Save the Date!
This year featuring The Barristars! In a stunning move sure to upend the Erie legal community's musical firmament, The Barristars have announced their reunion for a one-time performance only available to ECBA members attending the 2022 Bench Bar Conference!
Schedule (subject to change):
Thursday, September 29
1:00 p.m. - Responsible Drinking While Not Driving on the Bus to Bench Bar, 1 CLE/CJE, Elizabeth Hirz and Nicole Sloane Kondrlik
3:30 p.m. - Event Registration Opens, Seven Springs Mountain Resort Slopeside Hotel Lobby
4:30 p.m. - Family Feud (with the Judges), 1 CLE/CJE
5:30 p.m. - Welcoming Remarks, Jennifer K. Fisher, ECBA Board President
State of the Bench, President Judge Joseph M. Walsh III
6:00 p.m. - Welcome Cocktail Social
7:00 p.m. - Dinner Takes All
8:00 p.m. - Deal or No Deal, 1 CLE/CJE, Joel Oster, Comedian of Law. After being explained the facts of a real case, the attorney will be presented with a deal. Should the attorney take the deal … or take his or her chance at trial? Covered will be inappropriate contact with jurors, fist fighting judges, lying attorneys, inappropriate romantic interludes with clients, and much more.
9:15 p.m. - The Barristars! In a stunning move sure to upend the Erie legal community’s musical firmament, The Barristars have announced their reunion for a one-time only performance available to ECBA members attending the 2022 Bench Bar Conference! Band members are: Mick Janin (Michael Jan Janin), Thom “Styx” Lent, Karen “the Voice” Skarupski, Brian Bolash, Fran Halen (Fran Klemensic) and Steven “Jet” Lagner.
Friday, September 30
8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Buffet
9:30 a.m. - 30 Thoughts in 60 Minutes, 1 CLE/CJE
10:30 a.m. - Break
10:45 a.m. - Diversity in Jeopardy!, 1 CLE/CJE, Lloyd Freeman, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC
11:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - "On your own activities." Enjoy some down time with colleagues and family. Potential activities include a trip to the Flight 93 Memorial, clay shooting, swimming at the resort pool, mini-golf, bowling, Bear Trap Fun Zone Game Room, shopping and more!
5:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
6:00 p.m. - Dinner, Steak & Chicken BBQ
7:00 p.m. - Whiskey Rebellion Trial Reenactment & Whiskey Tasting, 1 CLE/CJE
8:30 p.m. - “Best Of” Washington Day Skits
Saturday, October 1
8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Buffet
9:30 a.m. - Ethics Jeopardy, 1 Ethics CLE/CJE
10:30 a.m. - Break
10:45 a.m. - YLD CLE, 1 CLE/CJE
11:45 a.m. - Closing Remarks and Raffles
Registration to open in July.
Check back often for additional details!
View our sponsors below:
Platinum: NFP Structured Settlements
Gold: Knox Law; MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton, LLP
Silver: Marsh Schaaf Attorneys; Purchase George & Murphey, PC; Quinn Law Firm
Bronze: Carney & Good; Conner Riley Friedman & Weichler