Agenda

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Track 1: Family Law

Horner Hall

Track 2

Rooms 207-209

8:30a - 9:30a

Q.D.R.O. Q-dro, Quad-ro, I dunno…

CLE: 1.0

  • Richmond Giles, Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System 
  • Laura Gilson, General Counsel, Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (moderator)
  • Jennifer Liwo, ATRS 
  • Brian C. Smith, Friday Eldredge & Clark, LLP
  • Megan Wells, Hilburn & Harper, Ltd.

8:30a - 9:00a Identifying Appealable Issues at the Appeals Council and Federal Court Levels

CLE: 1.0

  • Nick Coleman, Coleman Law Firm

9:30a - 10:30a








10:30a - 10:45a

Case Law Updates

CLE: 1.0

  • Angela Mann, Mann & Kemp

Negotiating a Sale and Purchase Agreement, Key Terms and Provisions

CLE: 1.0

  • Mark W. Hodge, Barber Law Firm PLLC

Construction Law Section Meeting in the Grand Lobby




10:30a - 11:00a


Break - Mocktails and Mimosas

Horner Hall Lobby

11:00a - 12:00p

PLENARY Speaker Dicky Grigg

Guantanamo: It Is Not About Them - It Is About Us

CLE: 1.0
Ad Litem/DR

12:00p - 1:00p

Lunch - Grab and Go!

12:15p - 12:30p

Labor & Employment Law Section Meeting in the Grand Lobby

12:30p - 12:45p

Family Law Section Meeting in Horner Hall

1:00p - 2:30p

The Intersection of High-Tech Stalking and Domestic Violence Cases

CLE: 1.5

Utilizing Special Needs and Miller Trusts for SSI Recipients

CLE: 1.5

  • Collier Moore, RMP LLP
  • Thomas Smith, Attorney at Law

2:30p - 3:00p

Break

3:00p - 4:30p

Scientifically Crafted Child Custody Evaluations: How Do We Order Them and What Do They Look like and a Look at the Issue of Alienation

CLE: 1.5
Ad Litem/DR

  • Dr. Sol R. Rappaport, Ph.D., ABPP Board Certified in Clinical Psychology & Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Leadership and the Law: How I Approach the Role of Attorney General. (3:00p - 4:00p)

CLE: 1.0

  • Attorney General Tim Griffin


5:30p - 9:00p

125th Anniversary Celebration: Reception, Silent Auction, Dinner, Entertainment, Dancing and Arkansas Bar Foundation and Arkansas Bar Association Joint Awards at Oaklawn Casino & Resort (Ticketed event). (Shuttles available)

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Track 1

Horner Hall

Track 2

Rooms 207-209

8:30a - 9:30a

He, She, & Us - Breaking the Cycle

CLE: 1.0

Ad Litem/DR

  • LaQuetta S. Henry, CGM Law Group 

Help Me Help You - The Making of an All Star Record

CLE: 1.0

  • Cris M. Brasuell, AR-CCR, Brasuell Reporting, LLC
  • Valarie Flora, FCRR, AR-CCR, TX-CSR, United States District Courts,  Eastern District of Arkansas, President Arkansas Court Reporters Association

9:30a - 10:30a

Determining the Severity Level of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): From Foster Care to Inmates on Death Row

CLE: 1.0

Ad Litem/DR

  • Dr. Larry Burd,  Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health

9:00a - 10:30a  How to Win More Cases and Set Up Appeals

CLE: 1.0

  • David F. Chermol, Esq. Chermol & Fishman, LLC

10:30a - 11:00a


10:30a - 11:00a

Break 

Horner Hall Lobby

YLS Section Annual Meeting-Awards and Election of Officers

Rooms 102-103

11:00a - 12:00p

PLENARY  Speaker Kimberly Wehle

How to Think Like a Lawyer–and Why:

A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas

CLE: 1.0

Ad Litem/DR

12:00p - 1:00p

Grab and Go Lunch! Box Lunch

Law School Alumni Lunches
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Rooms 104-105
University of Arkansas William H. Bowen School of Law Rooms 102-103

Grab a box lunch as you head to your respective Law School Alumni Luncheon

1:00p - 2:00p

NIL and the Arkansas Student-Athlete Publicity Rights Act

CLE: 1.0

  • Matt McCoy, Senior Associate General Counsel for the University of Arkansas Athletics

Your Client’s Protected Data: What to Know, What to Do When Things Go Very, Very Wrong, and What Controls to Draft Before that Happens 

CLE: 1.0

  • Anton Leo Janik, Jr., Mitchell Williams Law Firm
  • Lizzi Esparza, Mitchell Williams Law Firm

2:00p - 3:00p

The UCC Amendments

CLE: 1.0

  • William H. Henning, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University
  • Juliet Moringiello, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
  • J. Cliff McKinney, II, Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC

Marketable Title:  “I Know it When I See It”

CLE: 1.0

  • Christine Dillard, PPGMR Law, PLLC
  • Julie DeWoody Greathouse, PPGMR Law, PLLC
  • Forrest Stobaugh, PPGMR Law, PLLC

3:00p - 3:30p

Break - Tea with the Judges

Horner Hall Lobby

3:30p - 4:30p

Behind the Scenes

CLE: 1.0

  • Justice Karen R. Baker, Arkansas Supreme Court
  • Justice Barbara Webb, Arkansas Supreme Court
  • Moderated by Margaret Dobson

Mediation-Practice Tips and Pitfalls; Views from the Bench

CLE: 1.0

  • Judge David Goodson, Judicial Perspective Dispute Resolution
  • Judge Carlton D. Jones, Eighth Judicial District South, Division 1
  • Judge Mike Reif, 6th Judicial Circuit, 13th Division Circuit Court
  • Judge Bentley Story, 1st Judicial Circuit
  • Judge Charles A. Yeargan, Circuit Judge, Retired

4:30p - 6:00p

Friday Firm Reception

Grand Lobby

7:00p - 10:00p

Bridge St. Live

Bridge St. Live Entertainment District

8:00p - 10:00p


   
    

8:00p - 10:00p

YLS Social at Pop's Lounge - Oaklawn Casino Resort

Pops Lounge, Oaklawn Casino Resort (Shuttles available)



Hospitality Suite at Oaklawn Casino Resort

Oaklawn Casino Resort (Shuttles available)

Friday, June 16, 2023

Track 1

Rooms 207-209

Track 2

Rooms 203-204

8:30a - 9:30a

A Conversation with Judges of the Arkansas Court of Appeals

CLE: 1.0
Ad Litem/DR

  • Chief Judge Brandon J. Harrison, Arkansas Court of Appeals District 4
  • Judge Cindy Thyer, Arkansas Court of Appeals District 1
  • Judge Wendy Scholtens Wood, Arkansas Court of Appeals District 6
  • Moderator - Brett D. Watson, Attorney at Law, PLLC

Legal Research with Fastcase & ArkBar

CLE: 1.0

  • Tim Shadoan, Fastcase
  • Cathy Underwood, Arkansas Bar Association

9:30a - 10:30a

A Conversation with Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court

CLE: 1.0
Ad Litem/DR

  • Chief Justice John D. Kemp, Arkansas Supreme Court
  • Justice Rhonda K. Wood, Arkansas Supreme Court
  • Justice Shawn Womack, Arkansas Supreme Court
  • Moderator - Brett D. Watson, Attorney at Law, PLLC

A Layman's Guide to Responding to IRS and DFA Audits, and Traps to Watch Out For

CLE: 1.0

  • Jenny Wilkes, Barber Firm

10:30a - 10:40a

Break

10:40a - 11:40a

Overwhelmed? Productivity Strategies to Control the 'Busy' of Life

CLE Ethics: 1.0 

Ethics Game Show

CLE Ethics: 1.0

  • Joe Kolb, jkolb
  • Kristin Pawlik, Miller, Butler, Schnieder, Pawlik & Rozzell

11:40a - 11:45a

Transition to Horner Hall for Awards, Lunch, State of the Judiciary and Swearing-In Ceremony  

11:45a - 12:00p

Awards Ceremony

(Horner Hall)

12:00p - 12:30p

State of the Judiciary 

(Horner Hall)

Chief Justice John D. Kemp, Arkansas Supreme Court

CLE: 0.5

12:30p - 12:45p

Swearing-In Ceremony for 126th ArkBar President Margaret Dobson (Horner Hall)

12:45p - 1:45p

One-on-one with Speaker of the House Matthew Shepherd (Horner Hall)

Moderated by Roby Brock
CLE: 1.0

2:00p

Board of Trustees Meeting Rooms 207 - 209

NOTE

Cadence Insurance is presenting a two-hour CLE Ethics program from 2:00-4:15 pm that counts toward the four total hours necessary to qualify for a 10% credit on your professional liability insurance through Cadence. Please note that to receive the 10% credit, four hours are required; if less, it is a 5% discount. Stop by their exhibit booth to pick up information on the program benefits.

2:00p - 3:00p

Choice of Entity, the Uniform Limited Liability Act and an Overview of the Arkansas Pass Through Tax Election (Rooms 203-204)

Ethics: 1.0

  • Nicole Gore, Rose Law Firm
  • Paul Parnell, Rose Law Firm

3:15p - 4:15p

Cadence Insurance TBD (Rooms 203-204)

Ethics: 1.0

  • Benjamin R. McCorkle, Beacon Legal Group
  • Elizabeth Bowles, President and CEO of Aristotle Unified Communications