Networking Events

Thursday, April 30

Practice Area and Networking Luncheons
12:30pm – 1:30pm
$15, includes box lunch

Discussion Areas:

• Update on the Arbitration Fairness Act
  Sponsored by: Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• The Role and Need for an Appellate Specialist on Appeals
  Sponsored by: Appellate Practice Committee
• Whose Lawsuit is It, Anyway? Developments in Derivative Standing in Bankruptcy Litigation
  Sponsored by: Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation Committee
• The ABC's of Lending Law: How to Dissect a Lending Claim
  Sponsored by: Business Torts Litigation Committee
  Co-sponsored by: Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee
• Utilizing Your Litigation Skills to Benefit a Child
  Sponsored by: Children's Rights Litigation Committee
• Meeting the Needs of Commercial and Business Litigation Clients in Times
  of Financial Turmoil
  Sponsored by: Commercial and Business Litigation Committee
• Innovative Damage Theories and Effective Use of Expert Witnesses in Energy and Condemnation Litigation
  Sponsored by: Energy Litigation Committee
  Co-sponsored by: Condemnation, Zoning, and Land Use Litigation Committee
• The Value Challenge – How Can Outside Counsel Provide Service That Is of Real Value to In-House Counsel?
  Sponsored by: Corporate Counsel Committee
• Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations:  The Justice Department's New Policy for Investigating and Charging Corporations
  Sponsored by: Criminal Litigation Committee
• Employment and Labor Relations Law Committee
  Co-sponsored by: Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee
• Environmental Litigation under the Obama Administration – A New Era in Environmental Enforcement?"
  Sponsored by: Environmental Litigation Committee
• Hot Topics in Ethics and Professionalism
  Sponsored by: Ethics and Professionalism Committee
• The Latest Revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence Concerning Discovery – How Will This Affect Expert Witness Testimony and its Admissibility
  Sponsored by: Expert Witnesses Committee
  Co-sponsored by: Trial Evidence Committee
• Ten Things Every Lawyer Should Know About Commercial Insurance Coverage
  Sponsored by: Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
• The Internet – Windfall or Pitfall? 
  Sponsored by: Intellectual Property Litigation Committee
  Co-sponsored by: Technology for the Litigator Committee
• Hot Topics in International Litigation and Arbitration
  Sponsored by: International Litigation Committee
• Issues Affecting the LGBT Community and Strategize about Future Committee Actions
  Sponsored by: LGBT Litigator Committee
• Tips for Young Lawyers on Direct and Cross Examination
  Sponsored by: Litigation Institute for Trial Training Committee
• Strategic Planning – AP Leadership Toolbox
  Sponsored by: Mass Torts Litigation

• The Obama Effect: how the reality of a Black president impacts the diversity dialogue
  Sponsored by: Minority Trial Lawyers Committee
• Ethics Mediation
  Sponsored by: Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee
• Oops! . . . I Did It Again": What Britney Spears Can Teach Us About Ethics and Technology, a discussion facilitated by Professor David Hricik, Mercer University School of Law
  Sponsored by: Professional Liability Litigation Committee
• Worldwide Financial Crisis: A Discussion about the Worldwide Financial Crisis Caused by the Sub-Prime Mortgage Meltdown and Its Impact on the Financial, Credit, Securities, Construction and Real Estate Markets and Resulting Credit-Crisis Litigation
  Sponsored by: Real Estate Litigation Committee
  Co-sponsored by: Securities Litigation Committee and Construction Litigation Committee; Consumer & Personal Rights Litigation Committee
• Handling Small Cases for Big Clients
  Sponsored by: Solo and Small Firm Committee
• Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Tough Economic Times
  Sponsored by: The Woman Advocate Committee
• Technology for the Litigator
  Sponsored by: Technology for the Litigator
• Hot Topics in Trial Litigation
  Sponsored by: Trial Practice Committee

Friday, May 1

John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Awards Luncheon featuring guest speaker Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder*

12:30pm – 2:00pm

*2009 Award Recipients: Lynn A. Girton, Kenneth J. Parsigan, and the law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard

Tickets: $55