Message From The Chair
Glen R. Olson
Letter from the Chair
I am the incoming Chair of the TIPS Professionals’ Officers’ and Directors’ Liability (PODL)
Committee for 09-10. Many thanks to our 08-09 Chair, Joe Kingma of Carlock, Copeland, Semler
& Stair in Atlanta, for his excellent leadership over the past year. During Joe’s tenure,
PODL made great strides as to its CLE programs and publications, in particular. We would
like to continue that progress, and we need your help.
We would appreciate your taking the time to complete an online membership survey relating
to how PODL can better serve the ABA and TIPS communities. The survey is intended to increase
our knowledge of the Committee’s demographics and determine areas in which we need to enhance
our membership recruitment and retention efforts. The survey also inquires as to the types
of CLE programs our members would like to attend (and sponsor) in the future. If there are
particular emerging areas of interest for PODL Committee members, we would like to increase
our focus on those issues. The Survey should only take ten minutes or so to complete.
Beyond completing the survey, we also encourage you to participate in our meetings, CLE
programs and publications. There are opportunities for program sponsorship, article writing
and CLE program presentation. Please feel free to contact me or PODL Committee Chair-Elect,
M. Machua Millet of Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge at
golson@longlevit.com or by phone at
415-438-4483, should you have an interest in pitching in.
Thank you, and I look forward to working with you this year and in 2010.
Very truly yours,
Glen R. Olson
Click on the below link to take the 2009-2010 PODL Committee Membership Survey.
Take the 2009-2010 PODL Committee
Membership Survey
Get Involved! Network and Publicize Your Expertise!
Newsletters and website. If you are a member of PODL, you will get periodic newsletters on timely topics.
Please send your ideas for articles to our newsletter editor Cecelia Lockner of Edwards, Angell, Palmer, Palmer and Dodge at
clockner@eapdlaw.com.
If you have newsletters or articles you have already written on a Professional or D&O Liability issue
linked to the PODL website, please contact Mach Millet of Edwards, Angell, Palmer and Dodge at
mmillett@eapdlaw.com
or Rick Bale of Larson King LLP at
rbale@larsonking.com.
Continuing Legal Education
Are you, or perhaps some member of your firm, a dynamic speaker? Please
help us plan and present CLE programs by contacting Broderick Harrell at
bharrell@carlockcopeland.com or Shannon Sprinkle at ssprinkle@carlockcopeland.com. Programs
can range from a one hour scripted teleconference to a multi-day program. We recently presented a three hour program on
Failing Businesses Driving D&O and E&O Litigation at the ABA 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
We are in the process of planning our Annual Meeting proposals for 2010 in San Francisco, and would
like your thoughs and suggestions. Also, PODL is outlining CLE programs for the upcoming year, including webinars and
teleconferences and we have many opportunities to get involved.
We hope you will have ideas that we can help you bring to fruition. For more information, please contact
Glenn Olson at Long & Levit (415-438-4483; golson@longlevit.com), Mach Millett at
mmillett@eapdlaw.comor Rick Bale of Larson King LLP at
rbale@larsonking.com.
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