Please join the Napa County Bar Association in hearing Professor Roger Bernhardt discuss California's Incomprehensible One Action and Anti-Deficiency Rules at Uva Trattoria on May 22, 2009, 12 p.m.

Professor Bernhardt is the author of CEB's California Mortgage and Deed of Trust Practice, as well as a sitting professor at Golden Gate University, where he teaches a variety of subjects, including Real Property, Real Estate Finance, UCC, Land Use, and Federal Income Tax.

1 hour MCLE provided. Please make your reservations by May 20th @ 5 p.m. to lhunt@gawvanmale.com or fax to 252-0792. Cost is $25 for members; $32 for non-members.

Lunch includes caesar and spring mix salads; pizza margherita, chicken penne pasta, and rigatoni bolognese. Price includes tax, tip, and your choice of non-alcoholic beverage.

Please join the Napa County Women Lawyer's Association on May 20, 2009, at 12 p.m., Uva Trattoria, to hearfrom Dr. Lawrence M. Elson, a leading clinical and forensic anatomist. Dr. Elson has served as an instructor in human anatomy at the City College of San Francisco, an assistant professor of anatomy at Baylor College of Medicine, and as a lecturer at numerous additional universities and professional organizations. He is theauthor/co-author of the Anatomy Coloring Book, Human Brain Coloring Book, Zoology Coloring Book, and Microbiolody Coloring Book. Presently, he is principally functioning as a clinical and forensic anatomist retianed as a consultant to governments, provinces, insurance and other corporations, and law firms on causation of injury issues in cases in or anticipated to be involved in litigation.

1 hour MCLE provided. Please contact Ronda Connor @ 312-1576 to make your reservation by May 18 @ 5 p.m. Or email ronda.connor@gmail.com. Cost is $25 for members; $32 for non-members. Price includes a selection of pastas, salads, pizza, and your choice of beverage.

Join Prescott Cole to learn more about recent developments in California's financial elder abuse statutes and to discuss the growing abuses in the reverse mortgage market. Mr. Cole will discuss new legislation that will subject predators to treble damages, attorneys' fees, and costs when they engage in financial scams against seniors, and he will discuss changes to the burden of proof, the new attachment act that allows elder victims to freeze defendants' assets and the introduction of undue influence as part of the Elder and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act.

From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Jury Assembly Room, Napa Historic Courthouse. Cost is $40 (includes materials and your lunch). 2 hours MCLE provided.

Please send your check, made payable to Legal Aid of Napa Valley, to 1001 Second Street, Ste. 335, Napa, CA  94559. Please be sure to write your bar number on your check.