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Louisiana Association for Justice Last Chance CLE Conference
Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Complex Litigation: Where Is It All Heading
2014
Strafford Webinar
Leveraging Daubert Motions in Class Certification
2013
Louisiana Association for Justice ala carte CLE (Baton Rouge)
Ethics – What We Need To Know
2012
Louisiana Association for Justice ala carte CLE (New Orleans)
Ethics – What We Need To Know
2012
LSU Law School
Professional Orientation
2012
Strafford Webinar
Daubert Motions in Class Certification After Dukes: Using or Challenging Expert Testimony Amid Divergent Court Standards
2012
Assumption High School Safe Driving Week
Teenagers and Safe Driving
2012
Baton Rouge Bar Association CLE By The Hour
Class Actions – A Year in Review
2011
” Louisiana Association for Justice Last Chance CLE (Baton Rouge)
Class Action Review – State and Federal
2011
” Louisiana Association for Justice Last Chance CLE (New Orleans)
Class Action Review – State and Federal
2011
Strafford Webinar
Personal Injury Claims & the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
2011
LSU Law School
Professional Orientation
2011
Strafford CLE
Multi-Forum Litigation: Strategic Considerations; Leveraging MDL, State Mass Action Coordination, and Other Tactics to Meet Litigation Goals
2011
Louisiana Association for Justice Last Chance CLE
Class Action Review
2010
Baton Rouge Bar Association CLE By The Hour
Class Action Update
2010
Baton Rouge Bar Association
· Moderator, Baton Rouge Bar Association Class Action Seminar
2010
Strafford CLE
Daubert Motions in Class Certification Proceedings: Strategies for Plaintiffs and Defendants Amid Differing Circuit Court Standards
2010
Louisiana State Bar Association Admiralty Symposium
Gulf Oil Spill Governmental Claims; What’s Recoverable, Who Pays and Who Can Bring the Claims
2010
Louisiana State Bar Association Electronic Evidence
Recent Case Law Review in E-Discovery- Pension Committee and Rimkus
2010
American Association for Justice
· Moderator at the American Association for Justice Gulf Coast Oil Spill Litigation Group Seminar
2010
American Association for Justice Litigation at Sunrise
Foodborne Illness: Ten Critical Questions
2010
American Association for Justice Heart Device Litigation Group Annual Meeting
The Federal Pleading Standard: Notice A Difference?
2010
HarrisMartin's Oil Spill Litigation Conference
· Moderator for Harris Martin's Oil Spill Litigation Conference
2010
Harris Martin's Oil Spill Litigation Conference,
MDL Status
2010
TrialSmith CLE
A Plaintiff Attorney's Guide to Daubert & Frye
2010
Louisiana State Bar Association Gulf Coast Oil Spill Symposium
Attorney General and Other Governmental Actions
2010
Strafford, CLE
Bellwether Trials: Evolving Trends in Class Action and Complex Litigation, Strategic Use of Bellwethers by Plaintiffs and Defendants
2010
Harris Martin Symposium
Of MDLs, Class Actions, and Bellwethers: Where Will the Toyota Litigation Be Transferred and How Will it Be Litigated?
2010
Strafford, CLE
Lone Pine Orders in Class Action, Mass Tort and Products Liability Litigation: Bringing and Defending Pre-Trial Motions Regarding Exposure, Causation and Damages
2010
Louisiana Association for Justice, CLE (New Orleans)
· Moderator, Louisiana Association for Justice CLE a la Carte
2009
Last Chance Seminar Review of Louisiana Law
Daubert: Practical Applications
2009
Strafford, CLE
Daubert Motions in Class Certification Proceedings, Strategies for Plaintiffs and Defendants Post In re Hydrogen Peroxide
2009
LSBA Class Action/ Mass Tort Symposium
Mass Food Borne Illness Torts: Procedural – Class Action vs. Individual Causation
2009
LSBA ClassAction/Mass Tort Symposium
Trial Plans and the Increasing Role, Function and Application of Bellwether Trials
2008
AAJ Annual Convention
Does Daubert Apply to Class Certification?
2008
Louisiana Association of Justice CLE Highlights of 2008
Why Should A PI Lawyer Care About Class Actions?
2008
Louisiana State Bar Association 19TH Annual Summer School Revisited Seminar
The Implications of CAFA on Class Actions
2007
Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project’s Last Roundup CLE
Professionalism in Today’s World
2007
Louisiana State Bar Association’s 7th Annual Class Action/Mass Tort Symposium
What Constitutes Appropriate Class Action Notice and Why You Should Care... Due Process, Costs and Practical Efficacy
2007
Louisiana Association for Justice, Valuable Litigation Insights
Professionalism - Does It Pay?
2007
Louisiana Association for Justice, One More Chance CLE
Preservation and Spoliation of Electronic Evidence
2007
Louisiana Association for Justice2006 CLE à la Carte
Ethical Issues and The Practice of Law
2006
Louisiana Association for Justice Last Chance Review of Louisiana Law CLE
Gathering Digital Data
2006
Louisiana State Bar Association’s 6th Annual Class Action/Mass Tort Symposium
Pre-Certification Communication With Putative Class Members: Issues Associated With When, How, and If Contact Can Be Made
2006
LTLA and SeminarWeb Live!
Electronic Evidence & New Discovery Rules: Are You Ready for 2007?
2006
Harris Martin Contact Lens Solution Litigation Conference
Litigation Demographics - Claims, Remedies, Venues, and MDL Issues
2006
Crossroads American Inn of Court CLE Event
Electronic Evidence- Getting the Evidence You Need
2006
” Crossroads American Inn of Court CLE Event
Dealing with Daubert
2005
St. Denis Inn of Court CLE Event
Evaluation of a Tort Claim
2005
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Aspen Winter Ski Program
Cheairs v. State, DOTD and Louisiana Appellate Courts’ Decisions on Expert Testimony in 2004
2005
Alexandria Young Lawyers Bench Bar Conference
Program Chair
2004
LSBA Section on Torts, Insurance, Negligence, and Worker’s Compensation Annual Meeting
Recent Developments
2004
Louisiana State Bar Association’s Class Action/Mass Tort Symposium
Closing the Deal, Papering It, and Doing it Ethically
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