SOLO & SMALL FIRM SUBSTANTIVE LAW & ETHICS DVD SEMINAR (R80-0804)

Save $80.00 when you purchase both days of the Substantive Law & Ethics track together!

To take advantage of this offer, simply select "Days 1 & 2" from the drop down box.

Please note that the DVDs for the Solo & Small Firm Conference are grouped by academic track and day and sold separately.

"Substantive Law & Ethics - Day 1" is worth 7.7 WV MCLE credits, including 2.1 Ethics/L.O.M. credits.

David and Goliath: Taking On "Big Corporations" With Small Firm Resources

Litigating consumer claims under the W. Va. Consumer Credit and Protection Act, The Fair Debt Collection Act and at Common Law.

RALPH C. YOUNG, ESQUIRE

Hamilton Burgess Young & Pollard PLLC, Fayetteville, West Virginia

Election Law 101: Representing a Political Candidate

• The lawyer’s role in a political campaign• Becoming a candidate • Filing to run for office • Eligibility issues• Running the campaign• Contributions and fundraising • Allowed expenditures• Political advertisements

• Prohibited activities• Judicial candidates• Canvass, recount and contest• Representing election officials, political party executive committees, local organizations and PAC’s• Excess campaign funds
TERESA W. HELMICK, ESQUIRE

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia

Preparing and Trying the Complex Case

MARVIN W. MASTERS, ESQUIRE

The Masters Law Firm, LC, Charleston, West Virginia

GEORGE M. SCOTT, ESQUIRE

Spencer, West Virginia

The Lawyer as an Employer

• How to Conduct Employment Interviews

• How to Develop an Employment Policy for Your Firm

• How to Handle Employee Disciplinary Issues

KAREN HAMRICK MILLER, ESQUIRE

Miller Weiler & Walters, Charleston, West Virginia

Representing Professional Athletes: From Negotiation to Final Contract of Calvin Johnson

James (Bus) Cook will speak about the challenges and complexities associated with negotiating the multi-million dollar contract of the #2 pick in the 2007 NFL Draft.
JAMES (BUS) COOK, ESQUIRE

B.C. Sports, Inc., Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Oil and Gas Leases: A Primer and Hot Issues

• Relationship of the Term and Rent and Royalty Clauses • The Primary Term and Delay Rent • The Extended Term • Propelling into Extended Term • Maintaining During the Extended Term • Temporary Cessation • Shut-in Provisions • Royalty on Oil and Gas • Proceeds Clauses • Market Value Clauses • Flat Well Rental • Entireties Clauses and Nonapportionment Rule • Deduction of Post-Production Expenses • Division Orders

J. THOMAS LANE, ESQUIRE

Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP, Charleston, West Virginia

50 Hot Legal PC Tips, Gadgets and Websites in 50 Minutes

The best tips you'll ever hear about legal technology information you can take back to your firm and use NOW! From word processing tips to Palm-sized gear, how to pay for technology purchases to "Surviving Windows" to protecting your system from disasters to spending as little as possible on maximum impact legal research to technology "FAQs."

ROSS L. KODNER, ESQUIRE

MicroLaw, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

BRITT L. KNUTTGEN, PRESIDENT

Automated Horizons, Roanoke, Virginia

DAVID DUFFIELD, ESQUIRE

Duffield & Lovejoy, Huntington, West Virginia

"Substantive Law & Ethics - Day 2" is worth 7.3 WV MCLE credits, including 3.0 Ethics/L.O.M. credits.

Developing a Family Law Practice
ANDREW S. NASON, ESQUIRE
Pepper & Nason, Charleston, West Virginia
DELBY B. POOL, ESQUIRE
Clarksburg, West Virginia

Financial Strategies for Attorneys, Their Families, and Their Clients

• Wealth Accumulation: How Much Do You Need to Save for Retirement and

How Should You Go About Saving What You Need

• Qualified Retirement Plans and Other Savings Vehicles

• Investment Strategies: How to Properly Diversify and Allocate Your Investment Assets

• Risk Management/Insurance Issues the Attorney Needs to Consider

GARY SWINGLE, PRESIDENT

A&F Financial Advisors LLC, Charleston, West Virginia

CINDY S. McGHEE, VICE PRESIDENT

A&F Financial Advisors LLC, Charleston, West Virginia

Title Insurance: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know

ANDREW H. MILLER, ESQUIRE

Flynn Max Miller & Toney LC, Huntington, West Virginia

Avoiding Ethical Problems with Trust Accounts

CHARLES A. JONES, III, ESQUIRE

Office of the West Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Counsel

Structured Settlements for Personal Injury Awards and Related Ethical Considerations

• What is a Structured Settlement?

• Who is Eligible to use a Structured Settlement?

• Your Ethical Responsibility to Educate Your Clients on Structured Settlement Annuities

• Pros and Cons of Structuring a Settlement Award: For the Client (and for the Attorney's Fee)

• How to use a 468(B) Settlement Fund

GARY SWINGLE, PRESIDENT

A&F Financial Advisors LLC, Charleston, West Virginia

How Bankruptcy Affects Domestic, Personal Injury, Real Estate, and Other Areas of the Law
ANDREW S. NASON, ESQUIRE
Pepper & Nason

Stress Management for the Stressed Lawyer

PROFESSOR FOREST BOWMAN

Jackson & Kelly Professor of Law Emeritus

West Virginia University

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