2020 Annual Conference

September 26 – 28

The Ritz Carlton, New Orleans

Conference Agenda

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Saturday, September 26th

Sunday, September 27th

TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC
8:45 – 9:30 (45 min)	Dana Brooks, Fasig Brooks	Building Your Case Load: Creating You, Your Law Firm’s Brand, Marketing on a Budget, and Niche Marketing
9:30 – 10:00 (30 min)	David Moyer (Sundown Legal) and Jacob Malherbe (XSocial Media)	Marketing Strategies to Help You Build Your Brand
10:00 – 10:45 (45 min)	Kellye Raymond, Raymond Trial Consulting	Theming Your Case Through Jury Selection
10:45 – 11:30 (45 min)	Virginia Buchanan, Levin Papantonio	Advocacy Without (Unnecessary) Adversity – Maximizing the Yield of Discovery, Meet & Confers and Mediation
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch (in Conti/Lafitte Ballroom)	Buffet Luncheon for all attendees
12:30 – 1:15 (45 min)	Sara Williams, Alexander Shunnarah and Jeanmarie Whalen, Domnick, Cunningham Whalen	Taking Your Seat at the Leadership Table and Expanding that Table to Include More Women: How to Demand More Complex Work, Interaction with Decision Makers and How to Promote Yourself
1:15 – 2:00 (45 min)	Elizabeth Koenig, Jennifer Hisel, & Jennifer Hoekstra	Panel: Making eDiscovery Work for Your Next Case: A Woman-Powered Guide to Mastering eDiscovery
2:00 – 2:45 (45 min)	Bibi Fell, Gomez Trial Attorneys	Case Framing: Finding the Win
2:45 – 3:15 (30 min)	Marci Gordon, Synergy Settlement Services	Ethical Issues Involved at Settlement – Lien Resolution Techniques, the Medicare Secondary Payer Act and Using Special Needs Pooled Trusts
3:30 – 4:15 (45 min)	Elizabeth Pekin, Momentum Funding	Juggling Your Law Firm, Home Life and Winning in Business
4:15 – 5:00 (45 min)	Ibiere Seck, Seck Law Firm	Dismantling the Defense in Deposition
5:00 – 6:00 (60 min)	Judge Ellen Kovach, Judge Susan Chehardy, Judge Glenn Norton & Lindsey Cheek (The Cheek Law Firm)	A Perspective from the Bench: The Do’s and Don’ts of the Courtroom and a Q & A Session Moderated by Lindsey Cheek
6:00 – 7:00pm	Networking & Cocktail Reception	Sponsored by Gomez Trial Attorneys at The Roosevelt Rooftop Pool & Lounge

Monday, September 28th

TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC
7:30 – 8:00	Breakfast	Breakfast Buffet in Conti/Lafitte Ballroom
8:00 – 8:45 (45 min)	Kelly Hyman, Franklin D Azar & Associates	Effective Communication Techniques to Make Yourself Heard
8:45 – 9:15 (30 min)	Susan Jones Knape, A Case For Women	“Self-Promotion: When & How to Use Your Digital Presence to Your Advantage
9:15 – 10:00 (45 min)	Doris Cheng, Walkup Melodia	Preparing For Your Case in Closing
10:00 – 10:45 (45 min)	Lyndsay Markley, Lyndsay Markley Law	The Effective Presentation of Civil Cases Arising from Sexual Abuse: Focus on Damage Presentation and Valuation
10:45 – 11:00	Mid Morning Break
11:00 – 1:00 (120 min)	Ilya Lerma, Ilya Law Trojan Horse Method Faculty	Trial Structuring: A Segmental Approach to Developing and Delivering Information in an Opening and Closing – an Introduction to the Science, Method and General Presentation Skills that Give a Powerful Delivery Before the Jury

Conference Details and Pricing

The Ritz Carlton New Orleans

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Conference Hotel

Rich in history and personality, New Orleans is unlike any other US city. Honoring its spirit and elegance, The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans invites visitors to its French Quarter retreat, set within a 1908 Beaux Arts building. Here, one can bask in the silence of the hotel’s beautiful courtyard, experience the mysticism of the city through the spa’s Voodoo Ritual or learn how to play the trumpet with in-house jazz musician Jeremy Davenport.

You may make reservations either online
https://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/new-orleans

or through Ritz-Carlton Central Reservations at 1 (800) 826-8987.
(If you would like to stay on dates outside of the block, it will be determined on an availability basis.)

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Group Code

WXFWXFA (Deluxe King Accommodations – $265.00 per night)
WXFWXFB (Deluxe Double Accommodations – $265.00 per night

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Book your group rate for Alliance of Women Trial Lawyers

Start Date: Friday, September 25, 2020
End Date: Monday, September 28, 2020
Last Day to Book: Friday, September 4, 2020

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2020 Annual Conference

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Sunday, September 27th

Monday, September 28th

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2020 Annual Conference

September 26 – 28

Conference Agenda

Saturday, September 26th

Sunday, September 27th

Monday, September 28th

Conference Details and Pricing

Conference Hotel

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Continuing Legal Education

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Partner at Gomez Trial Attorneys

Franklin D. Azar & Associates

Fasig Brooks Law Offices

Levin Papantonio

The Cheek Law Firm, New Orleans, LA

Honorable Chief Judge – Division D

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

Synergy Settlement Services

Internationl Litigation Services

Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC

A Case for Women

International Litigation Services

Louisiana District Court

Ilya Law

Lyndsay Markley Law

Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, LC

Momentum Funding

Raymond Trial Consulting, LLC

Seck Law PC

Domnick Cunningham & Whalen

Alexander Shunnarah

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