CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar on a cutting edge topic. This seminar will describe the Financial Meltdown of 2008-09, its causes, and their implications for legal claims and defenses. This non-technical presentation is designed to acquaint you with fact situations involving so-called "derivatives," Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, AIG, other financial institutions, and their securities. It will discuss operations of the Bernard Madoff, Stanford Financial Group, and other alleged Ponzi schemes. Regulatory and individual due diligence required to protect attorney and client financial assets in the future will also be covered.

This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Houston Bar Association (HBA) on October 9, 2009. This audio presentation features attorney Robert S. Toth of the Houston financial firm of Tri-Star Financial. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 1.25 hours. This seminar is entitled:

HBA Presents: "Financial Meltdown of 2008-09: Implications for Legal Claims and Defenses"

** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **

The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:

Mr. Robert S. Toth, who is an attorney and Senior Vice President with the financial firm of Tri-Star Financial in Houston. He is board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and the American Board of Legal Medicine. Bob practiced law in Houston since 1982. He is admitted to practice before all Texas state courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Bob has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas since 1985. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association. He received his Masters of Law degree from the University of Houston Law Center (LLM., 1993), his law degree from South Texas College of Law of Law (J.D., 1981) and his undergraduate degree from Hunter College (B.A.). He also received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Baylor College of Medicine. A more extensive biography for Mr. Toth may be found at his company's Web site.

The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $32. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the HBA, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $25. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the HBA Office in Houston (713-759-1133) and request the 'HBA Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.

This seminar is accredited for 1.25 hours of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)

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