Ingham County Bar Association
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Calendar of Events
July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016

Nov
19
121st Annual Dinner
Location: Crown Plaza
Dec
09
Board Meeting
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Jan
05
Top 5 Under 35 Awards deadline

Jan
07
Meet The Judges
Feb
10
Board Meeting
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Feb
20
Bench Bar
Location: Grady Porter Building
Mar
24
7th Annual Barristers Night
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Location: U Club
April
13
Board Meeting
Time: 7:30 a.m.

May
17
Board Election Deadline
Time: 5:00 p.m.
May
18
Annual Shrimp Dinner/Annual Meeting
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Lansing Liederkrantz 
June
TBA
Board Meeting
Member Directory

Are you listed in the ICBA online member directory? Visit our member directory to check and update your profile. If not, give us a call at (517) 627-3938
Lawyer's Table - NEW


Address: 333 S Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48933

The Lawyer's Table will be an informal lunch gathering for all Mid-Michigan attorneys.  The purpose is to get to know each other informally. 

The Table will meet weekly on Tuesday's at the Crafty Palate located on the corner of Kalamazoo and S. Washington (where the Mediterann used to operate).
 
Once a month on the first Tuesday at noon we will have a "Focus Guest".  This will be a senior attorney from varied disciplines who will be asked to share stories and antidotes about their careers. The first "Focus" will be on Dec. 1st.

To RSVP for the Lawyer's Table Meetings with a focused guest, email Jamie White at [email protected].


Calendar of Events

Date
Presenter
Subject
December 1, 2015Judge Clinton Canady III
Learn More on Judge Clinton Canady III
Circuit Court
January 5, 2016John Sier
Learn More on John Sier
Drone Law

February 2, 2016Roberta Gubbins
Learn More on Roberta Gubbins
Marketing Your Practice
March 1, 2016Barry Grant CPA/CFF
Learn More on Barry Grant
Economic Damages
April 5, 2016Tom Woods
Learn More on Tom Woods
Receivership


This is a collaborative effort between:
Ingham County Bar Association
Ingham Bar Foundation
ICBA Young Lawyer's Section
Mid-Michigan Woman's Lawyer Association.
Davis Dunnings Law Association.

Buy your own lunch and we will reserve space in the private room at the restaurant.
 
ICBA Litigation Section Meetings - Speakers Needed

Luncheon meeting topics:

- Potential upcoming rule changes and the effect on litigators. 
- Case evaluation tips and tricks.  
- Mediation tips and tricks. 
- Judgment collection tips and tricks.  
- Deposition prep and execution. 
- General tips and tricks including suggested concurrence procedure, use of admissions, and voir dire.  
- Changes to Court of Claims litigation. 

If your are interested in speaking on one of these topics please contact Sandra Lake at [email protected] or 517-853-2929.
ICBA Employment/Labor Law Section Meetings - TBA

Dear Ingham County Bar Association Member,
 
Please accept this invitation to join the ICBA Labor and Employment Law Section. There is no charge for membership in this section.
 
The purpose of the section is to promote collegiality, networking and education regarding labor and employment law issues.
 
If you are interested in joining please respond to this email, indicating at the bottom of this email your areas of interest in the labor and employment field. It will help in developing programming.
 
Thank you. I look forward to meeting you at our first meeting which I anticipate will be in mid-October.
 
Very Truly Yours,
James K. Fett 

For more information, contact James K. Fett at [email protected]
ICBA Family Law Section Meetings

To RSVP for the Family Law Section Meetings, Brooke VanBuren-Hay at [email protected]

Location: WMU Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 300 S Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI

November 18, 2015  11:30a.m. - 1:00p.m. NOTE: DATE CHANGED
wage earning capacity evaluations and how they can aid in wage imputation matters presented by Amy Sheldon M.A. NOTE NEW LOCATION: Room 835 at WMU Cooley Law School

December 17, 2015  Noon - 1:00p.m.
"Ten Things Family Law Attorneys Should Know About QDROs" presented by Bob Treat from QDRO Express. NOTE NEW LOCATION: State Bar of Michigan, Hudson Room.

January 20, 2015  Noon - 1:00p.m.
"Finding Hidden Financial Assets" presented by Michelle Gallagher, CPA from Gallagher, Flintoff & Klein, PLC. NOTE NEW LOCATION: State Bar of Michigan, Hudson Room.

Food and beverage provided.

Please RSVP Brooke VanBuren-Hay at [email protected]

ICBA Family Law Section Co-Chairs
Jennipher Martinez and Brooke VanBuren-Hay
ICBA Bankruptcy Law Section Meetings
 
To RSVP for the Bankruptcy Section Meetings, email Patricia Scott at [email protected] 
or call (517) 371-8132.
 
The Bankruptcy section meets the fourth Thursday of the month at noon.

Location: Western University Cooley Law School (new red brick building) Room 835 - 300 S. Capitol Ave

Our next lunch Meeting will be on Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at noon at the Cooley Center, Room 835. Attorney Bob McCarthy will be our speaker and lunch sponsor. Bob's presentation will be on the topic of fraud, specifically, 11 U.S.C. 523. Please join us on November 19th for Bob's presentation.

Please RSVP to Patricia Scott at [email protected].

Bankruptcy Law Section Co-Chairs
Patricia Scott and Norm Witte
ICBA Probate and Trust Section Meetings 

Location: WMU Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Room 911)
300 S Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48901

Probate and Trust Section meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 12 noon
to 1:00 p.m. at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.
 
 
RSVP (to eat) must be provided by noon on November 13th. (I'd prefer an RSVP on Facebook (see below) but you may respond by email this month.)


FACEBOOK PAGE - PLEASE JOIN
We have a new Facebook page. Please go to Facebook and search for "ICBA Probate & Trust Law Section".  Ask to join and please RSVP for lunch.  We hope to streamline our RSVP's and minimize emails.  Please let me know if you are NOT on Facebook.

LUNCH SPONSORSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE
A few lunch sponsorships are available for the Spring.  More information at our next meeting.  You may sponsor an entire lunch, 1/2 or 1/4 lunch. We will publicize your firm's contribution and allow you to say a few words about your firm at the meeting. Depending on number of attendees, cost will be $350-400 for a full lunch sponsorship.

Nov
17
"Forms and Court Rules Updates", Presented by George Strander, Court Administrator and Probate Register, Ingham County Probate Court. Douglas A. Mielock of Foster Swift will be proudly sponsoring the lunch for this event.
Dec
15
Holiday Networking Lunch - location TBD
Jan
19
"2016 Tax Update", Presented by Greg Walthorn and Katie Hamilton, Plante Moran, PC. - Note: Room Change - Room 835
Plante Moran will be proudly sponsoring the lunch for this event
Feb
16
"Modification and Termination of Irrevocable Trusts" Presented by Christine Savage, The Lowe Law Firm, PC
Mar
15
"View from the Bench", Presented by the Honorable Thomas Byerley, Chief Judge, Eaton County Probate Court - Note: Room Change - Room 835

Apr
19
"Estate Planning in the Era of Portability and High Exclusion Amounts" Presented by Doug Mielock, Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC
May
17
"Same Sex Marriage Issues, Where Are We Now?", Presented by Bradley Vauter, Bradley Vauter & Associates, PC
Jun
21
Networking Lunch - location TBD
 
ICBA Probate and Trust Section Co-Chairs
Marlaine Teahan and Rosemary Buhl
ICBA Real Estate Section Meetings 
 
To RSVP for the Real Estate Section Meetings, email Charles Barbieri at [email protected] or Tracey Lackman at [email protected] 
 
Real Estate Section meetings will be held at WMU Thomas M. Cooley Law School at noon.
They all will be held at Cooley Center, 9th Floor, 911 DE Conference Room. 

Upcoming Event Dates:
November 19, 2015 at noon, Cooley 9th Floor, Room 911

The topic of purchase agreements from a buyer's and seller's perspective.  In the meantime, I am handing out a summary of certain 2015-2016 legislative bills that pertain to real estate which you may want to consider. Click here for the Summary Real Estate legislation

Nov
19
Dec
17
Jan
28
Feb
25
Mar
31
Apr
28
May
26

ICBA Real Estate Section Co-Chairs:
Charles Barbieri and Tracey Lackman
ICBA Criminal Law Section Meetings

To RSVP for the Criminal Law Section Meetings, email [email protected]

NEW - 2016 Criminal Law Section Meeting Dates!

Jan
08
12:15 p.m.
Feb
05
9:15 a.m.
Mar
04
9:15 a.m.
Apri
08
9:15 a.m.
May
06
9:15 a.m.
June
03
9:15 a.m.
Sept
09
9:15 a.m.
Oct
07
9:15 a.m.
Nov
04
9:15 a.m.
Dec
02
9:15 a.m.


Mary Chartier and John Dewane
ICBA Criminal Law Section Co-Chairpersons
ICBA - Young Lawyers Section
 
Mentor-Mentee Opportunities

Fellow ICBA-YLS Members,

I am writing to inform the ICBA-YLS Members that the ICBA-YLS Membership Outreach Committee is working with the ICBA Mentoring Committee to pair interested newer attorneys with experienced attorneys to cultivate mentoring relationships that best serve the legal community and the parties involved. These relationships may be brief or continue on for an extended period of time - the mentor and mentee are best equipped to make this decision. I would like to hear from our membership and connect compatible attorneys for these mentoring relationships. Please reply to this post with the area of law that interests you, so we can place you with an attorney in that field; furthermore, I would even suggest providing other interests, hobbies, or skills, so we could connect with others based on another mutual interest. You are also free to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Reid Felsing



ICBA-YLS' Annual Horn of Plenty Drive! 

As the colder weather settles in and the holiday season approaches, please consider participating in ICBA-YLS' annual Horn of Plenty Drive! 

Monetary donations are also welcome. Please make any checks payable to "Volunteers of America." Donations will be distributed to and shared between Volunteers of America and the Cristo Rey Community Center in Lansing.




Resources
 
To access the ICBA-YLS Google Drive which is currently being populated with many pieces of helpful information, visit https://goo.gl/PgD0nW 
 
ICBA List-serve

ICBA would also like to remind you that as a service to our members the ICBA has established a general list-serve. Please contact Josh Ard if you wish to sign up.

Use the following address/link to communicate with all in the list-serves (your email must be added to the list before the message you send will work):
ICBA YLS list-serve

ICBA - Young Lawyers Sections would also like to remind you that as a service to our members, the ICBA - YLS has established a general list-serve. Please contact Chris Wickman if you wish to sign up.

Briefs

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Sponsorship Packages

The Ingham County Bar Association invites you to sponsor the following events:

121st Annual Dinner
7th Annual Barristers Night
Annual Shrimp Dinner
5th Annual Meet the Judges Reception
Bench-Bar Conference
as of 11-10-2015

Sixty-Minute Mentoring is Looking for You!

Greetings Future Mentors and Mentees,

 

As you may know, the Ingham County Bar Association has a mentoring program that pairs interested newer attorneys with experienced attorneys to try and develop mentoring relationships that best serve the legal community and the parties involved. These relationships may be brief or continue on for an extended period of time - the mentor and mentee are best equipped to make this decision.

 

As Chairperson of the Mentoring Committee, please feel free to contact me if you are interested in being a mentor or if you are a newer attorney in need of a mentor. Please let me know your practice areas so that we can try to make the best match.

 

Thank you for continuing to support the Ingham County Bar Association!

 

Mary Chartier

[email protected]

 

Other Legal Community Events
Ingham County Bar Foundation Provides Grant to Local Veterans Treatment Court

Contact: Jenny Patterson
(517) 377-0836
[email protected]

Lansing, MI - The Ingham County Bar Foundation presented a $5,000 grant to Friends of the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court on November 11, 2015 at the East Lansing Court House. The grant matches the largest amount the ICVTC has received from the ICBF since being established in March 2010.

"This grant to the Friends of the Veterans Treatment Court helps the courts to succeed and the veterans to succeed," said Honorable David Jordon, Retired. "The secret of this success can be attributed to the veterans who mentor each other throughout the process."

The ICVTC is designed to assist veterans from all branches of the military who are currently involved in the criminal justice system. As the second treatment court of its kind, their overall goal is to deter eligible veteran-defendants from a traditional court process and instead place them in a specialized criminal court. The ICVTC also provides a Veteran Mentoring Program which matches a veteran-defendant with a veteran mentor who will provide guidance during the court process while guiding and supporting the defendant through other treatment programs if needed. They have served approximately 150 veterans to date.

The ICBF was established in 2002 for Michigan lawyers and other interested citizens to be able to make charitable contributions that provide meaningful benefits for the community. Previous grant funds from the ICBF paid a fuel oil bill for a veteran without home heat, reading glasses, hearing aids, and has assisted with numerous other emergency or unpaid bills for indigent veteran-defendants. This grant will be instrumental in funding such needs as well as the weekly Veterans' Support Group for veterans before the court.



Executive Committee

President
Liisa SpeakerImmediate Past President
Mark Kellogg
President Elect
Jessica Fox
Vice President
James Dalton
Secretary
Mary Chartier
Treasurer



Ingham County Bar Association
P.O. Box 66
Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837
Phone: (517) 627-3938
Fax: (517) 627-3950