Total Credits: 10.0 MCLE, 1.0 Ethics, 0.0 Elimination of Bias, 8.0 Kansas Credit, 1.0 Kansas Ethics
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7:00 – 7:40 AM | Registration
7:40 – 8:30 AM | Workers’ Compensation Law
Speaker: Patrick J. Platter, Neale & Newman, LLP, Springfield
8:30 – 9:20 AM | Employment Law
Speaker: TBA
9:20 – 9:30 AM | Break
9:30 – 10:20 AM | Bankruptcy & Debtors/Creditors Law
Speaker: TBA
10:20 – 11:10 AM | Family Law
Speakers: Andrew C. Scholz, Rooney McBride & Smith, LLC, Springfield
11:10 – 11:20 AM | Break
11:20 AM – 12:10 PM | Real Estate Law
Speaker: Paul F. Sherman, Mann, Walter, Bishop & Sherman, PC, Springfield
12:10 – 1:10 PM | Lunch on Your Own
1:10 – 2:00 PM | Ethics Update
Speaker: Emilia Brown, Dolce Vita Law, LLC, Springfield
2:00 – 2:50 PM | Criminal Law
Speaker: James R. Hobbs, Wyrsch, Hobbs & Mirakian, PC, Kansas City
2:50 – 3:40 PM | Appellate & Civil Trial Practice
Speaker: Richard L. Schnake, Neale & Newman, LLP, Springfield
3:40 – 3:50 PM | Break
3:50 – 4:40 PM | Torts & Civil Actions
Speaker: William C. Love, Jr., Hyde, Love & Overby, LLP, Springfield
4:40 – 5:30 PM | Probate Law
Speaker: Brian E. Hamburg, Hamburg Lyons & Clouse, LLC, Springfield
5:30 PM | Adjourn
Workers' Compensation Law (1.7 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Employment Law (3.6 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Bankruptcy/Debtors & Creditors Law (2.6 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Family Law (992.2 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Real Estate Law (731.9 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Ethics Update (175.6 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Criminal Law (5.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Torts & Civil Actions (3.1 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Faculty Bios (253.3 KB) | Available after Purchase |
MoLAP Information (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Brian Hamburg is a partner in the Springfield law firm of Hamburg, Lyons & Clouse, and his practice combines planning, administration and litigation of trust and estate matters. He is a frequent speaker for the SMBA and the Missouri Bar, and has contributed to two chapters of the Missouri Bar CLE Estate Administration Deskbook. He is an active member of the Missouri Bar Probate and Trust Division, and was elected a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
James R. Hobbs has extensive experience in both civil and criminal cases with particular emphasis in white collar criminal defense work. He has tried cases in areas such as criminal enforcement of environmental laws, defense of health care prosecutions, representation of individuals and corporations charged with business crimes, and defense of political corruption prosecutions. Mr. Hobbs has also represented individuals charged with violent offenses and sexual assault cases. His practice also involves grand jury representation and pretrial representation of individuals and corporations under investigation for criminal conduct. Mr. Hobbs is the recipient of numerous awards, and he has served on many boards of organizations advocating for criminal defendants.
William C. Love is a partner with the law firm of Hyde, Love & Overby practicing in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Appellate Law, Workers’ Compensation and General Litigation. He is admitted to practice in Missouri and the U.S. Western District of Missouri, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and US Supreme Court. He earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law. He was recognized for appellate advocacy as a recipient of the David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award from the Missouri Bar. He is also a long time High School Football referee.
Patrick J. Platter is a partner with the law firm of Neale & Newman, L.L.P. of Springfield, Missouri. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with undergraduate and law degrees. He specializes in workers’ compensation law, local government law, administrative law, and employment law. He has tried hundreds of workers’ compensation claims before the Division of Workers’ Compensation and appeals before the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission and appellate courts. His appeals in workers’ compensation claims have spanned a wide range of subject in The Workers’ Compensation Law. Mr. Platter is a certified mediator under Rule 17. He is a member of the Mo Bar Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. He is published in the Journal of the Missouri Bar and speaks to many professional and trade organizations in workers’ compensation and employment law. He is recognized in Super Lawyers® in workers’ compensation law and The Best Lawyers of America© in local government law.
Andy Scholz is a Springfield, Missouri native. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Drury University in 1994 and attended law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. During law school, he was honored to be an associate member of the Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 2001. In 2005, he became an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Boone County, Missouri. While there, he prosecuted sexual crimes and people accused of having perpetrated physical abuse against children. In 2010, Andy and his family chose to move back home to Springfield, where he could work to serve fellow Southwest Missourians by focusing his practice as a family law attorney. To continue his desire to assist families, he joined Rooney McBride and Smith in 2019, where he focuses on family law, guardianship law, and civil litigation.