44th Annual Meeting and Spring Program
June 4. June 11. June 17
Three Days over Three Weeks

Day One. June 4
Practice Group Sessions (See Full Agenda)

• Government: Redux: “We Didn’t Start the Fire…” with a Focus on Police Liability. Daniel Peterson, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
• Commercial: Feeling Frustrated? Shareholder Expectations and Recent Developments Under Meiselman. Josh Durham, Bell Davis & Pitt, PA
• Construction:  Game Changers: Recent “Need to Know” Decisions That Will Impact Your Construction Practice.  Panelists: Chris Campbell, McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC; Dan Katzenbach, Cranfill Sumner, LLP; Courtney Rudolph, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP; Robin Seelbach, Yates McLamb & Weyher, LLP; Moderator: Nicole Slaughter, Hamlet & Associates, PLLC
• Employment:  Making the Transition Back to Work

  Panelists: Jennifer Everitt, Assistant General Counsel, Global Litigation & Employment, PRA Health Sciences; Jennifer Jones, Deputy County Attorney, Wake County; Maureen Zyglis, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein

Day Two. June 11
Annual Meeting & General Sessions (See Full Agenda)

• Annual Business Meeting
• Recent Decisions Case Law Update.  Leslie Packer or Dixie Wells, Ellis & Winters, LLP
• Preparing the Empowered Witness: Moving Beyond the Traditions to Foster Assertive, Effective, and Authentic Testimony. Ken Broda-Bahm, Ph.D., Senior Litigation Consultant, Persuasions Strategies
• Inquiries & Proposed Opinions Under Review by the NCSB Ethics Committee.  Warren Savage, Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina

• General Liability: Litigating the Pandemic: Insurance Coverage for Claims and Losses From COVID-19. John B. Mumford, Jr., Hancock Daniel PC, Richmond, VA
• Med Mal: Update on the Malpractice Claims Landscape and COVID-19 Immunity Challenges Panelists: Jason Newton, Associate General Counsel & Senior Vice President, Curi; Additional Panelists TBA; Moderator: Ashley Brathwaite, Ellis & Winters, LLP
• Product Liability: Asbestos Litigation in North Carolina – Still Going Strong  Addie Ries and Chris Kiger, Smith Anderson
• Workers' Comp: Recent Cases of Importance and What You Can Learn from the Experiences of the Attorneys Involved. Speakers: Duane Jones - Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP – discussing Dunbar v. Acme Southern; Angela Craddock – Young, Moore & Henderson, PA – discussing Embery v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber; Stephanie Gearhart – McAngus Goudelock & Courie, PLLC – discussing Suazo v. Gutierrez-Bojorquez, et. al.

More Info:

• Each day begins at 9:00 am and ends no later than 3:15 pm
• Total CLE Hours:  10.5 hours including 1.0 Ethics Credit
• Sessions will be recorded in case you miss one
• Download Complete Program Agenda Here