Total Credits: 10.0 MCLE, 1.0 Ethics, 0.0 Elimination of Bias, 8.0 Kansas Credit, 1.0 Kansas Ethics
This seminar is an online rebroadcast of a previously recorded program. To participate, you listen and view online.
Our faculty of experienced practitioners will guide you through statutory and case law updates, as well as current hot topics in 10 key fields of law. Register for the full day or just the morning or afternoon.
7:00 – 7:40 AM | Registration
7:40 – 8:28 AM | Ethics at Sunrise
Speaker: Marc A. Lapp, Special Representative, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, St. Louis
8:28 – 9:17 AM | Probate Law
Speaker: John M. Challis, Kirkland Woods & Martinsen, LLP, Clayton
9:17 – 9:27 AM | Break
9:27 – 10:15 AM | Torts & Civil Actions
Speaker: Anthony G. Laramore, A.G. Laramore, LLC, St. Louis
10:15 – 11:02 AM | Appellate & Civil Trial Practice
Speaker: Drey A. Cooley, Capes Sokol, Clayton
11:02 – 11:12 AM | Break
11:12 AM – 12:01 PM | Criminal Law
Speaker: John M. Lynch, The Law Offices of John M. Lynch, LLC, Clayton
12:01 – 1:01 PM | Lunch Break
1:01 – 1:49 PM | Real Estate Law
Speaker: Caroline L. Hermeling, Husch Blackwell, LLP, St. Louis
1:49 – 2:39 PM | Family Law
Speaker: Kirk C. Stange, Stange Law Firm, PC, Clayton
2:39 – 3:28 PM | Business Law
Speaker: Robert G. Pennell, The Law Offices of Robert Grant Pennell, LLC, Manchester
3:28 – 3:38 PM | Break
3:38 – 4:28 PM | Employment Law
Speaker: Kristen L. Maly, McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer, LC, Town and Country
4:28 – 5:13 PM | Workers’ Compensation Law
Speaker: Martin A. Klug, Huck Howe & Tobin, Clayton
5:13 PM | Adjourn
Rebroadcast Moderator: Laurie A. Washington, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Springfield
| 740 am - Ethics at Sunrise Revised.pdf (0.81 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 830 am - Probate Law Combined.pdf (0.72 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 930 am - Torts & Civil Actions Combined.pdf (1.53 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1020 am - Appellate & Civil Trial Practice Combined.pdf (0.79 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1120 am - Criminal Law Combined.pdf (3.07 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 110 am - Real Estate Law Combined.pdf (0.86 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 200 pm - Family Law Combined.pdf (0.75 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 250 pm - Business Law Combined.pdf (2.35 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 350 pm - Employment Law Combined.pdf (0.24 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 440 pm - Workers' Compensation Law Combined.pdf (1.18 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Faculty Bios (375.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MCLE Form (136.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Rule 8.10 Certificate - Attendance at Program (12.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MoLAP Information (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Kansas Credit Requirements (49 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Marc A. Lapp is a Special Representative with the OCDC and regularly practices before the Disciplinary Hearing Committee and the Supreme Court of Missouri. In addition, Marc is the Director of Quality Assurance, Ethics, and Training for Nationwide Insurance Trial Division.
John Challis is a partner with Kirkland Woods & Martinsen in Clayton. He is an ACTEC fellow that specializes in fiduciary litigation. John is a frequent speaker, the Chair of the Missouri Bar Fiduciary Litigation Committee, and was named 2020 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for Fiduciary Litigation.
Anthony Laramore represents clients in personal injury, medical malpractice and civil rights cases. Anthony has been recognized by The National Trial Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other organizations. Anthony has successfully recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Anthony enjoys spending time with his children, coaching, and is an avid KC Chiefs fan.
Drey Cooley is a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a trial and appellate attorney, primarily representing large companies in the defense of environmental and product liability matters. He also litigates complex business, fiduciary, insurance and intellectual property disputes.
John M. Lynch is an attorney in St. Louis, who also serves as a legal commentator for a host of news/media outlets across the country. Presently, he concentrates in areas of federal law, civil litigation, criminal defense and personal injury.
Carrie Hermeling leads the firm’s Real Estate, Development & Construction industry team. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute and Commercial Real Estate Women and frequently speaks on topics relevant to the real estate, development and construction industries.
Carrie has been lead litigation counsel in real estate, development and construction-related disputes, including claims involving construction projects, real estate sale contracts, commercial leases, broker agreements, easements and restrictive covenants; foreclosures (nonjudicial and judicial) and post-foreclosure other real-estate owned (OREO) title-related and land use-related claims; real estate tax sales and appeals; valuation litigation in the eminent domain context involving commercial and residential properties; development-related disputes involving land acquisition, rezoning, conditional-use permits, and mechanics’ liens; receiverships relating to restaurants and apartment complexes; and constitutional challenges to economic incentive financing and governmental actions.
Kirk Stange is the President of Stange Law Firm, PC. Stange Law Firm, PC is a multi-state family law firm with offices in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. Mr. Stange is licensed in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Mr. Stange received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers Magazine selected Mr. Stange to the list of Super Lawyers for Family Law from 2015 to the present. Previously, Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers Magazine selected Mr. Stange to the list of Rising Stars for Family Law in 2013 and 2014. Mr. Stange is an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law. Mr. Stange is the President of the Missouri Collaborative Institute. Mr. Stange is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars. In 2014, Mr. Stange presented at the 8th Circuit Judicial Conference in Omaha, Nebraska on social media evidence for lawyers and judges. Mr. Stange authored a chapter in a book through Thomson Reuters (Aspatore Publishing) titled: "Strategies for Military Family Law: Leading Lawyers on Navigating Family Law in the Armed Forces (Inside the Minds)." Mr. Stange released a full-length book through Thomson Reuters (Aspatore Publishing) in 2014 titled: "Prenuptial Agreements Line by Line." In 2015, Mr. Stange authored another chapter in a book through Thomson Reuters (Aspatore Published) titled: “Strategies for Illinois Family Law: Leading Lawyers on Leveraging Alternative Dispute Resolution, Negotiating Alimony and Child Support, and Managing Client Expectations (Inside the Minds).” In 2019, Kirk was asked to co-author two chapters in the 2019 Cumulative Supplement to Chapter 13 “Adult Protection Orders and Child Protecting Order” and the 2019 Cumulative Supplement to Chapter 29 “Rights of the Unwed,” in Missouri Law (7th ed.) published by the Missouri Bar. In 2022, Kirk co-authored the following chapter in the Missouri Bar’s desk book: “Chapter 10, Child Abuse in the Domestic Case and Adult Protection Orders and Child Protection Orders.”
Robert Pennell has 25 years’ experience dedicated to assisting businesses, from Fortune 100s to Mom & Pop Shops, succeed in an increasingly complex environment. Mr. Pennell earned his JD at St. Louis University - Law School and his BSBA at Washington University - Olin School of Business.
Kristen Maly represents both public and private management in employment-related actions before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. She regularly assists clients with all aspects of human resources management from development of policies through enforcement and defense of those policies. She routinely advises clients on compliance with the myriad of federal and state laws that impact upon management’s ability to utilize it workforce, including OFCCP, EEOC, MHRA, FMLA, ADA and compliance with statutes addressing Department of Homeland Security work authorization verification compliance. Ms. Maly is admitted to practice in the States of Indiana and Missouri and before the United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, Eastern District of Missouri and the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits. She has authored and co-authored various articles on labor and employment law issues. Ms. Maly has also presented numerous seminars on various aspects of labor and employment law. Ms. Maly received her B.S. Ed. degree, with honors, from Indiana University and her J.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis. While at Washington University she was a staff member for the Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law.
Martin Klug has represented Missouri employers in workers’ compensation litigation for more than 30 years. He obtained his law degree at St. Louis University and is a member of the Missouri, Illinois, and Florida bar. He has written several books, and he is a regular speaker for the Mo Bar and other groups on emerging legal issues related to work injuries. He lives in St. Louis with his family and two freeloading cats. He is working on a new book about film noir.
