Program of Events
November 15-17, 2006 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Tulsa
Thursday, November 16
| 7:45 – 9:30 a.m. | American College of Trust & Estate Counsel |
| Executive Room | |
| 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. | OBA Registration |
| Tulsa Ballroom Foyer | |
| 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. | OBA Hospitality |
| Tulsa Ballroom Foyer — 1st
Floor Tiffany Rose — 2nd Floor |
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| Sponsor: Beale Professional Services | |
| 8 – 9 a.m. | Professionalism Committee Breakfast |
Oklahoma Room North |
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| 8 – 9 a.m. | General Practice/Solo & Small Firm Section |
| Directors Row 4 | |
| 8 – 9:30 a.m. | American College of Trial Lawyers |
| Diplomat Room | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Family Law Section (Breakfast, lunch and business meeting) |
| Tulsa Ballroom North | |
| Speaker: Harry L. Tindall Tindall & Foster PC, Houston, Texas Topic: Uniform Parentage Act – A Committee Drafter’s View: Comparing the Model Act with the Oklahoma Act Speaker: Robert G. Spector Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Law Topic: Recent Developments in Family Law and The Hidden Law – Unpublished Family Law Opinions Speaker: Brandt Cassidy DNA Solutions, Oklahoma City Topic: Genetic Testing under the New Uniform Parentage Act Speaker: A. Eugene Reynolds Tulsa psychologist Topic: Parental Alienation Syndrome and Reunification Therapy: What It Is and How to Fix It |
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| 9 – 9:30 a.m. | Credentials Committee |
| Directors Row 1 | |
| 9 – 10 a.m. | Legal Intern Committee |
| Directors Row 2 | |
| 9 a.m. – Noon | OBA/CLE Seminar Plenary Session and Oklahoma Judicial Conference Joint Session |
| Promenade C | |
| Sponsor:
OBA Litigation Section Earl Sneed Award Randy Grau, Oklahoma City Henry G. Will, Tulsa |
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| 9:30 – 11:45 a.m. | Estate Planning Section |
| Promenade A | |
| Speaker: Susan Shields Hartzog Conger Cason & Neville, Oklahoma City Topic: Recent Developments in Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law (Approved for 1 hour CLE credit) |
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| 10 – 10:30 a.m. | Rules and Bylaws Committee |
| Directors Row 1 | |
| 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. | MCLE Commission |
| Directors Row 3 | |
| 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. | OBA Resolutions Committee |
| Directors Row 1 | |
| Noon – 1:45 p.m. | OBA Annual Luncheon ($25 with meeting registration) |
| Tulsa Ballroom South | |
| Sponsor:
Thomson West OBA Artist of the Year (to be announced) Judicial Excellence Award Judge Dana L. Rasure, Tulsa Liberty Bell Award The Journal Record Publishing Co., Oklahoma City Joe Stamper Distinguished Service Award Judge James O. Ellison, Tulsa Alma Wilson Award Judge Doris L. Fransein, Tulsa Michael Loeffler, Bristow Fern Holland Courageous Lawyer Award Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, Oklahoma City Jessie V. Pilgrim, Tulsa Neil E. Bogan Professionalism Award Judge Valerie Couch, Oklahoma City John E. Shipp Award for Ethics Jimmy Goodman, Oklahoma City President’s Award (to be announced) Featuring: Arthur Miller Harvard law professor Topic: The First Amendment in a Post-9/11 World |
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| 2 – 3 p.m. | Harvard Law School Alumni |
| Executive Room | |
| 2 – 3 p.m. | Business and Corporate Law Section |
| Directors Row 1 | |
| 2 – 3:30 p.m. | Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association |
| Promenade C | |
| 2 – 3:30 p.m. | Lawyers Helping Lawyers Committee |
| Directors Row 3 | |
| 2 – 4 p.m. | Real Property Section |
| Promenade D | |
| 2 – 4 p.m. | Law Office Management Section |
| Diplomat Room | |
| Speaker: Jim Calloway OBA Management Assistance Program Director, Oklahoma City Topic: 30+ Technology Tips in 50 minutes Speaker: Jody Nathan Stauffer, Graves & Nathan, Tulsa Topic: Useful Gadgets and Gizmos |
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| 2 – 4:30 p.m. | Bankruptcy and Reorganization Section |
| Promenade B | |
| Speakers: Judge
Dana Rasure Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Oklahoma Judge Terrence L. Michael Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Oklahoma Katherine Vance Assistant United States Trustee, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma Topics: Top 10 Tips to the Practicing Bar All You Wanted to Know about the Means Test but Were Afraid to Ask (Approved for 2 hours CLE credit) |
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| 3 – 5 p.m. | Oklahoma Bar Foundation Board of Trustees |
| Oklahoma Room South | |
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Professionalism: Innovation and Excellence |
| Private Dining Room | |
| Presented by: Professor Sharisse O'Carroll and TU College of Law | |
| 4 – 5 p.m. | Diversity Committee Forum |
| Executive Room | |
| Featuring: Hinton
Lucas Associate General Counsel and Chief Administration Counsel, DuPont Company, Wilmington, Del. Speakers: Sidney Dunagan Gable & Gotwals, Oklahoma City Julie C. Chien McQueen, Rains & Tresch LLP, Tulsa Alison Anthony Manager of Diversity, Williams Companies Inc., Tulsa Excetral Caldwell Business Resource Group at Williams Companies Inc., Tulsa Topic: Increasing Diversity Within the Legal Profession — More Than Just Window Dressing |
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| Diversity Committee Reception (Immediately following Forum) |
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| Diplomat Room | |
| Sponsor: Gable & Gotwals | |
| 4 – 5:30 p.m. | Lawyers With Physical Challenges Committee |
| Directors Row 4 | |
| 4 – 6 p.m. | Taxation Law Section |
| Oklahoma Room North | |
| Speaker: Osmun R. Latrobe Senior Counsel (Criminal Tax) Internal Revenue Service, Oklahoma City Topic: IRS Criminal Procedure: The New Roles of Cheif Counsel - Criminal Tax in Investigation & Referral |
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| 4 – 7:30 p.m. | Mineral Law Section |
| Promenade | |
| 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Financial Institutions and Commercial Law Section |
| Directors Row 1 | |
| 5 – 7:30 p.m. | OBA Law Student Division |
| Private Dining Room | |
| Speakers: Margaret M. Clarke Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable PLLC, Tulsa Robert Butkin Dean, University of Tulsa College of Law Deborah Reheard Private Practice, Eufaula Jimmy Harmon Assistant District Attorney, Oklahoma City Topic: “Establishing Your Roots: Tips for Starting Your Career Right” |
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| 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Board of Governors Alumni Reception |
| Suite 1506 | |
| 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Pro Bono Reception |
| Promenade D | |
| 6:30 – 7:30 p.m | YLD Board of Directors Annual Meeting |
| Suite 1228 | |
| 7 – 7:30 p.m. | Women in Law Committee |
| Tiffany Rose | |
| 7:30 – 9 p.m. | Get Your Just Desserts (Free for everyone with meeting registration) |
| Tulsa Ballroom | |
| Co-Sponsors:
Oklahoma Bar Association
and Oklahoma Bar Foundation A Celebration of the Foundation’s 60th Anniversary Entertainment: “The Bob Noone Show,” a live comedy and music show satirizing the legal world. Featuring: Bob Noone |
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| 9 p.m. – Midnight | Casino Night (Free for everyone with meeting registration) |
| Promenade B | |
| Sponsor: OBA Young Lawyers Division | |