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Litigation |
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Transactional |
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General |
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General II |
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General III |
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General IV |
e-Discovery Under the New Civil Rules
Phillip 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 |
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LITIGATION |
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TRANSACTIONAL |
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GENERAL I |
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GENERAL II |
K
General III |
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General IV |
What the 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
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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
Point – Counter-Point: Current Developments in Government Surveillance
R. Scott Young – Snow Christensen & Martineau
John M. Mejia – ACLU of Utah |
N Track 2
Hanging Your Shingle: What You Need vs. What You Want – Technology for the Law Office
Lincoln Mead – IT Director, Utah State Bar |
| 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 - Keith C Barnes, Spring Convention Chair, Cedar City |
Keynote Speaker
1 Hr CLE Credit |
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George M. Feiger, Ph.D. –
Chief Executive Officer, Contango Capital Advisors, Inc.
GEORGE FEIGER heads Contango Capital Advisors, a wealth management business in the western US and a subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation. Mr. Feiger is also head of wealth management for Zions, where his responsibilities include oversight of Western National Trust Company, a nationally chartered trust bank. In addition, he serves as executive vice president of Zions Bancorporation, a member of its Executive Management Committee and Benefits Committee, and executive vice president of Zions First National Bank.
Prior to founding Contango, he served as CEO of global investment banking and wealth management businesses, consultant to CEOs and boards of US and European financial institutions, and corporate finance advisor to a variety of companies.
Mr. Feiger, the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and taught economics as a lecturer in that institution’s Department of Economics, before moving to the Stanford University Graduate School of Business as an associate professor of finance. |
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President-Elect Nominee |
James D. Gilson, Callister, Nebeker & McCullough |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am Refreshment Break (Sponsored by: Lawyers Helping Lawyers) |
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LITIGATION |
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TRANSACTIONAL |
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GENERAL I |
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GENERAL II |
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GENERAL III |
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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 |
The New JOBS Act with Recent
Developments
P. Christian Anderson – Ballard Spahr,
LLP
Todd A. Reece – Ballard Spahr, LLP |
A Conversation with George M. Feiger, Ph.D.
George M. Feiger, Ph.D. |
Civility Comes up More Often Than You Think
Billy Walker - Sr. Counsel, Office Of Professional Conduct
Carol L.L. Verdoia - Attorney General's Office
PROF/CIV
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Nuts and Bolts – Family Law Procedure and Best Practices
Comm. Katherine Conklin
YLD
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am Refreshment Break (Sponsored by: Lawyers Helping Lawyers) |
| 11:30-12:30 |
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
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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
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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 |
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 |
