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2020 Bench & Bar Conference
Mon, August 31, 2020
3:00 PM to
Wed, September 2, 2020
12:00 PM CT
2020 Bench & Bar Conference
August 31 - September 2, 2020
10.0 MO MCLE Hours (Including 4.0 Ethics Hours and 1.0 Ethics/Elimination of Bias Hour)
Registration
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| BAMSL Members | $295 |
| Non-Members | $395 |
| Members of the Judiciary | Free |
Agenda
| Monday, August 31, 2020 | ||
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| 2-2:10 p.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks Hon. Glenn Norton — Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, LC and Alaris Mediation Services |
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| 2:20-3:10 p.m. | Short Session, Big Changes: A Missouri Election and Legislative Update Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-098) Sen. Scott Sifton (D-01) Jay R. Hahn — Registered Lobbyist Moderated by Kevin D. Gunn — Law Offices of Kevin D. Gunn |
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| 3:20-4:10 p.m. | Diversity, Equity, Justice: Concrete Actions for Righting the Wrongs of Racial Injustice in the Legal Profession 1.0 MO Ethics/Elimination of Bias William Johnson — Saint Louis University School of Law Shatrasha Stone — Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC |
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| 4:20-5:10 p.m. | Celebrating the Supreme Court’s 200 Year Anniversary Hon. George W. Draper III — Chief Justice Hon. Patricia Breckenridge Hon. Zel M. Fischer Hon. W. Brent Powell Hon. Mary R. Russell Hon. Laura Denvir Stith Hon. Paul C. Wilson |
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| 5:10-5:20 p.m. | Day 1 Closing Remarks Hon. Glenn Norton — Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, LC and Alaris Mediation Services |
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| 5:20-6:00 p.m. | Judicial Trivia Not offered for MCLE credit. Hosted by Hon. Duane Benton — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
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| 6-6:30 p.m. | Virtual Happy Hour | |
| Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | ||
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Virtual Yoga and Well-Being CLE 1.0 MO Ethics Amy Rebecca Johnson — Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, P.C. |
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| 9-9:20 a.m. | Missouri History: The Journey of African American Attorneys Not offered for MCLE credit. Hon. Willie J. Epps, Jr. — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri |
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| 9:30-10:20 a.m. | Reviewing the Professional Behavior of a Lawyer in Court: Highlights from the Bench 1.0 MO Ethics Hon. Colleen Dolan — Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District Hon. Kristine A. Kerr — St. Louis County Circuit Court Hon. Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey — St. Charles County Circuit Court Hon. Michael W. Noble — St. Louis City Circuit Court Tom Schwartz — Holloran Schwartz & Gaertner LLP Moderated by Matthew J. Reh — Armstrong Teasdale LLP |
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| 10:30-11:20 a.m. | The New Normal, A Roundtable Discussion: Virtual Trials or Not, Mediations—Ethical Considerations 1.0 MO Ethics Hon. Rex M. Burlison — St. Louis City Circuit Court Hon. E. Richard Webber — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Michael P. Downey — Downey Law Group LLC |
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| 11:30-12:20 p.m. | Marketing in 2020 Anne Brockland — Casey Devoti & Brockland, P.C. Andy Crouppen — Brown & Crouppen, P.C. Liz Irwin — Missouri Lawyers Media Moderated by Bob Tomaso — Husch Blackwell LLP |
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| Wednesday, September 2, 2020 | ||
| 9:30-10:20 a.m. | Law and the Media 1.0 MO Ethics Ben Frederickson — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Catherine Hanaway — Husch Blackwell LLP Robert Patrick — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scott Rosenblum — Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry, P.C. Lauren Trager — KMOV Channel 4 Moderated by Hon. Rodney W. Sippel — Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
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| 10:30-11:20 a.m. | White Collar Crime: A Perspective from the U.S. Attorney's Office Gwen Carroll — United States Attorney's Office Jeff Jensen — United States Attorney Joshua C. Morrill — Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| 11:30-12:20 p.m. | Courts Are Still Open: What’s Happening in Your Court? Update from the St. Louis City and St. Louis County Circuit Courts, and the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. |
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| 12:20-12:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks Hon. Glenn Norton — Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, LC and Alaris Mediation Services |
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Mon, August 31, 2020
3:00 PM to
Wed, September 2, 2020
12:00 PM CT
Rebecca Hedrick
rhedrick@bamsl.org
314-421-4134 ext. 3112
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