ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division 2011 National Solo & Small Firm Conference
Why Attend?
The National Solo & Small Firm Conference (NSSFC), which will take place in coordination with the ABA GPSolo Division's Fall Meeting in Denver, Colorado, attracts more than 200 solos and small firm practitioners annually from across the country and abroad. Attorneys attend this conference to expand their professional networks and pursue continuing legal education training on a variety of topics.
What You Will Learn
Attendees have four simulaneous tracks to choose from, including a vendor track for lawyers to learn more about exciting products and services geared to improve their practice. All 48 sessions will be available via live video webcast, allowing you to tailor the conference to your particular interests. In addition, everyone, whether attending in person or via webcast, will have the opportunity to watch each and every session on demand at their convenience after the conference!
Topics, among many, include:
RESPA, Dodd-Frank, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and what it means for your real estate practice
10 Ways WordPerfect Can Make You Work Better, Stronger, Faster
Finding Business Using a Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Credit Scores, Credit Reporting & The FCRA: Why Jury Verdicts Keep Rising
How to Get More Clients Through Legal Plan Participation
Solo and Small Firm Strategies to Gain Business from Corporate Clients
And much more!
More information may be found on the ABA GPSolo Division website, here.
Faculty
Jeffrey Allen, Graves & Allen, Oakland, California
Robert Ambrogi, Law Office of Robert Ambrogi, Rockport, Massachusetts
Chris Attig, Attig Law Firm PLLC, Dallas, Texas
Aurora Austriaco, Austriaco & Associates Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
Shari Baker, Shari Baker LLC, Boulder, Colorado
Ken Barrows, Colorado Legal Services, Denver, Colorado
Jean L. Batman, Legal Venture Counsel, Inc., San Francisco, California
Joe T. Bernstein, G.W. Merrick & Associates, LLC, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Elizabeth Bleakley, Kopecky, Schumacher & Bleakley, P.C., Chicago, Illinois
Melanie D. Bragg, Bragg Law, Houston, Texas
Erika Burke, Harrington Brewster & Clein, P.C. and Denver Center for Mediation & Collaborative Law, Denver, Colorado
Brett Burney, Burney Consultants LLC, Cleveland, Ohio
J. William Callison, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, Colorado
Jim Calloway, Oklahoma Bar Associaton, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
James F. Carr, Littleton, Colorado
Barbara E. Cashman, Law Office of Barbara Cashman Hahn, LLC, Denver, Colorado
Diana Castaneda, KIND (Kids in Need of Defense), New York
Paul H. Chan, University Counsel's Office, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Leslie A. Cohen, Leslie Cohen Law PC, Santa Monica, California
James Coyle, Chief Deputy Regulation Counsel, CO, Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation, Denver, Colorado
S. Kato Crews, Mastin Hoffman & Crews PC, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Daniel Crothers, Judge, North Dakota Supreme Court, Bismarck, North Dakota
Robert Dzik, Hyatt Legal Plans, Cleveland, Ohio
Rees Evans, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Debra Fagan, Broker Associate, Fuller Sfuller Sotheby's International Realty, Denver, Colorado
Christina Fiflis, Fiflis Law LLC, Boulder, Colorado
Wendell Finner, Finner Wendell, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Marc Firestone, Kraft Foods, Northfield, Illinois
Michael Flowers, Vice President and Chief Financial Legal Officer, KBK Enterprises, Columbus, Ohio
Howard Fulfrost, Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP, Los Angeles, California
Kathleen M. Glynn, Children's Program Staff Attorney, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN), Westminster, Colorado
Theresa Gronkiewicz, Collins and Bargione, Chicago, Illinois
Don Hagans, Executive Chairman, LIVIA Legal, Incline Village, Nevada
Ashley Hallene, Katy, Texas
Terri Harrington, Harrington Brewster & Clein, P.C. and Denver Center for Mediation & Collaborative Law, Denver, Colorado
Evan Hendricks, Privacy Times Inc., Cabin John, Maryland
Luz Herrera, Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California
Rich Hogan, CATIC, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
H. Ritchey Hollenbaugh, Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP, Columbus, Ohio
Kathleen Hopkins, Real Property Law Group PLLC, Seattle, Washington
Will Hornsby, Staff Counsel, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois
Robert R. Keatinge, Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado
Thomas M. Kim, Senior Managing Director, r2 advisors, llc, Denver, Colorado
Alan Klevan, Klevan & Klevan LLP, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Kenneth P. Knapp, Deputy Director, Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ross L. Kodner, President, MicroLaw Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Michael Koenecke, Richardson, Texas
Stewart Levine, Resolution Works, Oakland, California
Herrick K. Lidstone, Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Greenwood Village, Colorado
Evan L. Loeffler, Law Offices of E.L. Loeffler, PLLC, Seattle, Washington
Charles Lucy, Holland and Hart LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Kevin Lynch, Environmental Law Clinic Fellow, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado
Myles V. Lynk, Professor, Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona
Kimberly Martinez, Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski LLC, Denver, Colorado
Lincoln Mead, Utah State Bar, Salt Lake City, Utah
Amy Lin Meyerson, Law Office of Amy Lin Meyerson, Weston, Connecticut
Sheila Hill Morgan, President and CEO, Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Chicago, Illinois
Reba Nance, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, Colorado
Eric L. Nesbitt, Law Offices of Eric L. Nesbitt, PC, Denver, Colorado
Cassandra Netzke, Mediator & Attorney, Netzke & Wishart, LLC, Denver, Colorado
Jack Newton, CEO & Co-Founder, Clio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Christina Nida, Denver, Colorado
D. Scott Pappas, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Andrew Perlman, Professor, Suffolk, Sharon, Massachusetts
Kristin Petri, Managing Attorney for the Children's Program, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN), Westminster, Colorado
Donelle H. Ratheal, Donelle H. Ratheal PC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Martha L. Ridgway, Martha L. Ridgway PC, Louisville, Colorado
Fred P. Rooney, Director of Community Legal Resource Network (CLRN) and External Relations, CUNY School of Law, Flushing, New York
Ellyn Rosen, Staff Counsel, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois
Ben Schorr, President, Roland Schorr & Tower, Flagstaff, Arizona
Todd Scott, VP Risk Management, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Stan Sena, President and CEO, Rocky Mountain Supplier Development Council, Denver, Colorado
Ann Shaw, Shaw Legal Services, Chicago, Illinois
Allen Sparkman, Sparkman + Foote LLP, Denver, Colorado
Ben Stetler, Collaborative Attorney and Mediator, Stetler Family Law & Mediation LLC, Denver, Colorado
Andrew M. Toft, Owner/Solo Practitioner, Andrew M. Toft, Attorney at Law, Denver, Colorado
Davis Tracy, Naylor Williams & Tracy Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mimi Tsankov, Judge, Los Angeles Immigration Court, Los Angeles, California
Noel Tucker, The Tucker Law Firm, Edmond, Oklahoma,
Phillip Tucker, The Tucker Law Firm, Edmond, Oklahoma
Kimberly Tyson, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC, Denver, Colorado
J. Anthony Vittal, The Vittal Law Firm, Los Angeles, California
Tim B. Walker, University of Denver College of Law, Centennial, Colorado
Daniel H. Willetts, SVP, Asset Recovery Group, KeyBank, Denver, CO
Robin Wofford, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, San Diego, California
Sandra Yamate, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, Chicago, Illinois
Robert Zupkus, Zupkus & Angell PC, Denver, Colorado
Please note that ALI-ABA is only handling registration for the live video webcast. If you wish to attend the conference in person, please visit the ABA GPSolo Division website here.
Program Schedule
Please click here to see the complete schedule and program descriptions.
View an individual room program: Continental A | Continental B | Lawrence A | Lawrence B
| Friday, October 21, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time: | Topic: | Speaker: |
| 8:00 am - 8:50 am | Turnaround, Corporate Renewal and Restructuring: An Option for Your Troubled Business Client? | Andrew Toft, Denver, CO Thomas M. Kim, Denver, CO |
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | Motions to Stay Discovery When a Motion to Dismiss is Pending | Kevin Lynch, Denver, CO |
| 10:00 am - 10:50 am | The Regulation of Non-Legal Professionals - Basic Procedures in Licensing and Discipline | Jim Carr, Littleton, CO |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am | Advising a Small Business Seeking Financing or Acquisition | Jean Batman, San Francisco, CA |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | R-E-S-P-E-C-T YES, THAT IS WHAT...NO, NO ITS R-E-S-P-A! Learn about RESPA, Dodd-Frank and their mutual friend, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and what it means for your real estate practice! | Rich Hogan, Rocky Hill, CT Eric Nesbitt, Denver, CO Kimberly Martinez, Denver, CO |
| 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm | Residential Foreclosure Update | Wendell Finner, Jacksonville Beach, FL Ken Barrows, Denver, CO |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | How the Public Finds Lawyers | H. Ritchey Hollenbaugh, Columbus, OH Luz Herrera, San Diego, CA Fred Rooney, Flushing, NY Will Hornsby, Chicago, IL |
| Saturday, October 22, 2011 | ||
| 8:10am - 9:40 am | Plenary - Perils of Pauline: An Ethical Musical Dilemma | Noel Tucker, Edmond, OK Phillip Tucker, Edmond, OK Donelle Ratheal, Oklahoma City, OK David Tracy, Tulsa, OK D. Scott Pappas, Stillwater, OK Rees Evans, Oklahoma City, OK Tim Walker, Centennial, CO |
| 9:45am - 11:15 am | Credit Scores, Credit Reporting & The FCRA: Why Jury Verdicts Keep Rising | Evan Hendricks, Cabin John, MD |
| 11:30am - 12:30 pm | How to Get More Clients Through Legal Plan Participation | Robert Dzik, Cleveland, OH |
| 1:45pm - 3:15 pm | Veterans Disability Compensation: An Overview for the Small Firm or Solo Practitioner | Chris Attig, Dallas, TX |
| 3:30pm - 4:30 pm | Bankruptcy for Non-Bankruptcy Lawyers | Leslie Cohen, Santa Monica, CA |
| Friday, October 21, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time: | Topic: | Speaker: |
| 8:00 am - 8:50 am | Mediators In the Middle | Cassandra Netzke, Denver, CO |
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | How to Survive and Thrive As Outside General Counsel For a Solo or Small Firm Practitioner | Shari Baker, Boulder, CO Debra Fagan, Denver, CO |
| 10:00 am - 10:50 am | Basic Business Litigation Issues - Helping your client handle and avoid problems | Elizabeth Bleakley, Chicago, IL Anne Shaw, Chicago, IL |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am | Securities Law in Brief | Herrick Lidstone, Greenwood Village, CO |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Increasing Cloudiness in Your Forecast: Moving Your Practice to the Web Ethically, Responsibly, Practically - From A-Z | Ross Kodner, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm | 10 Ways WordPerfect Can Make You Work Better, Stronger, Faster | Michael Koenecke, Richardson, TX |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | 60 Tips in 60 Minutes | Jeffrey Allen, Oakland, CA J. Anthony Vittal, Los Angeles, CA |
| Saturday, October 22, 2011 | ||
| 8:10am - 9:40 am | How Elder Law Attorneys are Transforming the Practice of Law | Barbara E. Cashman, Denver, CO |
| 9:45am - 11:15 am | Setting Up a Law Office: Do It Right and Ethically the First Time! | Robert Zupkus, Denver, CO |
| 11:30am - 12:30 pm | Social Networking for Lawyers 201 | Alan Klevan, Wellesley, MA Robert "Bob" Ambrogi, Rockport, MA |
| 1:45pm - 3:15 pm | Essential Technology for the Solo or Small Office: How to Stay Ahead of the Game Avoid Electronic Malpractice | Lincoln Mead, Salt Lake City, UT Ben Schorr, Flagstaff, AZ |
| 3:30pm - 4:30 pm | How To Have Happier Clients - Client Satisfaction | Jim Calloway, Oklahoma City, OK Reba Nance, Denver, CO |
| Friday, October 21, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time: | Topic: | Speaker: |
| 8:00 am - 8:50 am | Utilizing Family Facilitation and Mediation to Resolve Multigenerational Conflicts. | Martha Ridgway, Louisville, CO |
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | Series LLCs—The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Allen Sparkman, Denver, CO |
| 10:00 am - 10:50 am | Equity Compensation in LLCs and Partnerships | Robert Keatinge, Denver, CO |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am | Defining Moments: Insights Into the Lawyers Soul-Case Studies on Leadership Development for Lawyers | Melanie Bragg, Houston, TX |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Immigration Hearings 101: A Complete Tool Kit for Representing Children in Immigration Court - Part 1 | Moderator: Christina Fiflis, Denver, CO Diana Castaneda, New York, NY Kristin Petri, Westminster, CO Katie Glynn, Westminster, CO Honorable Mimi Tsankov, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm | Immigration Hearings 101: A Complete Tool Kit for Representing Children in Immigration Court - Part 2 | Moderator: Christina Fiflis, Denver, CO Diana Castaneda, New York, NY Kristin Petri, Westminster, CO Katie Glynn, Westminster, CO Honorable Mimi Tsankov, Los Angeles, CA |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | The Changing Face of the Legal Profession: How Commoditization and Specialization Is Permanently Altering the Practice of Law | Don Hagans, Incline Village, NV |
| Saturday, October 22, 2011 | ||
| 8:10am - 9:40 am | The Magic of Collaborative Practice in Divorce Cases. | Terri Harrington, Denver, CO Erika Burke, Denver, CO Benjamin Stetler, Denver, CO |
| 9:45am - 11:15 am | Running a Law Office on a MAC (and other APPLE products) | Jeffrey Allen, Oakland, CA Brett Burney, Beachwood, OH |
| 11:30am - 12:30 pm | Leveraging Technology for More Efficient ADR | Stewart Levine, Oakland, CA |
| 1:45pm - 3:15 pm | HIPAA for the General Practitioner-What You Need to Know. | Melanie Bragg, Houston, TX Ashley Hallene, Houston, TX |
| 3:30pm - 4:30 pm | Hot Topics in Cold Dirt. | Kathleen Hopkins, Seattle, WA Evan Loeffler, Seattle, WA |
| Friday, October 21, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time: | Topic: | Speaker: |
| 8:00 am - 8:50 am | Employment Law Issues for Closely Held and Family Businesses | S. Kato Crews, Greenwood Village, CO |
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | Security and Ethics of Cloud Computing | Jack Newton |
| 10:00 am - 10:50 am | Things Every Lawyer Should Know About Derivative Litigation, from a Business Lawyer's Perspective | Bill Callison |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am | The Ethical Geek: Ethics Issues for a Digital Practice | Paul Chan, Denver, CO |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Lawyers' Use of Evolving Technologies: Ethical Issues and Proposed Solutions | Honorable Daniel Crothers, Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND Andrew Perlman, Sharon, MA Ellyn S. Rosen, Chicago, IL |
| 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm | Top Ten Ways to Reduce Overhead for Your Solo/Small Firm Practice | Joe Bernstein, Greenwood Village, CO |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | This Time the Government Really is Here to Help-Finding Business Using a Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) | Moderator: Michael Flowers, Columbus, OH Charles R. Lucy, Colorado Springs, CO Kenneth Knapp, Colorado Springs, CO |
| Saturday, October 22, 2011 | ||
| 8:10am - 9:40 am | PDFing in Your Practice: Acrobat and Beyond = Law Practice Document Magic | Ross Kodner, Milwaukee, WI |
| 9:45am - 11:15 am | What Solo and Small Firm Practitioners Need To Know About the Professional Discipline System | Moderator: Amy Lin Myerson, Weston, CT James Coyle, Denver, CO Theresa Gronkiewicz, Chicago, IL Myles V. Lynk, Tempe, AZ Reba Nance, Denver, CO Todd C. Scott, Minneapolis, MN |
| 11:30am - 12:30 pm | Can David Work for Goliath? - Solo and Small Firm Strategies to Gain Business from Corporate Clients. | Moderator: Aurora Austriaco, Chicago, IL & Michael Flowers, Columbus, OH Robin Wofford, San Diego, CA Sandra Yamate, Chicago, IL Marc Firestone, Chicago, IL |
| 1:45pm - 3:15 pm | Making Diversity Work for You: Obtaining Certification of Your Law Firm as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) | Moderator: Aurora Austriaco, Chicago, IL Shelia Hill Morgan, Chicago, IL Stan Sena, Denver, CO |
| 3:30pm - 4:30 pm | An Introduction to Special Education Law | Howard J. Fulfrost, Los Angeles, CA |
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