For The Defense, December 2011 - DRI Today
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WoMen In <strong>The</strong> lAW<br />
Defining and Promoting<br />
Your Personal Market Niche<br />
<strong>The</strong>da C. Snyder<br />
of Ringler<br />
Associates,<br />
business<br />
development<br />
expert and<br />
author of<br />
Women<br />
Rainmakers’<br />
Best Marketing<br />
Tips, speaks to<br />
attendees of<br />
Friday morning’s Women in the Law Committee<br />
meeting. Ms. Snyder discussed how women lawyers<br />
can become successful rainmakers and explained<br />
that developing a personalized and targeted<br />
marketing plan is the key.<br />
Abundant Networking<br />
Opportunities<br />
Below, a young lawyer-to-be dances at Friday evening’s perennial<br />
favorite, the Young Lawyers Networking Reception.<br />
WoRkeRs’ CoMpensATIon<br />
Workers’ Compensation<br />
Premium Fraud<br />
Michael R. McCann<br />
of Michael R.<br />
McCann PA speaks<br />
to attendees of<br />
the Workers’<br />
Compensation<br />
Committee<br />
meeting about<br />
the importance<br />
of recognizing<br />
and addressing<br />
premium fraud,<br />
especially as it has become more prevalent in a<br />
tight economy. Scott Ethan Brown, MD, of Sinai<br />
Rehabilitation Center also spoke at the Thursday<br />
afternoon meeting on “<strong>The</strong> Chronic Pain Syndrome<br />
and Narcotics—A Medical Black Hole.”<br />
young lAWyeRs<br />
Don’t Be That Guy (or<br />
Gal)—Avoiding Common<br />
Ethical Pitfalls<br />
Anthony J.<br />
Novak of<br />
Larson King<br />
LLP reviews<br />
common<br />
ethical<br />
dilemmas<br />
facing young<br />
lawyers by<br />
examining<br />
real-life<br />
examples of<br />
situations in which lawyers, either unknowingly<br />
or brazenly, ran afoul of the ethical rules. This<br />
Thursday afternoon session was presented by the<br />
Young Lawyers Committee.<br />
Above left, Evelyn Fletcher Davis, then-chair of the Women in the Law Committee and above<br />
right, Heidi B. Goldstein, the committee’s Program Chair, address attendees at Friday’s<br />
Women’s Networking Luncheon.<br />
Members of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC,<br />
sponsor of the Thursday evening Diversity Reception.<br />
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