Alaska Bar Association

Annual ConventionMay 9-11, 2018 • Anchorage, AK

KEYNOTE SPEAKERSCOTT TUROW, Writer and Attorney

He is the author of eleven best selling works of fiction, including his first novel, Presumed Innocent (1987). His newest novel, Testimony, was published in May, 2017. He has also written two non-fiction books about his experiences in the law, and his novels have been the basis of several films, including the movie, "Presumed Innocent" starring Harrison Ford. His books have sold more than 30 million copies around the world.

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Opening reception at Anchorage Museum.

Registration now open!Annual Meeting Luncheon

Book Signings • Awards and more.

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TWO-FOR-ONEAny new lawyer admitted to the Alaska Bar five years or less can pair with another new lawyer OR a more experienced lawyer to attend convention CLEs for just ONE registration fee. The “2 for 1” offer does not apply to ticketed events.

QUESTIONS?Call the Alaska Bar office at

907-272-7469/fax 907-272-2932Or e-mail cle@alaskabar.org for more information.

Check the Bar website at www.AlaskaBar.org/2018Convention

FREE CLE CERTIFICATES:Free CLE Certificates do not apply to the convention.

GENERAL INFORMATIONRegister online at

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REGISTRATION FEES*$350................. 3 Day access to all CLEs$250................. 1 Day access (Wed., Thurs., or Fri.)$95................... Non-Attorney Fri. only$50................... Hard copy of course materials$45................... Friday afternoon ADD-ON with David Mann*Ticketed events are not included in registration fees. Add $50 to registration fees after April 13.

Alaska Bar Association Annual Convention • Anchorage, Alaska • May 9-11, 2018

HOTEL INFORMATIONA block of rooms has been reserved at the Anchorage Marriott Downtown. Make your reservations by calling 1-800-228-9290 or 907-279-8000. Mention the Alaska Bar Association.

Room rates are $169 and based on availability. Reservations must be made by April 7, 2018.

MEETING SITEConvention Registration, CLE programs, luncheons and Thursday night’s dinner will be held at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, Third Floor, 600 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501.

PARKINGFor parking locations, visit EasyParkAlaska.com

AIR TRAVELAlaska Airlines has provided a 5% discount on all travel to Anchorage. Make your reservation online at www.AlaskaAir.com and provide discount code ECMZ296.

CAR RENTALAvis Alaska provides the Alaska Bar Association a discount rate during the week of convention. Rates range from $21 - $89 per day based on vehicle type. Reservations must be made at http://www.AvisAlaska.com/corporate/ Type AKBAR in the corporate rate box

CANCELLATION POLICYCancellations made prior to Friday, April 20 will receive a refund less a $50 charge. After April 20, there are absolutely no refunds.

MCLE ALASKAThe 2018 Alaska Bar Convention provides a total of 15 CLE Credits. Depending on your choice of concurrent session, you may earn a maximum of 4.5 Ethics CLE Credits. Attend all three days of the convention and fulfill ALL of your MCLE Rule mandatory ethics and voluntary hours of approved CLE for the 2018 reporting period.

Cover art by Scott McDaniel“Their Land Alone - Moose Meadow.” Painted in 1983 Denali, or Mt. McKinley, (as it used to be called) was a long-time favorite subject for Artist Scott McDaniel who came to Alaska in 1948. He and his wife would often drive to Willow where they could get a great view of Denali and photograph scenes like this which he would then paint for others to enjoy.

7:30 a.m. Breakfast, Registration, Exhibits Open

8:20 a.m. Welcome AddressDarrel Gardner, President

8:30 a.m. U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Update (1.5 General CLE Credits) Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor Laurie Levenson

10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:30 a.m. U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Update

(1.5 General CLE Credits) Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor Laurie Levenson

12:15 p.m. Law Day Luncheon - Ticketed Event

Separation of Powers: Framework for FreedomMara Kimmel, PhD, JD, Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage and Senior Fellow, Institute of the North

1:30 p.m. Alaska Supreme Court Opinions Update (1.5 General CLE Credits) Dean Erwin Chemerinsky

3:00 p.m. BREAK

3:30 p.m. Winning With Words: Building the Story with Persuasive Power(1.5 General CLE Credits)David Mann, Storytelling and Persuasive Presentation Specialist

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5:00 p.m. CLEs end

6:00 p.m. Welcome Reception at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 625 C Street – Ticketed Event

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8:00 p.m. Hospitality Suite Opens at the Marriott Downtown Sponsored by the Anchorage Bar Association

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7:30 a.m. Breakfast, Registration, Exhibits Open

Section Chairs Breakfast(by invitation only)

8:20 a.m. Welcome AddressDarrel Gardner, President

8:30 a.m. Rules Versus Principles(2.0 Ethics CLE Credits)Andrew Fastow, Director Advisory LLC

Ethics is understanding the difference between what is right to do and what you have the right to do. The former Chief Financial Officer of Enron Corp. will discuss his own story, and he will describe how he made such profound mistakes.

When is it acceptable to engage in a transaction that technically complies with the rules, but that may be misleading? Can a transaction that technically complies with the rules be considered unethical or illegal? Is it ever appropriate to depart from GAAP or IFRS? Mr. Fastow will cite examples of such transactions at major companies, he will discuss the rationalizations made by executives to justify their decisions, and he will discuss examples of how these decisions can cause great harm to stakeholders. He will make suggestions of questions that Regulators, Auditors, Fraud Examiners, and Directors might ask in order to ensure that their companies not only follow the rules, but also uphold the principles behind them.

10:30 a.m. BREAK

11:00 a.m. AI Application for Corporate Governance/Ethics(1.0 Ethics CLE Credits) Andrew Fastow, Director Advisory LLC

Pro forma “policies” and “controls” are no longer sufficient to insulate a company from the liabilities associated with questionable behavior. Artificial intelligence now provides remarkably effective, unobtrusive, and real-time software tools that identify an organizations’ culture and compliance weaknesses, enabling corporate counsel to identify problems before they become lawsuits and enforcement actions. Mr. Fastow will review several such AI tools, including one that identified FCPA, accounting fraud, asset misappropriation, and sexual misconduct violations that were not caught by normal compliance procedures.

12:15 p.m. Lunch - Ticketed Event Update on State and Federal Courts of Alaska

Chief Judge Tim Burgess of the U.S.D.C for the District of Alaska and Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Craig Stowers will report on current issues, successes, and happenings in both the state and federal courts of Alaska.

1:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS(1.5 General CLE Credits each)

• Bridging the Gap: Connecting Generations in the Practice of LawDan Negroni, launchbox365

What is your law firm doing to create a workplace that attracts, engages, and retains the next generation of lawyers? In this provocative, interactive keynote, Dan Negroni shares what millennials want from their law firm and their managers. Hear case studies about leading law firms that

are getting it right and leave with 6 key steps to engaging the next generation of lawyers.

• Exit Strategies for Retiring LawyersRoy Ginsburg, Strategic Advisor to Lawyers and Law Firms

Your successful career is almost over. Do you know when to retire? Do you have a vision of what you want your retirement to look like? And if you work at a firm with multiple owners, does it have a succession plan that ensures that your law firm survives?

3:00 p.m. BREAK

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3:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS (1.5 General CLE Credits each)

• Practical Tips & Tools for Developing Business in Today’s World Dan Negroni, launchbox365

Learn how to be the business developer you need to be. How? Gain a better understanding of yourself and the value that is derived from building real, authentic relationships and find out why it’s important to craft your story. Align and articulate your strengths with the values of your firm so that you can create that immediate connection with a client. Learn how the 5 “knows” lead to a yes and find out how to make the ask and build your brand.

• Law Practice for Sale: Strategies for Sellers and BuyersRoy Ginsburg, Strategic Advisor to Lawyers and Law Firms

Are you a soon-to-be retired solo practitioner? You may be able to strategically sell your practice to enhance your retirement portfolio. It is critical that you know what your practice is worth, who your optimal buyers are and how to find them, as well as how to structure a fair and balanced deal. And, if you’re a buyer, what are the types of practices you should consider and at what price?

5:00 p.m. CLEs end

6:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner - Ticketed Event

How to be a Man with Two Heads - Scott Turow, Author and Attorney

Music by: I Like Robots

8:30 p.m. Hospitality Suite Opens at the Marriott Downtown, Sponsored by the Anchorage Bar Association

THURSDAY, MAY 10 (CONTINUED) FRIDAY, MAY 11

7:30 a.m. Breakfast, Registration, Exhibits Open

Local Bar Presidents Breakfast(by invitation only)

8:20 a.m. Welcome Address Darrel Gardner, President

8:30 a.m. Nix v. Whiteside: What to do when you believe your client wants to lie on the stand(1.5 Ethics CLE Credits)

Moderated by: Jeff Feldman, University of Washington School of LawPanel Members: Scott Turow, Nelson Page, Bar Counsel, Cynthia Strout, Attorney at Law, Richard Curtner, Federal Public Defender

“Everyone lies.” Ever hear that said? Ever suspect it of a witness? Or your client? When does a lawyer risk ethical problems when a client’s story starts to diverge from the truth? What can the lawyer do in response? What must the lawyer do? What do you do when the requirement of zealous advocacy on behalf of a client collides with the duty of candor to the court? What role do judges play in balancing the 6th Amendment and enforcing ethical rules and perjury laws?

These questions will be put to a distinguished panel who will be asked to assess them in the context of increasingly difficult and challenging hypothetical cases. The goal of the program, says moderator Jeff Feldman, “is not to make up anybody’s mind, but to open minds, and make the agony of decision-making so intense you can escape only by thinking.”

Join us for what promises to be a very interesting and fast-moving program.

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THURSDAY, MAY 10

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Wednesday, May 912:15 p.m. $36Law Day LuncheonSeparation of Powers: Framework for FreedomDr. Mara Kimmel

Robert Hickerson Partners in Justice CampaignRabinowitz Public Service Award

6:00 p.m. $40Welcome Reception at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center - 625 C Street

TICKETED EVENTS

Thursday, May 1012:15 p.m. $36 Thursday LuncheonUpdate on State and Federal Courts of AlaskaChief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Craig Stowers and the Chief United States District Judge Tim Burgess of the U.S.D.C for the District of Alaska

6th Annual Human Rights Award2018 Benjamin Walters Distinguished Service Award25, 50, 60 year Membership Recognition

6:30 p.m. $75Banquet DinnerKeynote speaker: Scott Turow, Writer and AttorneyCourt Community Outreach Award Pro Bono Awards Distinguished Service Award

Friday, May 1112:15 p.m. $36Annual Meeting LuncheonMeeting is open to all members with optional lunch purchase. Outgoing Board Members; Passing the gavel; Awards

Alaska Bar Professionalism AwardJudge Nora Guinn AwardRobert Hickerson Public Service AwardLayperson Public Service Award

10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:30 a.m. Orange is the New Black (1.5 General CLE Credits) Piper Kerman, Author

Orange Is the New Black: A hit Netflix TV show wasn’t Piper Kerman’s goal when she wrote Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, a memoir about her 13 months in the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution. The bestselling book and the TV series has led to a life of advocacy

and given her a high-profile public platform to share her message: criminal justice reform needs to happen.

Piper Kerman, will speak about her own experiences in prison and shed light on the wide-ranging collateral damage—particularly on family stability, women, children and minorities—of America’s criminal justice practices.

12:15 p.m. Annual Meeting Luncheon - Ticketed Event Meeting is open to all members

1:30 p.m. Convention ends

FRIDAY, MAY 11 (CONTINUED)

Optional Add-OnIndividual Coaching by David Mann$45Friday, 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.LIMITED to 8 per session!

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Optional book purchase for signing available for $14 each or bring in your own copy.

Testimony by Scott Turow • Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman

Book Signings

Jeff FeldmanJeff Feldman is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington School of Law, where he teaches Civil Procedure, Trial Advocacy, Evidence, and Deposition Practice. He also is of counsel to the Summit Law Group, with offices in Anchorage and Seattle.

Roy GinsburgRoy Ginsburg, a practicing lawyer for more than 30 years, is an attorney coach and law firm consultant. He works with individual lawyers and law firms nationwide in the areas of business development, practice management, career development, and strategic and succession planning. Roy also runs a part-time solo practice that focuses on legal marketing ethics.

Piper KermanPiper Kerman is the author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison from Spiegel & Grau. The book has been adapted by Jenji Kohan into an Emmy Award-winning original series for Netflix.Piper works with nonprofits, philanthropies, and other organizations working in the public interest and serves on the board of directors of the Women’s Prison Association and the advisory boards of InsideOUT Writers and JustLeadershipUSA.

Mara Kimmel, PhD, JDDr. Mara Kimmel has a long career in Alaskan public policy focused on issues of rights and justice. She has been on faculty at the Seattle University School of Law Anchorage campus, the department of Political Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage and served as the Walter J. Hickel Professor of Strategic Development and Entrepreneurship at Alaska Pacific University. She is an affiliate faculty member at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at UAA and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of the North. Mara is currently First Lady of the Municipality of Anchorage where she is involved with several city initiatives focused on equity, resilience and combatting human trafficking.

SPEAKERSChief District Judge Timothy M. BurgessJudge Burgess was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska by President George W. Bush. He was confirmed by the Senate in December 2005, and began his judicial duties in January 2006. He became Chief Judge for the District of Alaska in January 2016.

Erwin ChemerinskyErwin Chemerinsky became the 13th Dean of Berkeley Law on July 1, 2017, when he joined the faculty as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law.Prior to assuming this position, from 2008-2017, he was the founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, and Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, at University of California, Irvine School of Law, with a joint appointment in Political Science.

Rich CurtnerFederal Defender for the District of Alaska has been a public defender for 40 years. Rich Curtner moved to Alaska in 1987. He spent the first five years in Alaska at the Public Defender Agency in Palmer. He joined the Federal Defender Office in 1992. After a year in private practice and a short term back at the State Public Defender Office as Training Director, in 1996 he was appointed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as the Federal Defender for Alaska.

Andrew S. FastowMr. Fastow was the Chief Financial Officer of Enron Corp. from 1998 – 2001. In 2004, he pled guilty to two counts of securities fraud, and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. He completed his sentence in 2011, and now lives with his family in Houston, Texas. Mr. Fastow currently consults with directors, attorneys, and hedge funds on how best to identify potentially critical finance, accounting, compensation, and cultural issues. He is also a principal of KeenCorp, an artificial intelligence software company.

Nelson PageNelson became Bar Counsel for the Alaska State Bar in 2017. He served on the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar from 2013-2016 and was president of the Board in 2015-16. He is a frequent speaker on ethics issues.

Chief Justice Craig StowersAppointed to the Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage in 2004 by Governor Frank Murkowski, and appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court by Governor Sean Parnell in 2009. Elected Chief Justice for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2015.

Cynthia StroutCynthia Strout has practiced law, primarily criminal defense, in Alaska for more than 30 years. She grew up in Bangor, Maine and graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1981. Her practice consists of the defense of primarily major felonies. She is past President of the Alaska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

SPEAKERSLaurie L. LevensonLevenson is Professor of Law and David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy. She joined the Loyola faculty in 1989 and served as Loyola’s associate dean for academic affairs from 1996-99. She has been a visiting professor at UCLA School of Law and a D&L Straus distinguished visiting professor at Pepperdine University School of Law. Professor Levenson currently leads the following programs at Loyola Law School: Capital Habeas Litigation Clinic, The Fidler Institute annual symposium, and the Project for the Innocent. She received her AB, Stanford University, and her JD, University of California Los Angeles.

David Mann David Mann specializes in persuasive presentation skills and storytelling. A theater artist for over three decades, David now trains attorneys and business professionals how to use performance and storytelling techniques to win. He has spoken at Fortune 500 events nationwide, inspiring groups to use the power of storytelling and effective delivery to get results every time.

Dan NegroniDan is the quintessential next generation business management and talent development consultant and coach solving today’s critical multi-generational issues. Dan leverages his authentic, no-nonsense approach and a successful 20+ year career with experiences as an attorney, CEO, senior sales and marketing executive, to help companies bridge the gap between managers and their millennial workforce to increase employee engagement, productivity, and profits.

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