31st Annual National CLE Conference®
Environmental Law, Land Use, Energy and Litigation Program
Program Co-Chairs:
Yvette Lowney, Exponent Inc., Boulder, CO
Timothy R. Henderson, Rich & Henderson PC, Annapolis, MD
Gregor I. McGregor, McGregor & Associates PC, Boston, MA
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
3:00-7:00 p.m.
Registration
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Buying and Selling Dirty Property: Ten Tactical Tips and Sample Documents
Gregor I. McGregor, McGregor & Associates PC, Boston, MA
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Brownfield Redevelopment — Contaminated Property: Remediation and Redevelopment
Frank Chmelik, Chmelik Sitkin & Davis PS, Bellingham, WA
Thursday, January 9, 2014
7:00- 8:00 a.m.
Water Pollution/Storm Water/Wetlands:Tougher Rules on New Facilities and Retrofitting the Existing
Timothy R. Henderson, Rich & Henderson PC, Annapolis, MD
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Groundwater Supply: Political and Legal Case Studies Around the Nation
Bruce Tepper, R. Bruce Tepper ALC, Los Angeles, CA
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Expert Witness Tips and Trends: Information All Practitioners Can Use
Atlantis Langowski, Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Services, San Francisco, CA
5:30-6:30 p.m. (1 Ethics Credit)
Plenary Session: Growing Your Practice Online: The Ethics of Online Marketing and Social Media
- Websites: How to Ethically Build a Successful Website that Does Not Mislead or Violate your State Ethics Professional Code of Conduct. Some Common Pitfalls and Tricky Mistakes You May be Making Online
- Blogging: What You Can and Can’t Say on Your Blog About Your Cases, Clients and Practice Areas
- Social Media: Why You Need to Care about Social Media, but Only for a Few Minutes a Week…and How to Avoid Hot Water with the Ethics Committee When You or Someone from Your Staff is Using Social Media.From Discovery Issues and Candor to the Tribunal, a Wide Range of Issues Surrounding Social Media and Your Law Practice Will be Covered
- Online Reviews: What are the Ethics of Getting Reviews, How do you Get Reviews Removed and When are You Liable for What They Say
Jabez LeBret, Chief Innovation Officer, Get Noticed Get Found Inc., Cincinnati, OH
6:30 p.m.
Wine Reception
Friday, January 10, 2014
7:00- 8:00 a.m.
Recent Developments in Fracking Lawsuits; What’s Happening and Where Are We Heading
Marc Bern, Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, New York, NY
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Meeting the Challenges of Lean Government: The Privatized and Self-Help Regulatory Trend
Charles Wolfe, Charles R. Wolfe, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
The Top Ten Land Use Law Decisions of 2013: From Zoning to Regulatory Takings
Dwight Merriam, Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford, CT
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. How to Assess Environmental Risk When Skiing Through the Moguls of Real Estate Transactions
Yvette Lowney, Exponent Inc., Boulder, CO
Dr. Charles Menzie, Exponent Inc., Alexandria, VA
Saturday, January 11, 2014
7:00- 8:00 a.m.
Tax Tips for Landowner, Developer, Utility, Government and Investments: Savings for Your Clients
Jack Sawyer, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Keeping Land Conservation Contributions “Qualified” Under the Federal Tax Rules
Stefan Nagel, Of Counsel, Law Office of Stephen J. Small, P.C., Newton, MA
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
What Lawyers Need to Know About the Administration’s New Climate Change/Global Warming Initiatives
Peter J. Kirsch, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, Denver, CO
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Malpractice Issues Involving Climate Change: Client Pitfalls and New Work for Attorneys
Steven Hoch, Morris Polich & Purdy, Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, January 12, 2014
7:00-8:00 a.m. A Special Presentation on Employee Benefits
The Overturning of DOMA by the Supremes: “What Now My Love?”
Bynum (Bym) E. Tudor III, Founding Partner, Berry & Tudor, P.C. , Brentwood, TN
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Sunset of Provisions under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 for Multiemployer Pension Plans
Jay Egelberg, ASA, Consulting Actuary, First Actuarial Consulting, Inc., New York, NY
