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• Family Law Mid-Year State of the Court Update

  • When
    Wednesday, June 07, 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Video Conference
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  FAMILY LAW - STATE OF THE COURT MID-YEAR UPDATE

  Date: June 7, 2023

  Time:  Noon via Zoom

  Speakers: Jake Chatter, CEO, Placer County Superior Court

  Mr. Chatters will provide an update on court operations (as it relates to family law matters), the court’s family law mediation procedures, upcoming projects that may impact family law practitioners, and an overview of the court budget. A question and answer period will be included. Questions can be submitted in advance to Nancy Seley and will be addressed first followed by an open discussion as time allows.

  Please submit your questions no later than COB on June 1 so Jake has sufficient time to review and address your questions.

  This lunch will be held via Zoom Video Conference. Registered attendees will be provided with a link to Zoom registration once you have registered for this event and paid your fee online.  You must register on Zoom in order to receive the encrypted link for joining this secured web conference.  The link for registering will be found on your PCBA registration email.  Please be sure to register on Zoom no later than November 29 in order to receive written material.

  This video conference will provide one hour MCLE credit or one hour specialty credit.

  Cost is $25 for PCBA PEP section members and $35 for PCBA non-section members or non PCBA members. Space is limited so be sure to sign-up early. 

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• PWL Luncheon with Judge Hirashima: Women in the Judiciary

  • When
    Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Sierra View County Club, 105 Alta Vista Ave., Roseville, CA
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  WOMEN IN THE JUDICIARY

  
  

  When:  June 20, 2023 from Noon - 1:00 p.m.

  Where:  Sierra View Country Club

  Come join the Placer Women Lawyers' spring luncheon at Sierra View Country Club where the Honorable Trisha Hirashima will speak on women in the judiciary.  Come learn from the Judge, network with fellow women attorneys and enjoy the delicious lunch and vibrant company!

  When you register, be sure to check the box for your menu selection.  Cost is $30 for all PCBA Placer Women Lawyers Section members, $35 for all other registrants whether you are a PCBA member or not.
  

  Depending on the context of the presentation, MCLE credit may be applicable.

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• Ten Ways to Avoid Malpractice

  • When
    Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Video Conference
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  10 Ways to Avoid Malpractice

  
  

  Date: 6/21/23

  Time:  Noon via Zoom

  Speakers: Mark Ellis, Esq.

  The number of claims for legal malpractice or breach of fiduciary duty remain consistently high. Mr. Ellis will be discussing 10 practical ways to avoid malpractice pitfalls and traps that may lead to such claims.

  Mr. Ellis earned his law degree from California Western School of Law, cum laude, in 1985. He earned his undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary in 1982. Mr. Ellis has practiced in the area of legal malpractice defense for the last 36 years. He has handled hundreds of legal malpractice cases and has tried more than 50 malpractice cases to verdict or judgment. He is one of the few attorneys across California certified by the California State Bar as a legal malpractice specialist. Over the last 20 years, he has been named as a Northern California SuperLawyer, as one of the Best Lawyers in America, and as one of the best lawyers in Sacramento by Sacramento Magazine. His law firm, Ellis Law Group, LLP, has been named as one of the best small law firms by U.S. News & World Report. Mr. Ellis frequently lectures on issues related to the practice of law nd other related subjects.

  This lunch will be held via Zoom Video Conference. Registered attendees will be provided with a link to Zoom registration once you have registered for this event and paid your fee online.  You must register on Zoom in order to receive the encrypted link for joining this secured web conference.  The link for registering will be found on your PCBA registration email.  Please be sure to register on Zoom no later than May 30 in order to receive written material.

  This video conference will provide one hour MCLE credit or one hour specialty credit.

  Cost is $25 for PCBA  members and $35 for non-PCBA members . Space is limited so be sure to sign-up early. 

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• Family Law - 2-Person S/C Training

  • When
    Monday, June 26, 2023
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    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Gibson Courthouse, Dept. 44
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  2-PERSON SETTLEMENT CONFERENCEE TRAINING

  Where:  Gibson Courthouse, Dept. TBA

  Time:  2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.

  Interested in training for a new settlement program for two-attorney cases?  For those who want to participate in facilitating settlements you should attend this training.

  If you are interested in expanding your practice into mediation or have an interest in a Commissioner or Judge position one day, this might be a good opportunity for you to get some practice in assisting two-attorney cases while lending your time volunteering.

  These settlements meetings will be similar to the ones conducted by Jessica Hopper at the facilitator’s office where one or more of the parties is pro per. More specific information and sign-ups will be sent out once a courtroom has been assigned.  

  Space is limited.  Please register your seat online.  You must register no later than June 24 at which time registration will close, or will close when maximum number of registrants has been reached.  If you register and thereafter determine you cannot make the training, please email Nancy at placerbar.org@gmail.com to cancel so someone on the waitlist can take your seat.

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