CLE Program Schedule
Approved for up to 10 hours CLE credit, including up to 2 hours Professionalism/Civility, up to 1 hour ethis,
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
Directions on how to get to the dixie center http://www.dixiecenter.com/maps.html
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Thursday,
March 15, 2012
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6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Opening Reception & Silent
Auction, Dixie Center North Lobby
(See Events for further information.) |
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Sponsored by: |
- Farr Kaufman Sullivan Jensen Olds Kaufman Rasmussen & Nichols
- Parsons Behle & Latimer
- Snow Christensen & Martineau
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Friday,
March 16, 2012
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8:00 a.m. |
Registration & Continental
Breakfast, Dixie Center North Lobby |
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Sponsored by: |
- Barney McKenna & Olmstead
- Hillyard, Anderson & Olsen
- Kipp and Christian
- Kirton & McConkie
- Holland & Hart
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8:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
Ballroom C/E
Welcome -
Spring Convention Co-Chairs
Laura Rasmussen – Farr, Kaufman, Sullivan, Jensen,
Olds, Kaufman, Rassmussen & Nichols
Heath Snow – Bingham, Snow & Caldwell |
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Keynote Speaker |
Leadership Principles for Lawyers:
It’s Not Just for Law Firm Managers
Ron Vandermyde,
CEO, Premiere Management Associates, Inc. >>MATERIALS |
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 Ron Vandermyde is the recipient of the National Leadership Award, honorary co-chair of the National Business Advisory Council
and has been recognized as Utah’s Businessman of the Year. His business experience includes service as President and CEO of three corporations, Vice President and Executive Vice President of three corporations, and as Regional Manager and Salesman. For the past 15 years, Ron has served as President and CEO of Premiere Management Associates Inc., a management consulting firm. Throughout the past 24 years, Ron has provided instructional and mentoring guidance to government officials, managers, corporate sales people, physicians, managers, operations and support staff, university professors, attorneys, parks, police, S.W.A.T., fire and investigative bureaus, attorneys general, children’s and juvenile justice centers and corporate education development teams. He regularly trains and/or speaks on subjects such as leadership ethics, organizational efficiency, conflict, negotiation, customer service, dealing with global change and professionalism. He has also served as a consultant to a wide variety of private businesses, state agencies and private corporate executives through many major enterprise initiatives.
Ron has successfully mentored over 140 teams with many projects reaching national prominence. He has direct experience with every level of private business and
state and local Governments, and is highly regarded for his expertise in change management, organizational development and strategy. His primary focus is assisting
entrepreneurs to develop strong and viable businesses
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Awards presented by:
Lori W. Nelson, Utah State Bar President-Elect
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- Dorothy Merrill Brothers - Advancement of Women in the
Legal Profession
- Raymond S. Uno - Advancement of Minorities in the Legal
Profession
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10:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
Refreshment
Break |
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Sponsored by: |
- Bingham, Snow & Caldwell
- Christensen & Jensen
- Parr, Brown, Gee & Loveless
- Snow Jensen & Reece
- TraskBritt
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10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
1 hour CLE |
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A
Litigation
Ballroom C/E
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B Transactional
Entrada A
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F
General
IV
Sunbrook A/B
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Ethics in Plea Negotiations: An
Ethical Perspective from Defense,
Prosecution, and the Bench
Clayton A. Simms – Clayton A.
Simms, LLC
George A.
Vo-Duc
– Deputy District
Attorney, Salt Lake County
Hon. Royal I. Hansen
– Third
District Court
ETHICS
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The Business Lawyer’s
Essential Tool Kit
Justin J. Atwater
– Durham Jones
& Pinegar
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Leadership in Law Practice
Management
Ron Vandermyde
– Premiere
Management
Association, Inc.
PROF/CIV
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Latest Technology Law Firms
Lawyers Can’t Live Without
David Clark
– Jones Waldo
Holbrook & McDonough
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Mediation Styles
Christian W. Clinger – Clinger
Lee Clinger
Josh F. King -
King & King
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The Effective Use
of Tax Returns
and Financial/Accounting
Documents in
Divorce Cases
Dean C. Andreasen
– Clyde
Snow and Sessions
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11:15 - 11:30 a.m. |
Refreshment Break |
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Sponsored by: |
- BrindleySullivan
- Fabian & Clendenin
- JensenBayles, LLP
- Nielsen & Senior
- Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson
- Workman/Nydegger
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11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1 hour CLE |
G
Litigation
Ballroom C/E
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H Transactional
Sunbrook A/B
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J General II
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K General
III
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The Anatomy of an Appeal
Justice Matthew B. Durrant
–
Utah Supreme Court
Hon. Gregory K. Orme
– Utah
Court of Appeals
Bryan J. Pattison
– Durham
Jones & Pinegar
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Reform: The America Invents Act
Clinton E. Duke – Durham Jones
& Pinegar
Brick G. Power – Durham Jones
& Pinegar
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Water Right Conveyances and
Practice Before the Utah State
Engineer: Basics for Every Lawyer
Wendy B. Crowther – Clyde
Snow & Sessions
James Greer – Division of Water
Rights
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Cloud Computing: When it
Rains on the Clouds
David J. Shaw
– Kirton &
McConkie
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Lessons in Lawyering in a Small
or Solo Legal Practice
Denver C. Snuffer, Jr. - Nelson Snuffer, Dahle & Poulsen, P.C.
Adam D. Ford - Ford & Huff, LC
Cathleen C. Gilbert - Gilbert law Office - Moderator
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The Private GAL Program: A Way Practitioners Can Get Involved in Child Welfare
Craig M. Bunnell – Utah Office
of Guardian ad Litem
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| 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch Presentation - Atrium (ticketed event) |
1 Hour CLE |
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Going Global
Lew Cramer,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
World Trade Center Utah |
Sponsored by:
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- Gallia Wilcox Welker
- Olson & Beckstrom, LP
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 Since 2006, Lew Cramer, with his talented colleagues and strategic partners, has directed the World Trade Center Utah in enhancing our
state’s international expansion by assisting Utah firms in connecting with global business opportunities. Previously, Mr. Cramer served as
director general of the U.S. Commercial Service during the first Bush administration, directing the activities of 1,400 commercial officers at
over 150 embassies worldwide, as well as in 65 offices throughout the United States.
During his many years in Washington, D.C., Mr. Cramer also worked with US WEST International in developing major telecommunications
projects in over thirty countries. During the Reagan administration, he served as a White House Fellow, as a Deputy Assistant Commerce
Secretary, and as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.
Mr. Cramer also practiced corporate law in Los Angeles and in the San Francisco Bay area. For many years, he taught at the business schools
of the University of Southern California and Georgetown University. He is an honors graduate of the charter class of the Brigham Young
University Law School.
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| 2:00 - 2:15 p.m. |
Refreshment Break |
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Sponsored by: |
- Babcock, Scott & Babcock
- Bradley C. Harr
- Clarkson Draper & Beckstrom
- Strong & Hanni
- Travis R. Christiansen
- Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy
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2:15 - 3:15 p.m. |
M Track 1
Ballroom A |
N Track 2
Sunbrook A/B |
Tablets, Technology, and Other Shiny Things...
Lincoln Mead IT Director, Utah State Bar
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Creditor Rights & Bankruptcy
Michael F. Thomson – Durham Jones & Pinegar
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2:00 p.m. |
Golf ~ Sunbrook Golf Course
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6:00 p.m.
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Senior Lawyers Section Social and Dinner
Alan Boyack residence, 375 Pimlico Drive, St. George • (435) 673-2311 (home) / (435) 680-2676 (cell)
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6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Bowling – Dixie Bowl & Recreation Center
(See Events for further information) |
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Sponsored by: |
Southern Utah Bar Association |
| Saturday,
March 17, 2012
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8:30 a.m. |
Registration & Continental
Breakfast, Dixie Center North Lobby |
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Sponsored by: |
- Ballard Spahr LLP
- Durham, Jones & Pinegar
- Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough
- Ray, Quinney & Nebeker
- Snell & Wilmer
- Thorpe, North & Western
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9:00 -9:10
9:10 - 10:10 a.m.
1 hour CLE
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Ballroom C/E
Welcome
Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III
President, American Bar Association
No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom
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 Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III is Member-in-Charge of the Northern Kentucky offices of Frost Brown Todd LLC, a regional law
firm with offices in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and Indiana. He currently serves as President of the American Bar
Association for a one-year term which began on August 8, 2011.
Throughout his 40-year career, Robinson has been a volunteer leader in his profession and in his community. An ABA member since
1972, he has been active in the Association for more than 25 years in various leadership roles, including three years as ABA Treasurer,
eight years on the ABA Board of Governors and nine years as Kentucky State Delegate on the ABA Nominating Committee.
Robinson has served as a President of the Kentucky Bar Association, President of the Kentucky Bar Foundation, Founding Chair of
Kentucky’s Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) and President of the National Caucus of State Bar Associations.
Robinson is a graduate of Thomas More College and the University of Kentucky, College of Law, where in 2004 he was inducted into
the Alumni Hall of Fame. He served as Chair of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Board, Chair of the Cincinnati USA Partnership for Economic Development and is Founding Secretary-Treasurer of the Tri-County Economic Development
Corporation (Tri-ED).
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10:10 - 10:30 a.m. |
President-Elect Candidate, Curtis M. Jensen |
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. |
Refreshment Break |
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Sponsored by: |
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10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
1 hour CLE
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O Litigation
Ballroom C/E
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P Transactional
Ballroom A
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S General
III
Entrada B/C
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Views from the Benches & Views
from the Trenches: The Amended
Rules of Civil Procedure
Hon. G. Michael Westfall –
Fifth
District Court
Hon. Kate A. Toomey - Third District Court
Michael F. Leavitt – Durham
Jones & Pinegar
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What Business Attorneys and
In-House Counsel Need to
Know to Avoid Intellectual
Property Pitfalls
Jared S. Goff – Goff Patent Law
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Preservation of the Justice
System
Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III –
President - American Bar
Association
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International Practice Awareness and Opportunities
Timothy B. Anderson, Marianne G. Sorensen, Rachel Nadgeli - Jones
Waldo Holbrook & McDonough Lisa Cheng, China - Association for Science and Technology
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8 Things Every Real Property
Attorney Must Know About
Land Use Law
Brent N. Bateman – Utah
Property Rights Ombudsman
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Preparing for End of Life
Becky Allred – Stagg Fiduciary Services
TantaLisa Clayton – Utah Legal
Services
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11:45 - 12:00 p.m. |
Refreshment Break |
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Sponsored by: |
- Cohne, Rappaport & Segal
- Clyde Snow & Sessions
- DeBry & Associates
- Hughes Thompson Randall & Mellen
- Randy S. Kester
- Utah Bar Foundation
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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1 hour CLE
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U Litigation
Ballroom C/E
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V Transactional
Ballroom A
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Y General
III
Entrada B/C
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2012 Legislative Update
John T. Nielsen – Utah State
Bar Legislative Lobbyists
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NLTP: The Good Mentor
Su Chon -
State of Utah Property Rights Ombudsman's Office
Curtis M. Jensen –
Snow Jensen
and Reece
Thomas J. Scribner – Scribner &
McCandless, P.C.
Thomas W. Seiler – Robinson,
Seiler & Anderson
Hugh Cawthorne – Alder & Robb
PROF/CIV
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2012 Legislative Update
John T. Nielsen – Utah State
Bar Legislative Lobbyists
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Survival Skills for General
Practitioners in Juvenile Court
Hon. Thomas M. Higbee – Fifth
District Juvenile Court
Hon. Jeffrey J. Nolan – Second
District Juvenile Court
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Utah’s Mechanic’s Lien Laws
Conrad H. Johansen – Olsen
Skoubye & Nielson
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Healthcare Reform: Counseling
Businesses and Physicians
David J. Castleton – Ray
Quinney & Nebeker
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1:15 p.m.
2 CLE Hours
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Bar Film-
CHANGE OF FILM: "I Am Sam"
Program Coordinator:
Leslie A Lewis
Panelists:
Phil R. Fishler - Strong & Hanni
Josette T. Dorius, M.P.H., Universityof Utah Neuropsychology Institute
Lisa-Michele Church - Administrative Office of the Courts
End time depends on movie length and panel discussion
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Continuing Legal Education Seminars and
lunches are intended for lawyers and their legal affiliates
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