Speakers
Each of the CLE programs will feature a high-profile, dynamic topic with engaging speakers.
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Monday, June 14
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. | Opening Remarks Brian L. Buniva, President, Virginia State Bar, Richmond |
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| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | 100 Years After the Passage of the 19th Amendment Granting Women's Suffrage: How Far Have We Come and How Far Do We Still Have to Go? Marni E. Byrum, McQuade Byrum PLLC, Alexandria Hon. Mark D. Herring, Virginia Attorney General, Richmond Professor Vivian E. Hamilton, William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. | BREAKOUTS The Evolution of Military Divorce Peter J. Jankell, Jankell & Ireland, PC, Chesapeake Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Fact, Fiction and Opportunity Dr. Joseph P. McMenamin, JD, MD Dr. Vimal K. Mishra, MD |
| 11:25 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. | BREAK |
| 11:35 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. | BREAKOUTS Interrupting Implicit Bias to Improve Mental Health in the Legal Profession Mastering Your First (or Next) Evidentiary Hearing in the Digital Age Anne G. Bibeau, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk Rachel W. Adams, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond Michael J. Quinan, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond Hon. A. Ann Berkebile, State Corporation Commission, Richmond Hon. David A. Wright, former South Carolina PSC Commissioner Hon. James P. Fisher, 20th Judicial Circuit Court, Leesburg |
| 12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Convicting the Innocent Hon. Michael R. Doucette, Nelson County Circuit Court, Lovingston Steven D. Benjamin, Benjamin & DesPortes, PC, Richmond Betty Lanye Desportes, Benjamin & DesPortes, PC, Richmond Prof. Jon B. Gould, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ Marvin Anderson, Exoneree |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. | BREAK |
| 2:10 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. | Mandatory Monthly Trust Accounting - Balance is Key (1.0 hour ethics) Jeannie P. Dahnk, Jeannie P. Dahnk, Esq., Fredericksburg Hon. Kathleen M. Uston, Alexandria Circuit Court, Alexandria Nailing Voir Dire, Special Verdicts and Instructions in Construction Jury Trials Shelly L. Ewald, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar, & Fitzgerald, LLP, McLean Daniel E. Toomey, The McCammon Group, Washington, D.C. Hon. Randall D. Smith, The McCammon Group, Virginia Beach Tara L. Chadbourn, ReavesColey, PLLC, Chesapeake |
| 3:10 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:20 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. | The Ethics of Law Firm Cybersecurity in a Work-From-Home World (1.0 hour ethics) Sharon D. Nelson, Sensei Enterprises, Inc., Fairfax John Simek, Sensei Enterprises, Inc., Fairfax |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | BINGO |
Monday, June 14
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. | State of the Bar Address Brian L. Buniva, President, Virginia State Bar, Richmond |
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| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Ethics in the New Normal of Lawyering (1.0 hour ethics) Seth M. Guggenheim MVirginia State Bar, Washington James M. McCauley Virginia State Bar, Richmond |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. | Mentoring During and After the COVID Era: How to Set Up a Program and Make It Work Jay B. Myerson, The Myerson Law Group, PC, Reston Anita O. Poston, Vandeventer Black, LLP, Norfolk Ra Hee Jeon, Pender & Coward, PC, Virginia Beach Prof. Blake D. Morant, George Washington Law School, Arlington Leslie A.T. Haley, Park Haley LLP, Richmond Hon. Rossie D. Alston, Jr., US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia |
| 11:25 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. | BREAK |
| 11:35 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. |
You Say Cannabis, I Say Marijuana, Where Do We Start? A Lawyer’s 101 Introduction to Legal Possession and Sale (0.5 hour ethics) |
| 12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Attorney General Debate (non-CLE) |
9.5 hours live CLE (3.5 ethics) hours (pending)
Additional 3.0 hours (breakouts) available on-demand after June 30, 2021
Updated: June 2, 2021