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              CATA is excited to welcome Richard C. Alkire Esq., who will present the following topic: “A Trial Lawyer’s Perspective on Ohio’s Professional Discipline System” for our next CLE luncheon seminar on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 12:15-1:30 pm at the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Cleveland.

               Attorney Richard Alkire has been practicing law for nearly 40 years and concentrates his practice on complex civil litigation and ethics and professional responsibility with the firm of Alkire & Neiding in Independence, Ohio.  In addition to being a past president of CATA, Richard was appointed to the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1997-2006,  For two of those years, he served as Board’s elected chair.  He has been a Certified as a Civil Trial Law Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy for many years and has engaged in numerous CLE presentations on professional responsibility issues.  
           In his presentation, Mr. Alkire will address disciplinary issues and pitfalls specifically of concern to the Trial Attorney practice. He will also provide attendees with new pertinent Advisory Opinions issued by the Board in the last year as well as any significant cases that are being adjudicated.  

We hope this will be an interactive presentation/discussion, so please feel free to ask questions!

THIS CLE WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR ONE (1) PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY/LEGAL ETHICS CREDIT

Save the dates of our upcoming lunches
(12:15 – 1:30 pm, The Ritz-Carlton, Downtown Cleveland)

Please save the dates for our upcoming luncheons in your calendars, too:

2/12/2020
3/11/2020
4/17/2020 (Annual Litigation Institute – Friday, 1:00-4:30pm)

Join Us to Help End Distracted Driving

Former CATA president Ellen Hobbs Hirshman has been leading our efforts to bring a positive view to trial lawyers by presenting End Distracted Driving lessons in area schools.

We ask all CATA members to let us know if you have a contact at a local high school to assist us in scheduling more End Distracted Driving presentations throughout this new school year.  Contact Ellen Hirshman at ehirshman@loucaslaw.com for more details or check out www.enddd.org.

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