LCBA Annual Meeting and Flood Recovery Seminar Agenda (Word file)

Annual Meeting and Flood Recovery Seminar
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008
HISTORY CENTER
615 1st Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

9:00 a.m. to 12:00: Panel discussion byLeopold Sher, James Garner and Elwood Cahill from the New Orleans law firm of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert LLC
• Court issues for pending cases;
• Employee and personnel issues;
• Setting up a temporary office, dealing with disaster issues and keeping a firm together;
• Real estate issues created by the disaster;
• Insurance issues, particularly business interruption to law firms;
• Their personal experiences and what they learned; and
• Question and Answer period

12:00 to 1:15: Lunch and the LCBA annual meeting.
• Election of Officers
• Brief Remarks from ISBA President Dan Moore

1:15: “Considerations for Displaced Attorneys from a Malpractice Standpoint” Todd Scott ,VP of Risk Management and Member Services for Minnesota Lawyers Mutual

1:45: Report from Federal Clerk Ron Phelps

2:00: Report from Iowa District Court for Linn County, by Judge David Remley, Judge Patrick Grady and Assistant Court Administrator Jane Sweaney.

2:30: TENTATIVE: Jim Calloway of the Oklahoma State Bar Association: “Triage and New Technology”

3:20: FEMA & SBA Overview, by Kerry Finley and Kyle Wilcox from Simmons Perrine, P.L.C. (See PowerPoint Presentation file.)

3:50: Q&A

No Charge. RSVP to Jeannie McCall at jmccall@lynchdallas.com or 365-9101

The following are some of the handouts that will be provided at the seminar:
Never Say Never Again
Sher Brief
Xavier Brief
Marseilles Opinion