Mega Meeting




Save the date for the biggest CLE opportunity of the year! Earn up to 4.5 hours of CLE credit!




Registration

To register for Mega Meeting, please click here to fill out the registration form and mail, email, call or fax to be registered and to submit your payment. For more event information contact Marija Malacina at mmalacina@dcba.org or 630-653-7779. 

Venue

Mega Meeting is located at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville in Lisle. Please click here for location and directions.

Law Expo

Please support our sponsors and visit the Law Expo from 7:30am-2:00pm. A list of sponsors coming soon! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Marija Malacina at mmalacina@dcba.org or 630-653-7779.



Professional Responsibility Speaker

Sean Carter of Lawpsided Seminars, Humorist at Law, will kick off the event at 8:30 am by presenting the PRMCLE program. Come for some laughs and to earn 1 hour of PRMCLE credit! Click here to learn more about our speaker.

  


Program Schedule and Speakers

Program materials will be available in electronic form and available for pick up from 
January 21-January 24.


7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast and Registration

8:30 am – 9:30 am
Professional Responsibility Program
“Sue Unto Others As You Would Have Them Sue Unto You”
Presenter: Sean Carter, Lawpsided Seminars

9:45 am – 11:45 am
Session 1
Family Law
“The Nuts and Bolts of Your Client’s Finances”
Presenters: John T. Miller, Cammy Corso, Mary Lynn Hoffer

Estate Planning/Elder Law
“Illinois Directed Trust and Decanting Statutes”
Presenter: Tim Midura

“Change of Residence – Tax Consequences and Reporting”
Presenters: JoAnna Simek, Joe Bigane

Appellate Law/Civil Law
“Case Valuation and Strategies for Maximizing Case Outcomes”
Presenters: Honorable  Dorothy French Mallen, David Clark, David Coghlan, Charles Jacques, Honorable Hollis Webster

“Illinois Supreme Court Rules 341 and 342 Briefing Rules"
Presenter: Jeff Kaplan

Noon – 1 pm
Lunch
State of the Courthouse Address
Presenter: Chief Judge John Elsner

1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Session 2
Criminal Law
“Effective Courtroom Communication”
Presenters: Alexandra Rudolph

Real Estate Law
“Real Estate Law Update”
Presenters: Joe Fortunato, Steve Bashaw

“What Every Divorce Attorney Should Know About Real Estate Law (and Vice Versa)”
Presenters: Dick Bales, Mary McSwain

Labor & Employment/Business Law
“Healthcare Reform and Its Effect on Illinois Employers”
Presenters: Larry Grudzien, Jennifer Kobayashi
 

 

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