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Ethics Seminar Registration for Missouri & Kansas
This seminar qualifies insureds of The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company for a base rate discount and satisfies the 2.0 ethics hours requirement of Supreme Court Rule 15.05(f). 

Our cancellation policy: a full refund will be issued with 48 hours notice prior to seminar. If notice is less than 48 hours, a $15 administration fee will be charged.

If you have any questions regarding these seminars, please contact Brenda at 1-800-843-2277.

Space at Kansas City Plaza is limited. Early registration is strongly recommended!
Attorney Registration: $85.00

Non-Attorney Registration: $25.00*

Additional seminar manuals: $25.00 per copy
*non-attorney office personnel may attend when accompanied by an attorney who has registered for the seminar

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2.0 Hours of Ethics CLE Now Required in Missouri

The Missouri Supreme Court recently amended its Rule 15 to require Missouri attorneys to report two hours of Professionalism, Ethics, and Malpractice prevention on an annual basis.  The amended rule replaces the previous requirement of three hours every three years.  The amended reporting requirements are effective for the current reporting year that runs from July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010.

As The Bar Plan Foundation has been doing for more than two decades, we will once again be traveling throughout the state to assist lawyers in satisfying this new ethics requirement with high-quality, economical, and timely CLE ethics seminars.   

For further information on the our seminar series, please contact Chris Stiegemeyer or Christina Lewis Abate at (314) 965-3333 ext. 121.

For information on the Missouri Minimum Continuing Legal Education requirements, click here.  

2010 Spring Risk Management Seminar Description

Every Lawyer Wants the Case (But No Lawyer Wants to be the Case)

This seminar is for every lawyer who wants to avoid ever being used as an example in a legal malpractice risk management seminar.  Using case studies of actual malpractice claims against lawyers, this seminar will explore processes and techniques that can be utilized by lawyers to avoid malpractice. We will highlight circumstances that arise as cases progress, and lawyers’ reactions to them, that, while not in and of itself malpractice, can result in adverse consequences to clients’ cases.

2010 Schedule
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 – 9:50 a.m.
Hour One - The QUIZ – A potpourri of the hottest topics in legal malpractice and ethics, from E-Discovery, Cloud Computing, and Facebook to Federal Rules Changes, Trust Account Rules Changes, and Law Firm Break-ups, learn what you need to know to protect yourself from novel malpractice risks and ethics complaints.
 
9:50 – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 – 10:50 a.m.

Hour Two – Case Evaluations – From “Then” to “Now.” How client perceptions change throughout a case, and the affect that can have on a lawyer’s duties.

 

 
Speakers

Christian A. Stiegemeyer

Executive Vice President, The Bar Plan Foundation, and Director of Risk Management, The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company. Chris received his B.A. in Communications from Southeast Missouri State University and his J.D. from The Saint Louis University School of Law. Prior to joining The Bar Plan, Chris was in private practice concentrating in the areas of domestic relations, criminal law, and appellate practice.

Christina Lewis Abate

Christina Lewis Abate is a Risk Manager for The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company in St. Louis, Missouri.  She received her J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2004 and her B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 2000.  Christina is a member of the Missouri Bar, the American Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Prior to joining The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company in 2007, Christina was employed as a trial attorney with the Missouri State Public Defender System.

Christina currently serves as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Ethics and Professionalism Committee. Christina was recently appointed to serve as Chair of this Committee and her year-long term officially begins August 1, 2010.  

 

By Location
Missouri
Date Location Address
April 7 Farmington Holiday Inn Express
820 Market St.
Farmington, MO 63640
(573) 701-0505
April 13 St. Joseph Stoney Creek Inn
1201 Woodbine Rd.
St. Joseph, MO 64506
(816) 901-9600
April 14 Kansas City North Finnigan’s
503 East 18th Ave.
North Kansas City, MO 64116
(816) 221-3466
April 16 Columbia Stoney Creek Inn
2601 S. Providence Rd.
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 442-6400
April 20 St. Louis Downtown Hilton at the Ball Park
One South Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 259-3323
April 22 Cape Girardeau Drury Lodge
104 South Vantage Drive
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
(573) 334-7151
April 28 Hannibal Quality Inn & Suites
120 Lindsey Drive
Hannibal, MO 63401
(573) 221-4001
April 29 Clayton Crowne Plaza
7750 Carondelet
Clayton, MO 63105
(314) 726-5400
May 4 Sedalia Holiday Inn Express
4001 West Broadway
Sedalia, MO 65301
(660) 826-4000
May 5 Jefferson City Capitol Plaza Hotel
415 West McCarty St.
Jefferson City, MO 65101
(573) 635-1234
May 18 Joplin Holiday Inn
3615 Range Line Road
Joplin, MO 64804
(417) 782-1000
May 19 Springfield University Plaza Hotel
333 John Q. Hammond Pkwy
Springfield, MO 65806
(417) 522-1120
May 20 Rolla Comfort Suites
1650 Old Wire Outer Road
Rolla, MO 65401
(573) 368-4300
May 27 St. Louis South Holiday Inn Southwest Viking Conference Center
10709 Watson Road
St. Louis, MO 63127
(314) 821-6600
June 1 Clayton Crowne Plaza
7750 Carondelet
Clayton, MO 63105
(314) 726-5400
June 3 Kansas City Plaza* Marriott Country Club Plaza
4445 Main St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 531-3000
June 10 Solo Small Firm conference  
June 29 St. Louis West Sheraton Westport Main Bldg.
900 Westport Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63146
(314) 878-1500
June 30 Kansas City Downtown

Harrah’s Casino
One Riverboat Dr.
North Kansas City, MO 64116
(816) 472-7777

Kansas
Date Location Address
May 11 Garden City Hampton Inn
2505 E. Crestway Dr.
Garden City, KS 67846
(620) 272-0454
May 12 Salina Courtyard by Marriott
3020 Riffel Drive
Salina, KS 67401
(785) 309-1300
May 13 Overland Park Ritz Charles
9000 West 137th St.
Overland Park, KS 66221
(913) 685-2600
June 22 Great Bend Highland Hotel and Convention Center
3017 West 10th St.
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 792-2431
June 23 Wichita Holiday Inn Select
549 South Rock Road
Wichita, KS 67207
(316) 686-7131
June 24 Topeka Topeka Performing Arts Center
214 South East  8th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 234-2787
June 25 Overland Park Ritz Charles
9000 West 137th St.
Overland Park, KS 66221
(913) 685-2600
Indiana
There are no seminars scheduled in Indiana at this time.
 
New Mexico
There are no seminars scheduled in New Mexico at this time.