Anna Marie Thatcher


ANNA MARIE THATCHER is the Owner and Managing Producer for Periaktos Productions and is the producer of all of their CLE Theatre programs and movies.  She is an attorney and has worked for forty-five years with artists and visual and performing arts organizations as an arts consultant, producer and director.  She is the co-author, producer and director of Clarence Darrow:  Crimes, Causes and the Courtroom, Maxims, Monarchy and Sir Thomas More and Impeach Justice Douglas!, the live CLE Theatre programs and CLE movies of the same titles presented by Periaktos Productions. She is the co-author of the script for their stage production and movie version of Thurgood Marshall’s Coming!
 
Anna Marie is a licensed member of the Minnesota Bar and continues to work with artists and nonprofit arts organizations  She holds a B.A. from Dakota Wesleyan University (Mitchell, SD), an M.A. in Theatre from the University of South Dakota, and a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law (St. Paul, Minnesota).  She is a member of the ABA, the Minnesota Bar Association and ACLEA (Association of Continuing Legal Education) and is listed in Who's Who in American Law. Anna Marie also serves as volunteer for non-profit organizations with formation and tax exemption issues and serves on the Advisory Board of the Black Hills Film Festival.  She served for 20 years on the Board of the Black Hills Playhouse Alumni Association as its president, initiating and managing several major projects over that time to raise funds for the Playhouse. She continues to produce independent CLE programs and theatrical productions and makes her home in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Product Type
On Demand

Lincoln on Professionalism


Faculty:
Brian T. Guthrie, Esq. |  Anna Marie Thatcher |  John M. Stuart, Esq. |  Barry R. Vickrey, Esq.
Duration:
1 Hour 18 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Short Description:
Abraham Lincoln once said, “As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man [person]. There will still be business enough.” Lincoln on Professionalism was created by the Atlant...

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On Demand

Impeach Justice Douglas!


Faculty:
Graham Thatcher |  Anna Marie Thatcher |  Brian T. Guthrie, Esq. |  Charles Abourezk, Esq. |  Alicia Garcia, Esq. |  John M. Stuart, Esq. |  Barry R. Vickrey, Esq.
Duration:
3:03
Format:
Audio and Video
Short Description:
When Justice William O. Douglas retired from the United States Supreme Court in 1975, he had served for thirty-six years, longer than any other justice its history, and had helped to decide some of th...

Product Type
On Demand

Thurgood Marshall’s Coming!


Faculty:
Brian T. Guthrie, Esq. |  Anna Marie Thatcher |  T. Mychael Rambo |  Marie A. Failinger, Esq. |  Donald M. Lewis, Esq. |  John M. Stuart, Esq.
Duration:
2:38
Format:
Audio and Video
Short Description:
May 17, 2019 marked the 65th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which legally ended racial segregation in the schools of the United States. The le...

Product Type
On Demand

Make Your Witness a Star!


Faculty:
Alan Blumenfeld |  Katherine James |  Andrew Caple-Shaw |  Act of Communications |  Anna Marie Thatcher
Duration:
2:15
Format:
Audio and Video
Short Description:
How many times have you thought you prepared a witness perfectly only to have that witness fail – either just a little, or completely and disastrously? Do your problem witnesses keep you awake at nigh...

Product Type
On Demand

The Art of Advocacy


Faculty:
Alan Blumenfeld |  Katherine James |  Andrew Caple-Shaw |  Act of Communications |  Anna Marie Thatcher
Duration:
3:14
Format:
Audio and Video
Short Description:
The attorney is called upon to assume the tasks of writer, director and actor, but is usually only trained in the rules and procedures of the law.  The Art of Advocacy:  What Can Lawyers Learn From Ac...

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