14 th Annual Retreat September 29, ~ September 30, 2016 The Columbia Marriott ~ 1200 Hampton Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 CALL TO ACTION: UNITY ~ JUSTICE & PEACE Mail Registration Form and make fees payable to SCBLA, PO Box 24647, Columbia, SC 29224. See Form for early bird fees. For more information or questions, contact Lynne Rogers, Retreat Chair - 803.319.5531 or by email at blacklawyerssc@aol.com. CURRICULUM Unity with the Community - Panel Discussion Appellate Practice Running for A Judgeship Law Office Management Electronic Discovery Ethics Registration Includes: Thursday, September 29, 2016 Welcome Reception ~ 6:00 pm Hospitality Suite ~ 9:00 pm Friday, September 30, 2016 Continental Breakfast ~ 8:00 am Luncheon ~ 12:30 ~ 2:00 pm special CLE Sessions Guest ~ 9:00 Speaker ~5:00 pm Annual Meeting ~ 5:00 pm
Special Guest Speaker THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. MURPHY, JR. The recipient of the inaugural Charles Hamilton Houston Award for Lifetime Achievement in Litigation, the Firm s founder and senior partner, Judge William H. Billy Murphy, Jr., graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1969 where he was a member of the Law Review. He has practiced law for over thirty years, including three years as a judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, the highest level Maryland trial court. Judge Murphy has tried numerous high-profile criminal and civil cases including some of the most celebrated criminal and civil cases in Maryland history. Judge Murphy has handled cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia, and in the United Kingdom. He successfully ran for judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in 1980, unseating an incumbent after ten years of successful practice. That year, Baltimore Magazine profiled him as one of the top five lawyers in the state. When he resigned from the Circuit Court in 1983, the Baltimore Sun wrote that he had the best win-loss record of any criminal lawyer in Baltimore and observed that his peers considered him to be extraordinarily gifted and one of the best. In 1996, Judge Murphy was again named by Baltimore Magazine as one of the top ten criminal lawyers in Maryland. In 1997, the magazine rated him one of the 25 smartest people in Baltimore and in 1998, he was named one of the top four criminal lawyers in Maryland. For the last fifteen years he has had an AV-rating with Martindale-Hubbell. In 1998, Judge Murphy successfully defended fight promoter Don King and Don King Productions, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in United States v. Don King and Don King Productions, Inc. A member of the team of lawyers which sued Ernst and Young in Devan v. Ernst and Young in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in 1998, Judge Murphy obtained from them a settlement of $185 million dollars last year, the largest single-defendant settlement in Maryland history. He has obtained multi-million dollar results in complex civil cases and has been recognized in numerous publications as one of the best litigators in the history of Maryland. Source: Website
South Carolina Black Lawyers Association 14 th Annual Retreat ~ Columbia Marriott Hotel Columbia, South Carolina September 29 ~ September 30, 2016 Registration Form Name Bar # Spouse/Guest (IF ATTENDING) Business Address City State Zip Code PHONE EMAIL Year of Admission Membership Information $50.00 - Membership Dues $35.00 - Law Student/Law Graduate Registration Fees Early Bird Registration (Until September 10 th ) $170.00 - Members $220.00 - Non Members $145.00 SCBLA Young Lawyers admitted 1-3 years $195.00 - Non Member Young Lawyers admitted - 1-3 years $50.00 - Spouse/Guest $30.00 - Law students $100.00 - Speaker-Attendee $25.00 Thursday Reception only Complimentary - Judges Pre-Registration (September 11th to September 28th) $200.00 - Members $250.00 - Non Members $175.00 - SCBLA Young Lawyers $225.00 - Non Member Young Lawyers $50.00 - Spouse/Guest $30.00 - Law Students $100.00 - Speaker-Attendee Complimentary - Judges On Site Registration (September 29th- 30th) $250.00 - Members $300.00 - Non Members $175.00 - SCBLA Young Lawyers $200.00 - Non Member Young Lawyers $75.00 - Spouse/Guest $30.00 - Law Students Total Fees Submitted *Registration includes Thursday Opening Reception, Continental Breakfast & Luncheon. Make checks payable to SCBLA and mail form and fees to SCBLA, PO Box 24647, Columbia, SC 29224, postmarked by the deadline. Due to contractual obligations, there will be no refunds on registration fees.
T E N T A T I V E A G E N D A Friday, September 30, 2016 8:30 10:00 Continental Breakfast 8:55 9:00 Welcome - Donald Gist, Esquire, President- SCBLA The Honorable Steve Benjamin, Esquire, Mayor, Columbia, SC 9:00 10:15 Opening Session Unity with the Community - Panel Discussion Moderator Donald Gist, Esquire The Honorable Margie Bright-Matthews, Esquire - SC Senate Bakari Sellers, Esquire CNN Contributor - INVITED Cliff Weir - Deputy Director, SLED - INVITED 10:30 11:30 Appellate Practice Introductions Leah Moody, Esquire Wanda Carter, Esquire 10:15-10:30 B R E A K 11:30-12:30 - "So You Want To Be A Judge" Moderator Breon Walker, Esquire Kristen Bell, Esquire Rep. Todd Rutherford, Esquire, Minority Whip, SC House The Honorable Jocelyn Newman, Circuit Court Judge 12:30 2:00 Luncheon Introductions Donald Gist, Esquire President, SCBLA 2016 Community Service Award Presentation Guest Luncheon Speaker ~ The Honorable William H. Murphy, Jr. 2:00-3:00 - Law Office Management Moderator-Kimaka Nichols-Graham, Esquire, SC Legal Services Alex Kinlaw III, Esquire - Kinlaw & Cunningham Cedric Cunningham, Esquire - Kinlaw & Cunningham 3:00 3:15 ~ B R E A K 3:15-4:15 Electronic Discovery - Introductions Justin Williams, Esquire Sheila Bias, Esquire Fisher & Phillips LLP 4:15 5:15 - Ethics Introductions - Cliff Scott, Esquire TBD 5:15 6:00 SCBLA Annual Meeting
SOUTH CAROLINA BLACK LAWYERS ASSOCIATION 14 TH ANNUAL RETREAT SEPTEMBER 29 30, 2016 THE COLUMBIA MARRIOTT CALL TO ACTION: JUSTICE UNITY & PEACE A G E N D A Thursday, September, 29, 2016 Welcome Reception ~ 6:00 8:00 pm Hospitality Suite ~ 8:00 pm Friday, September 30, 2016 8:00 am ~ Continental Breakfast 9:00 ~ 5:00 CLE Sessions C U R R I C U L U M Unity with the Community - Panel Discussion Appellate Practice Running for A Judgeship Law Office Management Electronic Discovery Ethics Luncheon ~ Guest Speaker The Honorable William H. Murphy, Jr. Attorney for Freddie Gray Family - Baltimore, Maryland SCBLA Annual Meeting
SCBLA 14 th Annual Retreat Donald Gist, President SCBLA Retreat Hotel Information The Columbia Marriott 1200 Hampton Street Columbia, SC 29201 1.803.771.7000 Request the SCBLA room rate of $165/night Room Rate Available Until Booked