Total Credits: 7.4 MCLE, 7.4 Ethics, 7.0 Kansas Credit, 7.0 Kansas Ethics
9:00 – 10:00 AM | Charting a Personal Path
Speaker: Stuart Teicher, Lawyer Survival Center
10:00 – 10:10 AM | Break
10:10 – 11:10 AM | IOLTA & Trust Accounting Issues
Speakers: Sam S. Phillips, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City
11:10 – 11:20 AM | Break
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM | Speaking to Clients, Keeping Clients & Getting More Clients
Speaker: Stuart Teicher
12:20 – 1:00 PM | Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM | Fees, Billing & Collections
Speakers: Sam S. Phillips and Melody Nashan, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City
2:00 – 2:10 PM | Break
2:10 – 3:10 PM | Ethics & Malpractice Avoidance
Speaker: Christian Stiegemeyer, The Bar Plan, St. Louis
3:10 – 3:20 PM | Break
3:20 – 4:30 PM | Business Goals & Strategic Planning for Your Law Office
Speaker: Stuart Teicher
4:30 | Adjourn
| Materials from Stuart Teicher - Keeping Your Law Practice on Track (783.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Charting a Personal Path (34.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| IOLTA & Trust Accounting Issues (377.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Speaking to Clients, Keeping Clients & Getting More Clients. (9.9 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Fees, Billing & Collections (415.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ethics & Malpractice Avoidance (211.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Business Goals & Strategic Planning for Your Law Office (39.6 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MOLAP Information (210.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Important Information for Attorneys Seeking Kansas Credit (58.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Melody Nashan is Staff Counsel for the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel in Jefferson City. Prior to joining the OCDC in 2010, she practiced employment law. She served as law clerk to Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ann Covington.
Sam Phillips is Deputy Chief Counsel for the Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel. Sam has served on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Bar Counsel and was that Board’s liaison to the ABA’s Lawyer Competence Committee.
In addition to attorney discipline and private practice, he has served as Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and been the Executive Trust Officer for a regional bank.
He also chaired The Missouri Bar’s Law Practice Management Committee.
Christian A. Stiegemeyer is the Director of Risk Management for The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company where he helps lawyers arrive at practical solutions to a wide variety of ethical and legal malpractice issues. He received his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law.
Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a professional legal educator who focuses on ethics law and writing instruction. A practicing attorney for over two decades, Stuart’s career is now dedicated to helping fellow attorneys survive the practice of law and thrive in the profession. Mr. Teicher teaches seminars, provides in-house training to law firms and legal departments, provides CLE instruction at law firm client events, and also gives keynote speeches at conventions and association meetings.
Stuart helps attorneys get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE Performances. He speaks, teaches, and writes—Thomson Reuters published his book entitled, Navigating the Legal Ethics of Social Media and Technology.
Mr. Teicher is a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against attorneys. Mr. Teicher is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law where he teaches Professional Responsibility, and he is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where he teaches undergraduate writing courses.
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