Total Credits: 3 CLE, 2.5 Ethics
Purchase each day separately or both for a discounted price!
DAY ONE: Thursday, October 10, 2024 (In-person & Webcast)
We will discuss the following topics during Day One's program:
• Trust Accounting Essentials
Jennifer Fite, Lawyer Assistance Programs Director, State Bar of Arizona
• Lawyer Marketing - Overview, Strategy, and Best Practices
Dustin Ruge, CEO, Law Leaders
• Lawyer Regulation: How to Avoid Getting a Call from the Bar
Craig Henley, Senior Bar Counsel, State Bar of Arizona
• Lawyer Wellbeing
Alexis Firehawk, Carpenter Hazelwood Delgado & Bolen LLP
Alisa Gray, Tiffany & Bosco PA
• Bar Services
Roberta Tepper, Chief Member Services Officer, State Bar of Arizona
DAY TWO: Friday, October 11, 2024 (Zoom Webinar)
We will discuss the following topics during Day Two's program:
• Tax Deductions for Small Firms: deductions, plans, make the most of your income, retreats
• Risks of Practicing at Home
Michael Maschke, Sensei Enterprises
• Crisis Averted: Succession Planning for Attorneys
Jordan Turk, Smokeball
• Fastcase Updates
Lisa Smith-Crissey, Fastcase
Michael Maschke is the Chief Executive Officer at Sensei Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Maschke holds a degree in Telecommunications from James Madison University. Mr. Maschke is an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), a Certified Computer Examiner (CCE #744), a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and an AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE). Mr. Maschke is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Mr. Maschke has significant experience with network troubleshooting, design and implementation, security, systems integration and computer engineering. He is also a member of the International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners (ISFCE).
Prior to his current role, he oversaw Sensei’s digital forensics and information technology departments, which provided support to over 200 area law firms, legal entities and corporations. Mr. Maschke is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator and a Microsoft Certified Professional. He is an associate member of the American Bar Association and has spoken at the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW conference on the subject of cybersecurity. He is currently an active member of the ABA’s Law Practice Division: Technology Core Group and is on the Fairfax Law Foundation Board of Directors. Mr. Maschke is a 2019 Fastcase 50 award recipient.
He is also a co-contributor of Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms, a book published by the ABA in 2006 and The 2008-2020 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guides (American Bar Association, 2008 – 2020).
Jordan Turk is a practicing attorney in Texas, and the Legal Technology Advisor at Smokeball. Her family law expertise includes complex property division and contentious custody cases, as well as appeals and prenuptial agreements. In addition to her family law practice, she’s passionate about legal technology and how it can revolutionize law firms.
Jordan graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Classics, History, and Religious Studies and then went on to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law to earn her J.D. After almost four years of practice with a high-asset family law firm in Houston (and after being frustrated at the lack of automation in her firm), she discovered the world of legal technology which ultimately brought her to Smokeball.
In Hacking Law Firm Success with Jordan Turk, she interviews law firm founders about how they grew and scaled their practices, as well as their ethos behind managing a firm.