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2016 Municipal Attorneys Institute
June 15-17
Stone Harbor Resort, Sturgeon Bay
107 North 1st Avenue
Sturgeon Bay WI 54235
Phone: 877-746-0700
June 15-17
Stone Harbor Resort, Sturgeon Bay
107 North 1st Avenue
Sturgeon Bay WI 54235
Phone: 877-746-0700
To download the presentations, click on the title of the workshop.
Join us next year for the 2017 Attorneys Institute, June 14-16 at the Heidel House in Green Lake. If you have ideas for 2017 workshops, please email them to Claire Silverman, League Legal Counsel at cms@lwm-info.org.
Join us next year for the 2017 Attorneys Institute, June 14-16 at the Heidel House in Green Lake. If you have ideas for 2017 workshops, please email them to Claire Silverman, League Legal Counsel at cms@lwm-info.org.
2016 Program
Conference Program, Speaker & Officer Bios (PDF)
Wednesday, June 15
1:10 p.m. General Session
3:05 p.m. Ethics for the Municipal Attorney (PDF)
6:00 p.m. Outdoor Cookout for Attorneys and Families/Guests
Conference Program, Speaker & Officer Bios (PDF)
Wednesday, June 15
1:10 p.m. General Session
- Nuts & Bolts of Municipal Liability: Immunity, Indemnification, Notice and Other Features of Liability Claims Against Wisconsin Municipalities (PDF) Attorney Remzy Bitar, Arenz, Molter, Macy, Riffle & Larson; Sue Lappen, Milwaukee Assistant City Attorney
- Social Media Pitfalls for Municipalities (PDF) Ed Antaramian, Kenosha City Attorney
3:05 p.m. Ethics for the Municipal Attorney (PDF)
- Michael J. Morse, Menomonee Falls Village Attorney and Attorney H. Stanley Riffle, Arenz, Molter, Macy, Riffle & Larson
6:00 p.m. Outdoor Cookout for Attorneys and Families/Guests
Thursday, June 16
8:30 a.m. Concurrent Session
- Bankruptcy for the Municipal Attorney (PDF) Adam Koenings, Menomonee Falls Assistant Village Attorney
- Sex Offender Residency Restrictions (PDF) Nicholas P. DeSiato, Milwaukee Assistant City Attorney
- Everything You Need to Know About Wisconsin’s Room Tax Law (PDF) Attorney Christopher R. Smith, Wesolowski, Reidenbach & Sajdak
- Legislative Update (PDF)
Curt Witynski, Assistant Director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities
- 10:15 a.m. Break
- Police Body Cameras: Issues in Developing Policies and Protocols, and Open Record Implications of the New Technology (PDF) Attorney Samuel Hall, Crivello Carlson, S.C.
- FLSA: Primer and Update (PDF) Attorney James M. Kalny, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C..
- Liability Insurance Claims: How Municipal Attorney Involvement Could Have Helped Prevent These Claims (PDF) Dennis Tweedale, LWMMI Executive Director and Attorney Ted Waskowski, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
- A Case Study in Mega-Project Management for Municipal Attorneys: The Milwaukee Bucks Arena (PDF) Attorney Danielle Bergner, Michael Best & Friedrich; Mary Schanning, Milwaukee Deputy City Attorney
- 12:20 Cracker Barrel Lunch
- 1:10 Parliamentary Procedure (PDF) Dan Hill, Local Government Specialist, UW-Extension Local Government Center
- 2:00 p.m. Traditional Cracker Barrel Round-Table Discussion
Friday, June 17
8:30 a.m.
- Municipal Authority Relating to Concealed Carry, Switchblades and Facility Security (PDF) PowerPoint (PDF) Attorney Chad Wade, Strang, Patteson, Renning, Lewis & Lacy, and Captain Aaron Goldstein, Fond du Lac Police Department
- H2O – The Ideas Flow: Tapping Wisconsin’s Experts (PDF) Attorney Paul Kent, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP; Attorney Lawrie Kobza, Boardman & Clark LLP; Dave Lawrence, Executive Director, Wisconsin Rural Water Association; and Jeff Stone, Division Administrator, Water, Compliance and Consumer Affairs, Wisconsin Public Service Commission
- 10:25 a.m. Sign Regulation After Reed v. Gilbert (PDF) Attorney Hector de la Mora, von Briesen & Roper, S.C; Douglas Hoffer, Eau Claire Assistant City Attorney
- 11:15 a.m. New Richmond News v. City of New Richmond – Now What?: A Discussion of the Public Records Law, Drivers Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) and Considerations for Your Law Enforcement Agency (PDF)
Attorney Remzy Bitar, Arenz, Molter, Macy, Riffle & Larson
Take any photos of this event? The League is collecting photos for future use, please e-mail Gail Sumi at gsumi@lwm-info.org with any photos you would like to share.