| 08/01/2024 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Mountain Bike Trail Ride
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
New Lawyer Greeting Party
Cava Bar - Eldorado Hotel and Spa
Sarah Andrzejcak
Buchalter
Matt W. Cecil
Sutton | Booker
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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
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8:00 am - 8:30 am
Welcome & Announcements
Conference Ballroom
Robert Hinckley, Jr.
Buchalter
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8:30 am - 9:30 am
Our AI Future and the Law - Jonathan Brill
Conference Ballroom
Jonathan Brill, Business Futurist
CV
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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
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9:30 am - 10:20 am
Insurance Bad Faith Update
Zia
Katherine K Kust
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Rebecca K. Wagner
Campbell, Wagner and Frazier, LLC
Sandy Eloranto
Sutton | Booker
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10:20 am - 10:30 am
Break
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10:30 am - 11:25 am
Presenting Your Case In A Bench Trial: Lessons from the Perspective of the Trier of Fact
Conference Ballroom
Workshop Materials Sarah B Wallace
Sarah B. Wallace - 2nd Judicial District Court Judge
Billy-George Hertzke
SGR, LLC
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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
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11:30 am - 12:20 am
Is Your Court Reporter a Robot?
Zia
Workshop Materials Mike McDonner, President, Pike Reporting Company
Pike Reporting
CV
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11:30 am - 12:20 am
Best Practices for Preserving Trial Issues for Appeal
Chapel
Workshop Materials Gillian Fahlsing, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Aurora City Attorney’s Office Civil Division – Litigation Unit
Eric Ziporin
SGR, LLC
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12:30 am - 1:30 pm
Lunch and Learn - Case Law Update
Conference Ballroom
Workshop Materials Jeffrey C Ruebel
Ruebel & Quillen
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1:35 pm - 2:25 pm
Current Trends in Workers’ Compensation Penalties
DeVargas
JP Moon, Senior Assistant City Attorney
City and County of Denver |
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
Workshop Materials 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
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1:35 pm - 2:25 pm
Your Changing World - Transitioning from New Lawyer to Seasoned Litigator
Chapel
Workshop Materials Sarah Andrzejcak
Buchalter
Matt W. Cecil
Sutton | Booker
Emily Miller
Nathan Dumm & Mayer
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2:25 pm - 2:35 pm
Break
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2:35 pm - 3:25 pm
A Brief History of AI
Conference Ballroom
Daniel Pietragallo
Senior Assistant Attorney General at the Colorado Attorney General
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3:25 pm - 4:15 pm
EDI - Diversity in the Law: Persons with Disabilities
Conference Ballroom
Sueanna P Johnson
Colorado Court of Appeals
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6:00 pm - 9:00 am
Friday Night Soiree - Convention Center
Santa Fe Convention Center
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| 08/03/2024 |
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast
Anasazi Ballroom
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8:00 am - 8:10 am
Welcome & Announcements
Conference Ballroom
Robert Hinckley, Jr.
Buchalter
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8:10 am - 9:00 am
Growing Up With Heroes: A Daughter’s Journey with the Navajo Code Talkers
Conference Ballroom
Zonnie Gorman
CV
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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
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9:50 am - 10:00 am
Break
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10:00 am - 10:50 am
The Trump Trial – Defending Racketeering Cases in a Civil Environment
Conference Ballroom
Michael Melito
Melito Law LLC
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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
Workshop Materials Hon. Christopher Cross, Retired
JAMS
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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
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11:00 am - 11:50 am
Impacting Your Case with ESI & Cellular Investigations
Chapel
Chris Mammarella, EnCE, Senior Forensic Analyst
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12:00 am - 1:20 pm
Lunch & Learn: Legislative Update
Conference Ballroom
Melissa A Ogburn
Montgomery | Amatuzio
CV
Adam M Royval
Messner Reeves
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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
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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
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1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
AI Powered Legal Tools Transforming the Practice of Law
Chapel
Workshop Materials Juliette Faraone, Prompt Engineer
Filevine
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2:20 pm - 2:50 pm
Vendor Raffle Drawing
Conference Ballroom
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2:50 pm - 3:40 pm
War Stories
Conference Ballroom
Jeffrey C Ruebel
Ruebel & Quillen
Brendan O Powers
Spies Powers & Robinson
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