Marion County Bar Association

Brown Bag CLE Series

What:  What you need to know about Election Law in 2012.  Brush up on your knowledge about election law for 2012 with Dennis Koho, Alana Coz and Steve Trout.

When:  April 10, 2012 from noon until 1:00.

Where: Judge James’ courtroom

Bring your own brown bag lunch.  MCBA members earn a free CLE credit.  Non-members pay $10.00 at the door, cash or check made payable to MCBA.

Marion County Bar Association

Brown Bag CLE Series

What:   MCLE credits for Legal Aid/Pro Bono update – cases with attorney fee clause with Michael Keeney

When:  March 13, 2012, 12:00-1:00.

Where: Judge James’ courtroom

Bring your own brown bag lunch.  MCBA members earn a free CLE credit.  Non-members pay $10.00 at the door, cash or check made payable to MCBA.

Lindsay Partridge
Wednesday February 29, 2012
3:00pm
Judge Hart’s courtroom (2A)
Reception to follow

David Leith
Friday April 6, 2012
3:00pm
Judge Hart’s courtroom (2A)
Reception to follow

In the month of February, we will explore the elusive goal of balancing responsibilities both at work and at home. Whatever your goals, these speakers can bring enormous benefit to your professional and personal life.

Julie Muller, owner of West Linn’s Peace of Mind, opens the three-week series. Julie is a life coach with years of experience showing frazzled, disorganized work-a-holics the light. The following week, our topic focuses on the how-tos of creating a more zen-like work life as Alice Phalan of Indigo Wellness demonstrates step-by-step methods for focusing and soothing your over-stressed brain.

The series concludes with a lively discussion with Jenny Foss, founder of JobJenny.com and headhunter extraordinaire. Jenny will share her tips and techniques for using LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and blogging to tailor your networking and job hunting efforts to your own needs and availability.

Julie Muller: Peace of Mind
February 13, 2012; Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Hearing Room, Oregon Civic Justice Center
Willamette University Campus

Alice Phalan: Indigo Wellness
February 21, 2012; Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Hearing Room, Oregon Civic Justice Center
Willamette University Campus

Jenny Foss: JobJenny.com
Feburary 27, 2012; Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Hearing Room, Oregon Civic Justice Center
Willamette University Campus

For more information, visit http://maryleonardlawsociety.blogspot.com/
To RSVP, email maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com

State of the Courts Address will be televised live in Marion County Courthouse Jury Room.

RSVP not necessary for attending the televised address.

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Presiding Judge Jamese L. Rhoades invited you to

2012 State of the Courts Address

Online Image Management

Tuesday, January 24, 2012; 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Hearing Room, Oregon Civic Justice Center
Willamette University Campus, Salem

Mary Louise VanNatta of VanNatta Public Relations – one of Oregon’s
most established public relations firms – will share her expertise and
offer helpful tips on managing yourself in the ever-expanding online world
that no attorney should ignore.

Please join us as we discover what it means to manage your professional
image online. The discussion will focus on online reputation management and
how to build your personal brand for online usage.

Co-Sponsored by WUCL Career and Professional Development.

For more information or to RSVP:
maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com

Thursday, January 19, 2012

• Judge’s Reception commences at 5:30
• Dinner and Presentation begins at 6:30
• Emcee – Jonathan Bauer

MCBA Annual Awards Recipients:

• Carson Award (Service to Bar):  Paul Saucy
• Carson Award (Service to Community):  Honorable Dennis Graves
• Compton Award:  David Boyles
• Professionalism Award:  J. Philip Parks

 Pro Bono Awards Recipients:

• Law Firm of the Year:  Sherman, Sherman, Johnnie & Hoyt
• Lawyer of the Year:  Sean Armstrong
• Tom Elden Government Lawyer of the Year:  Audrey Hirsch
• Emeritus Lawyer of the Year:  A. Edward Millis
• Arno Denecke Lawyer of the Year:  Justin Barbot-Wheaton

Please contact Stephanie Wilson at (503)399-9218 or stephanie@feiblemancase.com for more information

A Brief History and Description of the FLAC

Enacted in 1997, ORS 3.434 required each judicial district to create a local FLAC to adopt a local plan to coordinate the provision of services to families in domestic relations proceedings. Since then, the FLAC promulgated the Integrated Family Services Plan as well as the Domestic Violence Plan, the Parental Access Program, and the Young Child Case Processing Protocol. In addition to producing the High Conflict Symposia, which draws attendees from around the state, the Marion County FLAC continues to provide input to the court and serves as a forum for discussion on a multitude of family law issues. Its multi-disciplinary membership includes representatives from DHS, the Mid-Valley Women’s Crisis Service, YWCA, Marion/Polk Legal Aid, the DA’s office, the local family law bar, as well as mediators and custody evaluators.

Bill Eddy

Mr. Eddy is an attorney, therapist, mediator, and the President of the High Conflict Institute based in San Diego, California. Mr. Eddy trains professionals how to manage high conflict personalities by providing seminars to attorneys, mediators, collaborative law professionals, judges, ombudspersons, mental health professionals, hospital administrators, college administrators, law enforcement personnel, homeowners association managers and others. He has presented domestically in over 25 states and internationally in Canada, Australia, France and Sweden.

A Certified Family Law Specialist, Mr. Eddy has represented clients in family court and provided divorce mediation services for the past 18 years. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Eddy worked as a psychotherapist for 12 years, providing services to children, adults, couples and families in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics.

Mr. Eddy is the author of several books, including It’s All Your Fault!: 12 Tips for Managing People Who Blame Others for Everything, High Conflict People in Legal Disputes, and Managing High Conflict People in Court. He is the developer of New Ways for Families, a short-term program for strengthening conflict skills for potentially high-conflict families and a co-developer of “HCI Pattern Analysis” a software service for presenting high conflict behavior patterns in family law settlement and litigation.

Mr. Eddy also teaches Negotiation and Mediation at the University of San Diego School of Law. He has served as a Special Master and as a Settlement Judge. He is currently the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego, California. He is an adjunct professor at the Pepperdine University School of Law and on the faculty of the National Judicial College.

Symposium Details

High Conflict Symposium VIII: Managing High Conflict Personalities in Family Cases will be presented:

• Friday, January 6, 2012
• Paulus Lecture Hall of the Willamette University College of Law,245 Winter St. in Salem, Oregon.
• Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
• Opening remarks by the Honorable Thomas M. Hart at 8:30 a.m.
• Bon Appétit will provide morning refreshments, lunch, and a hosted reception with Bill Eddy following the program.
• All included with the registration price of $75.
• The symposium will provide 6.5 CLE hours.

Contact David Bertram, Mediation Coordinator for the Marion County Circuit Court at 503-584-9055 for more registration details.

Fred Avera was first elected as a Polk County Circuit Court judge in 1998 and subsequently re-elected in 2004 and 2010.

Before serving as judge, Avera was the Polk County District Attorney from 1987 to 1999 and a deputy DA from 1985 to 1987.  He began his legal career at a firm in Polk County in 1975 and then spent about six months working in Benton County. He quickly discovered he preferred practicing in Polk County and moved to Dallas to start a practice in 1977.