Total Credits: 1.5 CLE, 1.5 Ethics
Note: Each day can be purchased separately or all together for a bundled price.
New (or new-ish) to the practice of law in Arizona? Our Annual New Lawyer Boot Camp was created just for you!
Filled with important basics, how-to’s, and useful take-aways, this fast-paced multi-day CLE will give you the tools to build and grow your practice, and practice more effectively with sessions from experienced practitioners and your peers. Presentations will cover:
Day One - Available OnDemand (originally aired November 6, 2023)
Lawyer Wellbeing
Hon (Ret) Donn G Kessler
Tech and Efficiency Tools and Tips
Catherine Sanders Reach, Director, Center for Practice Management, North Carolina Bar Association
Luz Carrion, Mass LOMAP at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
Malpractice Insurance Primer Coverage
Donald Wilson Jr., Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson PC
Day Two - Available OnDemand (originally aired November 13, 2023)
Managing Client Expectations & Considerations for Declining or Withdrawing Representation
Meredith Vivona, Practice Management Attorney, State Bar of Arizona
Nancy Greenlee, Attorney and Counselor at Law
Avoiding Lawyer Discipline
Stacy Shuman, Bar Counsel, State Bar of Arizona
Day Three - Available OnDemand (originally aired December 4, 2023)
Conflict Checks
Michelle Hibbert, Lawyer Assistance Programs Director, State Bar of Arizona
Changing Jobs
Meredith Vivona, Practice Management Attorney, State Bar of Arizona
Financial Management for New Lawyers
Chad Anderson, J.D., MSL, CIPP/E, CIPM
Practical Court Tips
Michelle Hibbert, Lawyer Assistance Programs Director, State Bar of Arizona
Day Four - December 11, 2023
What I Wish I Knew Then (Panel)
Mae Innabi, Greenspoon Marder LLP
Daniel J. Mazza, Mazza + Niro, PLC
Ray Reyes, Schneider & Onofry P.C.
State Bar Services
Roberta Tepper, Chief Member Services Officer, State Bar of Arizona
Chairs:
Michelle Hibbert, Lawyer Assistance Program Director, State Bar of Arizona*
Roberta Tepper, Chief Member Services Officer, State Bar of Arizona*
Meredith Vivona, Practice Management Attorney, State Bar of Arizona*
*Also speaking
New Lawyer Boot Camp -Day 2 Manual (11.3 MB) | 76 Pages | Available after Purchase |
STACY L. SHUMAN is Staff Bar Counsel at the State Bar of Arizona. In addition to working in the Attorney/Consumer Assistance Program, which handles all incoming inquiries and consumer complaints about Arizona attorneys, Ms. Shuman investigates and prosecutes formal ethics complaints against attorneys, as needed. Ms. Shuman received a B.A. in 1987 from Saint Mary’s College and a J.D. in 1990 from Indiana University at Bloomington. After law school, Ms. Shuman joined an AV-rated, commercial firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1998, Ms. Shuman relocated to Phoenix and later joined the Child and Family Protection Division of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, where she remained for eleven years before joining the State Bar in 2011.
Nancy A. Greenlee, sole practitioner, specializes in representing lawyers in disciplinary proceedings. From 1990 to 1996, she served as a State Bar of Arizona staff bar counsel responsible for investigation and prosecution of matters involving violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Nancy was a member of the State Bar of Arizona Ethics Committee from 2007 to 2016. She is the chair of the State Bar of Arizona Ethics Advisory Group. She is a former lawyer member of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct and a former Board member of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Maricopa County Bar Association. Nancy graduated, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1986, and worked in private practice, handling primarily plaintiff’s personal injury cases and general litigation matters including some dissolution cases. Nancy frequently serves as a panel member for CLE seminars dealing with professional conduct and ethics. She can be reached at (602) 264-8110 or nancy@nancygreenlee.com.
Michelle Hibbert leads the Lawyer Assistance Programs Director. Ms. Hibbert’s group falls under the Member Services Division team, which supports numerous programs and departments, including the Lawyer Assistance Programs; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Legal Specialization; Mandatory CLE and Compliance; the Bar’s Resource Center. Ms. Hibbert practiced commercial litigation and employment advise for 23 years before joining the Bar. She received her LL. M. in Biotechnology and Genomics in December 2022, and her J.D. at the Chicago-Kent College of Law where she graduated Order of the Coif.
Roberta Tepper, Chief Member Services Officer for the State Bar of Arizona, has been with the State Bar since 2004. Roberta leads the Member Services Division team which supports numerous programs and departments, including Continuing Legal Education; Lawyer Assistance Programs (Practice 2.0 and MAP); Legal Specialization; Mandatory CLE and Compliance; the Bar’s Resource Center, and more. Roberta served as the Lawyer Assistance Programs Director, from 2013 until September 2021, which included responsibility for Practice 2.0, the State Bar of Arizona’s practice management advice program, the Bar’s Member Assistance Program, and support for the Bar’s 30 Sections as well as the Young Lawyer and Senior Lawyer Divisions. Roberta previously served as a prosecutor in North Carolina; worked in court administration in Delaware; and served as Bar Counsel and then Senior Bar Counsel in the Lawyer Regulation Office at the State Bar of Arizona.
Ms. Tepper is an active member of the Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association, serves as the Division’s Secretary, is the Feature Editor for Law Practice Magazine, a member of the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Lawyer Wellbeing Committee, Women Rainmakers, and the Strategy and Planning Committee, and served as the co-Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2021. She is a frequent author of articles on practice management, best practices and lawyer wellness and well-being for the ABA’s Law Practice Magazine and Law Practice Today. She also co-authored Tech From the Trenches, a column for Law Practice magazine that addresses best practices and the use of technology in the practice of law.
Roberta is a Fastcase 50 honoree (2019), an award that recognizes innovators, visionaries and leaders in law and was selected as one of the 2021 Women of Legal Tech honorees by the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center. She chairs the Practice Management Advisors of North America, is a Past President and an ex officio member of the Arizona Women Lawyers Association Board of Directors and, as a past chapter President, is an ex officio member of the AWLA, Maricopa Chapter, Steering Committee. A graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law, Ms. Tepper is admitted to practice in Arizona and is an inactive member of the North Carolina and Delaware Bars.
Meredith L. Vivona is the Ethics Counsel for the State Bar of Arizona, where she advises lawyers through the Ethics Hotline, presents ethics related CLE programs, acts as legal advisor to the Fee Arbitration Program, serves on the Ethics Advisory Group and acts as liaison to the Arizona Supreme Court’s Attorney Ethics Advisory Committee. Prior to becoming Ethics Counsel, Meredith served as Practice Management Attorney for Practice 2.0 and the Trust Account Helpline, the State Bar’s confidential practice management and trust account advice program. Before joining the State Bar of Arizona, Meredith served as Independent Bar Counsel, investigating and prosecuting misconduct allegations brought against attorneys, when the Lawyer Regulation Office had a conflict. Part of Meredith’s responsibilities included serving as Acting Disciplinary Counsel for the Commission on Judicial Conduct where she investigated and resolved judicial misconduct complaints. Before serving as IBC, Meredith enjoyed a varied career in private practice, with experience in civil litigation matters throughout the state. Meredith is admitted to practice in Arizona and the U.S. District Court for the State of Arizona. Meredith received her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest Law School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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