Registration is now open for the 22nd Annual Meeting & Presentation of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association on Thursday, May 16th, at Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel. View the schedule, speaker information, and registration options below.

• Speaker Information
• Conference Schedule
  
• Award Recipients

Registration Fees:

Entire program (CLE and Reception)
Government/Public interest member: $85
Government/Public interest non-member: $100
Private member: $145
Private non-member: $190
Student: $50

CLE only
Member: $95
Non-member: $135

Reception only
Member: $65
Non-member: $80

Firm Sponsorship
(10 reception registrations and acknowledgement during program): $700

REGISTER NOW

Conference Schedule (click on each program to view more details):

1:00 p.m.        Registration

1:30 p.m.        State of the Court Address
                         Chief Judge Pamela Pepper, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

                         EDWBA Business

1:45 p.m.       Session One: A Panel Discussion and Debate of Students for 
                        Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
                        Judge Brett H. Ludwig, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
                        Cedric M. Powell, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
                        Devon Westhill, Center for Equal Opportunity

3:00 p.m.       Break

3:15 p.m.       Session Two – Attendees select one track to attend

                        TRACK ONE: How to Liquidate a Financially Distressed Business - 
                        With or Without its Cooperation
                        Seth Dizard, O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C.
                        Virginia George, Swanson Sweet LLP
                        Jerry Kerkman, Kerkman & Dunn
                        Ben Payne, Hanson & Payne, LLC

                        TRACK TWO: Just Another Manic Monday: Burnout and Civil Litigation
                        Chief Judge Pamela Pepper, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin                       
                        Christopher Avallone, von Briesen & Roper, s.c.                           
                        Jeffrey Bunn, The Mindful Law Coaching & Consulting Group                                     
                        Emily Logan Stedman, Husch Blackwell LLP

                        TRACK THREE: Sentencing, Supervision, and Reentry
                        Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
                        Kenneth Gales, USAO Public Information Officer Reentry and Community Outreach Coordinator
                        Krista Halla-Valdes, First Assistant Federal Defender
                        Michael Klug, Chief U.S. Probation Officer
                        Kristina Meuer, U.S. Probation Officer
                        Jennifer Morgan, Supervising U.S. Probation Officer
                        Megan Paulson, Assistant U.S. Attorney
                       Jesse Sorkness, Supervising U.S. Probation Officer

4:30 p.m.      Reception and Awards Presentation