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SCRIPTUS
P.O.
Box 88
Waukesha,
WI 53187-0088
http://waukeshabar.org
A Publication of the
Waukesha County Bar Association
September - October,
2011
Danni Caldwell-Editor
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
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September 15, 2011
3:00 p.m.
November 9, 2011
8:00 a.m.
registration
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. seminar
December 8, 2011
8:00 a.m. -
12:30 p.m.
December 8, 2011
5-10 p.m.
January, 2012
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Juvenile Court Buzz Session
Juvenile Court
Annual Ethics Seminar ++
Free for WCBA members
Brookfield Suites
Registration materials will be emailed
Annual Juvenile Guardian ad Litem
Seminar ++
Free for WCBA members
Waukesha County Board Room
WCBA Holiday Party ++
Delafield Brewhaus
Judges’ Update Luncheon
Marriot West
++ Members only event
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A
Word From Your President
Dear Fellow Members:
Please
review the Scriptus and/or the website (waukeshabar.org) for
specifics regarding the Ethics Seminar (November 9), the GAL
Seminar (December 8), and the Holiday Party (December
8). There is also information regarding various section
meetings. Specifically, the first meeting of the
Litigation Section is October 13.
The State
Bar of Wisconsin is currently accepting applications for the
Local Bar Grant Competition. If you would like
additional information regarding same, please either check out
the State Bar website (www.wisbar.org)
or contact me. The deadline for applications to be
received is February 3, 2012.
Speaking
of bar grants, as you are aware, the WCBA received one of the
grants last year to place wireless printers in some of the
family courtrooms. Please stay tuned for more
information, as the printers are almost installed. Once
they are operational, we will provide you with information
about how to use them.
As
always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns,
please contact me or any member of the Board.
Very
truly yours,
Michelle E.
Martin
President
WCBA
Board Minutes - Thursday August
18, 2011
In Attendance:
Danni Caldwell, Sue Herro, Christine D'Angelo, Michelle
Martin, Craig Kuhary, Ron Sonderhouse, Sarah Ponath and
Sharron Stolpa.:
Absent & Missed:
Lori Fabian, Linda Coyle
Call to Order: The meeting was duly called to
order by President Michelle Martin at 12:34pm.
Minutes of the July
21, 2011 Board of Directors Meeting: July minutes
were approved with the noted correction of a misspelling of
Sarah Ponath's name. Motion to approve: Christy
D'Angelo (1st), Craig Kuhary (2nd)
Treasurer's Report:
The Treasurer's and Membership Report was reviewed and
approved. A brief discussion was held regarding the
transferring of funds from the regular checking account to the
money market account. Based on projected expenses, it
was decided to delay any transfers until next quarter.
Membership applications received to date are 364.
Additional applications are expected with the upcoming Ethics
seminar.
State Board of
Governors' Report: No report submitted.
Scriptus/WebsiteDanni
Caldwell reported that the September issue will likely include
a warning to bar members to update their paid membership or
risk being eliminated from the distribution list of the
Scriptus newsletter.
WCBA Sections Issues:
Revised language of the social media policy was reviewed and
approved on motions from Danni Caldwell and Ron
Sonderhouse. The adopted policy is as follows:
Social Media Policy:
Waukesha
County Bar Association members shall not form any social
media group (including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs,
and the like) on behalf of the WCBA so as to give the
impression that the individual member or group is acting on
behalf of the WCBA. Further, no individual member or
group shall give any representation that the individual or
its group's members' view is the view of the entire WCBA
section or the WCBA Board unless the individual or group
received prior approval from the WCBA Board.
Further,
the WCBA Board encourages the use of WCBA member's email for
WCBA sections; however the use of said emails shall not be
for the purpose of solicitation of or to express an
individual's opinion that may not be that of the WCBA as a
whole. To this end, it is the WCBA's policy to not
release member's email addresses for personal use or for
another's personal use unless otherwise approved by the WCBA
Board.
2011-2012 Events
Schedule: Location of events and status of events
were discussed as follows:
Marriott
Christy
D'Angelo is pursuing a contract with the Marriott as a venue
for the WCBA Annual Meeting, Judge's Luncheon and Support
Staff Luncheon. The Marriott has promised flexibility
on most budget items (i.e. room rental fees, setup costs,
etc.) with the exception of food and beverage expenses.
Ethics Seminar
The Ethics
seminar is scheduled for November 9, 2011 at Brookfield
Suites; registration 8am-8:30am; Seminar 8:30am to
noon. Sue Herro reported that the program will be a
presentation of Attorney Barry White and Attorney Mike
Berzowski of Weiss Berzowski Brady. The program
"Ethics for Wisconsin Attorneys" includes a case law review,
an interactive presentation, and pre-approved CLE format.
The
presentation of Attorney Dan Murray will be tabled for a
future event.
Registration
materials will be distributed 60 days in advance to bar
members. This event is free to all paid members.
Holiday Party
The holiday party is
scheduled for December 8, 2011 at the Delafield Brewhaus.
New Business
1. An update of
current officers and board members will be submitted to
Wisconsin Lawyer by Michelle Martin.
2. The 2011 tax
return for WCBA has been completed and filed following the end
of the fiscal year.
3. Christy
D'Angelo discussed an opportunity presented by Cross Borders
Education, LLC, a company that provides fee based access to
video replay of CLE seminars and other presentations.
Cross Borders would like to
videotape the upcoming CLE being offered by the Estate Planning
and Probate section of the WCBA. This CLE would then be
added to their library of seminars that users can access
online. It was decided that it would be up to the
individual sections, and all speakers involved, to approve the
use of this service as the sections are responsible for their
own CLE presentations. Any cost sharing can be negotiated
by the sections themselves and would benefit the section.
The Board agreed that the upcoming CLE can be a test case and
Christy D'Angelo will monitor the process.
Adjournment: A motion
was made by Danni Caldwell, seconded by Christy D'Angelo.
The meeting was adjourned at 1pm.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting is scheduled for September 15, 2011 at 12:00 noon
in Room G55 of the Waukesha County Administration Building.*
Respectfully
submitted,
Lori J.
Fabian
Secretary/Treasurer
* The next meeting is scheduled for
October 20, 2011 at 12:00 noon in Room G55 of the Waukesha County
Administration Building.*
From
the Clerk of Courts
Circuit Courts begin testing new
Courtroom Audio and Visual Presentation Tools
Phase One of a Courtroom Technology Upgrade is essentially
complete. Two courtrooms, Judge Kieffer's criminal courtroom
and Judge Van De Water's family courtroom will have Audio, Visual
Presentation, and Video Conferencing software and hardware
installed, as part of county funded Capital Project designed to
improve and expand the communication and case presentation
capabilities of all Courtrooms and Hearing Rooms.
Technology included in the new A/V systems installed in each area
include sound amplification and microphone improvements, new
assistive listening devices, case presentation tools including
document projection and visual presentation tools, and
capabilities for attorneys to bring in and utilize their personal
laptops and smart devices like tablet PC's to present audio and
electronic images or video, real-time image annotation, and
multi-camera video conferencing tools.
The project is being coordinated at the direction of Chief Judge
J. Mac Davis and Clerk of Circuit Court Kathleen
Madden. The two pilot courtrooms are live-testing the
new systems for a period of 60 to 90 days to see how everything
works in real life and then to "tweak" the new systems as
necessary to re-work and address problems or improvements
identified prior to rolling out the new systems to all 15
remaining venues.
We conducted a significant number of orientation and training
sessions beginning with court staff and Court officials.
Likewise orientation, system training, and "brain-storming"
sessions have been conducted with a variety of our business
partners such as the District Attorney, Corporation Counsel, State
Public Defender, local BAR members and other interested practicing
attorneys.
The remaining courtrooms and hearing rooms will be upgraded
between January and September of next year. We are very
excited to have these improvements and look forward to getting
everyone involved in applying and using these new tools. For
additional information please check out the new Technology section
under the Clerk of Circuit Court Office pages on the Waukesha
County government website . www.waukeshacounty.gov
Thanks!
The Court Technology Team
Section
News
A new page for the new Litigation Section was added
and other section pages were updated, including the
addition of meeting materials provided by Section
leaders. Please keep sending those materials and
they will be made available on the WCBA website for your
members!
Please send section news and information to Michelle
Martin at mmartin@murnlaw.com or
Danni Caldwell at wcba1@waukeshabar.org.
Member
News
From the Milwaukee Bar Association
Please join sponsors Milwaukee Bar Association and Quarles
& Brady LLP for the Third Annual Pro Bono Cocktail Reception
at the Milwaukee Bar Association, 424 East Wells Street
Monday, October 17, 2011
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
There will be a brief program at 5:30.
This free event, in honor of National Pro Bono Week, will feature
information on pro bono opportunities and the rewards of doing pro
bono work, presented by members of the Milwaukee County Circuit
Court, Milwaukee Justice Center, Marquette Law School, Legal
Action of Wisconsin, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, and other
legal services organizations.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact, Britt Wegner at
(414)276-5931 or bwegner@milwbar.org
Update Now!
As promised, the email lists were culled in September, and
non-renewing members were be removed.
Please update your membership to keep getting emails and WCBA
notices! The membership application can be found on the WCBA
website.
New on the WCBA Web
Site
Register for the Fall Ethics Seminar Now!
The RSVP form for our popular (and free to current members) Fall
Ethics Seminar is now available on the WCBA website. This is
one of our great member benefits, and we hope you take advantage
of it.
Comments or
questions about the Scriptus should be directed
to:
Danni
Caldwell, Editor
(262)
548-7432
wcba1@waukeshabar.org
Go Brewers!
