Peter Renn

Mr. Renn is a Staff Attorney in the Western Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. Since joining Lambda Legal in 2010, Mr. Renn has worked on a range of issues, including marriage, relationship recognition, discrimination in employment and public accommodation, youth and schools, government misconduct, and HIV confidentiality. He was co-counsel in Lambda Legal’s amicus work in the federal Prop 8 litigation and in the most recent “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” litigation. Before joining Lambda Legal, Mr. Renn was a litigation associate at the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an executive editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.

Cathy Sakimura

As Family Law Director and Supervising Attorney, Ms. Sakimura oversees NCLR’s family law work and helps supervise the work of the legal team. She joined NCLR in 2006 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. Ms. Sakimura received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law in 2006 and her B.A. from Stanford University in 2001. Prior to law school, she worked at Gay-Straight Alliance Network, where she empowered young people to combat harassment in their schools and participated in a multi-organization project linking work against homophobia with work against racism. Ms. Sakimura was also previously a member of the Board of Directors of COLAGE, a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents. In 2012, she was named one of the Best LGBT Lawyers under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association.

Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Time: 4:45 pm check in; 5:00 – 6:00 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Peter Renn, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Cathy Sakimura, Esq., Family Law Director & Supervising Attorney, National Center for Lesbian Rights Place: SCBA, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $45–SCBA Members; $55–Public Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register Click Here to Download Registration Flyer

Hon. Shelly Averill

Hon. Dana Simonds

Date:Friday, August 23, 2013 Time: 11:45 am check in; 12:00 – 1:00 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Hon. Shelly Averill, Sonoma County Superior Court Hon. Dana Simonds, Sonoma County Superior Court Place: SCBA, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $45–SCBA Members; $55–Public Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register INSERT LINK TO FLYER HERE

David Berry

David Berry
Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery

David Berry is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses primarily on resolving business, real estate, and construction defect disputes. He has won many real property trials and earned numerous distinctions, including being selected as one of Northern California’s Rising Stars in the legal community, an honor only a handful of lawyers receive. He is the chair of the Real Property Section of the Sonoma County Bar Association and was president and a long-term board member of Legal Aid of Sonoma County. He is a shareholder at Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery, a local firm whose roots can be traced to the 1920’s

Leslie Perry

Leslie Perry
Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz

Leslie Perry has practiced law in Sonoma County since 1975. He currently practices in the areas of land use, real estate, mortgage finance & structure products and business law. Mr. Perry represents clients before various administrative and planning agencies as well as in general real estate, environmental and contractual litigation. He is a founding partner of Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz and previously partner with the firm of Luke & Perry. He is an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated attorney.

Date:Thursday, August 15, 2013Time: 11:45 am check in; 12:00 – 1:00 pm Presentation Presenter(s): David Berry, Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery Leslie Perry, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz Place: SCBA, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $45–SCBA Members; $55–Public; Student: $20(The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register Click Here to Download the Registration Flyer

SPEAKER:

Hon. Dennis A. Cornell

Justice Dennis A. Cornell
Appellate Justice
California Fifth District Court of Appeal

JUSTICE DENNIS A. CORNELL was a trial lawyer for 20 years and a Superior Court judge for nine years, and has been an appellate justice since 2000. He has been a certified family law specialist since 1980, and a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1982. He tried approximately 50 jury trials to verdict as a lawyer, and over 120 jury trials and several hundred court trials as a trial court judge. He was the lead appellate attorney on over 20 family law appeals resulting in 12 published decisions. He has argued family law cases in the California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

OTHER SPEAKERS:

John Johnson

Thomas D. Wright

Patrick Grattan

Date:Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Time: 3:30 pm check in; 4:00 – 7:30 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Justice Dennis A. Cornell, Appellate Justice, California Fifth District Court of Appeal John Johnson, Partner, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz Thomas D. Wright, Attorney, Law & Mediation Offices of Thomas D. Wright Patrick Grattan, Partner, Geary, Shea, O’Donnell, Grattan & Mitchell Place: The Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $85–SCBA Members; $95–Public Click Here to Register Click Here to Download Regsitration Flyer

Hon. Bradford DeMeo

Hon. Bradford J. DeMeo
Sonoma County Superior Court

Judge Bradford J. DeMeo joined the Sonoma County Superior Court in 2011. From 1988 to his appointment to the Court, he practiced civil law and litigation. Judge DeMeo also teaches Wills and Trusts and Law Practice Management at Empire College School of Law. He has 17 years teaching experience and was the founder and faculty advisor for the Empire Law Review. He has been a speaker at over 50 seminars and programs involving civil and probate matters. He recently taught a course at the Cow Counties Judicial Conference for fellow judges.

Carmen Sinigiani

Carmen D. Sinigiani
DeMeo DeMeo & West

Carmen D. Sinigiani is a partner with DeMeo DeMeo & West. A native Sonoma County resident, Ms. Sinigiani is a graduate of Empire College School of Law, where she was a founding board member of the Empire Law Review and currently teaches Wills & Trusts with Hon. Bradford J. DeMeo. Ms. Sinigiani is also a member of the board for the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa and a member of the Complete Street Committee for the City of Sebastopol

Date:Thursday, August 22, 2013 Time: 11:45 am check in; 12:00 – 1:00 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Hon. Bradford J. DeMeo, Sonoma County Superior Court Carmen D. Sinigiani, DeMeo DeMeo & West Place: SCBA, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $45–SCBA Members; $55–Public Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register Click Here to Download Registration Flyer

Bill Cogbill

Bill Cogbill
Command Consulting and Investigations, Inc.

Mr. Cogbill is a 36-year veteran of Law Enforcement. During his career he participated, supervised, and managed thousands of criminal, civil, internal affairs, workers compensation, and personnel background investigations. He is considered an expert in leadership/management, security, and investigations. Mr. Cogbill retired in 2011 from his position as Sheriff-Coroner of the County of Sonoma and has since started his own consulting and investigations business with retired Assistant Sheriff Rich Sweeting.

Susan Daniel

Susan Daniel, Esq.
Employee Relations Consultants

Ms. Daniel has over thirty years of combined experience as a Human Resource executive and employment attorney. She has conducted and/or supervised hundreds of investigations as both an in-house investigator and an outside consultant, written numerous policies and practices manuals, mediated disputes and conducted a wide variety of seminars including sexual harassment training and managing within the law. A frequent lecturer on employment issues, Ms. Daniel also teaches Employment and Employment Discrimination Law at Empire Law School.

Bonnie Freeman

Bonnie Freeman, Esq.
Senneff, Freeman & Bluestone

Ms. Freeman’s civil litigation practice focuses on business, construction, employment and civil rights disputes. Her representation of public and private employers in state and federal courts encompasses everything from pre‐litigation mediation and resolution through jury trial and appeal. Ms. Freeman is President of the Richard M. Sangster Inn of Court and currently serves as Vice President of the Sonoma County Bar Association. She regularly volunteers for the Sonoma County Superior Court’s Discovery Referee and Civil Settlement Conference programs.

Rich Sweeting

Rich Sweeting
Command Consulting and Investigations, Inc.

Mr. Sweeting is a 28-year veteran of Law Enforcement. During his career he participated, supervised, and managed thousands of criminal, civil, internal affairs, workers compensation, personnel, background investigations, participated and facilitated risk management and state and federal mediations. Mr. Sweeting specializes in violent crime investigations. He retired from active law enforcement in 2010 and has since been retained by several agencies to conduct background and internal affairs investigations.

Linda Daube

Program Moderator
Linda Daube, Esq.
Law Office of Linda L. Daube

Ms. Daube has over 25 years of experience and success unraveling complex labor and employment issues. As a seasoned labor and employment attorney, she has conducted hundreds of investigations involving employee misconduct, employee claims of discrimination and hostile work environment, violations of Brown Act Open Meeting Laws and has litigated issues involving disclosure of investigative reports and document requests under the Public Records Act. Ms. Daube currently serves on the EEOC pro bono mediation panel.

Date:Monday, August 12, 2013 Time: 3:45 pm check in, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Bill Cogbill, Command Consulting and Investigations, Inc. Susan Daniel, Esq., Employee Relations Consultants Bonnie Freeman, Esq., Senneff, Freeman & Bluestone Rich Sweeting, Command Consulting and Investigations, Inc. Linda Daube, Esq., Law Office of Linda L. Daube (Program Moderator) Place: SCBA Office, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $65—SCBA Members; $75—Public Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register Click Here to Download the Regsitration Flyer

Ryan Sullivan

Ms. Ryan Sullivan is an attorney and the founder of Positive Professional. Practicing indigent criminal defense in Washoe County for the past 14 years, Ryan has spent hundreds of hours in the courtroom representing a wide variety of clients. Ryan speaks and writes about issues related to positivity in the workplace. She and her husband have three children and a house in a constant state of DIY remodeling.

Date: Friday, July 26, 2013 Time: 11:45 am check in; 12:00 – 1:30 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Ryan Sullivan, Esq., Positive Professional Place: SCBA, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $55–SCBA Members; $65–Public Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register Click Here to Download the Registration Flyer

Jeffrey Rabkin

Jeffery Rabkin, Esq. is Vice President with Stroz Friedberg’s San Francisco office. Stroz Friedberg is a global digital risk management and investigations firm that specializes in digital forensics, data breach and cybercrime response, electronic discovery, security risk consulting, and business intelligence and investigations. Mr. Rabkin manages digital forensics and electronic discovery engagements for major law firms and Fortune 500 companies. He also oversees complex white collar investigations involving computer crimes, corporate fraud, and theft of trade secrets. Prior to Stroz Freidberg, Mr. Rabkin served as an Assistant US Attorney in the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of California. He obtained experience with complex discovery projects during his career as an associate with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Rabkin authored two articles relating to ediscovery with the Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin for whom he served as a law clerk from 1996 to 1997. He has also published articles relating to white collar crime. He has also lectured at the Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center on parallel proceedings.

Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Time: 3:45 pm check in; 4:00 – 5:00 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Jeffrey Rabkin, Vice President, Stroz Friedberg Place: SCBA, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $45–SCBA Members; $55–Public; Students–$20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register Click Here to Download Registration Flyer

Stephen J. Healy

Stephen J. Healy is a trial attorney whose practice focuses on Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy filing and filing bankruptcy claims for victims of occupational asbestos-caused disease. He has handled and/or tried to verdict a wide assortment of matters including a large number of real estate and construction defect cases, medical malpractice, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, and gender and disability employment discrimination cases to name a few. Mr. Healy is the author of California Asbestos Products Liability: Claims, Defenses and Elements of Proof (© 2011 Stephen Healy) and has tried and settled multiple Asbestos Products Liability cases in excess of one million dollars.

Date: Monday, July 8, 2013 Time: 11:45 am check in; 12:00 – 1:00 pm Presentation Presenter(s): Stephen J. Healy, Law Office of Stephen Healy Place: SCBA, 37 Old Courthouse Sq., Ste. 100, Santa Rosa, CA Cost: $45–SCBA Members; $55–Public; Students–$20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.) Click Here to Register Click Here to Download the Registration Flyer