May 27, 2009 – The State Bar Practice411™ Breakfast & Business: Eggs, Ethics and Answers series will be presented in Pembine on June 17. Pembine is conveniently located about an hour and a half from Rhinelander, Green Bay, and Marinette, and about a half hour from Iron Mountain, Mich. The seminar will be presented in two sessions, beginning with a hot breakfast at 8:15 a.m. and concluding at 11:15 a.m.
The first session, Fees and Trust Accounting Under the New Professional Rules of Conduct, discusses how to modify your fee agreements to comply with new definitions for “advanced fees,” “flat fees,” and “retainers,” plus the new threshold of $1,000 in total costs. State Bar Ethics Counsel, Timothy J. Pierce will present this session.
The second session, Safe Computing: Protecting Your Practice and Clients from Digital Disaster, will explore the perils of metadata, inadequate backup, incomplete security, and failure to protect confidential information. State Bar Practice Management Advisor Nerino Petro will present this session.
Tuition is $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. The program will be submitted for up to 2.0 CLE credits and up to 2.0 EPR credits.
Individual free consultations on practice management issues with Petro are available the afternoon of each program. Call Julie Ethridge at (608) 250-6014 or (800) 444-9404, ext. 6014, to schedule your private consultation.
Speakers and topics for the Breakfast & Business: Eggs, Ethics and Answers on June 17 in Pembine will be announced as they become available.
