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2024 Annual Conference - Santa Fe New Mexico - 08/01/2024 to 08/03/2024


Schedule

Workshops

Presenters

Sponsors

Visitor's Guide
(Santa Fe)

CLE Affidavit
(Colorado)

CLE Affidavit
(Wyoming)


08/01/2024
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Mountain Bike Trail Ride


4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
New Lawyer Greeting Party

Cava Bar - Eldorado Hotel and Spa

Sarah Andrzejcak
Buchalter


Matt W. Cecil
Sutton | Booker

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Thursday Night Opening Reception

Palace of the Governors
120 Washington Avenue

08/02/2024
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast

Anasazi Ballroom

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Welcome & Announcements

Conference Ballroom

Robert Hinckley, Jr.
Buchalter

8:30 am - 9:30 am
Our AI Future and the Law - Jonathan Brill

Conference Ballroom

Jonathan Brill, Business Futurist
CV

9:30 am - 10:20 am
Please Don't Silence Your Cell Phones: Effective Trial Techniques in the Tech Age

Conference Ballroom

Susan Blanco
8th Judicial District Chief Judge


Jon J. Olafson
2nd Judicial District Court Judge


Kirk Whitehead
Martinez, Dieterich & Zarcone Legal Group
CV

9:30 am - 10:20 am
Insurance Bad Faith Update

Zia

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Katherine K Kust
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
CV


Rebecca K. Wagner
Campbell, Wagner and Frazier, LLC
CV


Sandy Eloranto
Sutton | Booker
CV

10:20 am - 10:30 am
Break


10:30 am - 11:25 am
Presenting Your Case In A Bench Trial: Lessons from the Perspective of the Trier of Fact

Conference Ballroom

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Sarah B Wallace
Sarah B. Wallace - 2nd Judicial District Court Judge


Billy-George Hertzke
SGR, LLC

11:30 am - 12:20 am
Whiplash! Keeping Up with the Ever-Changing Landscape of Employment Law

DeVargas

Melisa Panagakos
Jackson Lewis


Meredith L McDonald
O'Hagan Meyer

11:30 am - 12:20 am
Is Your Court Reporter a Robot?

Zia

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Mike McDonner, President, Pike Reporting Company
Pike Reporting
CV

11:30 am - 12:20 am
Best Practices for Preserving Trial Issues for Appeal

Chapel

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Gillian Fahlsing, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Aurora City Attorney’s Office Civil Division – Litigation Unit


Eric Ziporin
SGR, LLC

12:30 am - 1:30 pm
Lunch and Learn - Case Law Update

Conference Ballroom

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Jeffrey C Ruebel
Ruebel & Quillen

1:35 pm - 2:25 pm
Current Trends in Workers’ Compensation Penalties

DeVargas

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JP Moon, Senior Assistant City Attorney
City and County of Denver
CV

1:35 pm - 2:25 pm
Evaluating Personal Injuries: Considerations from Construction Codes/Standards and Human Factors Perspectives - Young Bui, Nathan Mayercsik, Exponent and Ashley Larson, Sutton Booker

Zia

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Young Bui, Ph.D., Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2015
Exponent
CV


Nathan Mayercsik, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
Exponent
CV


Ashley R Larson
Sutton Booker

1:35 pm - 2:25 pm
Your Changing World - Transitioning from New Lawyer to Seasoned Litigator

Chapel

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Sarah Andrzejcak
Buchalter


Matt W. Cecil
Sutton | Booker


Emily Miller
Nathan Dumm & Mayer

2:25 pm - 2:35 pm
Break


2:35 pm - 3:25 pm
A Brief History of AI

Conference Ballroom

Daniel Pietragallo
Senior Assistant Attorney General at the Colorado Attorney General

3:25 pm - 4:15 pm
EDI - Diversity in the Law: Persons with Disabilities

Conference Ballroom

Workshop Materials

Sueanna P Johnson
Colorado Court of Appeals

6:00 pm - 9:00 am
Friday Night Soiree - Convention Center

Santa Fe Convention Center

08/03/2024
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast

Anasazi Ballroom

8:00 am - 8:10 am
Welcome & Announcements

Conference Ballroom

Robert Hinckley, Jr.
Buchalter

8:10 am - 9:00 am
Growing Up With Heroes: A Daughter’s Journey with the Navajo Code Talkers

Conference Ballroom

Zonnie Gorman
CV

9:00 am - 9:50 am
Judges Panel - Susan Blanco, LaQunya Baker, Andrew Luxen, Jon Olafson, Sarah Wallace, Sueanna Johnson

Conference Ballroom

Susan Blanco
8th Judicial District Chief Judge


Jon J. Olafson
2nd Judicial District Court Judge


Sarah B Wallace
Sarah B. Wallace - 2nd Judicial District Court Judge


Sueanna P Johnson
Colorado Court of Appeals


LaQunya Baker
18th Judicial District Judge


Andrew Luxen
2nd Judicial District Court Judge

9:50 am - 10:00 am
Break


10:00 am - 10:50 am
The Trump Trial – Defending Racketeering Cases in a Civil Environment

Conference Ballroom

Michael Melito
Melito Law LLC

11:00 am - 11:50 am
Beat the Drum for Justice: How the 19th Century Supreme Court Shaped Racial Issues in the 21st Century.

Zia

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Hon. Christopher Cross, Retired
JAMS

11:00 am - 11:50 am
Top 5 Appellate Tips for Civil Practitioners

Chapel

Workshop Materials

Sueanna P Johnson
Colorado Court of Appeals


Fred Yarger
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell

11:00 am - 11:50 am
Impacting Your Case with ESI & Cellular Investigations

Chapel

Chris Mammarella, EnCE, Senior Forensic Analyst
CV

12:00 am - 1:20 pm
Lunch & Learn: Legislative Update

Conference Ballroom

Melissa A Ogburn
Montgomery | Amatuzio
CV


Adam M Royval
Messner Reeves

1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
How Legislation is Changing the Construction Defect Practice

Conference Ballroom

Melissa A Ogburn
Montgomery | Amatuzio
CV


Adam M Royval
Messner Reeves

1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
Finding, Retaining, and Working with Expert Witnesses

Zia

Rachel T. Jennings
Sutton | Booker


Christopher Unger
American Family Insurance
CV

1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
AI Powered Legal Tools Transforming the Practice of Law

Chapel

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Juliette Faraone, Prompt Engineer
Filevine

2:20 pm - 2:50 pm
Vendor Raffle Drawing

Conference Ballroom

2:50 pm - 3:40 pm
War Stories

Conference Ballroom

Workshop Materials

Jeffrey C Ruebel
Ruebel & Quillen


Brendan O Powers
Spies Powers & Robinson

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