Continuing Legal Education
League of California Cities
2021 City Attorneys Spring Conference
April 29-30, May 7, 14, and 21
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Mark your calendars for the City Attorneys Spring Conference, which is virtual for 2021. Scheduled over five days beginning April 29 and ending May 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The virtual conference provides training on cutting-edge issues in municipal law**.
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Papers and PowerPoints
Friday, April 30, 2021
(MCLE Specialty Credit for Competency Issues)
Competency and Mindful Lawyering
Speaker: Mark Fingerman, Esq., LL.M, ADR Services, Functional Mindfulness
Paper PowerPoint
Labor and Employment Litigation Update
Speaker: Suzanne Solomon, Partner, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Paper PowerPoint
Elected Officials and Employment Law: When the Rules Don't Apply
Speakers: Rebecca Green, Senior Attorney, Richards, Watson & Gershon
Jennifer Petrusis, Shareholder, Richards, Watson & Gershon
Paper PowerPoint
I Hear That Train A'comin': Municipal Legal Issues Involving Railroads
Speaker: Michael Conneran, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
Paper PowerPoint
Friday, May 7, 2021
General Municipal Litigation Update
Speaker: Holly O. Whatley, Assistant City Attorney, South Pasadena, Ojai, Sierra Madre, Shareholder, Colantuono Highsmith Whatley, PC
Paper PowerPoint
Emerging Trends in Class Action Challenges to Revenue Measures
Speaker: Ryan Dunn, Senior Counsel, Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC
Paper PowerPoint
TNC-User Tax: Getting Rideshare Companies to Pay Their ‘Fare’ Share
Speaker: Benjamin P. Fay, Partner, Jarvis Fay & Gibson, LLP
Paper PowerPoint
City Attorney Escape Room: Packaging Legal Advice for Non-Attorney Clients
Speakers: Attorney Development and Sucession Committee
Paper Powerpoint
Friday, May 14, 2021
Municipal Tort and Civil Rights Litigation Update
Speaker: Timothy T. Coates, Partner, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland
Paper PowerPoint
A Rising Tide against Qualified Immunity?
Speakers: Scott Wm. Davenport, General Counsel, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester
Eugene P. Ramirez, Senior Partner, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester
Paper PowerPoint
How Cities Are Addressing Police Reform
Speakers: Jamal Anderson, Senior Associate, Renne Public Law Group
Farimah Brown, City Attorney, City of Berkeley
Jonathan V. Holtzman, Founding Partner, Renne Public Law Group
Paper PowerPoint
Black Lives Matter as Government Speech
Speaker: Catherine Engberg, City Attorney, City of Half Moon Bay
Paper Powerpoint
Friday, May 21, 2021
Land Use and CEQA Litigation Update
Speaker: William Ihrke, City Attorney, La Quinta, Partner, Rutan & Tucker
Paper PowerPoint
How Cities Can Abate Nuisance Properties at No Cost
Speakers: Dylan Brady, Assistant Attorney, Petaluma Attorney's Office
Ryan Griffith, Attorney & Associate Receiver, Bay Area Receivership Group
Amanda Pope, Attorney & Director of City Receiverships, Jones & Mayer
Paper PowerPoint
New Housing Legislation: Lessons Learned from Recent Litigation
Speakers: Kevin Siegel, Partner, Burke, Williams, & Sorensen LLP
Barbara Kautz, Partner, Goldfarb & Lipman LLP
Paper PowerPoint
Public-Private Partnerships (P3s): How to Deliver Innovative, Local-Serving Projects
Speakers: John Finke, President, Public Facilities Group
Korin Crawford, Executive Vice President, Griffin I Swinerton
Seth Merewitz, Partner; Chair P3 Working Group, Best Best & Krieger LLP
Vanessa Legbandt, Esq., Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Paper Powerpoint
*Session titles/speakers subject to change
**The League of California Cities (Provider No. 1985) is a Multiple Activity Provider for California State Bar approved minimum continuing legal education (MCLE) and certifies that this activity meets the standards for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California. Attendees may receive up to 14 hours of MCLE credit, including one hour of Competency Issues sub-field credit provided they are registered for the corresponding day of the specialty credit session.