Total Credits: 10.0 MCLE, 1.0 Ethics, 0.0 Elimination of Bias, 8.0 Kansas Credit, 1.0 Kansas Ethics
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7:00 – 7:40 AM | Registration
7:40 – 8:30 AM | Workers’ Compensation Law
Speaker: Kevin M. Johnson, Wallace Saunders, Overland Park, KS
8:30 – 9:20 AM | Employment Law
Speaker: William C. Martucci, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City
9:20 – 9:30 AM | Break
9:30 – 10:20 AM | Bankruptcy & Debtors/Creditors Law
Speaker: TBA
10:20 – 11:10 AM | Family Law
Speakers: Jennifer Oswald Brown, Oswald Roam & Rew LLC, Blue Springs and Tamara A. Veit, McElligott Ewan & Hall, PC, Independence
11:10 – 11:20 AM | Break
11:20 AM – 12:10 PM | Real Estate Law
Speaker: William M. Quitmeier, Quitmeier Law Firm, Kansas City
12:10 – 1:10 PM | Lunch on Your Own
1:10 – 2:00 PM | Ethics Update
Speaker: Keith A. Cutler, James W. Tippin & Associates, Kansas City
2:00 – 2:50 PM | Criminal Law
Speaker: James R. Wyrsch, Wyrsch, Hobbs & Mirakian, PC, Kansas City
2:50 – 3:40 PM | Appellate & Civil Trial Practice
Speaker: Richard L. Schnake, Neale & Newman, LLP, Springfield
3:40 – 3:50 PM | Break
3:50 – 4:40 PM | Torts & Civil Actions
Speaker: John W. Kurtz, Hubbard & Kurtz, LLP, Kansas City
4:40 – 5:30 PM | Probate Law
Speaker: Hon. Daniel P. Wheeler, Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP, Liberty
5:30 PM | Adjourn
Workers' Compensation Law (1.7 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Employment Law (3.6 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Bankruptcy/Debtors & Creditors Law (2.6 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Family Law (992.2 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Real Estate Law (731.9 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Ethics Update (175.6 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Criminal Law (5.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Torts & Civil Actions (3.1 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Faculty Bios (253.3 KB) | Available after Purchase |
MoLAP Information (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Jennifer practices primarily in the area of Family Law, including an extensive Guardian ad Litem and mediation emphases. After growing up in Blue Springs, Jennifer currently resides in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, with her husband and three children. While attending law school, Jennifer served as secretary of the UMKC Student Bar Association.
Prior to joining Oswald Roam & Rew LLC, Jennifer worked for over two years as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Michael W. Manners in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. During her clerkship, she gained invaluable experience and knowledge in handling various dockets, specifically domestic, criminal, and civil rotations.
Keith Cutler is a trial attorney with the law firm of James W. Tippin & Associates in Kansas City, and has practiced in the areas of commercial, construction, general liability, and insurance defense litigation for close to 35 years. He is a frequent CLE speaker on trial practice; ethics and professionalism; and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Kevin M. Johnson is a Practicing Partner with the firm, and he has practiced with Wallace Saunders since 2002. He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in 1998 from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and his law degree in 2001 from the University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois, and his practice focus is on workers’ compensation and employment litigation.
John Kurtz received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1969, a master’s degree in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970, and a law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1976. He worked as a law clerk for Judge Paul Vardeman of the Jackson County Circuit Court and then as an Assistant Public Defender for Jackson County from 1979 to 1981. From 1981 through 1997, he worked at The Popham Law Firm where clients included plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation, children and adults in family law matters, and some defendants in criminal cases. He now works at Hubbard & Kurtz L.L.P. at 1718 Walnut in Kansas City. He has tried 84 jury cases and argued 36 appellate cases. The Missouri Bar has given him the Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, the Pro Bono Lawyer Award, the H. Michael Coburn Community Service Award, the Tom Cochran Community Service Award, the Spurgeon Smithson Award, and the Martin J. Purcell Professionalism Award. In 1999, Jackson County, Missouri lawyers elected him to serve from 2000 through 2005 as a member of the 16th Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission.
Bill Martucci, who holds an LL.M. in employment law from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., practices globally in complex class action (employment discrimination and wage & hour) and EEOC litigation. Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers For Business Notes “Bill Martucci is worth having on any dream team for employment litigation and policy issues.” His jury work has been featured in The National Law Journal. He is listed in the Euromoney Guide to the World’s Leading Labour and Employment Lawyers and the Best Lawyers in America for Business and Employment Litigation. He teaches Multinational Business Policy and the Global Workplace at Georgetown. Bill offices in Washington, D.C.
William M. Quitmeier is the President of the Quitmeier Law Firm, P.C. He has degrees of BA in Economics and Juris Doctor (Law) from the University of Kansas. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri and Kansas, and is a licensed Missouri Real Esate Broker. He was mayor of the City of Parkville from 1991-2002 and an alderman from 1986-1991. He is a past U.S. District Court Arbiter. He was a founder the Platte Land Trust, dedicated to preserving land for parks.
Daniel P. Wheeler is a shareholder with the firm of Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP. Mr. Wheeler focuses his practice on fiduciary litigation, probate administration, adult and minor guardianships, and mediation in cases throughout Missouri and Kansas.
Mr. Wheeler served as a Probate Commissioner for the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri for more than fourteen years. As Probate Commissioner, he presided over family and fiduciary disputes in trust and probate matters, including fiduciary litigation, complex trust litigation, discovery of assets actions, surety claims and general probate administration in decedent, guardianship and conservatorship estates. He has been chosen to be the probate presenter at the annual Missouri Judicial College for the past seventeen years, and also presents annually at the conference of the Missouri Association of Probate & Associate Circuit Judges. He speaks regularly at the Missouri Bar annual meeting as well as numerous continuing legal education seminars for the Missouri Bar, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Prior to joining the bench, Mr. Wheeler was in engaged in private practice in the area of probate litigation and administration matters. He has tried thirty-two jury trials to completion, of which twenty-six were in the probate division of the circuit courts. He is licensed in the states of Missouri and Kansas, and has completed the mediation training requirements of the Missouri Supreme Court.
Mr. Wheeler received a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia in 1981. While an undergraduate student, he was a captain of the University's cross-country and track teams, and he was a recipient of the Tom Bott's Award, the senior track leadership award. He received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in 1985, where he was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society. He received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Missouri in 1985, and he was a member of the Missouri Law Review and the Order of the Coif honor society.
James Wyrsch received his BA in 1963 from University of Notre Dame, JD in 1966 from Georgetown University, and LLM in trial practice in 1972 from UMKC. He is a co-author with Judge Anthony Nugent and Susan Hunt of “Missouri Criminal Trial Practice,” Harrison Law Book Company, 1994.