EDUCATIONAL
SESSION I
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
THE
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS: SERVING JUSTICE
FOR TWO DECADES
Sponsored By: Administrative Law Section
Program Chair: Bruce P. Martin, Esq.
ELECTRONIC
RECORDS - WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU --
AND OTHER EMERGING ELECTRONIC RECORDS ESSENTIALS
FOR ATTORNEYS
Sponsored By: Business Law Section
Program Chair: William McComas
"ROAD
MAP FOR APPEAL…….”
Sponsored By: Criminal Law Section
Program Chair: Hon. Irma S. Raker
USING
POWER POINT IN THE COURTROOM AND THE CONFERENCE
ROOM
Sponsored By: Litigation Section
Program Chair: Christopher Heffernan,
Esq.
"LOSSES,
BAD DEBTS, LOAN FORGIVENESS, WORKOUTS, BANKRUPTCY--
IN BAD ECONOMIC TIMES, HOW TO MAKE THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE WORK FOR YOU".
Sponsored By: Taxation Section
Program Chair: Steven M. Gevarter, Esq.,
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINTS: LAYING THE FOUNDATION
FOR YOUR CAREER
Sponsored By: Young Lawyers Section
Program Chairs: Laurie Wasserman, Esq.
and Jason Hessler
EDUCATIONAL
SESSION II
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
ANNUAL
LUNCHEON GATHERING OF THE ANIMAL LAW SECTION
SELECTED TOPICS IN ANIMAL LAW: THE INTERPLAY
OF RELIGION AND ANIMALS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS;
AND 2009 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Sponsored By: Animal Law Section
Program Chair: Gary C. Norman, Esq.
DOUBLE
IMPACT: AN ASSESSMENT OF RECENT SUPREME COURT
IMPACT DECISIONS AND THE HIGH COURT'S DIRECTION
DURING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY
Sponsored By: Appellate
Litigation Committee and
the Litigation Section
Program Chairs: Hon. Robert A. Zarnoch and
Andrew H. Baida, Esq
BAR WARS:
REVENGE OF THE DEPUTY BAR COUNSEL
Sponsored By: Continuing
Legal Education Committee and MICPEL
Program Chairs: Charles
L. Fuller, Esq. and Andrea C. Terry,
Esq.
ARE
YOU SMARTER THAN A LAW STUDENT?
PART II
Sponsored By: Continuing Legal Education
Committee and MICPEL
Program Chairs: Hon. Lynne A. Battaglia
PREPARING
YOUR PRACTICE TO DEAL WITH AN EMERGENCIES
OR DISASTERS
Sponsored By: Disaster Plan Special
Committee
Program Chairs: Steve Ring, Esq. and
John Eidleman, Esq.
SPEED
NETWORKING
Sponsored By: Young Lawyers Section
Program Chairs: Laurie Wasserman,
Esq. and Jason Hessler, Esq.
EDUCATIONAL
SESSION II
8:00 a.m. – 10:30
a.m.
FIRST
ANNUAL ADR HOT TIPS AWARDS
Sponsored By: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Section, Family and Juvenile Law Section and
Animal Law Section
Program Chairs: Suzy Eckstein, Esq. and Master
Theresa A. Furnari.
PLANNING
FOR DISABILITIES: YES, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU
Sponsored By: Estates and
Trusts Section
Program Chair: Sigrid C. Haines,
Esq.
IMMIGRATION
LAW FOR THE NON-IMMIGRATION PRACTITIONER – FOCUS
ON INTERACTIONS WITH FAMILY, BUSINESS
AND CRIMINAL LAW
Sponsored By: Immigration Section
Program Chair: Cynthia B. Rosenberg,
Esq.
HOT
TOPICS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: 2008-09
YEAR IN REVIEW
Sponsored By: Intellectual Property
Section
Program Chair: Vasilios Peros, Esq.,
Thomas & Libowitz, P.A.
LABOR
AND EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION BREAKFAST AND
BUSINESS MEETING
“THINK LIKE A JUROR NOT LIKE A LAWYER – TRYING
AN EMPLOYMENT CASE BEFORE A JURY”
Sponsored By: Labor & Employment
Law Section
Program Chairs: Keith J. Zimmerman,
Esq. and Steven D. Frenkil, Esq.
CONFLICTS
OF INTEREST IN LITIGATION: HOW TO SPOT THEM, HOW
TO AVOID THEM, AND WHAT TO DO WHEN ONE FINDS YOU
Sponsored By: Litigation Section
Program Chairs: Kathleen H.
Meredith, Esq. and M. Natalie McSherry,
Esq.
REAL
PROPERTY SECTION BREAKFAST
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID TO YOU IN 2009 -
“HOW TO PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG”-
RESCUING A FAILING MIXED USE PROJECT IN A TREACHEROUS
REAL ESTATE MARKET
Sponsored By: Real Property
Section
Program Chairs: David A.
Severn, Esq. and Sara H. Arthur,
Esq.
EDUCATIONAL
SESSION II
11:00 a.m. – 1:00
p.m.
THE
THREE BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO
THE FORECLOSURE AND ECONOMIC CRISIS
Sponsored By: Consumer Bankruptcy Section
Program Chair: Alexander Gordon, IV Esq.
ELDER
LAW ATTORNEYS ARE FROM MARS/LITIGATORS ARE FROM
VENUS: THE ELDER LAW THAT LITIGATORS WILL BE
GLAD THEY KNOW
Sponsored By: Elder Law Section
Program Chairs: Camilla McRory, Esq. and
Leslie Fried, Esq.
HOW
TO GET PAID IN MARYLAND
Sponsored By: Ethics Committee, Committee
on the Resolution of Fee Disputes, and MICPEL
Program Chairs: Christopher L. Beard, Esq.
MICPEL co-author, and T. Christine Pham, Esq.,
Ethics Committee
THE WISE,
THE WICKED AND THE SIMPLE – ADDRESSING SPECIAL
ISSUES WHEN LITIGATING AGAINST A SELF REPRESENTED
LITIGANT
Sponsored By: Family & Juvenile Law Section
and the Judicial Administration Section Council
Program Chairs: Mary Roby Sanders, Esq. and
Hon. Julia Beth Weatherly
DEPLOYED
MILITARY LITIGANTS AND WITNESSES IN CIVILIAN COURTS:
CHALLENGES FOR THE BENCH AND BAR
Sponsored By: Military Law Committee
Program Chairs: Melissa A. Kucinski, Esq.
and Hon. Pamila J. Brown
SOLO
DAY
Sponsored By: Solo and Small Firm Practice
Section
Program Chairs: Gina Shaffer, Esq. and
David Harvis, Esq.
-USING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO GROW YOUR
PRACTICE
-PRACTICE TIPS FOR MANAGING IN TOUGH TIMES
-THE VOCATIONAL EXPERT IN A WORKERS COMPENSATION
AND LIABILITY CASE
(Co-sponsored with the Section of Negligence Insurance
and Workers'Compensation)
-PARALEGALS: YOUR KEY TO EFFECTIVENESS AND PROFITABILITY
(Co-sponsored with the Special Committee on Paralegals)
-HOW FORCLOSURES WILL AFFECT YOUR CLIENTS AND
YOUR PRACTICE
-THE VIRTUALIZATION OF AMERICA
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