N.D. Defense
Lawyer’s Association
REGISTRATION
Advance registration must be received by
September 17, 2015. A late registration fee of
$10 will be assessed for registrations received
after this date. Cancellations may be made up to
five (5) days before the seminar for a complete
refund. Cancellations after that date are subject
to a $50 administrative fee. Please make
checks payable to: NDDLA, P.O. Box 2466,
Bismarck, ND 58502-2466.
2015 Annual Meeting
and Fall Seminar
September 24, 2015
Ramkota Hotel
800 South 3rd Street
Bismarck, ND
Reservations: 701.258.7700
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Address: _____________________________
Join us September 23, 2015, for a
pre-seminar Cocktail Reception at
the Blarney Stone Irish Pub at
5:30 PM
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CLE Credits:
6.25 CLE credits requested for
ND and MN
Shari L. Erdman, ACP, Exec. Director
N.D. Defense Lawyers Association
P.O. Box 2466
Bismarck, ND 58502-2466
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AGENDA
8:00–8:55 AM
NDDLA Annual Meeting,
Continental Breakfast and
Registration
8:55 AM
President’s Welcome
Robert Stock, Vogel Law
Firm
9:00–10:00 AM
“Mediation – Do it Right”
Hon. Mary Maring, Klein
Maring Mediation
10:00–10:30 AM
“Preparing Closing
Arguments” - Tom Schultz,
Schultz & Pogue, LLP
10:30-10:45 AM
Break
10:45–12:15 PM
“Bracing For Failure: A
Case Study of Wood Truss
Failures and the
Responsibility of the
Designers, Manufacturers
and Installers” - Scott A.
Nesvold, P.E. and James
R. Panko, P.E., Crane
Engineering
12:15 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30–2:30 PM
“Hot Button” Employment
Issues – Troy Seibel,
N.D. Labor Commissioner
2:30–3:45 PM
“Hot Topics in
Construction Law”
David W. Wilson,
LeClair Ryan
3:45-4:00 PM
Break
4:00-5:00 PM
“Civil Litigation/Defense in
the Courtroom”
Hon. Daniel L. Hovland
Hon. Mary Maring,
Klein Maring
Mediation
Ms. Maring was appointed
to the North Dakota
Supreme Court on March
1, 1996 and served as a
Justice on the Court until
retirement on December
31, 2013. She authored 822 opinions and heard
3,200 oral arguments in almost eighteen years on the
Court.
Thomas R. Schultz
Schultz & Pogue, LLP
Thomas R. Schultz is a
principal and trial attorney
with Schultz & Pogue,
LLP, in Indianapolis,
Indiana, specializing in
medical
malpractice,
product liability, and various tort and commercial
litigation matters. He currently serves on the Board
of Directors for the Defense Research Institute
(DRI) serving as the North Central Regional
Director until October 2015.
Scott Nesvold, P.E.
Crane Engineering
Mr. Nesvold is an
accomplished StructuralFire Protection Engineer
with more than 10 yrs. of
engineering experience.
He
provides
expert
consultation
regarding
building design, structural
analysis and failure for all
building types.
James R. Panko, P.E
Crane Engineering
Mr. Panko has more
than 11 yrs. of CivilStructural engineering
experience
in
the
industry. He provides
specialty
structural
engineering analysis and
design for complex
structures and building
components of static
and dynamic structures.
Troy Seibel
N.D. Commissioner
of Labor
Mr. Seibel was appointed
ND's Commissioner of
Labor by Gov. Dalrymple
in Sept. 2014. He oversees
the ND Dept. of Labor
and Human Rights, which
is responsible for the enforcement and education of
ND’s labor, human rights and housing laws. Prior to
his appointment, Troy was an assistant attorney
general with the ND Attorney General's office. Prior
to joining the Attorney General's office, Troy was in
private practice for 11 years.
David W. Wilson
LeClair Ryan
David Wilson II practices
in the area of business
and
construction
litigation in both TX and
NV. He has tried well
over 100 cases as first
chair lawyer in a variety
of cases. He has also served as lead counsel in over
60 appellate cases, including at the TX Supreme
Court. Consistent with his experience, his practice
includes extensive trial and appellate representation
as lead counsel, primarily on behalf of the
construction, manufacturing,
insurance and oil and gas
industries.
Hon. Daniel L. Hovland
U.S. Federal Judge
U.S. District Court Judge
Daniel
L.
Hovland
attended the University of
N.D. Law School and graduated with distinction in
May 1979. Hovland served for one year as clerk to
Chief Justice Ralph J. Erickstad then worked as an
Assistant Attorney General for the State of N.D.
Hovland was nominated by President George W.
Bush on June 26, 2002, confirmed by the U.S.
Senate and sworn in on November 26, 2002.