July 21, 2025
7:00AM - 8:05AM PT
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Early Morning CLE ProgramKelli Byers Hooper, Witherite Law Group, PLLC | 7:05AM - 8:05AM PT | Mindfulness Meditation for Improving Advocacy Skills, Relationships, and General Happiness , Baron and Blue PLLC |
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July 21, 2025
8:30AM - 4:30PM PT
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Advocacy Track: Tradition Meets Innovation – Bridging Classic Trial Techniques with Modern Methods presented with the Stalwarts/Hall of Fame Committee Sponsored by Advocate Capital (CLE Program)Room: Esplanade 153/155, Upper Mezzanine Venue: Moscone Center South Mary E. Alexander, Mary Alexander & Associates Larry A. Tawwater, The Tawwater Law Firm | 8:35AM - 9:00AM PT | Depositions: Fact and Expert-- Classic Perspective , Stark & Stark | | 9:00AM - 9:25AM PT | Depositions: Fact and Expert-- Modern Perspective | | 9:25AM - 9:50AM PT | Find the Hidden Gems-- Classic Perspective | | 9:50AM - 10:15AM PT | Finding the Hidden Gems-- Modern Perspective , Arias Sanguinetti | | 10:15AM - 10:40AM PT | Jury Selection and Focus Groups-- Classic Perspective | | 10:40AM - 11:05AM PT | Jury Selection and Focus Groups-- Modern Perspective | | 11:05AM - 11:30AM PT | Opening Statements-- Classic Perspective | | 11:30AM - 11:55AM PT | Opening Statements-- Modern Perspective | | 2:00PM - 2:25PM PT | Direct and Cross-Examination-- Classic Perspective , McKeen & Associates, PC | | 2:25PM - 2:50PM PT | Direct and Cross-Examination-- Modern Perspective , Perdue & Kidd | | 2:50PM - 3:15PM PT | Presenting Damages-- Classic Perspective | | 3:15PM - 3:40PM PT | Presenting Damages-- Modern Perspective , Chang Klein, LLP | | 3:40PM - 4:05PM PT | Closing Arguments-- Classic Perspective | | 4:05PM - 4:30PM PT | Closing Arguments-- Modern Perspective |
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July 21, 2025
8:30AM - 10:00AM PT
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Litigating "Troubled" Teen Industry Cases presented by the Troubled Teen Industry Litigation Group (CLE Program)Room: Room 307, Level 3 Venue: Moscone Center South | 8:35AM - 9:10AM PT | Panel: What You Need to Know About Litigating “Troubled” Teen Industry Cases in a Trauma-Informed Manner Jessica A. Moldovan, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP , The Zarzaur Law Firm | | 9:10AM - 9:45AM PT | Handling Multi-Plaintiffs Settlements and Trials Lee Floyd, Breit Biniazan, PC Kelly Guagenty, Justice Law Collaborative LLC | | 9:45AM - 10:00AM PT | What’s Next? Legislative Change and Multiple State Court Consolidations , Berman & Simmons, PA |
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July 21, 2025
8:30AM - 11:30AM PT
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Learning the Ropes: Updates in Admiralty Law presented by the Admiralty Law Section (CLE Program)Room: Room 308, level 3 Venue: Moscone Center South , Mariner Law, PLLC | 8:35AM - 8:55AM PT | Case Law Update Christopher Patrick Doyle, Doyle Dennis Avery LLP | | 8:55AM - 9:15AM PT | Maintenance and Cure Rates | | 9:15AM - 9:40AM PT | Limitation of Liability Act & Small Vessel Exceptions , Hickey Law Firm, PA | | 9:40AM - 10:05AM PT | Limitation of Liability: Key Bridge Kevin J. Mahoney, Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP | | 10:05AM - 10:20AM PT | 9th Cir. 2nd, 3rd and 5th v. 8 and 6 (1, 11 outstanding) – Single Claimant – Indemnity + Contribution Makes Impossible to State Court (Sept. 2024) – Prioritization v. Agreement , Law Offices of Aksana M. Coone | | 10:20AM - 10:40AM PT | Keeping Up With the Jones Act- Recent Legal Developments Impacting Crewmembers Thomas D. Graham, Mausner Graham Injury Law | | 10:40AM - 11:05AM PT | Prosecuting Sexual Assault Cases: Passenger and Jones Act Cases , Nelson & Fraenkel, LLP | | 11:05AM - 11:50AM PT | Sanchez/Santi Decisions | | 11:30AM - 11:50AM PT | Lower Threshold for Merchant Mariner Credential Sexual Assault Cases: What is Happening Now? |
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July 21, 2025
8:30AM - 11:40AM PT
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Damages and Emerging Issues in Aviation Law presented by the Aviation Law Section (CLE Program)Room: Room 306, Level 3 Venue: Moscone Center South Kevin J. Mahoney, Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP | 8:35AM - 9:10AM PT | Panel: Proving Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder , Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP Olutola Familoni, Motley Rice, LLC , Hudgell Solicitors | | 9:10AM - 9:35AM PT | Biomechanics and Brain Injuries , Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop P.C. | | 9:35AM - 10:00AM PT | Trial Debrief: The East River Case | | 10:00AM - 10:25AM PT | Loper Bright’s Impact on Aviation Cases , Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore | | 10:25AM - 10:55AM PT | AI, Aviation, and Products Liability Lea P. Bucciero, Podhurst Orseck, PA , Stewarts LLP | | 10:55AM - 11:20AM PT | Navigating Pilot and Passenger Representation Ari Friedman, Wisner Baum LLP | | 11:20AM - 11:40AM PT | Recent Developments: A Conversation with the Audience Nicole C. Andersen Davidson, Nelson & Fraenkel, LLP |
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July 21, 2025
8:30AM - 4:55PM PT
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Navigating Through Premises and Security Perils in Your Client’s Case presented by the Premises Liability Section and Inadequate Security Litigation Group (CLE Program)Room: Esplanade 151, Upper Mezzanine Venue: Moscone Center South , Hickey Law Firm, PA | 8:35AM - 9:05AM PT | How to Tell the Story—Case Framing in Premises Liability , Levinson & Stefani Injury Lawyers | | 9:05AM - 9:35AM PT | Sharpening the Spear: Selecting and Preparing Expert Witnesses in Premises Liability Cases , The Law Firm of Kitrick, Lewis & Harris | | 9:35AM - 10:05AM PT | Who Needs Experts? Highest and Best Uses of Experts in Security Cases , Neff Injury Law | | 10:05AM - 10:35AM PT | Back to School: Negligent Security and Sex Abuse in Schools , Leighton Panoff Law, P.A. | | 10:35AM - 11:05AM PT | Mass Shooting Cases: What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Going , National Trial Law | | 11:05AM - 11:35AM PT | Jury Selection in the Premises Case: Overcoming the Common Perception that a Slip and Fall is Not Legitimate , Baron and Blue PLLC | | 11:35AM - 12:00PM PT | 30b(6) Deposition in a Premises Case , Oliver Law Firm | | 2:00PM - 2:25PM PT | When Bad Things Happen at Hotels: Inadequate Security at Hotels, Motels, and Inns , Bailey Law Firm, LLC | | 2:25PM - 2:50PM PT | Top 5 Ways to Overcome Causation Defenses in the Premises Case , Bye Goff & Rohde, Ltd. , Perkins Trial Lawyers LLC | | 2:50PM - 3:15PM PT | Use of Co-efficient of Friction Expert in a Slip and Fall: Should I or Shouldn’t I? Thomas J. Grillo Jr., John J. Fromen, Attorneys at Law, PC | | 3:15PM - 3:40PM PT | Winning the Battle of Experts: Preparing Your Case and Expert for Daubert & Frye Challenges Elyse Lauren McKenna, Fox McKenna, PLLC Mark D. Prince, Prince Law Firm | | 3:40PM - 4:10PM PT | Use of the Architect, Engineer, and Others in Identifying Code and Other Standards Violations in the Premises Case , Hickey Law Firm, PA | | 4:10PM - 4:35PM PT | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Vacation Rentals Gordon S. Johnson Jr., The Brain Injury Law Group | | 4:35PM - 5:00PM PT | Considerations for the Staircase Case |
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July 21, 2025
8:30AM - 5:00PM PT
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Attention to Detail – Why the Little Things Make All the Difference for Your Client presented by the Professional Negligence Section (CLE Program) Sponsored by MDTimelines, DOCTOR OnCallRoom: Esplanade 157, Upper Mezzanine Venue: Moscone Center South Michael R. Grieco, Stinar Gould Grieco & Hensley | 8:35AM - 9:00AM PT | Case Intake and Evaluation – Know When to Say No , Altair Law | | 9:00AM - 9:25AM PT | Getting into the Weeds to Find Evidence | | 9:25AM - 9:50AM PT | Prosecuting Physician Abuse Cases Kristen Gibbons Feden, Anapol Weiss | | 9:50AM - 10:15AM PT | What You Need to Know About Youth Residential Treatment Facilities Martin D. Gould, Stinar Gould Grieco & Hensley | | 10:15AM - 10:40AM PT | Going the Distance to Verdict , Breit Biniazan, PC | | 10:40AM - 11:05AM PT | Navigating Governmental Immunities – What You Need to Know | | 11:05AM - 11:30AM PT | Finding and Preparing Your Expert Witness , Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, PC | | 2:00PM - 2:25PM PT | Settlement Negotiations – Getting Their Best Offer Before Trial | | 2:25PM - 2:50PM PT | What to Do When Your Judge Does Not Follow the Law Jed Kurzban, Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt PA | | 2:50PM - 3:50PM PT | What to Do in the Face of Legal Malpractice | | 3:50PM - 4:15PM PT | Get the Judge to Read Your Brief , Walas Law Firm PLLC | | 4:15PM - 4:40PM PT | Jury Selection for Medical Malpractice– Tips and Tricks , Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC | | 4:40PM - 5:05PM PT | Navigating Damages Caps Kasodie Maye West, AVA Law Group |
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July 21, 2025
8:30AM - 5:00PM PT
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The Traumatic Brain Injury Case Toolkit presented by the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group (CLE Program) Sponsored by Otas Economic Consulting LLCRoom: Esplanade 159, Upper Mezzanine Venue: Moscone Center South Robert L. Collins, Robert L. Collins & Associates | 8:35AM - 9:05AM PT | Identifying TBI Cases—Intake Allan M. Siegel, Chaikin Sherman Cammarata & Siegel, PC | | 9:05AM - 9:35AM PT | Treatment and Care of the TBI Client , Scherr Law Firm | | 9:35AM - 10:05AM PT | Testimony and Proof: Critical Considerations , Seattle Truck Law PLLC | | 10:05AM - 10:35AM PT | Proving Causation in the TBI Case | | 10:35AM - 11:05AM PT | The Power of Demonstrative Evidence | | 2:00PM - 2:30PM PT | Tests Part 1: Neuropsychology , Law Office of Dorothy Clay Sims | | 2:30PM - 3:00PM PT | Tests Part 2: Neurologist Diana S. Diskin, Trauma Law | | 3:00PM - 3:30PM PT | Tests Part 3: Neuroradiologist , Law Offices of Jason A. Baker, PLLC | | 3:30PM - 4:00PM PT | Dealing with Your Client’s TBI Impairment , HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers | | 4:00PM - 4:30PM PT | Combatting Typical Defenses in TBI Cases , Murray & Murray Co., LPA |
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July 21, 2025
10:30AM - 12:00PM PT
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Social Security Disability Section CLE ProgramRoom: Room 307, Level 3 Venue: Moscone Center South , Marc Whitehead & Associates LLP | 10:35AM - 11:05AM PT | What I’ve Learned in My First Year of Practice Erin Svetlik, Marc Whitehead & Associates LLP | | 11:05AM - 11:35AM PT | Legislative Update-- A Year in Review | | 11:35AM - 12:05PM PT | Mastering the Social Security Administration’s Mental Listings from Intake to Administrative Law Judge Victory Marc Whitehead |
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July 21, 2025
2:00PM - 3:30PM PT
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Strategies and Tactics in Consumer Privacy and Data Breach Cases presented by the Consumer Privacy/Data Breach Litigation Group (CLE Program)Room: Room 307, Level 3 Venue: Moscone Center South Kate Baxter-Kauf, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP MaryBeth V. Gibson, Gibson Consumer Law Group | 2:05PM - 2:35PM PT | Certification Orders Kennedy M. Brian, Federman & Sherwood Jean Martin, Morgan & Morgan | | 2:35PM - 3:05PM PT | Damage Theories Supporting Class Certification David M. Berger, Gibbs Mura Ashley Crooks, Hausfeld LLP Jason L. Lichtman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP | | 3:05PM - 3:20PM PT | Cross-Border Discovery | | 3:20PM - 3:35PM PT | GDPR – Use of Privacy Rules in GDPR for Purpose of Blocking Plaintiffs’ Discovery in Context of Federal Rules Lesley E. Weaver, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, LLP |
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July 21, 2025
2:00PM - 5:00PM PT
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Business Torts Section/Securities and Financial Fraud Litigation Group CLE ProgramRoom: Room 306, Level 3 Venue: Moscone Center South | 2:05PM - 2:50PM PT | SCOTUS Updates , Law Office of Neal S Zaslavsky APC | | 2:50PM - 3:15PM PT | Prompt Engineering to Use ChatGPT in Litigation | | 3:15PM - 3:40PM PT | Anti-Trust Cases | | 3:40PM - 4:05PM PT | Securities Law Update | | 4:05PM - 5:05PM PT | Ethics Trivia (Audience Participation) , The Lydia Floyd Law Firm LLC |
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July 21, 2025
2:00PM - 5:00PM PT
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Technology and Science Section/Communications Decency Act Section 230 Litigation Group CLE ProgramRoom: Room 308, level 3 Venue: Moscone Center South , Slavik Law Firm, LLC | 2:05PM - 2:30PM PT | The Science of Brain Injuries , Joey James Attorney at Law, LLC | | 2:30PM - 2:55PM PT | Brain Imaging Software Cristina Perez Hesano, Perez Law Group PLLC | | 2:55PM - 3:20PM PT | Tech in Depositions , Mark Zamora Law | | 3:20PM - 3:50PM PT | AI Marketing – What Works and What Doesn’t , The Julian C. Gomez Law Firm, PLLC , Conoscienti & Ledbetter, LLC Reagan Charleston Thomas, Aylstock Witkin Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC | | 3:50PM - 4:15PM PT | Section 230: Case Law and Statutory Reform , Marsh Law Firm, PLLC | | 4:15PM - 4:40PM PT | Privacy Breaches in Social Media/Lawsuits Against Social Media Companies | | 4:40PM - 5:15PM PT | Human Trafficking , Liberty Law, Inc |
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