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Procrastinators' on December 19, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Enjoy topics ranging from bankruptcy, family law, administrative law and DWI, and property tax to ethics and professionalism - all day or by the hour!

Earn 7 hours of CLE including 1 hour of Ethics and 1 hour of Professionalism

Conveniently located at the Pan Am Building, 11th Floor Auditorium, 601 Poydras Street, New Orleans

Early Bird Pricing and Reduced Rates for New Orleans Bar Association Members

Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration Opens
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Louisiana Insurance Penalties - Recent Developments A discussion of the substance and impact of last year’s most significant decisions involving Louisiana’s insurance penalty statues, La. R.S. 22:1892:1973, with emphasis on Louisiana Supreme Court opinions. Madeleine Fischer, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. David A. Strauss, King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC
10:10 am - 11:10 am	Insolvency and Death in Louisiana The Insolvent Decedent The Insolvent Heir The Jurisdictional Interplay of Bankruptcy & Successions Comparing & Contrasting Bankruptcy & Successions Albert J. Derbes, IV, The Derbes Law Firm Beau P. Sagona, The Derbes Law Firm
11:20 am - 12:20 pm	Family Law - An Introduction to UCCJEA The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act is a state law that deters interstate parental kidnapping and provides enforcement mechanisms in interstate child custody and visitation cases. The Hon. Bernadette G. D’Souza, Orleans Civil District Court
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm	Lunch on Your Own
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm	Administrative Law - A 2012 Update A review of recent developments including the passage of Act 559 and the due process requirements in administrative hearings. The Hon. Lynn L. Lightfoot, Division of Administrative Law Brian M. Begue
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Orleans Parish Property Tax Law & Administration: Where We Are and Where We Could Be Panelists will study the issues raised by the recent property tax assessment open rolls period procedures in Orleans Parish. Jaye A. Calhoun, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC Scott J. Sonnier, Lemle & Kelleher, LLP Richard Paul Tuttle, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
3:40 - 4:40 pm	Ethics - A Trend in Lawyers’ Tactics: Attorneys Threatening to Accuse Their Opposing Counsel of Ethics Violations Leopold Z. Sher, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
4:50 - 5:50 pm	Professionalism The Hon. Karen K. Herman, Orleans Criminal District Court

CLE Hours

Procrastinators' Programs (sm) offers 7 Hours of CLE including 1 Hour of Ethics and 1 Hour of Professionalism each day.

To Register

1. Call the Bar Office at (504) 525-7453 or

2. Email CC Kahr or

3. Complete the Registration Form and return to the New Orleans Bar Association by email, fax at (504) 525-6549, or mail to 650 Poydras Street, Suite 1505, New Orleans, LA 70130.