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15th Annual National Firearms Law Seminar
St. Louis, Missouri
Friday, April 13, 2012
Location: Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel
 

8:00 - 8:20 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 - 8:30 Welcoming Remarks by
M. CAROL BAMBERY
Law Seminar Steering Committee Chair


8:30 - 9:40

PANEL 1- CURRENT CASES AND PRACTICING FIREARMS LAW

Expanding the Beachhead: Post-McDonald Litigation

DAVID T. HARDY, ESQ.
Author of the weblog http://armsandthelaw.com

Legal Practice for the Gun Community

KEVIN L. JAMISON, ESQ.
Author of Missouri Weapons and Self-Defense Law

9:40 - 9:50 Break


9:50 - 11:15

PANEL 2 - ISSUES IN THE STATES

A Right to Bear Arms (But Only at Home)?

STEPHEN P. HALBROOK, ESQ.

Defending Outdoor Shooting Ranges: Winning Litigation Strategies

MARTHA A. DEAN, ESQ.

11:15 - 11:45 PANEL 3- FIREARM FORFEITURES PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAW

ROBERT DOWLUT, ESQ.
General Counsel, National Rifle Association of America


11:45 - 12:45  

LUNCHEON with SPECIAL LUNCHEON SPEAKER

Topic to be Announced

LT. COL. OLIVER NORTH

12:45 - 2:10 PANEL 4 - FEDERAL PROHIBITIONS ON GUN OWNERSHIP AND RESTORING RIGHTS

Federal Firearms Disqualification

STEFAN B. TAHMASSEBI, ESQ.
Deputy General Counsel, National Rifle Association of America

How to Help a Client Who Has Been Disqualified from Gun Ownership

CINDY E. HILL, ESQ.
Author of Brady Denial? You CAN Get Your Guns Back!



2:10- 2:20

Break

2:20-3:20 PANEL 5 - NEW DEVEOPMENTS IN FEDERAL LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

WILLIAM L. FINCH, ESQ.
Assistant General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Traps for the Unwary: Why Your Local Gunsmith May Unknowingly be a Manufacturer of Firearms -- and Why it Matters

MATTHEW H. BOWER, ESQ.
Assistant General Counsel, National Rifle Association of America



3:20- 3:55

PANEL 6 - THE NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT (NFA) AND NFA TRUSTS

WILLIAM J. RYAN, ESQ.
Office of Chief Counsel
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

3:55 - 4:05 Break


4:05 - 4:30

PANEL 7 - THE RISE AND DEMISE OF COLLECTIVE RIGHTS INTERPRETATION: HISTORY, LUCK, AND OCCASIONALLY FRAUD

DAVID T. HARDY, ESQ.
Author of the weblog http://armsandthelaw.com

4:30 - 5:30 PANEL 8 - LEGAL ETHICS

The Do's and Don'ts of Advocacy and Professional Responsibility

THE HONORABLE ZEL M. FISCHER
Supreme Court of Missouri


5:30 - 7:00

QUESTION & ANSWER - POST COURSE COCKTAIL RECEPTION

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