & Clendenin
  • Randy S. Kester
  • Ray Quinney & Nebeker
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
1 hour Ethics
Using Both Brains in Conflict Resolution - Ballroom C/E
Ethics Keynote: Genie Z. Laborde, CEO of I.D.E.A.
Genie Z. Laborde

GENIE Z. LABORDE, Ph.D. is a recognized leader in the field of communications theory and its practical applications. She is president of International Dialogue Education Associates, Inc., founded 1982, and her unique qualifications have been a major contribution to the success of the firm's Excellence Seminars.

Dr. Laborde holds a Ph.D. in Confluent Education from the University of California at Santa Barbara. The Confluent Education Degree Program, based on Gestalt Psychology applied to the educational process, was founded by a Ford Foundation grant for Innovative Education. Gestalt Psychology emphasizes the importance of perception in changing behaviors, decisions, and actions.

Dr. Laborde is the author of several books, including Influencing with Integrity: Management Skills for Communication and Negotiation, which has been translated into French, Japanese, Spanish, German, and Polish. She has produced video training films and courses that have been purchased by Fortune 500 Companies and educational institutions including Hewlett-Packard, Chase Manhattan Bank, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, Rochester Institute of Technology, Continental Airlines, Eastman Kodak and others.
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by:
  • DeBry & Associates
  • LaMar Winward
  • Olson & Hoggan
  • Siegfried & Jensen
  • Snow Jensen & Reece
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
1 hour CLE
Litigation
Entrada B/C
Transactional
Ballroom A
General I
Entrada A
NLCLE
Sunbrook A/B
General II
Sunbrook C
General III
Ballroom C/E

Making Your Case - The Art of Persuading Judges

Hon. Ben H. Hadfield, First District Court

 Financing, Workouts and Foreclosures on Condominium Projects

Brian Hulse
Brian Cheney, Snell & Wilmer, LLP

How to Use the Recession to Prepare for Your Upcoming Liquidity Event

N. Todd Leishman, Durham Jones & Pinegar

60 Widgets in 60 Minutes

Lincoln Mead, Webmaster, Utah State Bar

 

What Every Estate Planner Should Know About Veteran's Benefits
(NLCLE)

J. RobRoy Platt, Platt P.C.
Kevin D. Whatcott, Whatcott Barrett & Hagen

The Future of the Judicial Selection and Confirmation in Utah

Chief Justice Christine M. Durham, Utah Supreme Court (moderator)
Sen. Gregory S. Bell, Senate District 22
Brody L. Keisel, Sanpete County Attorney's Office
Robert S. Yeates, CCJJ
Hon. Wallace Lee, Sixth District Court
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by:
  • Gallian Wilcox Welker & Olson
  • Howrey LLP
  • Strong & Hanni
  • TraskBritt
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1 hour CLE
Litigation
Entrada B/C
Transactional
Ballroom A
General I
Entrada A
NLCLE
Sunbrook A/B
General II
Sunbrook C
General III
Ballroom C/E

Navigating the QDRO Minefield

Craig T. Peterson, Cathcart & Peterson

Legislative Update 2009

John T. Nielsen, Utah State Bar Lobbyist

 

Employment Agreements

A. John Pate, Pate Pierce & Baird

Critical Issues Facing the Corporate Client Considering Chapter 11

Hon. William Thomas Thurman, United States Bankruptcy Court
Andres Diaz, Chapter 13 Trustee, 1 on 1 Legal Services
Matthew M. Boley, Parsons Kinghorn & Harris (moderator)

 

The Top 10 Issues Facing Our Profession

Stephen W. Owens, Epperson & Owens

Legislative Update 2009

John T. Nielsen, Utah State Bar Lobbyist
12:30 p.m.
Meetings Adjourned


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