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Friday, September 13, 2024 - Saturday, September 14, 2024

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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM MDT

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Friday, September 13, 2024

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STATE BAR OF MONTANA CLE PROGRAMMING NOTE: Among the Purposes of the State Bar of Montana established in its Constitution is to foster and maintain high standards of learning and competence and to safeguard a forum for the discussion of subjects pertaining to the practice of law and provide for the continuing legal education of the members of the bar. In fulfillment of that mission, speakers and panelists at all State Bar of Montana continuing education programs appear to share their own perspectives on a variety of subjects pertaining to the practice of law and the legal profession. Their views on the same are theirs alone and are not that of the State Bar of Montana. Appearance at State Bar of Montana events is not an endorsement by the State Bar of Montana of any one individual’s statements of viewpoint on the law or any other matter.

Approved for 9.50 General Credits & 2 (PFI) Ethics Credits

Annual Business Meeting

Annual Committee and Section Reports

AGENDA & MATERIAL

Thursday, September 12, 2024

11:45-12:45pm: Kick-off luncheon Dan Cotter, NCPB President on US Supreme Court (no material)

1:15-2:15pm: Keynote for Browning Symposium on Housing (no material)

2:30-3:30pm: Democracy/Rule of Law/Separation of Powers (no material)

3:45-4:45pm: Candidate Forum (no CLE Credit)

4:30-8:00pm: Art for Justice Auction

5:30-8:00pm: Award Banquet and Reception

Friday, September 13, 2024

8:45-9:00am: Law School Update

9:00-10:45am: Oral Argument/Intro

12:00-1:00pm: "Perfecting Your Appeal" Constance Van Kley, Matt Cochenhour, Stu Segrest, Tim Tatarka, & Hon. Anthony Johnstone (no material)

1:15-4:45pm: Browning Symposium (no material)

1:15-2:15pm: Bob Griffin from Crowley Fleck, PLLP - FTC Ban on Covenants Not to Compete and Steps to Compliance & Shane Coleman from Billstein, Monson & Small PLLC - Responding to Copyright Troll Demand Letters

1:15-2:15pm: Ken Sande – Emotional Intelligence for Attorneys

2:15-3:15pm: CJ Johnson - Mindful Mediation: Connecting With Your Mediator, Self, & Clients for Superior Results

2:15-3:15pm: Sarah Rhoades from Rhoades Intellectual Property Law, PLLC - Scam Business Name and Trademark Solicitations & Dash DeJarnatt from Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. - Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements 101

3:30-5:30pm: Simplifying Family Law: An Overview and Judicial Perspectives on Montana’s Informal Domestic Relations Trial Process – Judge Deschamps, Coleen Timmer, Gail Bourguignon, & Judge Recht

Saturday, September 14, 2024

8:00-10:00am: Trends in Lawyer Ethics, Discipline and Malpractice – Kobbi Gibbs, Pete Habein, & John Mudd

Registration Fees

Agenda

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
	IP Section Meeting Sold Out! 0 Slots Left
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
	Western Montana Bar Association Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Location: 321 W Broadway St, 6th Floor, Missoula, MT 59802
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
	Kick-Off Luncheon - A blockbuster term in historical perspective: What does history tell us about the Roberts' Court and its most recent term? (1 CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Join Dan Cotter, President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents and author of "The Chief Justices: The Seventeen Men of the Center Seats, Their Courts and Their Times" and Asst. Prof. Anna Conley from the Blewett School of Law at the University of Montana as they kick off the 2024 Annual Meeting by examining the current court, its key decisions and its chief justice during a turbulent time in American legal history. Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula Daniel Cotter Dickinson Wright
1:15 pm - 4:45 pm
	Plenary Sessions Presented in Conjunction with the Montana Law Review and the Mansfield Center; and MT Supreme Court Candidate Forum (2 CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm - Howard Belodoff, attorney for the plaintiffs in Martin v. City of Boise kicks off the afternoon in a plenary held in conjunction with the Montana Law Review's Browning Symposium. Belodoff will address the legal issues involving the hot topic of housing and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which overruled Martin ealier this year. - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - William Bay, President of the American Bar Association and Dan Cotter, President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents are joined by State Bar of Montana President-Elect Toni Tease in a timely conversation about the role of lawyers in society. - 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm - The afternoon will conclude with a Candidate Forum featuring all four candidates running for the Chief Justice and Associate Justice positions on the Montana Supreme Court. (There will be no CLE credit offered for the Candidate Forum.) Location: Wilma Theater - Downtown Missoula William Bay Antoinette Tease Antoinette M. Tease, P.L.L.C.
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
	Art For Justice Auction Sold Out! 0 Slots Left GO to https://givebutter.com/c/pFYwRj for more details! Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
	Awards Banquet & Dinner Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula	$65.00
	Awards Banquet Guest Ticket Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula	$65.00
7:30 am - 8:15 am
	Breakfast and Annual Business Meeting Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Join us for breakfast and the 2024 Annual Business Meeting. Location: Holiday Inn - Ballroom
8:45 am - 9:00 am
	Law School Update Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Location: Wilma Theater Downtown Missoula Elaine Gagliardi Alexander Blewett III School of Law
9:00 am - 10:45 am
	MT Supreme Court; Introduction & Oral Argument (1.50 CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left DA 23-0555 Jayson O'Neill, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Greg Gianforte, in his official capacity as Governor of Montana, Defendant and Appellant. Location: Wilma Theater Downtown Missoula Dale Schowengerdt Landmark Law PLLC
10:30 am - 4:00 pm
	Paralegal Section CLE Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Please register for this event on the Paralegal Annual Meeting page Location: Holiday Inn
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
	Luncheon and Distinguished Service Awards Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
	Friday Lunch CLE: Perfecting Your Appeal: Advice from the Pros (1 CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Following the morning's oral argument before the Montana Supreme Court, join Hon. Anthony Johnstone of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, former Acting Montana Solicitor General, Matt Cochenour, Tim Tatarka, Appellate Chief for the United States Attorney's Office and Asst. Prof. Constance Van Kley, from the Blewett School of Law at the University of Montana for a timely and informative panel on appellate advocacy, moderated by J. Stuart Segrest, President of the State Bar of Montana. Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula Constance Van Kley Matthew Cochenour Cochenour Law Office J. Stuart Segrest Christensen & Prezeau, PLLP Timothy Tatarka Anthony Johnstone
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
	IP Section Breakout 1a - FTC Ban on Covenants Not to Compete and Steps to Compliance / Responding to Copyright Troll Demand Letters (1 CLE Pending) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Bob Griffin, Crowley Fleck, PLLP - (FTC Ban on Covenants Not to Compete and Steps to Compliance) Shane Coleman, Billstein, Monson & Small PLLC - (Responding to Copyright Troll Demand Letters) Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula Shane Coleman Billstein, Monson & Small PLLC <p>Shane has counseled businesses and individuals with commercial disputes and intellectual property matters in Montana since 1998.  He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University in 1995 before attending the University of Montana School of Law.  <br /> <br /> His commercial litigation practice includes intellectual property, employment, construction, real estate, bankruptcy, class actions, and other commercial disputes.  He has tried cases in Montana state and federal courts, as well as in surrounding states.  He has also argued appeals before the Montana Supreme Court and federal appellate courts.<br /> <br /> Shane’s intellectual property practice includes obtaining and enforcing IP rights, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights.  He is a registered patent attorney, licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1999.  He also assists clients with IP transactions, including the purchase, sale and licensing, as well as related employment and ownership issues.  <br /> <br /> Shane has also been involved in various legal and community groups.  He presently serves on the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of Montana, he is a founding member of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar, and he previously served on the board of the local Yellowstone Area Bar Association.  He also assists clients in a wide variety of pro bono matters, including several child abduction cases brought under the Hague Convention and other child custody disputes.</p> <p>Shane has counseled businesses and individuals with commercial disputes and intellectual property matters in Montana since 1998.  He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University in 1995 before attending the University of Montana School of Law.  <br /> <br /> His commercial litigation practice includes intellectual property, employment, construction, real estate, bankruptcy, class actions, and other commercial disputes.  He has tried cases in Montana state and federal courts, as well as in surrounding states.  He has also argued appeals before the Montana Supreme Court and federal appellate courts.<br /> <br /> Shane’s intellectual property practice includes obtaining and enforcing IP rights, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights.  He is a registered patent attorney, licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1999.  He also assists clients with IP transactions, including the purchase, sale and licensing, as well as related employment and ownership issues.  <br /> <br /> Shane has also been involved in various legal and community groups.  He presently serves on the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of Montana, he is a founding member of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar, and he previously served on the board of the local Yellowstone Area Bar Association.  He also assists clients in a wide variety of pro bono matters, including several child abduction cases brought under the Hague Convention and other child custody disputes.</p> Robert Griffin Dashiell DeJarnatt Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven PC
	Emotional Intelligence for Attorneys (1 CLE Pending) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left This seminar will show how attorneys can enhance their professional effectiveness, career advancement and personal lives by improving their “emotional intelligence” (aka, “EI”), which is the ability to read and manage emotions. EI has been proven to strengthen empathy, communication, conflict resolution, problem-solving and negotiation skills, as well as the ability to navigate ethical challenges. We will examine some of the “dark sides” of emotional intelligence and introduce an enhanced “value-driven” form of EI called “relational wisdom,” which incorporates individuals’ personal values to provide a moral compass. We will also explore guidance from the ABA on how attorneys can assist clients who prefer to resolve legal issues through faith-based alternative dispute resolution systems. Attendees will receive full scholarships to two online courses they can use to improve their emotional intelligence and conflict resolution/ADR skills. Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula Ken Sande Relational Wisdom 360
	Browning Symposium (3 CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left 1:15-2:15pm: Zoning and Housing Policy Panel: This panel includes former Whitefish city planner Bob Horne, Missoula City Councilmember Gwen Jones, Missoula County Commissioner Josh Slotnick, and attorney Jesse Kodadek. The panel will focus on local government’s efforts to curb the crisis, and litigation arising from these local ordinances and state legislation. 2:30-3:30pm: Housing in Indian Country: This panel includes MLSA tribal attorney Kathryn Van Horn, Blackfeet Tribe Chief Judge Bryan Dupuis, and Enterprise Native American Housing Program director Tonya Plummer. This panel will focus on the unique housing challenges impacting Indigenous communities, and the results of those challenges. 3:45-4:45pm: Housing and Human Rights: This panel includes Municipal Court Judge Eli Parker, Professor Hilary Wandler, and two MLSA attorneys who work in housing, domestic violence, and elder law. This panel will focus on housing injustice for marginalized groups, and how the crisis impacts the kind of work the attorneys and judge do. Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
	Scam Business Name and Trademark Solicitations / Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements 101 (1CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Sarah Rhoades, Rhoades Intellectual Property Law, PLLC - (Scam Business Name and Trademark Solicitations) Dash DeJarnatt, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. - (Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements 101) Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula Sarah Rhoades Rhoades Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
	Mindful Mediation: Connecting With Your Mediator, Self, and Client for Superior Results (1 CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left C.J. Johnson's presentation draws on extensive experience as a litigator and mediator and will cover two key topics: (1) how to effectively advocate to and collaborate with the mediator; and (2) the importance of self-regulation, client connection, and a trauma-informed approach in achieving successful outcomes and client satisfaction. Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula CJ Johnson Johnson & Johnson Law PLLC
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
	Simplifying Family Law: An Overview and Judicial Perspectives on Montana’s Informal Domestic Relations Trial Process (2 CLE) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
	Paralegal Section Reception Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Location: Holiday Inn
8:00 am - 10:00 am
	Trends in Lawyer Ethics, Discipline and Malpractice (2 PFI Ethics) Sold Out! 0 Slots Left Join State Bar Ethics Committee Chair, Pete Habein, Kobi Gibbs, Senior Claims Examiner- Professional Liability Claims - Aspen Insurance Group, and John Mudd, Executive Director & General Counsel for the State Bar of Montana for our annual Saturday morning ethics CLE, as they examine the latest Montana developments in attorney ethics and professionalism, as well as national trends in ethics and attorney malpractice. Location: Holiday Inn - Main Ballroom Peter Habein Kobi Gibbs Aspen Insurance

Speakers

Name	Organization	Speaking At
Alissa Chambers	Montana Justice Foundation	New Lawyer Workshop
Ann Goldes-Sheahan	State Bar of Montana	New Lawyer Workshop
Anthony Johnstone		Friday Lunch CLE: Perfecting Your Appeal: Advice from the Pros (1 CLE)
Antoinette Tease	Antoinette M. Tease, P.L.L.C.	Plenary Sessions Presented in Conjunction with the Montana Law Review and the Mansfield Center; and MT Supreme Court Candidate Forum (2 CLE)
CJ Johnson	Johnson & Johnson Law PLLC	Mindful Mediation: Connecting With Your Mediator, Self, and Client for Superior Results (1 CLE)
Constance Van Kley		Friday Lunch CLE: Perfecting Your Appeal: Advice from the Pros (1 CLE)
Dale Schowengerdt	Landmark Law PLLC	MT Supreme Court; Introduction & Oral Argument (1.50 CLE)
Daniel Cotter	Dickinson Wright	Kick-Off Luncheon - A blockbuster term in historical perspective: What does history tell us about the Roberts' Court and its most recent term? (1 CLE)
Dashiell DeJarnatt	Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven PC	IP Section Breakout 1a - FTC Ban on Covenants Not to Compete and Steps to Compliance / Responding to Copyright Troll Demand Letters (1 CLE Pending)
Elaine Gagliardi	Alexander Blewett III School of Law	Law School Update
J. Stuart Segrest	Christensen & Prezeau, PLLP	Friday Lunch CLE: Perfecting Your Appeal: Advice from the Pros (1 CLE)
Ken Sande	Relational Wisdom 360	Emotional Intelligence for Attorneys (1 CLE Pending)
Kobi Gibbs	Aspen Insurance	Trends in Lawyer Ethics, Discipline and Malpractice (2 PFI Ethics)
Maritsa Georgiou	Scripps News	Candidate Forum (no CLE credits)
Matthew Cochenour	Cochenour Law Office	Friday Lunch CLE: Perfecting Your Appeal: Advice from the Pros (1 CLE)
Michael Larson Michael E. Larson, Coordinator Montana Lawyer Assistance Program 33 So. Last Chance Gulch, 1B Helena, MT 59624 (406) 447-2202 (Work) (406) 660-1181 (Cell) mlarson@montanabar.org • A.S. in Chemical Dependency Counseling, College of Great Falls, Great Falls, Montana, 1989. • B.S. in Secondary Education, Western Montana College, Dillon, Montana, 1997. • J.D., Cum Laude, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan, 2000. • President, Fifth Judicial Bar Association, Dillon, Montana, 2000-2002. • Associate attorney, Max A. Hansen & Associates, P.C., Dillon, Montana, 2000-2006. • Director, Montana Lawyer Assistance Program, State Bar of Montana, December 2006 to present. • Past member of the Advisory Committee to the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs. • Past member of the CoLAP Law School Assistance Committee and Life Balance Committee, Evaluations Committee, Communications Committee and National Conference Planning Committee. • Chair, 2014 CoLAP National Conference. • Past member of the ABA Standing Committee on Public Protection in the Provision of Legal Services. • Current Commissioner on the ABA Commission for Lawyer Assistance Programs. • Over 35 years of continuous sobriety.	State Bar of Montana	New Lawyer Workshop
Peter Habein		Trends in Lawyer Ethics, Discipline and Malpractice (2 PFI Ethics)
Robert Griffin		IP Section Breakout 1a - FTC Ban on Covenants Not to Compete and Steps to Compliance / Responding to Copyright Troll Demand Letters (1 CLE Pending)
Sarah Rhoades	Rhoades Intellectual Property Law, PLLC	Scam Business Name and Trademark Solicitations / Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements 101 (1CLE)
Shane Coleman	Billstein, Monson & Small PLLC	IP Section Breakout 1a - FTC Ban on Covenants Not to Compete and Steps to Compliance / Responding to Copyright Troll Demand Letters (1 CLE Pending)
Timothy Tatarka		Friday Lunch CLE: Perfecting Your Appeal: Advice from the Pros (1 CLE)
William Bay		Plenary Sessions Presented in Conjunction with the Montana Law Review and the Mansfield Center; and MT Supreme Court Candidate Forum (2 CLE)

Continuing Education

Hotel

Our reserved room block at the hotel has now closed. However, there may still be rooms available at the hotel on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend contacting the hotel directly to inquire about any remaining availability.

Hotel Details:

Hotel Name: Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown
Location: 200 South Pattee Street, Missoula MT 59802
Dates: September 10, 2024 through September 14, 2024
Website link: Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown

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