TOPIC: Discussion of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov

SPEAKER/ORGANIZATION:  

Royal F. Berg, Attorney at Law 
Robert Brunn, Attorney at Law
Robert T. Kuehl, Kuehl Law, P.C.

No MCLE Credit.

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Whether you’re a solo practitioner or part of a larger firm, if you’re getting financial statements, you’re going to want to know how to read them.  In this seminar, speaker Larry Chester will help you understand not only the Profit and Loss statement, but the Balance Sheet and the Statement of Cash Flows as well. This seminar will help you truly understand these financial statements, because it’s not just a matter of knowing what the numbers are and whether they are up or down from last month; you also need to understand what those numbers tell you about how your firm is doing, your availability of cash for distributions, and those long-term and short-term payments that have to be made. You want to know how those numbers are changing, and what they mean for your future and the future of your firm, and this seminar will help you do just that. 

Speaker:
Larry Chester served as a CFO for 25 years before starting his own consulting firm 16 years ago.  Since then, he has helped manufacturers, consulting firms and law firms find ways of operating more efficiently, and understand the reporting that provides guidance for the future, helping strategic decision-making. 

Realizing that he enjoyed the challenges of helping business owners understand what they needed to do to improve cash flow and create wealth for their future, he hired a team of CFOs to help the many businesses that needed advice. Since forming CFO Simplified, Larry has been involved in Business Turnaround, and Mergers and Acquisitions, in addition to Financial and Operations Management for his clients. 

Larry is an intuitive businessman, able to grasp complex situations, driving to the heart of the matter, while helping to develop creative solutions for strategic growth. He believes in providing sound financial leadership that business owners need right now.  His greatest pleasure comes from working with owners to institute tighter internal controls and greater profitability. In doing so, they work together, guiding the company to smoother operations and a stronger financial future. Larry lives in Northbrook, IL, where he holds court for his three daughters and eight grandchildren.

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Join Robby Lewis and Mike Baker from Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management for this informative seminar on financial planning for solo and small-firm lawyers.  The speakers will address the financial planning needs of lawyers with solo practices and small-medium sized firms, homing in on the following topics:
• Proper Investment Strategy Based on Your Age/Risk Tolerance
• SEP IRA, Solo 401k, and 401k
• Roth vs Pre-Tax
• Social Security
• Required Minimum Distribution (RMDs)
• How Long Will Your Retirement Last?
• Weathering the Times 

Learn how all these elements work together to build a solid foundation in your financial plan. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions in an open environment and gain a better understanding of their financial futures.

Speakers: Mike Baker, CFP®,  and Robby Lewis are Investment Advisor Representatives from Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management. They provide comprehensive financial planning and wealth management to individuals, families, and business owners. Mike received his degrees in business and finance from San Diego State University. Robby received his degrees in economics and finance from University of California, Davis.   

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

The CBA's sexual harassment prevention training session will better enable lawyers and law firm staff to prevent, combat and appropriately redress sexual harassment in the legal workplace, as well as understand the requirements set forth in Public Act 1010-0221.  Under this Act, all Illinois employers with employees working in the State are required to train employees on sexual harassment prevention on an annual basis. The CBA’s training session meets the minimum standards for sexual harassment prevention training outlined in Section 2-109(B) of the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) and is tailored to lawyers and other law firm staff. 

Each attorney registration includes access for 5 additional law firm staff members to complete the training. Additional staff members may be registered for fee of $25 per every 5 registrants. Staff member participation will be tracked through the CBA’s webcasting system, and instructions will be provided as to how the employer can complete the State certification process for its employees. **Although CBA will facilitate certificates of completion for confirmed individual attendees, employer-participants, not CBA nor its volunteer trainers, are responsible for ensuring each of their employees satisfy the training requirements under the IHRA** Please email cle@chicagobar.org  to be provided a link to register additional staff members for the webinar. If an attorney wishes to receive IL MCLE credit for the program, they must individually register and attend the program. 

Speaker:
Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg, Loftus & Eisenberg, Ltd.

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

As people age, they often attempt to get their affairs in order in terms of real estate, money, and physical belongings. Your passwords, social media accounts, and digitally stored photos and documents also need your consideration. If you don’t plan accordingly, your bereaved loved ones will likely have to spend hours of frustration on the phone with customer service departments or sleuthing around to solve problems on their own, often to no avail. In this often-requested seminar, we’ll discuss everything you need to keep in mind to prevent these headaches from happening.

Speaker: 
Anne Haag is a Practice Management Advisor at the Chicago Bar Association. Anne worked as a patent paralegal at a Chicago IP firm before arriving at the CBA in 2017 as the Law Practice Management and Technology department’s trainer/coordinator. She is also a certified crisis counselor and volunteers as a patient advocate in the ER.

No MCLE Credit

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

This seminar will address alternative dispute resolution in commercial litigation and will be comprised of two different panels. The first panel will address mediation and the second will address arbitration. The panels will provide a general description of these forums, the best practices for using these forums, and common pitfalls and ways to avoid issues in each forum.   

Mediation Panel:
Hon. Margaret A. Brennan, (Ret.), ADR Systems
Timothy R. Couture, Johnson & Bell, Ltd.

Arbitration Panel:
Bryan W. White, O’Hagan Meyer
William B. McAllister, Williams Barber Morel LTD.

Moderators:
Christopher Mackey, O’Hagan Meyer
Pam Sran, Gair Eberhard Nelson Dedinas, Ltd.
Chairs, YLS Business Law Litigation Committee

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Cross-border taxation is an incredibly important topic for current and aspiring young tax attorneys to learn about.  The focus of this seminar is to provide knowledge about two hot topics within that area of taxation: foreign tax credits and Pillar 2 of the OECD brokered global tax agreement. 

Topics and Speakers:
Foreign Tax Credit
Elena M. Madaj, Senior Manager of International Tax, KPMG LLP 

Pillar 2
Justin Metcalfe, Senior Manager of International Tax Services, FORVIS LLP 

Moderator:
Genevieve Redd, Senior Attorney, SBSE, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service; Co-Chair, YLS Federal Taxation Committee

To confirm you are ready to participate in an on demand webcast, please take the browser test here: http://eventcenter.commpartner...

Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

TOPIC: Estate Planning and Elder Law

SPEAKER/ORGANIZATION: 

Agnes A. Ptasznik, Estate Planning Attorney at Chuhak & Tescon, PC

Paige N. Fox, Attorney at Law, President Elect of Illinois NAELA, Co-Chair of the Serving our Senior Committee

(IL MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

TOPIC: Practicing SSA Law Post-Covid: Tips and Survival Tactics

SPEAKER/ORGANIZATION:  Stacey Dembo, The Law Offices of Stacey J. Dembo

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

TOPIC: How to Use Generative A.I. to Market Your Practice

SPEAKER/ORGANIZATION:  Gyi Tsakalakis, AttorneySync

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.