Discover why attorney well-being is no longer just a personal preference but a vital ethical obligation tied directly to professional competence and malpractice risk management.
This program focuses on attorneys whose profession, by its very nature, raises unique barriers to achieving and maintaining wellness. Burnout, stress, fatigue, anxiety, depression and physical and professional health issues are all too common, and Mr. Nielsen offers real-world methods to recognize and overcome these problems as well as those related to the potential for substance abuse.
His focus on Emotional Intelligence as it relates to the practice of law and emotional self-regulation is easy to understand as are his suggestions on how to achieve wellness and thereby increase and maintain professional competence.
The Center for Continuing Education, (CCE), is a State Bar of California MCLE Approved Provider. Since 1992, CCE has presented high quality MCLE programs with the nation's leading attorneys and a wide array of topics. After years of in-person traditional seminars, CCE now focuses on production with Zoom or similar technologies so as to attract highly renowned speakers from any location, always true to our motto: "The Best in Topics and Talent."
Registered Patent Attorney
Based in Marin County, CA, Steven A. Nielsen is a U.S. registered patent attorney with many years of experience in patent procurement and in achieving favorable results in federal court in the field of Intellectual Property litigation. Mr. Nielsen is the past Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Section of the Marin County Bar Association. Mr. Nielsen received his J.D. in 1987 from Boalt Hall (Berkeley Law), University of California at Berkeley and holds a B.S. in Computer Science. Mr. Nielsen has presented numerous, superlative MCLE programs for CCE in the areas of Bias and Professionalism, Prevention/Detection of Substance Abuse and Attorney Competence Issues as well as Patent Law, all thoughtfully prepared and effectively delivered in his personable style. www.nielsenpatents.com
