MSBA Corporate Counsel Section

Annual Reports

MSBA Corporate Counsel Section
Annual Report

2010-11

Section Membership

As of June 22, 2011, the Corporate Counsel Section has 406 members. The Section started the year with 405 members, so membership remained steady throughout FY10-11.

Financial Status

The Corporate Counsel Section had an account balance of $36,408.05 as of April 30, 2011.

Continuing Legal Education Programs and Social Events

The Section hosted two CLE programs in fiscal year 2010-11. In addition, the Section sponsored an end of year social in conjunction with their annual meeting.

Program Date	Program Title	CLE Event Code and Credit	# of Attendees
10/6/2010	In-house and Law Firm Insights into the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Other Hot Topics in International Law (co-sponsored with International Business Law)	148943; 1.0 Standard	31
3/10/2011	A Lawyer's Role in Managing a Crisis and Its Aftermath	153530; 1.0 Standard	17
5/19/2011	Corporate Counsel Section Annual Meeting and Spring Reception	N/A	31

Legislation and Amicus Briefs

The Corporate Counsel Section did not submit any legislative proposals or amicus briefs in the 2010-11 term.

Annual Meeting and Election Results

The Section’s annual meeting and elections were held in conjunction with a social event on May 19, 2011, at Solera in Minneapolis, MN. The meeting and reception were well attended with 31 participants.

The following individuals were elected to serve as officers in 2011-12:

Chair: Hanna Wolf

Vice Chair: Ryan Kaplan

Treasurer: Fred Dawe

Secretary: Ryan Kaplan

The following individuals were elected to serve on the Corporate Counsel Section Council from 2011 to 2012: Ryan Kaplan, Hanna Wolf, Candice Ciresi, Cindy Eidnes, Joe Roach, Michael Schecter, Fred Dawe, Eugene Sherayzen, Theresa Johnson

The following individuals will serve as the Section’s MSBA Assembly representative and alternate in 2011-12:

Representative: Michael Schechter

Alternate: Candice Ciresi

Other Section Accomplishments: Winter fundraising social event

Submitted By:

Ryan Kaplan, Section Chair

Annual Report
Submitted by, Ryan D. Kaplan, Chair of the MSBA Section on May 10, 2010.

Membership: The Section has 400 members as of April 28, 2010.

Continuing Legal Education:
The section hosted or co-sponsored the following CLEs:

Lunch with Jeffrey Toobin – May 28, 2009
Employment Law and the New Economy – Oct 13, 2009
Hot Topics in ESI/eDiscovery – The Law Firm and In House Perspectives - Nov 3, 2009
Effectively Dealing with Contracts: In-House and Law Firm Perspectives – April 28, 2010

Pro Bono/Volunteer Service Activities: N/A

Website and practicelaw.org: http://www2.mnbar.org/sections/corp-counsel/ Section Newsletter/Publication: N/A

Council Meetings:
CCS had council meetings on the following dates:

July 15, 2009
August 18, 2009
September 9, 2009
October 21, 2009
December 16, 2009
April 28, 2010

Annual Meeting:
CCS had its annual meeting on the following date:

April 28, 2010

Election Results:
The members attending the annual meeting elected for the following officers and council members to serve terms from 2010-2011:
The councilmembers terms were not up for renewal this year so the following will remain councilmembers until June 2011 at which time they are eligible for re-election. The 2010-2011 officers were elected at the council meeting, attended by:
Ryan Kaplan, Hanna Wolf, Cindy Eidnes, Candice Ciresi, Joe Roach and Mike Schechter

The results of the election of officers for the 2010-2011 term are as follows:

Ryan Kaplan – Chair
Hanna Wolf – Chair-Elect
Fred Dawe - Treasurer
The Section's MSBA Assembly representative for 2010-2011 will be Michael Schechter.

Fiscal Status:
The Section finished the year with $33,215.06 as of March 31, 2010. Miscellaneous:

- Last Updated 01/26/2010 -

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