Schedule
OPA 2018 Annual Convention and Business Meeting
"Unleashing your Paralegal Super Powers”
2 World Trade Center - Portland, Oregon
Friday, November 9th
| Morning Schedule | Afternoon Schedule |
| 7:45-8:25 Registration and Breakfast | 12:00-1:15 Lunch and Keynote Speaker Honorable Edward Leavy The Era of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
| 8:25-8:30 President's Welcome (Leah Aldred, RP OCP) | 1:15-1:30 Service Provider Spotlights and Break |
| 8:30-9:30 Negotiations Coni Rathbone, Esq Of Counsel, Dunn Carney LLP | 1:30-2:30 Breakout Session #1 1031 Exchanges and Related Tax Issues Matthew D. Lowe, Esq. Partner, Jordan Ramis PC Breakout Session #2 Insurance Defense: Processing a New Claim & Billing for Your Time Eric A. Kekel, Esq Partner, Dunn Carney LLP |
| 9:30-9:45 Service Provider Spotlights and Break | 2:30-3:30 Day in the Life of a Construction Defect Case and Legal Updates Jacob A. Zahniser, Esq Jordan Ramis PC |
| 9:45-10:45 Legal Ethics Updates and Best Practices Daniel P. Atkinson, Esq Assistant General Counsel / CAO Attorney Oregon State Bar | 3:30-4:00 Service Provider Spotlights and Break |
| 10:45-11:00 Service Provider Spotlights and Break | 4:00-5:00 Researching Public Records: Mining the Data Motherlode Jeanne Kallage Sinnott, Esq., Partner Brenna Dickey, RP Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP |
| 11:00-12:00 Workplace Investigations Shayda Zaerpoor Le, Esq. Partner, Barran Liebman | 5:00-6:00 OPA Member Business Meeting Election and Awards |
| 6:00-8:00 Networking with Fellow Paralegal Super Heroes - Happy Hour |