Jan. 7- Dunn Carney Employment Seminar on FMLA Regulations.  Tamsen Leachman and Kelly Martin made the presentation. 
 
Jan. 8- Dunn Carney Webinar on FMLA regulations.  Tamsen Leachman made the presentation.
 
Jan. 13- Tamsen Leachman led a webinar on FMLA regulations for Council on Education in Management.
 
Jan. 22- Jack Hoffman spoke at the Westside Economic Alliance Breakfast as the newly elected mayor of Lake Oswego along with the mayors of Beaverton, Wilsonville and Hillsboro. 

Jan. 31- Ken Antell was on a panel with other real estate execs at a Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) presentation on dealing with tenants in difficult economic times.
 

Feb. 18- Dunn Carney Employment Seminar, Employment Issues in the New Year: addressing Avoiding Common Wage & Hour Claims, ADA Coverage and Accommodation Changes and The Employee Free Choice Act – Why Do We Care? Tamsen Leachman made the presentations.
 

Feb. 19- Tamsen led a COEM Webinar on the Lilly Ledbetter Act.
 

Feb. 20- Tom Tongue presented at the Oregon Trial Advocacy College at the Mark O. Hatfield U. S. Courthouse. 
 

Feb. 24 Tamsen Leachman led a Council on Education in Management (COEM) Webinar on FMLA.
 

March 2-4  Dunn Carney was a Silver Sponsor at the 2009 Oregon Dairy Farmers Annual Convention.  Heather Guthrie will be one of the speaker and will address loan issues and working with your bank.
 

March 6- Tom Tongue was a speaker at the Oregon State Bar Litigation dinner 3/6 honoring Tom Cooney

March 17- Tamsen Leachman did a webinar on the Ledbetter decision for COEM.

March 18-Dunn Carney Employment Seminar on Retaliation Prevention and Stimulus Bill Changes to COBRA: Subsidy Challenges Clarified.  Tamsen Leachman and Bob Winger made the presentations.

March 18—Heather Guthrie spoke on estate planning to a group of residential realtors at Coldwell Banker’s Beaverton office.

March 20- Bill Joseph gave a Legislative Update at the Annual Construction Law Update sponsored by the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

March 22-25  David Rossmiller spoke on Wind v. Water at the PLRB (Property Loss Research Bureau) the 2009 national conference at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.

March 31-Tamsen Leachman did a webinar for COEM on the new FMLA rules.

April 22 Tamsen Leachman spoke at a seminar sponsored by The Professional Development Center for Portland State University titled Ensuring Your Cost Cutting Strategies are Legal – How to Implement New Measures in Uncertain Times 

April 23- Merrill Baumann was a speaker at the Meritas Annual Meeting and Marketing Summit.  His topic: Global Warming: Implications and Opportunities for your Law Practice.

April 30- Tamsen Leachman and Kelly Martin spoke at an Employment Law Update seminar sponsored by Sterling Educational Services in Vancouver, WA

May 5- Oregon Lodging Association/TCLA Labor Law Forum: Federal Card Check and Oregon Labor Law.  Dunn Carney is a silver sponsor of this event and Tamsen Leachman will be a featured speaker. 

May 6- Tamsen Leachman will speak at a seminar sponsored by The Professional Development Center for Portland State University titled The Employee Free Choice Act – How to prepare yourself in the event this legislation passes

May 8- Agricultural Law Section of the Oregon State Bar Meeting in The Dalles.  Tim Bernasek will lead the meeting as chair of the section and Marsha Murray- Lusby will speak on estate planning.

May 13- Dunn Carney Employment Seminar.  Unionization-Plan B-Creative Employee Free Choice Alternatives and 5 Things Every Business Needs to Know About Labor Law.  Presenters: Tamsen Leachman and Tim Bernasek

May 28- Jack Hoffman will speak at a Seminar Group seminar on Eminent Domain: Current Development in Condemnation, Valuation and Challenges.

Merrill Baumann made a speech “IP 101: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know about Trademarks, Copyright and Trade Secrets,” to Mamapreneurs Inc. , June 2009

Eric A. Kekel will speak on Construction Defects at the Oregon State Bar Real Estate and Land Use Section Annual Meeting in August.

August 14- Jack Hoffman will speak at a Ticor Title event on Eminent Domain.

Sept. 16- Dunn Carney Employment Seminar- Crime and Punishment, Civil Disobedience or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?  Tamsen Leachman, Jack Cooper and Irene Scruggs will address the Organizational Impact of Serious Employee Misconduct and the Importance of a Strategic Response.  7:30 AM at the Multnomah Athletic Club.

Oct. 1-  Tamsen Leachman and Pam Mack of Occuscreen will make a presentation, “Bad Hires: How to Hire Dr. Jekyll, and What to Do if Mr. Hyde Shows Up” at the Northwest Human Resources Management Conference and Trade Show in Portland. 

Oct. 12- Oregon Lodging Association Conference in Hood River.  Tamsen Leachman will present at the "Legal Issues & Public Policy" breakout session during the Conference with Charlie Greeff, Attorney for the Law Offices of Charles M. Greeff, and Mathew Lowe, Attorney with O'Donnell Clark & Crew.  They will address issues on the horizon including EFCA, new landlord-tenant legislation and policies surrounding electronic communications.
 

Oct. 14- Commercial Leases in the 21st Century Seminar sponsored by the Seminar Group.   Dan Drazan and David Zehntbauer will speak on 21st Century Leasing and Renee Stineman and Dan Drazan will speak on Lease Enforcement- Nuts and Bolts. 

Oct. 14- Dunn Carney Employment Seminar on Outing the Elephant – Understanding, Addressing, and Resolving Bullying Behavior in Your Workplace.  Tamsen Leachman, Berry Kruijning, of Crowning Communication and regional expert, Kandy Weaver, of Kandy Weaver & Assoc. will make the presentation at the Multnomah Athletic Club.


Oct. 20-21- Tim Bernasek conducted Seminars in Sunnyside, Pasco, and Moses Lake Washington on the National Labor Relations Act and Unionization of Agriculture Operations in the Northwest


Oct. 23-Bob Winger will speak on Drafting Creative Management Alternatives at the Oregon State Bar CLE- Drafting LLC Operating Agreements.  
 

Oct. 27-Dunn Carney will host a seminar Construction Liens.  The seminar would also include some basic lien information, but would focus on how developer bankruptcies, Washington receiverships, FDIC receiverships, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems can impact lien claims, as well as key differences between OR and WA lien law that may warrant different credit/collection policies. John Chambers and Tim Hering will make the presentation. 

Oct. 30-Tim Bernasek will speak at an Oregon State Bar Real Estate and Land Use CLE called Real Estate and Land Use 2009: Looking Forward to New Opportunities.  Tim’s topic is new farming techniques and uses of agricultural lands. 


Oct. 30-David Rossmiller spoke October 30 at an event offered by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program in Biloxi, Mississippi.  The program is sponsored by the University of Mississippi.  David spoke about the Mississippi Supreme Court’s recent adoption, in Corban v. USAA, of his framework for interpreting property insurance policies in cases where more than one cause of property loss exists.

Nov. 4-Dunn Carney will co-host a seminar with Aon on Environmental risks, liabilities and responses. The program will include presentations by Elizabeth Howard, David Rossmiller, Jack Hoffman, and Kate Moore on what clients need to do to address actual and potential environmental liability, either as part of a transaction (real estate sale, merger, acquisition) or as a property owner.  We will provide practical explanations and tips on these topics, and Aon Risk Services will explain some of the risk mitigation products available on the market right now.

Nov. 4- Brian Cable spoke on behalf of the Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund program: Learning the Ropes – Business Transactions.  Heather Guthrie spoke on estate planning and administration.


Nov. 6-OADC 2009 Fall Seminar--Diminished Value Cases---From Cars to Condos

Eric Kekel will be speaking with Don Johnson, Kurtz Ford & Johnson and Dean Aldrich, Aldrich Law Office.  In property damage cases, plaintiffs frequently assert claims for diminished value damages in addition to damages for the cost of repair or replacement.  In this session, trial lawyers from both sides will share their thoughts-and arguments-about when, if ever, diminished value damages are available. 

November 12-Employment Law Update Seminar at the Multnomah Athletic Club for clients and friends.  Laura Althouse, Sam Smith and Justin Aida will address the new employment laws the Oregon Legislature recently passed that will become effective Jan. 1, 2010. 

Nov. 11-Jack Cooper is making a presentation on Antitrust in a Troubled Economy to the Executive Business Group
 

Nov. 12- Jack Cooper is conducting a Webinar on Antitrust in the Great Recession to the National Association of Credit Managers.

Nov. 18—Bob Winger will speak at a lunch seminar at Waverly Golf Club aimed at CPAs and sponsored by Joe Gross of JGP Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors and Mark Frischmuth of Retirement Marketing Solutions (Mutual of Omaha).  His topics are “What’s Hot (Too Hot???) and What’s Spine Chilling in Retirement Plans?, CPAs New Roles in “Plan” Administration, Plan Design – Are the Bells & Whistles Worth the Price?, Correcting Plan Errors – How Much Precision is Required?, Disclosure - Opening a Can of Worms v. Sleeping At Night w/o Skeleton and Upcoming Deadlines”

Nov. 19-Jon Bennett and Dan Drazan made a presentation to Capacity Commercial Brokers.