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Mindfulness Why and How with Devon O’Connell

Time Schedule:  120 minutes Summary of Topics Covered: Introduction Guided Meditation Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation Diligent (Active and Fully Engaged) Prompt and Mindful Can it Be Done Mindfulness and Objectivity Zealous Advocacy and Mindfulness Beginning A Mindfulness Practice Starting with Yoga Finding a Meditative Practice Tools that Help Instructor Devon O’Connell, Esq. Bio Member and Owner Pence and Macmillan Judicial Nominating Commission Certified and Trained Mediator Certified Yoga Instructor (RYT 500) Past President of the Wyoming State Bar Past President of the Wyoming Trial Lawyer Former member of the Board of Professional Responsibility Former member of the Permanent Civil Rules Committee Former Vice Chair of the Board of Continuing Legal Education AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Service University of Wyoming Art Museum Board University of Wyoming Law School Advisory Board 2012 Graduate of Leadership Wyoming J.D., University of Wyoming, 2000 B.A., University of Wyoming, 1992

Ethics in Mediation with Hon. Michael J. Sullivan

Time Schedule: 60 minutes Summary of Topics Covered: * Introduction * Mediator Duty of Competency * Balancing Zealous Advocacy and Working Towards Resolution * Do Mediators Give Legal Advice * Does a Client Have the Right to Make a Stupid Decision * Good Faith in Mediation * Communications with Parties and Attorneys Instructor Hon. Michael J. Sullivan, Esq. Bio * Partner Brow, Drew, Massey & Sullivan * Governor of Wyoming 1986 & 1990 * Instructor Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics * US Ambassador to Ireland 1998-2001 * Mediator * Service * Chairman of the National County Hospital Board * Chairman of the Wyoming Board of Bar Examiners * Chairman of the Western Governors Association * Chairman of the National Governors’ Association Executive Board J.D., University of Wyoming, 1964 B.S., University of Wyoming, 1961

Lessons from a Life in the Practice of Law with Hon. Alan K. Simpson

Time Schedule:  140 minutes Summary of Topics Covered: Lesson and stories from six decades practicing law Prosecutorial discretion Small town problem solving for lawyers Learning from Mistakes Seizing opportunities Instructor Hon. Alan K. Simpson, Esq. Bio Hon. Alan Simpson served in the U.S. Senate (R-Wyoming) from January 1979 to 1997, where he was the Assistant Republican Leader, 1984-1994; Chairman of the Subcommittee of Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1980-1984; Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee of Environmental and Public Works, 1980-1984; Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security and member of the Committee on Aging; Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, 1980-1984. From 1994-1996, he was a member of the Finance Committee; 1965-1977, Wyoming State Legislature, 1965-1978, Assistant Majority Leader, Majority Leader, and Speaker Pro Tem. Mr. Simpson served as Assistant Attorney General, State of Wyoming in 1959, and was City Attorney of Cody, Wyoming, from 1959-1969. Partner: Simpson & Simpson (with father Milward L. Simpson who also served as Governor and U.S. Senator for Wyoming ); Simpson Kepler & Simpson, 1960-1978. Additionally, Mr. Simpson served in the U.S. Army, 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Armored Division “Hell on the Wheels” and the 5th Division, U.S. Armed Forces, Germany. Alan Simpson is currently with the Washington Speakers Bureau in Washington, D.C. He is a very popular speaker and travels the country and abroad to speak to a wide variety of groups and associations regarding current affairs and politics in remarks entitled “Politics is a Contact Sport”. Mr. Alan Simpson is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Mr. Simpson was a member of the Board of Visitors for the Folger-Shakespeare Library and the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 1994-1996. From 1998 to 2000 Mr. Simpson was the Director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; and he was a Visiting Lecturer at the Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, 1997-2000. Mr. Simpson served on the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1996 and he has been a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild since 1994. He served on the Board of Directors for the Biogen Corporation (now BiogenIDEC Corporation), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997-2004 and he was a member of the Board of Directors of American Express Funds, now RiverSource Funds, a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1997 through 2006. In March 2010, Mr. Simpson was appointed by the President as the Co-Chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and he also served on the ten-member Iraq Study Group formed under the auspices of the congressionally chartered U.S. Institute of Peace in 2006. J.D., University of Wyoming, 1958 B.S., University of Wyoming, 1954

Starting a Law Firm & Getting Paid Every Time

Time Schedule:  90 minutes  Summary of Topics Covered:   Introduction of Instructor Elizabeth Lance Laying the groundwork for starting your own firm Setting a budget Establishing an “income pipeline” Generating work and cultivating referral sources When to grow How to get paid on time every time   Instructor Elizabeth Lance, Esq. Bio: Managing Partner Lance and Hall LLP 2018-present Owner/Attorney Lance Law Office, LLC 2015-2017 Associate Woodhouse, Roden, and Nethercott, LLC 2013-2015 Senior Assistant Public Defender 2010-2013 Senior Assistant Attorney General Human Services 2008-2010 Senior Assistant Attorney General Civil Division 2004-2008 Defendant Aid Program Student Director UW 2003-2004 Associations: Wyoming Trial Lawyers (past president) American Inns of Court University of Wyoming College of Law Wyoming Supreme Court—Children’s Justice  Project Wyoming State Bar—Juvenile Pattern Jury Instruction Committee National Juvenile Defender Center Community Involvement: Laramie County Juvenile Services Joint Powers Board Unaccompanied Students Initiative Wyoming Girls State Wyoming Family Home Ownership Program akd My Front Door Project Buena Vista St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Liberty Day Laramie County Democratic Party

Common Ethical Mistakes Lawyers Don’t Realize They Make

Time Schedule:  60 minutes Summary of Topics Covered: Introduction of Instructor Mark GiffordWhat are common ethical mistakes lawyers make that they do not realize they are making? What does cooperation with bar counsel during the complaint process look like?  What is the diversion program?  What is the best part of the job of bar counsel?  What is the procedural process and the burden of proof on bar counsel in the disciplinary hearing process?  The “Wyoming System” allowing bar counsel to handle ethics hotline calls Instructor Mark W. Gifford, Esq. Bio: Mark W. Gifford is Bar Counsel for the Wyoming State Bar. He is a Wyoming native who received his Bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Wyoming in 1978 and his law degree from Stanford University in 1981. After 30 years of practice as a trial lawyer and mediator, Mark took the position of Bar Counsel on a part-time basis in 2011 and became full-time in October 2013. In addition to attorney discipline, Gifford’s responsibilities include Unauthorized Practice of Law, Fee Dispute Resolution and Client Protection Fund. He also serves as general counsel to the Wyoming State Bar. Gifford was instrumental in getting Wyoming’s Lawyer Assistance Program launched in 2014. He is a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation. He has been recognized as an AV Preeminent-rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, a distinction based upon peer reviews by members of the Bar and the Judiciary. WyoLawPod is a podcast that is fully accredited for CLE credit by the Wyoming State Bar. This episode features Mark Gifford. Bar Counsel for the Wyoming State Bar.