Schedule of Events:

Friday, December 2nd:

7:30 - 8:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast Buffet
WAJ New Lawyers Breakfast Meeting
Workers' Compensation Meeting

    
8:30 - 9:00 AM
WAJ Annual Meeting  
Paralegal of the Year Award: 
Laurel A. Wirth, Herrling Clark Law Firm 

9:00-10:00 AM
Plaintiff Lawyers in the 21st Century: The Last Resistance
Rick Friedman | Friedman Rubin

10:15-11:00 AM
Old School Musings on Ordering Your Proof at Trial
Ric Domnitz | Domnitz & Skemp SC
John Peterson | Peterson Berk & Cross SC

11:00-12:00 PM
Bringing Drones into the Courtroom
Joseph Hupy | Power of Ground Consulting
Tom Guelzow | Guelzow Law Offices LTD

12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch Buffet
Women’s Caucus Luncheon
Paralegal/ Legal Assistant Luncheon
Special Guest Speaker Senator Tammy Baldwin 

1:00-2:00 PM
Polarizing the Case; followed by, Q & A
Rick Friedman | Friedman Rubin 

2:00-2:45 PM
Using The Theme of The Case To Set-up Your Request For Damages
Craig Christensen | Habush Habush & Rottier

Anchoring Your Ask-How To Increase Your Award
Pat Dunphy | Cannon & Dunphy SC

3:00-3:30 PM
Litigation and Driverless Cars
Scott Thompson | Gingras Cates & Luebke

3:30-4:00 PM
Exclusion of Expert Testimony Based on Unpaid Balances? A Practice Primer
Kristin Cafferty | Habush Habush & Rottier

PARALEGAL BREAKOUT SESSION

2:00-3:00 PM
The HITECH Headache and How to Alleviate It
Kristen Scheuerman, Herrling Clark Law Firm, James Scoptur, Aiken & Scoptur, S.C.

3:00-3:45 PM
Find Audio and Visual Evidence to Strengthen Your Case
Christine Esser, Habush Habush & Rottier

3:45-4:00 PM
Life as a Paralegal Versus Life as an Attorney
Amy Risseeuw, Peterson Berk & Cross

Friday Night, December 2nd

6:30 pm - Presidents' Dinner Reception
7:30 pm-  Presidents Dinner

Saturday, December 3rd:

8:00- 9:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast Buffet

9:00- 12:00 PM
Rule Changes to Address the Modern Day Practice of Law
Timothy Pierce | Ethics Counsel, State Bar of Wisconsin
Dean Dietrich | Ruder Ware LLSC

CLE CREDITS:

WI: 
Approved for: 10.0 CLE, including 3.5 Ethics
Friday Only: 7.5 CLE, 0 Ethics
Saturday Only: 3.5 Ethics

MN: 
Approved For: 6.25 CLE Credits, Including 2.75 Ethics
Friday Only: 3.5 CLE, 0 Ethics
Satuday Only: 2.75 Ethics 
 

PAW:
Approved For: 8.75 CLE Credits, Including 3.0 Ethics
Friday Only: 5.75 CLE, 0 Ethics
Saturday Only: 3.0 Ethics

Presidents' Reception & Dinner

December 2nd, 2016
The Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee
 

$25.00- Reception Only Ticket (6:30 pm)
$75.00- Dinner Ticket (7:30 pm)

With special music performed by Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Harpist Callie Greene

 Event Dress Code:

• The dress code for WAJ’s meetings (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) are business casual, coat and tie are discouraged.
• Dress for the Friday night Presidents’ Dinner is business (not formal), i.e., business suit, sports coat and tie for men, and business attire or evening dress for women.

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