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15 Hours CLE available! (up to 3 hrs ethics, up to 2 hrs Prof/Civility and up to 4 hrs. self-study and 2 hrs for the Utah State Bar Film Festival! (Subject to change)
Wednesday , July 18
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| 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
OPENING RECEPTION: Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Room Terrace |
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Sponsored by: Farr, Kaufman, Sullivan, Jensen, Olds, Kaufman, Rasmussen & Nichols | Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough | Kipp & Christian | Parsons Behle & Latimer |
| 7:00 - 9:00pm |
Free Ice Skating
Compliments of the Utah State Bar |
Thursday , July 19 |
| 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast–
Sponsored in part by: Sun Valley Company
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| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. |
WELCOME (Limelight B)
Convention Co-Chairs:
Mitzi R. Collins, U.S. Federal District Court and
Mark O. Morris, Snell & Wilmer |
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS -
The Rule of Law in Other Countries
Hon. J. Clifford Wallace – Senior Circuit Court Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
MATERIALS>> |
Hon. J. Clifford Wallace graduated from San Diego State University with honors and distinction and from the School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1955, specializing in the
trial of civil matters.
In October of 1970 Judge Wallace was sworn in as United States District Judge for the Southern District of California. In July of 1972 he was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit where he served as Chief Judge from February 1991 to March 1996 and took senior status April 1996.
Judge Wallace was assigned by the U.S. Chief Justice to prepare a study on the
future of the judiciary and to make appropriate recommendations. He also served as Senior Advisor – Legal
Systems and Judicial Administration to The Asia Foundation. He is the author of forty-two professional articles and has lectured and taught courses in judicial administration in the United States and internationally.
Judge Wallace has received a number of honorary degrees and prestigious national recognition such as the Devitt Award, given annually for Distinguished Service to Justice. He is a Guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has consulted with nearly sixty judiciaries worldwide. Judge Wallace conceptualized the Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific and has served since as a resource person and presenter to the Pacific Judicial Conference and Pacific Judicial Council Conference
(U.S. Territories and former Trust Territories in the Pacific).
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| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
BUSINESS REPORTS & AWARD PRESENTATION
Report on the Utah State Bar,
Rodney G. Snow, President, Utah State Bar
Report on the State Judiciary,
Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, Utah Supreme Court
Report on the Law Schools:
Dean James R. Rashband, BYU Law School
Dean Hiram Chodosh, S.J. Quinney College of Law
Swearing in of New Bar Commissioners, Bar President and Bar President-Elect
Chief Justice Matthew B Durrant, Utah Supreme Court
Award Presentation,
Rodney G. Snow, President, Utah State Bar |
| 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
REFRESHMENT BREAK
Sponsored by: BYU Law School / DeBry & Associates / Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar |
Thursday Session I
10:15 - 11:15 a.m. (
1 CLE hour ) |
A Litigation
Limelight A
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B Transactional
Camas
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C General I
Limelight B
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D General
II
Columbine
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E General III
Limelight C
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New Rules of Civil Procedure:
In Depth Discussion with –
Hon. Todd M. Shaughnessey –
Third District Court
Materials>>
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Debriefing: Utah Residential
Foreclosure Litigation
Amy F. Sorenson – Snell & Wilmer
Timothy J. Dance – Snell & Wilmer
Materials>> TBA
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Point – Counterpoint:
Utah Immigration Laws
Rep. Christopher N. Herrod –
District 62
Sen. Ross I. Romero – District 7
Sponsored by:
Administrative Law Section Materials>> |
Part 1: Dred Scott and the
Problem of Constitutional Evil
Prof. Mark Graber – Professor of
Law and Government, University
of Maryland School of Law and
Author of Dred Scott and the
Problem of Constitutional Evil
Materials>> |
Lend a Learned Hand – Check Yes –
The New Utah State Bar Pro Bono Commission
Prof. James Backman – BYU Law School
Hon. Michele M. Christiansen – Utah Court of Appeals
C. Sue Crismon – Pro Bono Director, Utah Legal
Services
Hon Royal I. Hansen – Presiding Judge, Third District
Court
Michelle V. Harvey – Pro Bono Coordinator, Utah
State Bar
Robert O. Rice – Ray Quinney & Nebeker
Hans W. Voss – President, New Mexico State Bar
Materials>>
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| 11:15 - 11:30 a.m. |
REFRESHMENT BREAK
Sponsored by: Callister Nebeker & McCullough - Durham Jones & Pinegar - Richards Brandt Miller & Nelson - Snow Christensen & Martineau |
Thursday Session II
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. (
1 CLE hour ) |
F Litigation
Limelight A |
G Transactional
Camas
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H General I
Limelight B
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I General II
Columbine
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J General III
Limelight C
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New Rules of Civil Procedure
In Depth Discussion with:
Hon. Lyle R. Anderson – Seventh District Court
Hon. Ben H. Hadfield – First District Court
Moderator: Jonathan O. Hafen – Parr Brown
Gee & Loveless
Hon. Thomas L. Kay – Second District Court
Hon. Todd M. Shaughnessey – Third District
Court
Materials>> TBA |
2010 Estate Planning Act Update
Hugh Cawthorne – Attorney at Law
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Ethics in Appellate Courts
Hon. J. Clifford Wallace – Senior Circuit
Court Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus,
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
(ETHICS)
Materials>> |
Part 2: Dred Scott and the
Problem of Constitutional Evil
Prof. Mark Graber – Professor of
Law and Government, University
of Maryland School of Law and
Author of Dred Scott and the
Problem of Constitutional Evil
Materials>> TBA |
2012 Real Estate Capital Market
Update and Forecast
Michael P. Morris – Executive Vice
President, Managing Director, Zions
Bank Real Estate Capital Market
Materials>> TBA |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
2 CLE hours
Limelight B |
CLE VIDEO REPLAY (Optional Credit) (Self-Study)
MUST BE PRESENT TO QUALIFY FOR CLE |
| 1:30 - 4:30pm |
SHOOTING INSTRUCTION AND BEGINNERS LUCK SHOOTING TOURNAMENT: 12 years and up. Sun Valley will rent you a shotgun, show you how to handle it safely and how to break trap targets. 20 gauge shotguns available for smaller shooters. Shooters must have eye protection. Ear plugs available at gun club. Safe, fun family activity. You can’t do this in Utah! Awards for 1st and 2nd place. Each target broken during the tournament earns one ticket for a prize drawing. Prices: $95 (Sun Valley provides gun & ammunition) / $45 (You provide gun & ammunition) |
| 3:00 - 4:30pm |
BYU LAW SCHOOL RECEPTION: Duck Pond Island |
| 6:00 - 8:00pm |
FAMILY BARBEQUE: TRAIL CREEK GROUNDS. Located next to Trail Creek Cabin, just over the bridge that spans the cabin’s namesake. Catch a shuttle bus at the “BALDY BUS
LOOP” for the 5 minute trip (1.5 miles north of the resort) or enjoy a leisurely stroll/bike ride up the paved trail. Buses will shuttle continuously from 5:45 pm – 8:15 pm. |
| 6:00pm |
SENIOR LAWYERS SECTION SOCIAL & ANNUAL MEETING: Sun Valley Lodge, 2d Floor, Sun Room |
| 8:30pm |
MOVIE: Opera House: Puss In Boots.  |
Friday, July 20 |
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
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REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Sponsored by: Babcock, Scott & Babcock / Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll /
Fabian & Clendenin / Van Cott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy |
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
1 CLE hour |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS –
Limlight B
The Vanishing American Lawyer
MATERIALS>>

Prof. Thomas D. Morgan – George Washington University Law School
Prof. Thomas D. Morgan, George Washington University Law School, teaches antitrust law and professional responsibility. An author of articles and widely-used casebooks in both subjects, he also writes about administrative law, economic regulation, and legal education. A lecturer and consultant to law firms on questions of professional ethics and lawyer malpractice, Professor Morgan was selected by the American Law Institute as one of three professors to prepare its new Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, and by the American Bar Association as one of three professors to draft revisions to its Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Professor Morgan has been dean of the Emory University School of Law, a professor at the University of Illinois and Brigham Young
University, a visiting professor at Cornell, and a visiting scholar at Oxford. In 1990, he served as president of the Association of American Law Schools. |
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BUSINESS REPORT
Report on the Federal Judiciary – Chief Judge Ted Stewart, U.S. District Court, District of Utah
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Presentation of Annual Awards -
Rodney G. Snow, President, Utah State Bar |
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Judge of the Year
Lawyer of the Year
Section of the Year
Lifetime Service Award
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10:00 - 10:15a.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK
Sponsored by: Clyde Snow & Sessions / Parr Brown Gee & Loveless / Ray Quinney & Nebeker / Thorpe, North & Western |
Friday Session 1
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (
1 CLE hour ) |
K Litigation
Limelight C
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L Transactional
Limlight B
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M General I
Camas
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N General II
Limelight A
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O General III
Lupine
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How to Win Judges and Summary
Judgment Motions
Hon. Thomas L. Kay – Second
District Court
Materials:
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Part 1: Accounting, Finance and
Economics for Transactional
Lawyers
Moderator: Hon. Dee V. Benson –
U.S. Federal District Court for Utah
Christine Botosan – Professor of
Accounting, University of Utah
Mark Glick – Professor of Economics,
University of Utah
Materials>> |
Part 1: Contractor v. Lender:
Prosecuting & Defending
Mechanics Lien Claims Between
Contractors/Suppliers and Lenders/
Title Companies
Dana T. Farmer – Smith Knowles
Bradley L. Tilt – Fabian & Clendenin
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The War Powers Resolution and
National Security
Alain C. Balmanno – Christensen &
Jensen |
Protecting Your Clients’ IP When
They Export: Six Tools to Know
Nicholas D. Wells – Wells I.P. Law, LLC |
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK
Sponsored by: Christensen & Jensen / Kirton & McConkie / Nielsen & Senior |
Friday Session 2
11:15 - 12:15 p.m. (
1 CLE hour ) |
P Litigation
Limmelight C
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Q Transactional
Limelight B
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R General I
Camas
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S General II
Limelight A
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T General III
Lupine
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The Criminal Law & Civil Law Conundrum – Playing Nice
James C. Bradshaw – Brown Bradshaw
& Moffatt
Christopher G. Bown – Salt Lake
District Attorney’s Office
(PROF./CIVILITY)
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Part 2: Accounting, Finance and
Economics for Transactional Lawyers
Moderator: Hon. Clark Waddoups –
U.S. Federal District Court for Utah
James R. Kearl - Prof. of Economics Brigham Young University
Ted Tatos – Statistician, Empirical
Analytics
Richard Hoffman – Lone Peak Valuation
Materials>>
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Part 2: Contractor v. Lender:
Prosecuting & Defending
Mechanics Lien Claims Between
Contractors / Suppliers and Lenders/
Title Companies
Dana T. Farmer – Smith Knowles
Bradley L. Tilt – Fabian & Clendenin |
The Vanishing American Lawyer and
the Future of the Practice of Law
Prof. Thomas D. Morgan – George
Washington University Law School
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What You Need to Know about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Aaron G. Murphy – Latham & Watkins,
LLP, Los Angeles, CA
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1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
2 CLE hours |
CLE VIDEO REPLAY (Optional credit) (Self-Study)
MUST BE PRESENT |
| 1:30 p.m. |
24th Annual President’s Cup Golf Tournament
Sun Valley Resort Golf Course; $165 per player. (SAME PRICE AS 2 YEARS AGO!) Four-person scramble for men, women and couples.
(shotgun) S.J. Quinney College of Law Reception to follow at 5:00 pm. |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Tennis Tournament: Sun Valley Tennis Courts; $45 per player. Doubles mixer played in round-robin format. Attorneyss, friends and family members are invited to participate. |
| 1:30 - 4:30pm |
TRAP SHOOT:
Trap Shooting Tournament: 50 Targets: $95 (Sun Valley provides gun & ammunition) $45 (You provide gun & ammunition)
Sporting Clays Tournament: 100 Targets: $130 (Sun Valley provides gun & ammunition) $75 (You provide gun & ammunition |
3:00pm
CANCELLED |
FLY FISHING COURSE/CASTING COMPETITION: EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE "Ketchum on the Fly" STORE IN SUN VALLEY NO LONGER CARRIES FLY FISHING COURSE/CASTING EQUIPMENT. |
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW RECEPTION: Sun Valley Resort Golf Course – Sun Valley Club house, north outside patio. |
6:30 - 9:30*pm
Limelight B |
Friday Evening Social – Sun Valley Inn Terrace: |
6:30 - 7:30pm
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Ice Cream Social. Compliments of the Utah State Bar. |
7:30pm
Limelight B
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Utah State Bar Film Presentation – “Nutcracker”, a film based on a murder which took place in Salt Lake City. 15 minute introduction; 95 minute run-time; 30 minute panel discussion. Panel: Detective/Investigator Michael George, Hon. Ernest W. Jones – Second District Court, James C. Bradshaw – Brown Bradshaw& Moffatt, Hon. Philip R. Fishler – Strong & Hanni, Hon. Leslie A Lewis – Moderator and Program Chair. *End time dependant on length of movie and panel discussion. |
Saturday,
July 21 |
| 7:00am |
FUN RUN: Sun Valley Golf Course Pro Shop; $25; 3-mile course. Open to all ages. Entry fee includes beverages and prizes. |
| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. |
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Sponsored by: Stoel Rives - TraskBritt - Williams & Hunt |
| 8:30 - 9:00am |
Report on the Utah Bar Foundation:
Board of Director – Utah Bar Foundation |
9:00 - 10:00am
1 CLE HOUR |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Limelight B)
Ethics Safari: Surviving the Legal Practice Jungle
MATERIALS>>
Jack Marshall is the president and founder of ProEthics, Ltd., and the primary writer
and editor of the ethics commentary blog, Ethics Alarms (www.ethicsalarms.com). He has taken the experience gleaned from a diverse career in law, public policy, academia and theater and applied it to the field of legal, business, accounting and organizational ethics. Leading ProEthics, he has developed more than 120 programs for bar associations, law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and non-profit organizations, and has presented programs nationally from Alaska to Florida, and internationally from Mongolia to Nigeria.
A member of the Massachusetts and D.C. Bars, Marshall is a graduate of Harvard College and Georgetown University Law Center. He is also an award-winning stage director, and is the founder and artistic director of The American Century Theater, a professional company dedicated to producing classic American plays. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and business partner, Grace Marshall, their son Grant, and their Jack Russell Terrier, Rugby. Like many who are interested in the nature of good, evil, justice, and chaos, Marshall is a lifetime fan of the Boston Red Sox. |
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. REFRESHMENT BREAK
Sponsored by: Cohne, Rappaport & Segal / Holland & Hart /
Randy S. Kester / Workman Nydegger |
Saturday Session 1
10:15 - 11:15am (
1 CLE hour ) |
U Litigation
Limelight A
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V Transactional
Limelight B
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W General I
Camas
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X General II
Limelight C
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Y General III
Lupine
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High Conflict Issues in Custody
Cases
Martin N. Olsen – Olsen & Olsen
Melissa M. Bean – Parsons Behle &
Latimer
Materials>>TBA |
The State of Business in Utah
Natalie Gochnour – Executive Vice
President of Policy & Communication,
Chief Economist, Salt Lake Chamber
of Commerce
Materials>>TBA |
Stern v. Marshall One Year After:
What’s New About Bankruptcy
Court Jurisdiction
David E. Leta – Snell & Wilmer
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Unconscious Bias:
How to Recognize Generational
and Cultural Differences
Yvette D. Donosso – Utah Attorney
General’s Office
(PROF./CIVILITY)
Materials>> |
Caveat Venditor
(Let the Seller Beware)
Michael Hines – Former Director of the Enforcement Section of the Utah
Division of Securities
Materials>> |
11:15 - 11:30am REFRESHMENT BREAK
Sponsored by: Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler / Snell & Wilmer / Strong & Hanni |
Saturday Session 2
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. (
1 CLE hour ) |
Z Litigation
Limelight A
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AA Transactional
Limelight B |
BB General I
Camas |
CC General II
Limelight C |
DD General III
Lupine |
Internet Investigative Tools for
Lawyers
Jared D. Olson – Traffic Safety
Resource Prosecutor, Idaho
Prosecuting Attorneys Association
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Survival Strategies in the Technology Jungle
Jack Marshall – ProEthics
(ETHICS)
Materials>>TBA
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Unpaid Payroll Taxes: Handling an IRS Trust Fund Penalty from
Administrative Proceedings
through Litigation
Paul W. Jones – Attorney at Law
Materials>>TBA |
Courtroom Technology: You Better
Learn What It Is and How To Use It
Hon. Clark Waddoups – U.S. District
Court for the District of Utah
Peter Stirba – Stirba & Associates
Eric Wheeler – Trial Tech
Materials>>TBA |
It’s More Than LUST That Can Get You and Your Client in Trouble:
Environmental Considerations in
the Everyday Practice of Law
E. Blaine Rawson – Ray Quinney &
Nebeker
Materials>>TBA |
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