At this engaging three-day event, you'll have opportunities to network, find a mentor, preview emerging technology, hone your leadership skills, and participate in continuing education. Whether you are a junior or senior industry professional, it's an event you won't want to miss!
The Hawaii State Bar Association explored the idea of creating a Senior Counsel Division during its 2008 and 2009 bar strategic planning process. The Senior Counsel Division is a bar initiative to serve and engage our members who are age 50 and older, which comprises half of our membership. During the bar's strategic planning, a key focus was to look to ways to both serve and engage this segment of the bar. Thus, a planning committee was formed to explore developing a Senior Counsel Division (SCD). The division was formally established April 23, 2009 upon the HSBA Board's approval of the SCD Bylaws.
The Hawaii State Bar Association’s Senior Counsel Division will continue to host Coffee Hours in 2021. Please stay tuned for more interesting topics!
New! Closing a Law Practice & Succession Planning: Don't Make Your Family Do It! Presented by Bradley R. Tamm, Chief Disciplinary Counsel (9/2/21) Medicare Made Easy. Presented by Taryn Kumamoto, MBA, Premiere Benefits Consulting (8/5/21) To Place or Not to Place, That is the Question. Presented by Percy Ihara, CSA, CLTC, Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC (6/3/21) Vaccines, Part 2. Presented by Dr. Eileen Hilton, MD (4/7/21) Remote Solutions for Your Law Practice. Presented by Elana Bertram, JD, MBA, Partner, Parlatore Law Group, LLP (4/1/21) Part 3, Session 2: Balancing Autonomy and Self-Determination with Best Interests and Protections for Persons with Dementia. Presented by James H. Pietsch, Professor of Law and Director of the University of Hawai’i Elder Law Program (UHELP) (3/19/21) Mediation of Public Interest/Public Policy Issues and Controversies. Presented by The Honorable Justice James E. Duffy, Jr., (ret.), Peter S. Adler, PhD, and Elizabeth Kent Moderated by Charles W. Crumpton (3/4/21) How Virtual Mediation Can Work for You. Presented by Giuseppe Leone, Virtual Mediation Lab (2/4/21) Asset Protection and Estate Planning, Presented by Scott Makuakane, Counselor at Law (1/7/2021) Vaccines, Presented by Dr. Eileen Hilton, MD (12/3/2020) Medical Cannabis - Application Criteria and Process, Presented by Michele N. Nakata, Esq. and Garrett I. Halydier, Esq. (9/3/2020) The Kealoha Conspiracy - How It All Began, Presented by Alexander Silvert, First Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Hawaii (8/6/2020) The presentations provided are the personal viewpoints of the speaker. The HSBA has not approved and does not endorse speaker recommendations.
On Saturday, November 16, 2019, the Senior Counsel Division held its first annual free legal clinic at the Palolo Learning Center. The twelve volunteer lawyers did a marvelous job of meeting with event participants. Although the community turnout was relatively light, the legal assistance provided was well received and much appreciated. We have been invited back next year with the promise of stronger community turnout.
We invite and encourage members to take an active role in Senior Counsel Division!
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