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LIVE - Safeguarding Your Practice: Navigating Insurance Coverage for Law Firms and Attorneys

Presented by the ISBA Standing Committee on Law Office Management and Economics
– This program is available for ISBA Members only –

ISBA Annual Meeting
Friday, June 7, 2024
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
315 Chestnut Street, St. Louis
Breakfast: 7:30 a.m.
CLE Program: 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

1.0 hour MCLE credit, including 1.0* hour Professional Responsibility MNCLE credit in the following category: Professionalism, Civility, Legal Ethics, or Sexual Harassment Prevention credit

Join us for an in-depth look at how the right insurance coverage can safeguard you and your law practice, as well as the underwriting basics you need to know and the misconceptions regarding losses vs types of coverage. Solo and small firm attorneys, general practitioners, new lawyers, and insurance law attorneys with basic to intermediate practice experience who attend this seminar will better understand:
  • What you need to know about professional liability and cyber insurance;
  • The various types of insurance available to your practice;
  • The importance of transparency in applying for coverage;
  • The most common required underwriting information;
  • Business interruption coverage;
  • Commercial general liability and other coverage commonly required by landlords;
  • Key-person coverage and individual disability income coverage; and
  • Business overhead expenses.

Program Coordinator/Moderator:
Jennifer Danish , Bryant Legal Group P.C. Chicago

Program Speakers:
Daniel Cotter , Dickinson Wright, Chicago
Adam Czerwinski, Sidebar Insurance Solutions, Orland Park
Jennifer Danish , Bryant Legal Group P.C. Chicago
Scott Dutton , ISBA Mutual Insurance Company, Chicago

*Professional Responsibility MCLE credit subject to approval
By registering for and attending this ISBA event or program I affirm that:
  • I will comply with all state and CDC guidance related to hand sanitation, social distancing, and use of face coverings as appropriate for my vaccination status;
  • If applicable, I will follow more stringent local or venue requirements regarding hand sanitation, distancing, vaccination, testing, and face coverings in place at the location, and at the time of, the meeting.
  • I will not attend the event or program if I have tested positive for COVID-19, am experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19. If at any time I begin to experience symptoms of COVID-19, or am in contact with someone experiencing symptoms, I will immediately leave the event or program;
  • I understand that there is an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 in any public place or gathering, and that recommended safety protocols continue to evolve. I agree to waive and release any and all claims I, or my guests, may have against the ISBA arising out of or connected in any way with exposure to Covid-19 (and its variants) at the event or program.

Program Information

  • Fees (breakfast included):
    • ISBA Member - $75
    • New Attorney Member (within the first five years of practice) - $75
  • Please Note: MCLE credit is available to registrants only on the day of this live event – and you must attend the entire program to earn MCLE credit. All registrants will receive access to a recording of the event a few days after the program, but credit is NOT available for the recording.
  • From time to time at ISBA CLE events, the ISBA, it’s vendor partners, or others may take photographs or video of participants, attendees, and guests for use in their marketing or promotional materials or news publications. By registering for this event, you are consenting to the use of your, and your guests’, photograph, video-recorded likeness, and name without compensation. Any photographs or video taken will be the sole property of the ISBA or entity taking the photograph.