CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar designed to cover issues that attorneys can expect to deal with when handling high profile cases. This seminar will cover the legal and practical considerations when dealing with the media in cases that involve high profile clients and/or topics.
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 May 20, 2010. This audio presentation features attorney William (Bill) Stradley of the Houston firm of Stradley, Chernoff & Alford, L.L.P. and Miranda Sevcik and Tammy Kidd of Media Masters in Houston. 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: "Handling High Profile Cases: Considerations When Dealing with the Media"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Effective Interviews Rules
- Litigation Checklist for Gauging Media Interest
- Media Plan Strategy
- Should You Allow Your Client to be Interviewed?
- The Importance of Preparation
- If The Client Wants Their Own PR
- Media: Friend or Foe?
- The Press Conference
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Mr. William M. (Bill) Stradley, who is a name partner with the firm of Stradley, Chernoff & Alford, L.L.P. in Houston. Mr. Stradley has a practice is limited to the most serious of criminal accusations and he is known nationally for his defense of those accused of sexual crimes. He is board certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, Texas Defense Lawyers Association, and the Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He received his law degree from South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1990) and his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 1987). A more extensive biography for Mr. Stradley may be found at his firm'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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