Akron Bar Association – Federal Court Practice Update

8:55am:                             Welcome and Introduction

               Joe Dunson, Dunson Law, LLC

9:00am-9:30am               Federal Practice Overview: Standing Orders and Early Case Resolution

               Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the

               Northern District of Ohio

9:30am-10:30am             Anatomy of a Federal Prosecution

Ian Friedman, Friedman & Nemecek, L.L.C.

 Eric Nemecek, Friedman & Nemecek, L.L.C.

 Assistant United States Attorney, Brian McDonough

10:30am-10:45am          Break

10:45am-11:15am          Perspectives from the Clerk's Office: E-Filing, ADR, and Corporate Disclosures

                                            Vicky Mizell, N.D. Ohio Operations Manager

11:15am-11:45am          Early Civil Case Obligations: Initial Disclosures, Meet & Confer, E-Discovery

                             Mark Young, Roetzel & Andress

11:45am-11:50am          Break

11:50am-12:20pm          Personal Jurisdiction and Venue in the 6th Circuit

               Greg Amend, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith LLP

12:20pm-12:50pm          Conduct in Court and Depositions – 0.50 Hours of Professional Conduct

               Monica Sansalone, Gallagher Sharp