2021 Annual Conference

September 18 – 20

The Ritz Carlton, New Orleans

Conference Agenda

Saturday, September 18th

5:00 to 7:00pm – Conference Registration & Welcome Reception

(The Ritz Carlton Courtyard)

Sunday, September 19th

TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC
9:00 – 9:45 (45 min)	Debbie Chang, Athea Lawyers	Where Are All the Women Lawyers?
9:45 – 10:30 (45 min)	Channa Lloyd, The Cochran Firm	Marketing/Social Media/Intake: Using It to Your Advantage
10:30 – 11:15 (45 min)	Kathy Lee, Christie Farell Lee & Bell	Getting Your Best Jury: Excusing Biased Jurors For Cause
11:15 – 11:30 (15 min)	Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15 (45 min)	Charla Aldous, Athea Lawyers	Telling the Story Through Opening Statement
12:15 – 1:15 (60 min)	Networking Buffet Luncheon	Salon Ballroom, The Ritz Carlton
1:15 – 2:00 (45 min)	Lisa Blue, Athea Lawyers	Creativity in the Courtroom: Thinking Outside the Box
2:00 – 2:45 (45 min)	Marci Gordon, Synergy Settlement Services	Medicare Compliance, Preserving Public Benefits, Resolving Liens and Ethics
2:45 – 3:30 (45 min)	Randi McGinn, Athea Lawyers	Velvet Killer Cross Examination: How to Tell the Story of Your Own Case Through the Witnesses for the Other Side Using Framing, Lead Questions and Techniques to Expose Rather Than Control the Witness
3:30 – 3:45 (15 min)	Coffee Break
3:45 – 4:30 (45 min)	Bibi Fell, Athea Lawyers	Asking for Money: Inspiring Your Jury to Give Full Value
4:30 – 5:15 (45 min)	Zoe Littlepage, Athea Lawyers	Put A Bow On It: Using Closing Argument to Persuade the Skeptic Juror
5:30 – 6:30pm	Networking & Cocktail Reception	The French Quarter Bar, The Ritz Carlton

Monday, September 20th

TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC
8:00 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast	Breakfast Buffet in Salon Ballroom
8:30 – 9:15 (45 min)	Amy Davis, Law Office of Amy Davis	How Practicing Gratitude Can Help Your Practice
9:15 – 10:00 (45 min)	Kate Franke, Christie Farrell Lee & Bell	Technology on a Budget
10:00 – 10:15 (15 min)	Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 (45 min)	Ellen McCarthy, Leizerman & Young	Cross Examination of the Medical and Liability Expert (Focus on Decoding the Expert CV, Report and Prior Testimony, Cross Exam Strategies and Knowing When to Stop)
11:00 – 11:45 (45 min)	Ashley Peinhardt, Hare Wynn Newell & Newton	12 Heros: The Hero Centric Story

Conference Details and Pricing

The Ritz Carlton New Orleans

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Continuing Legal Education

An application for accreditation for continuing legal education credit (approximately 9+ credit hours, including .5 ethics hour) is pending in all applicable states. Number of credits awarded will vary based on state regulations. Please bring your license and/or bar information with you to the program.

Conference Pricing

$795 per attorney
$695 for 3 and up to 5 attorneys from same firm
For groups of more than 5, please call Nancy Holston at 850-304-9674 for more information.

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.