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2020 Missouri Lawyers' Assistance Conference


Total Credits: 5.9 MCLE, 5.9 Ethics, 5.5 Kansas Credit, 5.5 Kansas Ethics

Practice Area:
Ethics |  Lawyer Well-being
Format:
Audio and Video

Dates


Description

Presented by | The Missouri Lawyers’ Assistance Program
In cooperation with | The Lawyers’ Assistance Committee of The Missouri Bar.
Sponsored by | The Missouri Bar, The Bar Plan and The Missouri Bar Foundation


9:30 AM | WELCOME
Speaker: John Gunn, The Gunn Law Firm, 2020-2021 President of The Missouri Bar

9:31 - 10:20 AM | GAMBLING RECOVERY PANEL

10:20 - 11:09 AM | GROWING PROFESSIONAL IQ WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Speakers:  Larry V. Swall
, JD and Simone A. Haberstock, JD

11:09 AM - 11:42 PM | RESILIENT LAWYERS: FINDING YOUR FOOTING IN SHIFTING SANDS
Speaker:  Anne Chambers
, LCSW, Missouri Lawyers’ Assistance Program Director

11:42 AM - 12:42 PM | LUNCH BREAK

12:42 - 1:33 PM | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: DON'T GIVE UP FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE MIRACLE
Speaker: Laurie Besden, Esq., Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by The Bar Plan

1:33 - 1:43 PM | BREAK

1:43 - 2:29 PM | LAWYER WELL-BEING AS A PROFESSIONAL PRIORITY
Speaker:  John Gunn
, The Gunn Law Firm, 2020-2021 President of The Missouri Bar

2:29 - 3:12 PM | SUBSTANCE RECOVERY & RULE 16
Speaker:  Hugh F. O’Donnell III
, JD, Intervention Committee Chair, Attorney and Mediator

3:12 - 3:27 PM | BREAK

3:27 - 3:54 PM | RESULTS OF JUDICIAL WELL-BEING STUDY
Speaker:  Anne Chambers

3:54 PM | ADJOURN

4:00 PM | FRIENDS OF BILL W MEETING

Moderator: Anne Chambers

Materials

Speaker

Laurie Besden's Profile

Laurie Besden Related Seminars and Products

LCL-PA, Inc.


Laurie Besden is the Executive Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc. (LCL PA). She served as its Deputy Executive Director, overseeing its Helpline operations, serving as primary contact for intervention requests, expanding its law school outreach, and increasing LCL PA’s presence within the organized bench and bar, from 2011-2015. After becoming LCL PA’s Executive Director in 2015, Laurie continued to serve in most of these capacities and assumed responsibility for the organization’s administrative and financial operations, as well as its judges’ assistance program (Judges Concerned for Judges).

Laurie is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania (1999) and New Jersey (1999). She practiced law from 1999 through 2001 and 2009-2011 in several capacities including:

· Attorney-at-law (general civil and criminal practice), East Norriton, PA
· Law Clerk (Pennsylvania Superior Court), Philadelphia, PA
· Law Clerk (Philadelphia Municipal Court), Philadelphia, PA

She received her B.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD (1995) and her J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (1999).

Laurie was the 2015 recipient of the Montgomery Bar Association’s Henry Stuckert Miller Award for her dedication to public service in the legal profession and the 2019 recipient of Caron’s Legal Professional/Uniformed Public Service Award for the Greater Philadelphia Region.


Anne Chambers's Profile

Anne Chambers Related Seminars and Products

Lawyers' Assistance Director

The Missouri Bar


Anne Chambers, LCSW serves as the Director of the Missouri Lawyers’ Assistance Program. She has significant experience working with people to address mental health and substance concerns.

Ms. Chambers has served as past president of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work, past chair of the National Association of Social Workers Legal Defense Fund Service Board, and past chair of the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Senior Lawyers Committee.

Ms. Chambers received her Master of Social Work degree from Louisiana State University in 1990. She has been licensed in clinical social work in Missouri since 1992. She lives with her family in Columbia. 

 



Simone Haberstock's Profile

Simone Haberstock Related Seminars and Products

The Law Offices of Simone A. Haberstock, LLC


Simone Haberstock  has been a family law attorney for 30 years and a mediator for 20 years.  She acquired a Masters of Law in Dispute Resolution from University of Missouri School of Law in 2013 where she did IRB approved research on a mediation-arbitration process. Since graduating, she has founded a non-profit mediation service, Confluence Missouri, Inc.; served on the Mediation and Parenting Coordination Oversight Committee in St. Louis County Circuit Court; and worked on a number of court-connected ADR and problem-solving court projects across the state. She recently completed an interview research project of Missouri litigants who used mandatory mediation and has assisted in  the production of two videos for the public on ADR processes. She has mediated over 400 cases including family, small business, employment, landlord-tenant, and small claims matters. Ms. Haberstock has spoken and presented on  a variety mediation and ADR topics, including the decision- making process, at both national and statewide conferences. She also served on the Board of Governors for the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis for 10 years and is the immediate past-president of the Missouri Chapter of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.


Hugh O'Donnell's Profile

Hugh O'Donnell Related Seminars and Products

Attorney at Law and Mediator


Hugh O'Donnell practices family law with his own firm in Kansas City. He has mediated thousands of family law cases over the past 20+ years, and introduced collaborative divorce to Missouri and Kansas family lawyers. He is chairman of the Missouri Bar Intervention Committee, established by Supreme Court Rule 16.


Larry Swall's Profile

Larry Swall Related Seminars and Products

Gates Shields Ferguson Swall Hammond, P.A.


Larry V. Swall is a family law attorney, licensed in Kansas and Missouri, with offices in Overland Park and Liberty. His private practice is concentrated in areas of family law and domestic mediation. Practicing for over 30 years, Mr. Swall was twice honored by the Missouri Bar.


Sponsors

The Bar Plan
Missouri Bar Member Benefit Provider

Website: www.thebarplan.com
Twitter: @TheBarPlan
About: The Bar Plan has protected Missouri lawyers with malpractice insurance longer than any competing carrier. We also offer court bonds, life insurance, workers’ comp and a business office package. The Bar Plan Foundation provides Risk Management CLE options. To find out how we help lawyers build better practices, visit www.thebarplan.com.

 

The Missouri Bar Foundation
Website: https://www.mobarfoundation.org/
About: Our mission is to promote improvement in the administration of justice by encouraging and funding law-related endeavors, recognizing legal and public service, and supporting scholarships and community projects. Find out how you can help fulfill our mission today.

Friends of Bill W Meeting

Friends of Bill W. Meeting
DEC 18, 2020
4:00 PM

Join this Zoom meeting by clicking on this link.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89998902512?pwd=Q3RUalFtV2JTd2trblBNTEUvZkdHdz09

Scholarships

Scholarships will be available for those in financial hardship. Please contact Anne Chambers at 573-638-2262 for more information.

Cancellation Policy

Click HERE to review the Cancellation Policy.