April 15, 2009 – The State Bar Practice411™ Breakfast & Business: Eggs, Ethics and Answers series will be presented on April 22 in Platteville and June 17 in Pembine. Pembine program information is not yet available. 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. Both seminars, presented in two sessions, will begin with a hot breakfast at 8:15 a.m. and conclude at 11:15 a.m.
The first session at the Platteville seminar, Twelve Things (at least) Every Attorney Should Know About Foreclosure Defenses, will explore the ins and outs of foreclosure defense. From “It’s almost never too late to save the home,” to “Debt collectors say the darnedest things,” you’ll learn a dozen strategies to help your clients keep their homes from J. David Krekeler a principal shareholder with Krekeler Strother S.C., Madison. Krekeler devotes a substantial portion of its practice to debt-relief matters.
The second session of both seminars, 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 programs will be submitted for up to 2.0 CLE. The Platteville program has been submitted for 1 EPR and the Pembine program has been submitted for up to 2 EPR credit.
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.