WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019

6:00 – 9:00 PM

Low Country Boil Welcome Dinner (Conference Attendees and Guests) Hosted by Elliott Davis and Ehrenstein|Sager

Sunrise Lawn

(Resort Casual)

8:00 PM

Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) Dessert Reception (IPI Members and Guests) RSVP Required

Wine Cellar

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019

7:00 AM

Breakfast (Conference Attendees Only) Somerset Chapel

7:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Registration

Vanderbilt Pre-Function

8:00 AM

Welcome and Introduction Vanderbilt

(Business Casual)

G. Steven Henry

LCA Executive Director and General Counsel Seaside, Florida

New York, New York

Kenneth J. DeMoura, 2019 LCA President DeMoura|Smith LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

8:20 AM

So Say We All, or, Then Again, Maybe Not: The “Same Juror Rule” vs. the “Any Majority Rule”

Henry M. Quillian III Taylor English Duma LLP Atlanta, Georgia

Natalie N. Mark

Taylor English Duma LLP Atlanta, Georgia

9:10 AM

Ethical Public Relations for Litigators

Ross Fishman

Fishman Marketing, Inc. Highland Park, Illinois

10:00 AM

Refreshment Break Vanderbilt Pre-Function

Sponsored by Welter Law Firm, P.C.

10:20 AM

Your In-House Lawyers and Your Experts: What We Wish You Knew

Lea Carol Owen TeamHealth

Brentwood, Tennessee

Missy Johnson Elliott Davis

Charleston, South Carolina

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019

11:10 AM

Trial Performance Techniques

Benjamin K. Riley

Bartko, Zankel, Bunzel & Miller, A Professional Law Corporation San Francisco, California

12:00 PM

Diversity: Why Does It Matter?

Larry D. Smith

Southern Trial Counsel, PLC Orlando, Florida

1:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Kenneth J. DeMoura

1:15 PM

Lunch and Networking (Conference Attendees Only) Somerset Chapel

2:30 PM

Meeting of Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) Riley Boardroom

2:30 PM

Meeting of Complex Commercial Litigation Institute (CCLI) Thornton

6:00 PM

New Inductee Group Photo (New Inductees Only)

Location: Backyard of The Inn Steps

(Black Tie)

Immediately Following New Inductee Group Photo

New Inductee Cocktail Reception (New Inductees and Guests)

Wilson Pre-Function

(Black Tie)

6:50 PM

Group and Individual Photos of Peter Perlman Service Award Recipients Wilson Pre-Function

(Black Tie)

7:00 – 10:00 PM

Celebration of Fellows Gala (Conference Attendees and Guests)

Wilson Ballroom

(Black Tie)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019

7:00 AM

Breakfast (Conference Attendees Only) Somerset Chapel

7:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Registration

Vanderbilt Pre-Function

8:00 AM

Announcements Vanderbilt (Business Casual)

G. Steven Henry Kenneth J. DeMoura

8:15 AM

High Anxiety: Ethical and Practical Implications of a Cannabis Practice

Erin K. Higgins

Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP Boston, Massachusetts

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019

9:05 AM

Africa’s Investor State Disputes: Gleaning Order from the Chaos

Michael D. Ehrenstein Ehrenstein|Sager Coral Gables, Florida

9:55 AM

Refreshment Break Vanderbilt Pre-Function

10:15 AM

So, Now What? A Candid Look at the Progress of Women in the Practice of Law

Marguerite S. Willis Nexsen Pruet

Columbia, South Carolina

Denise Smith Cline

Law Offices of Denise Smith Cline, PLLC Raleigh, North Carolina

11:05 AM

Winning Appellate Arguments: How to Prepare for Any Contingency

Frances Floriano Goins Ulmer & Berne LLP Cleveland, Ohio

11:55 AM

Jurors No Longer Decide Facts — They Decide Philosophies

Thomas V. Girardi Girardi | Keese

Los Angeles, California

12:45 PM

Closing Remarks

G. Steven Henry Kenneth J. DeMoura

END OF PROGRAM