Courtroom Etiquette
This program is being presented in-person only in Dept. 15, Hall of Justice, Sonoma County Superior Court, 600 Administrative Drive, Santa Rosa
Registration Fee
SCBA Members: $65 | Barristers Club (1st 5 yrs of practice): $45 | Public: $80 | Students: $20
Registrations must be received by 3 pm on 6/11/24. Late registrations will be admitted as space allows or added to a waitlist. Unfortunately, we cannot consider refunds after this time.
Speakers
Hon. Shelly Averill
Presiding Judge
The Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma
The Honorable Shelly J. Averill graduated Magna Cum Laude from Empire College School of Law in 1996. Judge Averill was appointed to the bench by Governor Schwarzenegger in May, 2010. She has previously served as the Supervising Judge of the Family Law Division, the Assistant Presiding Judge and is currently the Presiding Judge. Judge Averill currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee (TCPJAC) and is Co-Chair of the Judicial Legislative Sub-committee of TCPJAC. Prior to becoming the Presiding Judge of the court Judge Averill served in both the Family Law Division and the Criminal Division. While in the Criminal Division she presided over both misdemeanor and felony jury trials.
W. Barton Weitzenberg
Shareholder
Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery
Mr. Weitzenberg specializes in construction defect cases and personal injury/wrongful death cases. He has devoted more than 35 years to representing individuals in their claims against insurance companies and large corporations.
Mr. Weitzenberg has been the president of and/or an active member of many local and state consumer legal rights organizations. He has been selected as a member of many of the most prestigious law associations in the country, including the American Board of Trial Advocates and the American Inns of Court. He has taught the law for most of the leading mandatory continuing legal education organizations such as CEB and the Rutter Group as well as bar associations and trial lawyer associations such as the Consumer Attorneys of California. He is an instructor of law at the Stanford University Trial Advocacy Program and is a professor of law at the Redwood Empire School of Law.
Mr. Weitzenberg has won some of the most remarkable personal injury/wrongful death verdicts and settlements in the history of Sonoma County. He has represented the owners of virtually every conceivable type of building with regard to virtually every conceivable type of construction defect. He has a strong background in Common Interest Development Law and has represented homeowners associations with regard to a variety of issues including construction defect claims. He has also represented the Santa Rosa Junior College and various school districts with regard to their construction defect claims.
Mr. Weitzenberg has presided over jury and court trials as a Judge Pro-Tem of the Sonoma County Superior Court and has acted as an agreed arbitrator and mediator in a variety of cases.