MCLE Classes

How to Depose a Treating Physician

The key to every successful treating physician deposition is preparation. This presentation will outline matters to research before the deposition, issues to address during the deposition and techniques for approaching both the favorable and unfavorable witness.

Mary Gannon-McMurry, BSN, JD

Mary Gannon-McMurry BSN JD
Legal Nurse Consultant/Attorney

Ms. Gannon-McMurry is licensed to practice law in Florida, California and the District of Columbia (inactive) as well as licensed as a registered nurse in Michigan and California. Since 2005, Ms. Gannon-McMurry has served the insurance industry, and plaintiff and defense bar, as an independent contract attorney and legal nurse consultant in catastrophic injury cases. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Michigan State University in 1987 and worked as a registered nurse at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and Orlando Regional Medical Center for several years. While working as a medical analyst of workers’ compensation claims, Ms. Gannon-McMurry attended The National Law Center at George Washington University. She graduated in the top third of her class and was a member of the Moot Court Board and Journal of International Law and Economics. Her early work practicing law in Florida included the defense of premises liability and auto claims. Later, her practice was concentrated on the defense of physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice claims. She was also actively involved in physician licensure defense.

Date:Thursday, September 26, 2013

Time: 11:45 am check in; 12:00 – 1:00 pm Presentation

Presenter(s): Mary Gannon-McMurry BSN JD

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.)

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Events

A Conversation with the Chief Justice

Hon. Tani Cantil Sakauye

Hon. Tani Cantil- Sakauye
Chief Justice of California
California Supreme Court

 

Chief Justice Tani Cantil -Sakauye was sworn into office as Chief Justice of California on January 3, 2011. In total, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye has served for more than 20 years on California appellate and trial courts. She currently chairs the Judicial Council of California and the Commission on Judicial Appointments. She was a member of the California Commission for Impartial Courts as well as president of the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court. The Chief Justice was a Special Master, selected by the Supreme Court of California to hear disciplinary proceedings before the Commission on Judicial Performance. She is also currently a member of the Board of Visitors for UC Davis.

Hon. Gary Nadler

Hon. Gary Nadler
Judge
Sonoma County Superior Court

The Honorable Gary Nadler is currently Judge in the Civil Division of the Sonoma County Superior Court. Judge Nadler is also an adjunct professor at the University Of San Francisco School of Law, and is a faculty member at the Bernard E. Witkin Judicial College. He teaches extensive judicial continuing education for California Judges. He is co‐author of California Civil Discovery Handbook, and authored action guides relating to civil discovery for the Continuing Education of the Bar.

Date:Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Time: 11:30am check in; 12:00pm-12:30pm Lunch; 12:30pm – 1:30pm Presentation

Presenter(s):
Hon. Tani Cantil- Sakauye, Chief Justice, California Supreme Court
Hon. Gary Nadler, Judge, Sonoma County Superior Court

Place: Fountaingrove Inn, 101 Fountaingrove Pkwy, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Cost: $70–SCBA Members; $90–Public

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Events

SCBA ANNUAL BBQ AND PICNIC

Family Fun in the Sun!

Join SCBA in celebrating the end of summer at the annual BBQ and Picnic! There will be lots of fun, music, and delicious food. Kids can enjoy splashing around in the pool, under the careful watch of a lifeguard, or jump in the jumpy house. Adults can mix and mingle with their family, colleagues, and friends, enjoy a cold beverage, and listen (or dance) to the live band.

This is an event you and your family wouldn’t want to miss!

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2013

Time: 12:30 PM—4:00 PM

Place: Wikiup Tennis & Swim Club | 500 Wikiup Drive | Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Cost: $25 Adults, $10 Kids & Grandkids Age 4-16, Kids & Grandkids 0-3 are Free!!!

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MCLE Classes

Update: Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act
Analysis of the United States Supreme Court Decisions

As a follow-up to SCBA’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act seminar on May 13th, the LGBT Law Section invites you to participate in a discussion of the anticipated landmark decisions by the United States Supreme Court.

Peter Renn

Peter Renn
Staff Attorney
Lambda Legal

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

Cathy Sakimura, Esq.
Family Law Director & Supervising Attorney
National Center for Lesbian Rights

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.

Kinna P. Crocker

Kinna P. Crocker
Attorney
Terre Family Law

Prior to her work in Sonoma County, Ms. Crocker practiced all aspects of family law in Sacramento as a senior associate. She served on the State Bar of California’s Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination as well as the State Bar Council on Access and Fairness. She was the Leader for the Sacramento chapters of Marriage Equality USA, Equality California and Marriage Equality California. She was previously a Board Member with Positive Images, a Sonoma County non-profit organization dedicated to providing support and assistance to LGBT youth. She is currently, Chair of the Sonoma County Bar Association’s LGBT Law Section and a member of Sonoma County Women in Law.

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.)
MCLE Classes

Criminal Do’s and Don’ts

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.)

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MCLE Classes

Real Property Update

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.)

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MCLE Classes

The Fundamentals of Family Law Fiduciary Duty

What is a Family Law Fiduciary Duty?
How, When and Why to Disclose
Avoiding the Agony of the “Breach”
When Does the Fiduciary Duty End – Its not that simple!
Remedies and Sanctions

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

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MCLE Classes

Planning and Defending Against Undue Influence Claims

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.)

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MCLE Classes

Workplace Investigations: What, When, and How

Types of Workplace Investigations—Overview, Rules, Procedures

Determining When a Workplace Investigation is Needed and Who Should Investigate

Guidelines for Conducting Effective and Defensible Investigations

Using Investigative Reports/Findings in Subsequent Litigation

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.)

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Ethics

Competence, Diligence and the Top 10 Ways To Be A Positive Professional

Learning Objectives:

Identify your preferred strengths and incorporate them into daily practice.

Stop the cycle of feeling frazzled and avoid attorney burn-out.

Set up frameworks for future success and competence.

Implement the proven “If-Then” method to stop procrastinating and get it done!

Learn mental health warning signs and how to lighten your emotional burdens.

Ryan Sullivan

Ryan Sullivan, Esq.
Positive Professional

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.)

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