2008 National Summer Election Law Seminar

8/8/2008 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Ritz-Carlton
100 Carondelet Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63105

The 2008 RNLA National Election Law Seminar is one of the best ways to prepare for the 2008 General Elections and discuss ways to promote open, fair and honest elections.

The annual CLE Seminar is a professionally-taught school for attorneys who wish to receive basic or advanced election law training. You can earn up to 10 CLE credit hours, including 1 Hour of Ethics.

The Seminar runs Friday and Saturday, August 8 and 9 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, Missouri.

Speakers at this Election Law Seminar will be the foremost leaders in the Election Law Field, including:

Rep. Roy Blunt, Republican Whip and Former Secretary of State for Missouri

The Honorable John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator (MO)

The Honorable Trevor Potter, General Counsel, John McCain 2008; former Chairman, Federal Election Commission

Chris Gober, Chief Counsel, National Republican Senatorial Committee

Beth Beacham, Chief Counsel, National Republican Congressional Committee

John Fund, Wall Street Journal; Author, Stealing Elections

Jonathan Bechtle, Election Education Committee, RNLA; Legal Counsel, Evergreen Freedom Foundation

Charles H. Bell, Jr., General Counsel, California Republican State Party and First Vice President, RNLA

Elliot Berke, former Counsel, Office of the Speaker of the House and Office of the House Majority Leader; Vice President for Membership, RNLA

Mark Braden, former Chief Counsel, Ohio Elections Commission and Election Counsel for the Secretary of State in Ohio

Douglas Chalmers, Secretary of the Board of Governors and Georgia Chapter Leader, RNLA

Randy Evans, former Outside Counsel, Speakers of the 104th-109th U.S. Congresses; Board of Governors, RNLA

Heather Heidelbaugh, former Pennsylvania Election Counsel, Bush-Cheney 04; Vice President for Election Education, RNLA

Rob Hess, Vice Chair, Election Education Committee, RNLA; Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP

Ronald Hicks, Partner, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP and co-chair, Litigation Section, Meritas

Larry Levy, Election Education Committee, RNLA; former General Counsel, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee, Inc.; Partner, Holtzman Vogel, PLLC

Cleta Mitchell, former Legal Counsel, National Republican Senatorial Committee; Vice President for DC Operations, RNLA

Michael Roman, National Election Day Operations Director, John McCain 2008

John Ryder, Harris, Shelton, Dunlap, Cobb & Ryder, PLLC

Peter Schalestock, former Deputy Counsel, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee;
former Regional Director of Election Day Operations, RNC; Election Education Committee, RNLA

Lawrence Tabas, General Counsel, Pennsylvania Republican Party

Harvey M. Tettlebaum, Outside General Counsel, Missouri Republican State Party; Chair, 2008 Election Law Seminar Host Committee; former President, RNLA

W. Alan Wilk, Team Leader for the Dykema’s Political Compliance Team, Dykema Gossett PLLCCounsels to key Congressional Committees dealing with Elections

Leading State elected officials, including a Secretary of State to be announced later

Counsels to the national Republican Party Committees

Leading State Republican Party Counsels

More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks!

The Friday Evening Reception will be hosted by Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP at their St. Louis office.

Program Highlights:
Receive up to 10 CLE credits! Including One Hour of Ethics credit.
"How To" Classes taught by National Election Law Experts
State-specific Election Law Breakout Sessions with leading state Republican lawyers.

Sponsors: Charles Bell, Mark Foster, John Hancock and Associates, Ronald Hicks, and Holtzman Vogel, PLLC.

Individual Sponsors: Michael Grote, Ralph Johnson, Mark Mittleman, and Beverly Weiss Manne.