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Professionalism
May 21, 2010

This seminar is the Professionalism seminar required by the Alabama State Bar for all newly admitted attorneys in Alabama.







Cahaba Grand Conference Center
Birmingham
8:30 a.m.
6 MCLE Credit Hours including 6 hours of ethics

8:00-8:30 Registration and Check-In

8:30-9:00 Welcome to the Profession

Alicia Bennett
Commissioner at Large, Alabama State Bar
Boardman Carr Weed & Hutcheson PC
Birmingham

9:00-9:45 Issues that Arise During the Intake of Clients and Cases: The Code of Professional Responsibility Revisited

Robert E. Lusk, Jr.
Alabama State Bar
Montgomery

9:45-9:55 Refreshment Break

9:55-10:40 Professionalism in Civil Litigation

Leigh O’Dell
Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC
Montgomery

10:40-11:25 Professionalism Issues for Lawyers Representing Businesses

Caroline Armstrong
Armstrong Law LLC
Tuscaloosa

11:25-12:15 Lunch Served at Cahaba Grand

12:15-1:00 Professionalism in Mediation

Allison O’Neal Skinner
Sirote & Permutt PC
Birmingham

1:00-1:45 Professionalism in a Solo/Small Practice

Katy Smith Campbell
Katy Smith Campbell and Associates PC
Tuskegee

1:45-1:55 Refreshment Break

1:55-2:40 Ethical Issues for Lawyers Engaged in the Defense of Those Accused

John A. Lentine
Sheffield & Lentine PC
Birmingham

2:40-3:40 Professionalism and Civility: What Judges Have a Right to Expect from Lawyers, what Lawyers Have a Right to Expect from Judges and What Lawyers Have a Right to Expect of Other Lawyers

Judge Caryl P. Privett
10th Judicial Circuit
Birmingham

Judge John E. Ott
US Magistrate Court
Birmingham

Judge Leslie G. Johnson (ret.)
11th Judicial Circuit
Killen

3:40 Adjourn


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