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  • 09/26/2018 11:02 PM | Deleted user

    Marin County Bar Association  

     

    Section | Construction Law

    Section Meeting

    Thu | Oct 04 | 12:00-1:30P 

     

    Roundtable Discussion on Mediation Challenges

    SPEAKERS

     

    Sarah Burke
    Barbara Monty

    October Construction Defects Section Meeting

     

    Barbara Monty and Sarah Burke will lead a discussion focused on complications that arise during the mediation of construction matters. A few topics that will be discussed at the program include:


    1. Resolving the “mixed” case, a contractor has a claim for non-payment and the homeowner a competing claim for defects. How do you juggle the needs of the homeowner, contractor and insurance company to reach a resolution?


    2. What is the effect of a pending CSLB complaint on your construction defect suit? How can the pending complaint affect coverage issues, parties’ attitudes and willingness to compromise? What is the procedural interplay between the CSLB matter and the defect suit?

     

    Attend to hear the above discussion and more.

    1.0 CLE | General

    Brown Bag Lunch

    Contact

     

    Kiersten Ross | Email
    Mee Mee Wong | Email

     

     

    Registration

    Member Registration

     

    Non-member Registration

     

    Registration ends Oct 03, 2018

     

    Maximum attendance is 20. Register today!

     

    Free

     

     

    Date and Location

    Thursday | October 04, 2018
    12:00-1:30P

     

     

    Ragghianti Freitas LLP
    1101 Fifth Avenue
    Suite 100
    San Rafael, CA 94901

  • 09/26/2018 11:00 PM | Deleted user

    Marin County Bar Association 

     

    Section | Real Property

    Real Property October Section Meeting

    Thu | Oct 04 | 12:00-1:30P 

     

    Broker Fiduciary Duty

    Speaker

     

    Vickie Naidorf, ESQ | Attorney, Coldwell Banker
    William R. Jensen, ESQ | President, Broker Risk Management

    Acknowledged statewide experts Vickie Naidorf and Bill Jensen will present “Fiduciary Duties of Brokers in Real Estate Deals & Current Disclosure Hot Topics”. The presentation will include discussions regarding three appellate decisions which led to the jury instruction for breach of fiduciary duty, application of the lessons found in the jury instruction to Broker’s activities, and some current hot disclosure topics.

    1.0 CLE |

    Plated Lunch

    Please make your meal selection during registration.
    Grilled Sirloin Steak Salad
    Spaghetti pork-ricotta meatballs
    Spinach Ricotta Ravioli
    All entrees served with choice of Chef's soup of day or salad
    Dessert option of Classic tiramisu or Flourless Chocolate cake with strawberry coulis

    Contact

     

    Kiersten Ross | Email


    Mee Mee Wong | Email 

     

     

    Speaker Information

    Vickie Naidorf, ESQ

    Attorney, Coldwell Banker

     

    Vickie Naidorf is best known as the Vice President and Brokerage Counsel for Coldwell Banker NRT Northern California. Vickie recently formed a new partnership called Broker Risk Management, LLP where she along with her partner will provide legal services for Brokers throughout California to help avoid claims, lawsuits and BRE investigations. Vickie is the only person who is currently on the 3 Major Purchase Contract Forms Committees for CAR, the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® and PRDs. Vickie also originated much of the language that is used every day in California residential transaction forms and works with Santa Clara County Attorney David Hamerslough on many forms projects.

     

    Vickie graduated from University of Southern California Law School where she was on the team that won the USC Moot Court Championship and the California State Moot Court Championship in 1977. She began her career in Century City as an insurance defense counsel representing various licensed professionals including REALTORS®, architects and doctors. After moving to Northern California in 1983 she worked for Ticor Title Insurance Company until she was hired by Coldwell Banker to handle claims, litigation and help manage risk.

     

    Vickie was a cited contributor to a law review article on California Real Estate Disclosure Laws and is a cited authority in House Selling for Dummies.

     

    William R. Jensen, ESQ

    President, Broker Risk Management

     

    Bill Jansen is President of Broker Risk Management, a firm he founded in 2002 to provide risk management services to real estate brokers and agents throughout California.


    He has a law degree from the University of Minnesota and is a Member of the San Francisco and California Bar Associations. He is a Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Instructor in "Broker Practice"; a Licensed Broker with the California Bureau of Real Estate and has


    earned the Certified Residential Broker (CRB) designation. He served as 1986 President of the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® and is a member of the California Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors for more than twenty-five years, chairing numerous committees and serving on CAR's Executive Committee on three occasions.

     

    In 2006, elected by CAR to serve as a Director-for-Life.
    In 2008, appointed Chairman of CAR's Legislative Committee.
    In 2010, appointed by California Real Estate Commissioner Jeff Davi to serve on the Broker Supervision Task Force.

     

    Registration

    Member Registration

     

    Non-member Registration

     

    Registration ends Oct 04, 2018

    Members: $45.00
    Non-Members: $55.00

    $35 for attorneys with 5 or less years with CA State Bar. (Select discount during registration.)

    Date and Location

    Thursday | October 04, 2018
    12:00-1:30P

     

    Piatti
    625 Redwood Highway
    Mill Valley, CA

     

     

  • 09/26/2018 5:10 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association 

     

    ACBA Annual Labor & Employment Symposium

    Please join the ACBA Labor and Employment Section for a full day of MCLE programs designed specifically for labor and employment attorneys. Panelists include judges from Alameda County, experienced employment law attorneys, mediators, and jury consultants.

     

    Thank you to our Sponsor Media Smack!

     

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    SCHEDULE

    Registration and Networking Breakfast 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

     

    Session 1: Practical and Ethical Issues When Your Case Goes Sideways (Ethics Credit)

    Time Slot: 9:00 to 10:30 (1.5 hours)

     

    Description: What do you do when your client, or the opposing party, or the opposing attorney goes sideways in the middle of your mediation? Experienced mediators from the DFEH, EEOC, and the bench will discuss ethical issues and strategies for avoiding or overcoming mediation obstacles.

     

    Speakers Confirmed: Hon. Judge George Hernandez (ADR Services), Claudia Hagadus Long (DFEH & ADR Services), Juan Vaca (EEOC). Moderated by Robert Nuddleman

     

    Break 10:30 to 10:40

     

    Session 2: The Four Corners: Settlement Terms That Can Make or Break a Deal

    Time Slot: 10:40 – 12:10 (1.5 hours)

     

    Description: Are certain settlement terms deal breakers? Should they be? Knowledgeable and practiced litigators discuss terms to avoid or require in your next settlement agreement as well as the tax implications of settlement agreements.

     

    Speakers: Robert Wood (tax attorney), David Sarnoff (plaintiff’s attorney), defense counsel TBD

     

    Break 12:10 to 12:20

     

    Session 3: Settlement and ADR: A View from the Bench

    Time Slot: 12:20 to 1:20

     

    Description: Courts place great emphasis on alternative dispute resolution. Learn what judicial options are available to litigants in the Bay Area, and how to use the court’s resources to your clients’ advantage.

     

    Moderated by Sarah Robertson

     

    Break 1:20 to 1:30

     

    Session 4: What is This Case Worth?

    Time Slot: 1:30 – 2:30 (1 hour)

     

    Description: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what about the value of my case. No two attorneys (or clients) value cases in the same way. See what makes a case more or less valuable from a plaintiff’s and a defense perspective.

     

    Speakers: Steve Pearl (neutral), Teresa Mack (defense), Brian Schwartz (plaintiff)

     

    After-Symposium Social

     

    2:30 – 4:00 No Host Bar at Liege Spirits and Lounge

     

     

    Annual ACBA Labor & Employment Symposium

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Speakers:
    Claudia Hagadus Long
    Judge George Hernandez Jr.
    Mr. Robert Nuddleman
    Juan Vaca
    Robert Wood
    Location: Alameda County Bar Association - New Office
    1000 Broadway, Suite 290
    Oakland, CA  94607
    Phone: 510-302-2222
     Date:

    10/26/2018

    08:30 AM - 03:45 PM


    Credits:
    6 HR General
  • 09/26/2018 5:08 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association 

     

    Co-sponsored by the ACBA Barristers, Trial Practice, and Criminal Law Sections

     

    Evidence Tool Kit Part Two

    Please join Alameda County Judges Cramer and Brand along with representatives from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office and Public Defender's Office for a program on the basics of evidence.

    Need a practical refresher course on the rules of evidence? Tired of invoking the Sitwell Doctrine (“What’s your objection counsel? “I don’t know, it just doesn’t sit well.”) The Evidence Survival Tool Kit: It’s More Than Just A State Of Mind is a 2-session course taught over 4 hours by four Superior Court judges designed to provide criminal and civil lawyers with a practical overview of the rules of evidence. Through hypotheticals and simulations, participants will develop a better understanding of the rules and their effective application in trial.  

    1. October 18th: The first 2-hour session focuses on notions of relevance (including the use of out of court statements for non-hearsay purposes,) the requirements of competence and personal knowledge, refreshing recollection, and the introduction of writings and documentary evidence (authentication and the best evidence rule.)  
    2. October 25th: The second session zeroes in on hearsay, including difficult exceptions (state of mind, business records, past recollection recorded and the use of prior inconsistent and consistent statements.)

    Indeed, evidence is more than just a state of mind! It’s a powerful tool to help you represent your client more effectively.

     

    Cost:

    CLEs are FREE in October! Check us out - no risk.

    Register for Part One of this two part series On October 18th here: acba.intouchondemand.com/aaeventinfo.aspx?eventid=11878

     

    Please note: there will be a $10 administrative fee if you cannot make the program, and do not cancel 24 hours in advance. A $10 fee will also be assessed for day-of and walk-in registrations.

     

    If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator at staci@acbanet.org 

     

    Evidence Tool Kit Part Two

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Speakers:
    Judge Jeffrey Brand
    Judge James Cramer
    Tiffany Danao
    Erin Kingsbury
    Location: Alameda County Bar Association - New Office
    1000 Broadway, Suite 290
    Oakland, CA  94607
    Phone:
     Date:

    10/25/2018

    05:30 PM - 07:30 PM


    Credits:
    2 HR General


     

     

     

  • 09/26/2018 5:06 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association 

     

    Tales of Two Cities: SF and Oakland Cannabis Equity Programs

    Business lawyers and representatives from both SF and Oakland City Government will present an overview and comparison of the cannabis equity programs (the effort to assist local communities and/or individuals who have been disproportionately impacted by anti-cannabis laws in the past to move into the fast growing now-legal cannabis industry) for San Francisco and Oakland. We will have a discussion of the pitfalls and barriers to entry into cannabis industry as an equity and non equity applicant.

     

    Light lunch provided. If you have dietary restrictions, please plan to bring your own food.

     

    Cost:

    FREE for ACBA Members

     

    CLEs are FREE in October! Check us out - no risk.

    Please note: there will be a $10 administrative fee if you cannot make the program, and do not cancel 24 hours in advance. A $10 fee will also be assessed for day-of and walk-in registrations.

     

    If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator at staci@acbanet.org

     

     

     

    Tales of Two Cities: SF and Oakland Cannabis Equity Programs

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Speakers:
    Daniel Dellafosse
    Nicole Elliott
    Mr. Shay Gilmore
    Greg Minor
    Location: Alameda County Bar Association - New Office
    1000 Broadway, Suite 290
    Oakland, CA  94607
    Phone: 510-302-2222
     Date:

    10/25/2018

    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM


    Credits:
    1 HR General

     

     

  • 09/26/2018 5:04 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association   

     

    70 New Ethics Rules: What the Bankruptcy Law Practitioner Needs to Know!

    Please join us for an overview of new rules of professional conduct approved by the California Supreme Court that will take effect on November 1, 2018.

     

    Light lunch provided. If you have dietary restrictions, please plan to bring your own food.

     

    Cost:

    CLEs are FREE in October! Check us out - no risk.

    Please note: there will be a $10 administrative fee if you cannot make the program, and do not cancel 24 hours in advance. A $10 fee will also be assessed for day-of and walk-in registrations.

     

    If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator at staci@acbanet.org

     

    70 New Ethics Rules: What the Bankruptcy Law Practitioner Needs to Know!

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Location: Alameda County Bar Association - New Office
    1000 Broadway, Suite 290
    Oakland, CA  94607
    Phone: 510-302-2222
     Date:

    10/24/2018

    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM


    Credits:
    1 HR Ethics

     

     

     

  • 09/26/2018 5:02 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association  

     

    Sponsored by the ACBA Business and L&E Sections

     

    Classification of Workers as Employees vs. Independent Contractors After Dynamex

    This program will focus on impact of the recent California Supreme Court case, Dynamex v. Lee on the independent contractor/free lancer economy, and the changes business owners will need to implement to ensure compliance with employment/labor and tax laws and regulations.

     

    Light lunch provided. If you have dietary restrictions, please plan to bring your own food.

     

    Cost:

    CLEs are Free in October - check us out!

     

    Please note: there will be a $10 administrative fee if you cannot make the program, and do not cancel 24 hours in advance. A $10 fee will also be assessed for day-of and walk-in registrations.

     

    If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator at staci@acbanet.org.

     

     

    Classification of Workers as Employees vs. Independent Contractors After Dynamex

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Speakers:
    Cari Cohorn
    Location: Alameda County Bar Association - New Office
    1000 Broadway, Suite 290
    Oakland, CA  94607
    Phone: 510-302-2222
     Date:

    10/23/2018

    12:00 PM - 01:30 PM


    Credits:
    1.5 HR General
  • 09/26/2018 5:00 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association 

     

    The Science and Treatment of the Disease of Addiction

    Presented by the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, co-sponsored by the ACBA

     

    In order to receive MCLE credit, you MUST RSVP with Andrew Taylor AND Staci Palmer here by October 17, 2018

     

    Judicial Hosts: Judge Thomas Rogers and Judge Ursula Jones Dickson
    Location: René C. Davidson Courthouse, Department 1

    Dr. Stalcup is now, and has been, the leading expert in California for over three decades (beginning with his time at the Haight Ashbury free clinic) on the science of addiction and its effects on the brain.

    Many of our judges and lawyers in Alameda County have heard Dr. Stalcup speak in the past and they have found him to be an articulate, passionate, and entertaining communicator. They have also uniformly found his presentations to have been extremely informative, compelling and helpful in their professional roles as well as in their personal lives in coming in contact with persons afflicted with the disease of addiction.

     

    In order to receive MCLE credit, you MUST RSVP with Andrew Taylor AND Staci Palmer here by October 17, 2018

     

     

    The Science and Treatment of the Disease of Addiction

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Location: Rene C. Davidson Courthouse
    1225 Fallon Street
    Oakland, CA  94612
    Phone:
     Date:

    10/19/2018

    12:30 PM - 02:00 PM


    Credits:
    1.5 HR Competence Issues
    0 HR Ethics
    Flyer: Click here to view

  • 09/24/2018 5:02 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association

     

    Sponsored by the ACBA Family Law Section

     

    Identifying Assets and Mitigating Obstacles in a Vocational Evaluation

    A profile perspective from forensic family law vocational evaluators  

    This presentation will focus on how vocational evaluators identify and manage the strengths and weaknesses presented by a candidate for vocational evaluation in a family law matter. They will use the hypothetical of an unemployed college graduate who is a professionally trained engineer in her/his late 40's to early 50's and who has been out of the work force for 10 + years.

    The presenters will address:

    • How the process begins and what vocational evaluators need from attorneys.
    • Those assets and obstacles presented by the subject of the evaluation.
    • The benefits of a vocational evaluation for the attorneys and the parties.

    Light lunch provided. If you have dietary restrictions, please plan to bring your own food.

     

    Cost:

    CLEs are free in October - check us out!

     

    Please note: there will be a $10 administrative fee if you cannot make the program, and do not cancel 24 hours in advance. A $10 fee will also be assessed for day-of and walk-in registrations.

     

    If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator at staci@acbanet.org.

     

     

    Identifying Assets and Mitigating Obstacles in a Vocational Evaluation

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Location: Alameda County Bar Association - New Office
    1000 Broadway, Suite 290
    Oakland, CA  94607
    Phone: 510-302-2222
     Date:

    10/16/2018

    12:15 PM - 01:15 PM


    Credits:
    1 HR General

     

  • 09/24/2018 5:00 AM | Deleted user

    Alameda County Bar Association 

     

    Successful Personal Injury Mediation Outcomes

    Sponsored by the ACBA ADR Section

     

    This program will provide insight on topics essential to a successful mediation with a primary focus on mediating personal injury cases. The topics will cover: Why and When to Mediate; The Purpose of Mediation; Ground Rules; How to Prepare; Selecting a Mediator; Mediation Brief; What and Who to Bring to Mediation; Mediation Strategy and Dynamics; Win-Win End Game.

     

    Light lunch provided. If you have dietary restrictions, please plan to bring your own food.

     

    Cost:

    FREE for ACBA Members

     

    CLEs are FREE in October! Check us out - no risk.

    Please note: there will be a $10 administrative fee if you cannot make the program, and do not cancel 24 hours in advance. A $10 fee will also be assessed for day-of and walk-in registrations.

     

    If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator at staci@acbanet.org.

     

     

     

    Successful Personal Injury Mediation Outcomes

    Event Information
    Provider: Alameda County Bar Association
    Speakers:
    David Samuelsen
    Location: Alameda County Bar Association - New Office
    1000 Broadway, Suite 290
    Oakland, CA  94607
    Phone: 510-302-2222
     Date:

    10/11/2018

    12:00 PM - 01:30 PM


    Credits:
    1.5 HR General

     



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