Women Lawyers Association
Presents
June MCLE with Courtney Taylor: Wine Law, from Prohibition to Today
Courtney will present a brief overview of the history of alcohol regulations in the United States, followed by a presentation outlining how our failed experiment with alcohol prohibition shaped the complicated web of laws and regulations that still govern the wine industry today and the challenges wineries face to comply with these outdated systems. Topics will include the various state regulatory frameworks that regulate wine production, distribution, and sales, as well as trade practice and tied house laws that continue to restrict basic contracting, marketing, and sales activities that are unregulated in almost any other industry.
The Women Lawyers Association of San Luis Obispo County is a California State Bar approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for one (1.0) hour of MCLE participatory credit. Please Join Us (remotely)!
Please join the Women Lawyers Association for our June event
OUR SPEAKER:
Courtney Taylor
Courtney serves as counsel to a diverse range of alcoholic beverage industry members. Her practice focuses exclusively on all aspects of alcohol beverage law and regulation for wineries, breweries, distilled spirits plants, importers, wholesalers and retailers. Areas of expertise include state and federal alcoholic beverage licensing, tied house and trade practice laws, and federal labeling regulations and approvals. Courtney specializes in intellectual property laws specific to wine brands and has prosecuted hundreds of applications for her winery clients. Courtney also assists her clients with contracts and agreements related to their operation in the alcohol beverage industry, including alternating proprietor agreements, custom crush
agreements, distribution agreements, winemaker agreements, and trademark license agreements.
Courtney has practiced in the alcohol beverage field for almost a decade. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from UC Davis in 2006, with degrees in Communication and Spanish. Courtney worked for Accenture shortly after graduation, and left that career to return to UC Davis King Hall for law school in 2010. After working as an associate attorney at two local law firms in San Luis Obispo, Courtney started her own law practice. In 2018, Courtney was named as one of the Top 40 Under 40 by The Tribune.
In addition to her law practice, Courtney is faculty in the Wine and Viticulture Department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where she teaches an upper division course in wine law and compliance.
A native of San Luis Obispo, Courtney lives in the Avila Valley on her family’s vineyard and cider apple orchard with her husband, Ben, and two sons.
Via Zoom
The day before the event (May 31), the WLA will email all registered attendees the Zoom conference information, password, and CLE handouts.
* Late registrants should e-mail Elizabeth Culley at eculley@amblaw.com and Jessica Saldo at jessica.a.saldo@gmail.com directly to receive the Zoom information.
** Registered attendees who do not receive the email with the Zoom information, should check their junk mail folders. If a registered attendee has not received the Zoom information prior to the event, please email Jessica Saldo at jessica.a.saldo@gmail.com directly.
Payment Information:
$15.00 per attendee, regardless of whether or not you are a WLA member. All proceeds will go toward the WLA scholarship fund and the other worthy events hosted by the WLA.
If you are experiencing a financial hardship and unable to pay for this event, please email the WLA at womenlawyersslo@gmail.com.
There are two (2) ways to make a reservation for this event.
(1) Pay Online Using the Reservation Link below
(2) Send a check to:
Women Lawyers Association
P.O. Box 3918
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-3918
*If you are having difficulty registering online, please try using a different internet browser or email Elizabeth Culley at the email listed below to reserve your spot.
**Please include the name(s) and state bar numbers of the attendee(s) on your check.
*** Please email Elizabeth Culley at eculley@amblaw.com stating that you've mailed your check and the names of those who will be attending.
Please RSVP one week in advance.