Tropical Seminar

Seminar Number 7864 Registration Fee: $390 CLE Hours 12 CLE Hours including 1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour, and 3 Trial Practice Hours	23rd Annual TROPICAL SEMINAR
	WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY February 15-19, 2012 Westin Casuarina Grand Cayman Resort & Spa
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	WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
	TRAVEL DAY
	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
	Presiding: Stanley G. Brading, Program Co-Chair; Krevolin & Horst LLC, Atlanta Robert M. Brinson, Program Co-Chair; Past President, State Bar of Georgia; Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome Darryl B. Cohen, Program Co-Chair; Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen, LLC, Atlanta
	8:00	REGISTRATION (All attendees must check in upon arrival. A jacket or sweater is recommended.)
	8:55	WELCOME AND FIRST DAY PROGRAM OVERVIEW Stanley G. Brading
	9:00	litigation and public relations Stephanie J. Kirijan, President, Young Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia; Southern Company, Atlanta
	9:30	great trial arguments from stage and screen: part 2 Jeffrey Y. Lewis, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta
	10:00	The Supreme Court Meets “ObamaCare”: An Overview Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Past President, State Bar of Georgia; Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta
	10:30	appellate jurisdiction: fixed or moving target W. Scott Henwood, Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C., Atlanta
	11:00	what’s new in electronically stored information discovery Cary Ichter, IchterThomas LLC, Atlanta Rob Draper, Global Legal Discovery, Atlanta
	11:30	lawyer discipline – better ways to get there Gene Chapman, Cohen Cooper Estep & Allen LLC, Atlanta
	12:00	ethics panel Panelists: Former Presidents of the State Bar of Georgia Robert D. Ingram, Past President, State Bar of Georgia; Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta S. Lester Tate, III, Past President, State Bar of Georgia; Akin & Tate, P.C., Cartersville Robert M. Brinson
	1:00	recess
	FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012
	Presiding: Robert M. Brinson
	8:55	second day welcome and OVERVIEW Robert M. Brinson
	9:00	recent developments under the apportionment statute Edward T. McAfee, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta
	9:30	law firm management—oxymoron or the path to profits R. Scott Masterson, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta
	10:00	erisa revisited—retirEment as a 1960’s concept Dean Booth, Miller & Martin PLLC, Atlanta
	10:30	hot zoning issues and update on atlanta’s water issues G. Douglas Dillard, Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C., Atlanta
	11:00	current issues in workers’ compensation Harold W. “Hal” Whiteman, Jr., Dennis Corry Porter & Smith, Sandy Springs
	11:30	framing the case J. Vincent Cook, Past President, State Bar of Georgia; Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens
	12:00	trial practice panel Panelists: R. Scott Masterson Cary Ichter J. Vincent Cook
	1:00	RECESS
	SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012
	Presiding: Rachel K. Iverson, Rachel K. Iverson, P.C., Atlanta
	8:55	third day welcome and OVERVIEW Rachel K. Iverson
	9:00	supreme court class action update: concepcion and other important decisions M. Jerome “Jay” Elmore, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta
	9:30	dealing with the media—how to get what you want in print S. Lester Tate, III
	10:00	TAX CREDITS: FILM, HOUSING AND CONServation Stanley G. Brading
	10:30	ATTORNEYS AND CLIENTS DEALING WITH THE MEDIA Darryl B. Cohen
	11:00	courtroom tips from a judge’s perspective Hon. Bonnie C. Oliver, Judge, Superior Courts of Northeastern Judicial Circuit, Gainesville
	11:30	hot topics in labor AND EMPLOYMENT law: CHANGE WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTION D. Albert “Bert” Brannen, Fisher & Phillips LLP, Atlanta
	12:00	professionalism panel Panelists: Jeffrey O. Bramlett M. Jerome “Jay” Elmore Denny C. Galis, Attorney at Law, Athens
	1:00	adjourn
	SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012
	TRAVEL DAY