ALA / Illinois Defense Counsel CLE

The Appellate Lawyers Association and the Illinois Defense Counsel Cordially Invite You to Attend a Lunchtime Seminar
Presented via Zoom on:

Post Judgment Motions in Anticipation of Appeal
and
Sua Sponte Decisions on Appeal

● Post Judgment Motions in Anticipation of Appeal: Don R. Sampen will present this topic. He is a partner at Clausen Miller, P.C. with over 30 years of trial and appellate experience. He has argued appeals in the Illinois Supreme Court and all five Illinois appellate court districts, as well as before various appellate state courts and in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.
● Sua Sponte Decisions on Appeal: E. King Poor will present this topic. He is a retired partner at Quarles & Brady LLP where he served as chair of the firm’s appellate practice group. He has appeared before the United States Supreme Court three times and has authored two petitions for certiorari granted by the Supreme Court.

Sponsored by:

Date: Friday, November 20, 2020

Time: 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Location: Online. You will receive a Zoom link via email after registering for this event. (Please note only speakers will be visible, so participants need not dress formally for this event.)

Cost: Free for Appellate Lawyers Association members

$15.00 for Illinois Defense Counsel members
$25.00 for non-members

CLE Credit: Participants will earn 0.75 hours of General CLE credit for each of the topic discussions, for a total of 1.5 hours. The ALA is an approved MCLE provider.

Questions? Call (630) 416-1166, ext. 303.

Register: Use our online registration system here, or at www.applawyers.org, to register for the event. Please note you will receive a Zoom link in your confirmation email.

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