Event Description
Join the
Civil
Litigation Section for their virtual* Annual
Advocate Award Presentation and CLE.
Do not miss this
opportunity to
honor distinguished retired Judge Kevin
Burke, as well as hear a moderated conversation with three members of the
prosecution team from the Chauvin trial: Jerry Blackwell, Steve Schleicher, and Lola
Velazquez-Aguilu.
2021
Advocate Award Recipients
CLE Presentation:
A moderated conversation with
the Chauvin Trial Team
The Chauvin trial was perhaps the most significant
trial in Minnesota history and the much of the world watched it. While it
was a criminal case, three local private practice attorneys set aside their
practices to prosecute the Chauvin case pro bono. Jerry Blackwell is a full-time civil litigator,
who founded his own firm Blackwell Burke, focusing on product liability. Steve
Schleicher, a former prosecutor, is currently Maslon LLP’s Co-chair of
Government & Internal Investigations Group, with practice areas including
business litigation and tort & product liability. Lola
Velazquez-Aguilu, also a former prosecutor, is currently Lead Counsel, Brain
Modulation at Medtronic, working on litigation and investigations.
We are honoring
these excellent litigators, who answered the call to help serve justice,
epitomizing the Section’s theme for 2021 – “Injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere.” Their participation advanced the cause of under-represented
groups everywhere… in the criminal justice system, in the civil litigation
system, and most significantly in the realm of social justice.
Schedule
of Events
12:00 p.m. -
Advocate Award Presentation and Remarks: Judge Kevin Burke, presented
by Judge Wahl
12:15 p.m. - Advocate Award and CLE Presentation: Chauvin
Trial Team: Jerry Blackwell, Steve Schleicher, and Lola Velazquez-Aguilu
1:30 p.m. -
End
CLE Credits:
1.0 Standard CLE Credits Applied for | Event Code: 410959
Cost:
Civil Litigation Section Member: FREE
Judges, Public Attorneys, and Law Clerks (Non-Section Members): $15.00 (use
code CIVANNUAL21
at
checkout to get this rate)
Non-Members: $30.00
Law Students: FREE
Join the Civil Litigation Section: Join the Civil
Litigation Section for $30 and attend this Section CLE as well as other Section
CLE free! Email Kara Haro kharo@mnbars.org
to take advantage of this offer.
Remote Participation:
Details to attend this program
by Zoom will be emailed the day in advance of the program.
Want more information about the Civil
Litigation Section ?
To register with a check, please mail in
this registration form.
Need to cancel? Please see
our cancellation
policy.
Questions? Contact Kara Haro | 612-278-6329
If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in this event please
notify Kara Haro at kharo@mnbar.org or 612-278-6329.
Please provide notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to allow
sufficient time to make arrangements for accommodations at this
meeting.