Federal Bar Association

Kp – EDNY Test 1
2024-11-25 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association: Fireside Chat with Chief Judge George L. Russell, III
2024-11-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Our first fireside chat of the 2024-2025 bar year will be Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM with Chief Judge George L. Russell, III. Join us to learn more about the District of Maryland’s new Chief Judge and his priorities for the Court.

Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] The False Claims Act and Protection of Tribal Funds
2024-11-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
Although the federal government contributes billions of dollars to Native American tribes every year, one rarely hears about False Claims Act (FCA) cases involving the protection of these funds. Indeed, there have only been a handful of FCA cases involving such funds. Why is this? Historically, what fraudulent schemes by non-tribal private actors have targeted tribal funds and how has this fraud been addressed (or overlooked)? Is there a need and opportunity to do more, whether with the federal FCA, state FCAs, tribal laws, or other tools to protect these funds? What should Relator counsel, Defense counsel, and U.S. state and federal government counsel know about tribal funds, law, and communities before engaging in this practice area?
*** This event does not offer CLE credit ***
Presented by the Qui Tam Section
Co-Sponsored by the Indian Law Section

Opening Remarks
Helen B. Padilla, Chair, Federal Bar Association- Indian Law Section

Moderators

Edward A. Baker, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

Emily N. Harwell, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

Speakers
Jonodev Chaudhuri, Chaudhuri Law

Perrin Rynders, Varnum

Registration
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FBA Members: $0
Non-Members: $0

CLE
Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
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By registering for an FBA webinar, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact sections@fedbar.org.

Webinar: The Ethics of Communications with Non-Parties
2024-11-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
Join us to discuss the ethical considerations and challenges litigators face when handling communications with non-parties. What ethical rules are implicated when speaking to an unrepresented party? What ethics considerations must be made when preparing a witness for trial or interviewing a witness before a deposition? Learn all this and more from our forthcoming panel of legal ethics experts!
Presented by the Professional Development Committee.
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For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

About the Presenters
Moderator: Alexander Saunders, Counsel, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels, LLC
Alex Saunders has broad trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts, primarily in Louisiana, as well as experience in mediation and arbitration. He has managed several cases for trial. He focuses on third-party casualty claims, construction litigation, toxic tort exposure claims, complex commercial litigation, as well as first-party coverage litigation. Alex is a an active member of a number of professional organizations, teaches as an adjunct professor of law at LSU, and serves on Louisiana’s Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee.
Dane Ciolino, A. R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Dane S. Ciolino is a law professor and lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana, where his teaching interests include Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Advocacy, and Criminal Law. He is the editor of the weblog Louisiana Legal Ethics and the book Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards and Commentary (2022). Professor Ciolino graduated cum laude from Rhodes College in 1985, and magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 1988, where he was inducted into Order of the Coif and selected as Editor in Chief of the Tulane Law Review. After graduation, he clerked for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, and practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City, and Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC, in New Orleans. Since joining the faculty at Loyola, Professor Ciolino has served as reporter to the Louisiana State Bar Association Ethics 2000 Committee, as chairperson of a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, as chairperson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Lawyer Disciplinary Committee, as executive administrator and general counsel for the City of New Orleans Ethics Review Board, and as a member of various Louisiana State Bar Association committees (including the Professionalism Committee, the Lawyer & Judicial Codes of Conduct Committee, and the Ethics Advisory Service Committee). Professor Ciolino engages in a limited law practice and in law-related consulting, principally in the areas of legal ethics, lawyer discipline, judicial discipline, governmental ethics, and federal criminal law. His practice includes handling disciplinary matters before the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, and the Louisiana Judiciary Commission, legal malpractice cases, lawyer disqualification matters, and legal fee disputes. He also consults and serves as an expert witness in the fields of legal ethics, legal fees, and the standards of care and conduct governing lawyers.

Marc A. Lapp, Special Representative, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel – Missouri
Marc A. Lapp is a Special Representative with Missouri’s Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel and regularly practices before the Disciplinary Hearing Committee and the Supreme Court of Missouri. In addition, Marc is the Director of Quality Assurance, Ethics, and Training for Nationwide Insurance Trial Division.

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Live Broadcast | FBA Member: $0
Live Broadcast | Nonmember: $95
On-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50
On-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95

CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
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By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.

Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] False Claims Act Today – Western District of Virginia
2024-11-14 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
Hosted by the FBA’s Qui Tam Section, often in cooperation with local FBA chapters, “The False Claims Act Today” is a discussion series that examines the details of real-life FCA practice in specific jurisdictions. Sessions typically focus on a single federal district and feature an experienced local panel that includes an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the district; a federal judge; a relator-side attorney; and a defense attorney. This online-only event will be conducted via Zoom and will spotlight the Western District of Virginia.
This event does not offer CLE credit.

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Presented by the FBA Qui Tam Section

OPENING REMARKS
Amy H. Geddes, Roanoke Bar Association

Bryce J. Hunter, Western District of Virginia Chapter, Federal Bar Association

SPEAKERS
R. Scott Oswald, Programming Chair, FBA Qui Tam Section (Moderator)

Hon. Michael F. Urbanski, W.D. Va.

Laura D. Taylor, U.S. Attorney’s Office, W.D. Va.

John R. Thomas Jr., Hafemann Magee & Thomas

Justin Lugar, Woods Rogers

Registration
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FBA Members: $0
Non-Members: $0

CLE
Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer
By registering for an FBA webinar, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact sections@fedbar.org.

Webinar: Wine Tasting For Law Students and Young Lawyers
2024-11-13 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
Need Ideas for Holiday Parties or Gifts? Join the Law Student Division for a virtual wine tasting with Attorney Albert Jacobs, Magistrate Judge Annie Christoff, & District Judge Richard Stearns on November 13th. Learn the basics of wine tasting overnight and impress family, friends, and future employers with your wine knowledge. This event seeks to provide law students and young attorneys with an introduction to budget friendly wines while comparing the history and taste of our selected wines. Our speakers will be available to answer career and wine related questions in an effort to demonstrate the positive impact that your wine knowledge can have on legal networking and social life.
Presented by the Law Student Division
Registration is Closed

Presenters
Albert Jacobs
Albert is a wine and food professional with decades of experience. He has served as a wine consultant for several restaurants in New York City, organized the Wine and food Program at The Harvard Club of New York City, and was named a member of the Cornell Club of New York City for the purposes of recreating the Club’s wine list. Albert is also a member of The International Wine and Food Society as well as the Phoenix Chapter of the FBA.

Judge Annie Christoff
Judge Christoff is a magistrate judge for the United States District Court in the Western District of Tennessee. Before becoming a judge, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District of Tennessee, and prior to that she was a litigation partner at Bass, Berry & Sims in Memphis, Tennessee. Judge Christoff has participated in previous wine events for local law students and remains an active member of the Memphis Mid-South Chapter of the FBA.
Judge Richard Stearns
Judge Stearns sits on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. While on the bench he has heard a variety of cases ranging from criminal law to intellectual property. Prior to becoming a judge, he served as Assistant United States Attorney which propelled him into a role as Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Judge Stearns has moderated previous wine events and remains an active member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA.

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Registration Fees

Law Students: $0
Member Attorneys: $15
Non-Member Attorneys: $95

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.

Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
Please note CLE will not be offered for this event.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I access the virtual webinar?
A: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer
By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact sections@fedbar.org

FBA’s LGBTQ+ Law Section: Virtual “Brown Bag” Lunch and Roundtable
2024-11-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Please join the FBA’s LGBTQ+ Law Section for a “Brown Bag” Lunch and Roundtable via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 12:00 pm (ET). Grab your favorite lunch and join the LGBTQ+ Law Section officers, members, and law student members for discussions about the practice of law and success in law school and other endeavors.
Presented by the LGBTQ+ Law Section
Registration for this event is now closed.

Registration
Registration for this event is now closed.

Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $0

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for virtual proograms.

Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
Please note CLE will not be offered for this event.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I access the virtual event?
A: For this virtual session, please check your email as you will receive a 24 (twenty-four) hour reminder, as well as a 2 (two) hour reminder prior to the start time of this Teams webinar.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer
By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact sections@fedbar.org

Chapter Monthly Board Meeting
2024-11-08 12:30 - 13:30 UTC
Chapter Monthly Board Meeting (12:30 p.m. Zoom)

D.C. Indian Law Conference (Hybrid)
2024-11-08 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | AUSA Conference Center, 2425 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, 22201
Registration Open!
Join the Indian Law Section for its Annual DC Indian Law Conference on Friday, November 8. This year’s hybrid program offers in-person or online viewing options for registered attendees.
Tribal nations and their citizens are encountering a new range of opportunities and challenges in diversifying Tribal economies and exercising Tribal sovereignty alongside federal and state governments. The 2024 D.C. Indian Law Conference is designed to help practitioners better understand these developments and what legal and policy issues will come forward in Indian country. This year’s conference will focus on new approaches for creating, sustaining, and diversifying economic growth on Tribal lands, emerging technology and connectivity issues, as well as a perspective on the 100-year anniversary of the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act and the continued battles around voting rights. Our panels will feature leading Tribal advocates and Indian law practitioners who are tackling these issues in various forums and advising Tribal government and business leaders. Join these experts and other colleagues as we explore these topics.
Co-Hosted by the Indian Law Section.
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Agenda
All times listed as Eastern. Schedule subject to change.
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Everyday We’re Hustlin’: Sustaining Tribal Economic Growth
Building sustainable economies are critical for thriving Native nations. This panel will explore current policy initiatives to spur economic growth in Indian country, including the development of rulemakings and other agency guidance aimed at tribal citizens and tribally-owned entities. Panelists will also speak to other efforts to foster parity and level the playing field between tribal nations and neighboring state and local jurisdictions.

Moderator: Tristan Stidham, Associate, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
Fatima Abbas, Director, Office of Tribal & Native Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Andrew Huff, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Telly Meier, Partner, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM | One Plant, Countless Legal Possibilities: Exploring Budding Cannabis and Hemp Trends in Indian Country
Economic diversification is an important factor for Tribal economies. Economic diversification can bring multiple sources of revenue, especially from the cannabis and hemp industry. This panel will discuss the current landscape of the cannabis industry such as, Tribal economic development initiatives around cannabis and hemp, and Tribal-state compacting. This panel will also explore how current and future laws will affect Tribal operations, especially regarding banking issues, regulating, descheduling cannabis, and the effects on interstate and inter-Tribal commerce.

Moderator: Lucas Larose, Attorney
Erick Giles, Attorney, Drummond Woodsum
Mary Jane Oatman, Executive Director, Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association INC
Seth Pearman, Attorney General, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM | I Knew You Were Trouble When You Logged In: Exercising Digital Sovereignty in Indian Country
The growing digital economy makes it more important than ever to understand how governments are regulating and exercising control over digital technology and services in use within their jurisdictions. This panel will explore how tribal nations are exercising sovereignty in digital spaces, and creating comprehensive plans for digital sovereignty as an act of governance and self-determination. The discussion will also cover recent litigation developments that have brought concerns over exercise of tribal digital digital sovereignty to the fore.

Geoffrey Blackwell, General Counsel and Chief of Staff, National Congress of American Indians
Dr. Traci Morris, Executive Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Jason Searle, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
Sherry Treppa, Chairperson, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Turquoise Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Protecting the Native Art Renaissance
Native American art has influenced many generations, however contemporary Native American art has gained international attention and influenced future generations on how we protect and move our traditions into the future. This panel will explore potential updates to the Indian Arts and Craft Act, Native design ownership and the interaction with Artificial Intelligence. Panelists will also discuss the various avenues for protecting original work and what resources are available through federal trademarks.

Moderator: Claire Newfeld, Associate Attorney, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
Susan Anthony, Senior Trademark Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Sam Kohn, Senior Counselor to Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, Department of Interior

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM | I got my Law Degree for this?!: Navigating the Ethical Challenges of Office Culture from Backpack to Briefcase and Beyond
The 2023 American Bar Association Profile of the Legal Profession indicates that there are less than 1% (0.7%) of lawyers that identify as Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islanders. Native American attorneys and law students face unique circumstances throughout their educational journey and career. This panel will have a conversation about handling microaggressions in school and throughout your career, what resources are available to students and attorneys, how to advocate for yourself, and what can be done to change office culture to foster a healthy work environment.

Moderator: Concetta Tsosie de Haro, Legislative Attorney Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Marty Apodaca, Career Counseling Manager, Office of Career Services, University of New Mexico
Christina Kracher, Attorney, U.S. Department of the Interior
Breann Nu’uhiwa, Principal, Kūpono Policy Solutions

Registration
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Early Bird Ticket Pricing Expires on Friday, October 11!

ONSITE: Sustaining Member (Early Bird) $230
ONSITE: Member (Early Bird) $245
ONSITE: Nonmember (Early Bird) $420
ONSITE: Government/Academic (Early Bird) $195
ONSITE: Law Student $125
VIRTUAL: Sustaining Member (Early Bird) $255
VIRTUAL: Member (Early Bird) $270
VIRTUAL: Nonmember (Early Bird) $445
VIRTUAL: Government/Academic (Early Bird) $220
VIRTUAL: Law Student $150

Group Registrations: Organizations can process group registrations with one payment using the linked Register Online text above. If coordinating a registration on anyone’s behalf – please ensure you are entering the attendee’s information (not your own). After entering the first registrant’s information and selecting a registration fee, click Save and Add Another to add additional registrants to the group transaction. After submitting payment information, you will be directed to a receipt page to print for your records. Each registrant will also receive an auto-confirmation email.
Accommodations: Submit onsite dietary and/or accessibility requests through the online registration form or contact meetings@fedbar.org at the time of registration. The FBA will provide assistance if a timely request for accommodation is received. Assistance may not be available if an adequate notice period is not provided.
Cancellation Policy: Registration cancellations received by Friday, October 11 entitle registrants to a full refund. Cancellations received between Saturday, October 12 – Friday, November 1, are subject to an administrative charge of $50 (or the value of your registration ticket, whichever is lesser). No cancellation requests will be accepted after Friday, November 1, but the conference materials will still be made available. After the posted cancellation date, registrations may be transferred to another attendee but not refunded. No-shows will be billed. Exceptions to the cancellation deadline will be made for emergencies and valid medical issues submitted with supporting documentation. All cancellation requests must be received via email to meetings@fedbar.org.
By registering for this event, you agree to the posted event terms and conditions.

CLE
The FBA will seek 5.75 General CLE credit hours (including 1.0 ethics) in 60-minute states, and 6.9 General CLE credit hours (including 1.2 ethics) in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimates and subject to respective state approval and reporting rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction and the FBA takes every measure to collaborate with presenters to ensure approval. Accrediting agencies typically decide whether a program qualifies for credit in their jurisdiction 4-8 weeks after the program application is submitted. For many live events, credit approval is not received prior to the program. Documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email, upon state bar approval.
The FBA partners with ConferenceAdit LLC to track and report CLE credit for national conferences. Attendees are responsible for uploading their state bar information and tracking attendance through a dedicated webpage, issued in advance of the conference. Attendees will be instructed to check in and out of each panel to timestamp attendance. Approximately two weeks following the conference, personalized certificates will be issued via email.
Learn more about Continuing Legal Education (CLE) operations and reporting.

Venue
AUSA Conference Center
2425 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201
Parking: Visitor parking is limited, if no parking spaces are available, please park in street parking or at one of the nearby parking options.
Metro: Take the Orange Line or Silver Line and exit at the Court House stop.
Suggested Hotel: The Hyatt Place Arlington/Courthouse is located next-door to the conference center.

Sponsor
Exclusive CLE App Provider

Email sponsor@fedbar.org to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer: By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
Financial Assistance: Program registrants (both FBA members and nonmembers) who are unable to afford the registration fee may receive a 50% discount on the member rate. Qualifying attorneys include those who are unemployed or actively seeking employment. A formal letter requesting the discount must be emailed to meetings@fedbar.org. That letter needs to state the reason for the attorney’s interest in the course or activity, as well as proof of income or an explanation of the financial hardship, and it must be signed by the requesting lawyer.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact meetings@fedbar.org.

Admiralty Law Section and Southern District of Georgia Chapter: Sailing in Savannah - A Maritime Law CLE
2024-11-08 07:45 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | The DeSoto Hotel, Savannah, GA
Sailing in Savannah will focus on various timely maritime law issues ranging from risk management practices to significant marine casualties to multiple perspectives on the Limitation of Liability Act. The conference will offer six hours of CLE for Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina and will also include a light breakfast, catered lunch, and a post-program reception. Please join the Admiralty Law Section and Southern District of Georgia Chapter for this exciting inaugural event!
View Brochure
Registration has closed.
Please reach out to the SDGA chapter contact – sdgachapter@gmail.com – with any questions.
Venue
The DeSoto Hotel, Savannah, GA

Group Reservation Link

FBA Admiralty Law Seminar
Use the above link for your reservations. Attendees may also call 1-855-703-4655 to make reservations via phone.

Group Rooms Contact

Grouprooms@thedesotosavannah.com
912-443-2018

Reservation Cut-Off
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, no later than 11:59pm

Presenters
Matthew A. Moeller – The Moeller Firm LLC, New Orleans, LA
Sam Brightwell – Vice President, Risk Management – Crowley, Jacksonville, Florida
Amy Hart – Ocean Marine Claims Officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Savannah, Ga
T. Langston Bass, Jr. – Partner, Brennan, Harris and Rominger, LLP, Savannah, Ga
Todd Baiad – Partner, Bouhan Falligant, Savannah, GA
Edward Powers – Associate General Counsel, Maersk Line Limited, Norfolk, VA
James F. Moseley, Jr. – Partner, Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, FL
T. Kent Morrison – Partner, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA
David Smith – Attorney, The Moeller Firm LLC, New Orleans, LA
Colleen Patterson – Ocean Marine Claims, Claims Manager I, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Denver, CO
Julius H. “Sam” Hines – Partner, Hines & Gilsenan, Charleston, SC
Colin McRae, Partner – Hunter Maclean
Paul W. Painter, III, Managing Partner – Bowen Painter, LLC

Webinar: Non-Competes: The Rocky Landscape and a Path Forward
2024-11-06 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
This panel will discuss the recent, rapid, and major developments in the field of non-competes. The FTC was expected to enforce its final rule on non-competes in September of 2024, but litigation prevented its roll out – for now. Both corporate defense attorneys and plaintiff’s attorneys should be keenly interested in hearing the ins and outs of these new developments and what the state of the current litigation means for their clients.
Presented by the Labor and Employment Law Section

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About the Presenters
Moderator, Nico Stillwell, Attorney, ELM Law
After receiving their law degree from Washington University School of Law, Nico clerked on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District for the Honorable Alok Ahuja. Since then, Nico has assisted clients in navigating litigation and arbitration matters across the country, including in the Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Circuits. Currently, Nico manages the appellate division for ELM Law, a plaintiff’s firm specializing in civil rights and discrimination-based litigation.

Stacey R. Gilman, Partner, Berkowitz Oliver, LLP
Stacey Gilman is an experienced civil litigator whose practice focuses on business litigation, intellectual property, professional liability, consumer, and other complex commercial matters. For more than twenty-five years, she has successfully represented clients in complex and high-profile disputes, including trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret, restrictive covenant, cybersquatting, advertising, unfair competition and class action matters, just to name a few. Recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by her peers and selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation for her extraordinary leadership in the legal profession, Stacey has extensive trial and arbitration experience in state, federal and international tribunals. Stacey also serves as an arbitrator, and is a member of the American Arbitration Association® National Roster of Arbitrators. Whether Stacey’s client is a Fortune 500 company, a small business, or an individual, Stacey personifies Berkowitz Oliver’s people-first philosophy by staying accessible and prioritizing her clients’ goals at every juncture. Her longstanding relationships with clients who routinely turn to her not only as trial counsel but also for day-to-day and pre-suit legal advice, are a testament to the care and consideration she gives every case entrusted to her. A former newspaper editor, Stacey continues to publish work on intellectual property, the Freedom of Information Act, and notable developments in the law. She also dedicates her time to several non-profit organizations benefitting children’s causes, the homeless, and the community at large; and serves as a frequent lecturer at the University of Kansas School of Business.

Tony Durone, Co-Managing Partner, Berkowitz Oliver, LLP
Tony Durone has extensive experience in business litigation and, in particular, representing companies and professionals in the financial services and lending industries, including securities broker/dealers, accounting firms, tax preparation firms, banks, consumer loan lenders and other financial service providers. He has served as lead and trial counsel in hundreds of cases involving professional negligence claims, business torts, unfair competition, restrictive covenant, trademark and data privacy issues. He has litigated cases in more than thirty-five states and tried cases in more than a dozen, in state and federal court, in FINRA and other arbitration forums and before the SEC, CFTC and state securities commissions. Tony graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1995, and served as Note and Comment Editor for and was published in the Missouri Law Review. In addition, he has been recognized as a top litigator by his peers, including in the annual publication of Benchmark Litigation, and by Martindale-Hubbell with a rating of AV Preeminent. He is also involved in several local community organizations and he served from 2007 to 2010 as the Co-Chair for the annual Kansas City Spirit Awards Gala, benefiting Gillis House for Families and Children. Tony also serves as President of the Board of Trustees for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Russell Beck, Partner, Beck Reed Riden LLP

Russell is a business litigator, nationally recognized for his trade secrets, restrictive covenant, and employee mobility experience. He was invited to the Obama White House to develop guidelines for the proper use of noncompetes, has been cited as an expert on trade secrets and noncompetes by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Department of the Treasury, National Public Radio, BBC World News Service, PBS Newshour, Le Monde, and many others, drafted much of the language in the 2018 overhaul of Massachusetts noncompete and trade secrets law, and prepared his firm’s widely used 50 State Noncompete Survey (the first of its kind and updated regularly since 2010) and the firm’s 50 State Trade Secrets Comparison Chart (also the first of its kind). He writes and administers the award-winning Fair Competition Law blog, is the author of the books, Negotiating, Drafting, and Enforcing Noncompetition Agreements and Related Restrictive Covenants (6th ed., MCLE, Inc. 2021) and Trade Secrets Law for the Massachusetts Practitioner (1st ed., MCLE 2019), and teaches Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants at Boston University School of Law. Russell also served as President of the Boston Bar Foundation.

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Immigration Law Section: Chevron Sleeps with the Fishes: Immigration Litigation After Loper Bright
2024-11-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
Join the Immigration Law Section’s Newer Lawyers Division on Wednesday, November 6 at 12:00 pm (ET). Panelists, Kevin A. Gregg, partner of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A., and host of the weekly immigration case law podcast Immigration Review, and Brad Banias, federal court immigration litigator and former DOJ trial attorney, will discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo on immigration litigation.
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Presented by the Immigration Law Section

Presenters

Kevin A. Gregg, Partner, Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.
Kevin A. Gregg is the San Diego partner of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. He is also the host of the weekly immigration case law podcast Immigration Review. Prior to joining KKTP, Kevin clerked for a U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of Florida and served as an Attorney Advisor in the San Diego Immigration Court.

Brad Banias, Banias Law LLC
Brad Banias is a solo practitioner in Charleston, South Carolina. He is also a founder of Pro Se Pro, LLC, a legal service company that assists pro se litigants in federal court. After law school, Brad clerked for a federal district court judge and then a federal circuit court judge, got an LLM, and worked as a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice.

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Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] Scienter in the Aftermath of SuperValu
2024-10-30 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**

More than a year ago, the Supreme Court in SuperValu substantively addressed the False Claims Act’s scienter element, holding that scienter refers to a particular defendant’s knowledge and subjective beliefs, not to what an objectively reasonable person may have known or believed. This panel will examine how lower courts have interpreted and applied SuperValu, trends in those decisions that may impact how False Claims Act cases are pursued and defended, practice pointers, and open issues to be decided.
***This Event does not offer CLE credit***
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Presented by the FBA Qui Tam Section

SPEAKERS
Michael D. Granston, United States Department of Justice

Lon Leavitt, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona (Moderator)

Jessica M. Andrade, Polsinelli

Erika B. Hitchings, Whistleblower Law Collaborative

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Webinar: From Burnout to Balance: Strategies for a Sustainable Law Practice
2024-10-29 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
This Wellness program is designed to help attorneys break the cycle of burnout and develop a more sustainable approach to their law practice and personal well-being. The program will begin with a presentation that explores the causes and consequences of burnout, and provide practical strategies for managing stress, building resiliency, and developing healthy habits to maintain a work-life balance. The second half of the program will feature a moderated discussion with a panel of attorneys who have been proactive and intentional about creating law firm cultures that prioritize health and well-being for attorneys and staff. By the end of the program, attendees will be equipped with tools and insights to not only help maintain a healthy, sustainable approach to their legal careers but to also assist them in creating law firms that promote employee well-being and resilience.
Presented by the Professional Development Committee and Younger Lawyers Division
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About the Presenters
Moderator: Benjamin de Seingalt, Corporate Counsel and Director of Compliance and Privacy, MarketVision Research
Benjamin de Seingalt is the Corporate Counsel and Director of Compliance and Privacy for MarketVision Research, one of the largest primary market research and consulting firms in the United States. His work focuses on global privacy compliance, corporate social responsibility, artificial intelligence, and post-market drug surveillance. Ben is also a Senior Fellow at the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and serves on the board of the Federal Bar Association’s Section on Civil Rights, the BHBIA’s Ethics and Compliance Committee, ESOMAR’s AI Task Force, Intellus’ Data Integrity and Artificial Intelligence Task Force, and the Insights Association’s Standards Committee. He is a graduate of Tulane University Law School, the A.B. Freeman School of Business, and Washington College.

Amy Boyle, Managing Partner, MSB Employment Justice
Amy Boyle is the Managing Partner at MSB Employment Justice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After working in law firms, in 2021 Boyle and her partners founded MSB Employment Justice. Their motivation for starting a new firm was generated by a feeling there is a better way to serve clients compared to what the partners had experienced in the past working at other firms. This motivation translates to how Boyle and her partners run the law firm and manage their team. They take a non-traditional and “whole person” approach that benefits the firm, its employees, and their clients.
She handles all types of employment matters, with a particular focus on representing women who have experienced sex discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, and retaliation at work and whistleblower clients who have reported illegal workplace practices or companies engaged in deceitful conduct. Amy also represents clients who have found themselves in an untenable work situation, advising and negotiating severance agreements for executive-level employees often leaving long-term employment.
Boyle is the Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and a Past Chair of the Younger Lawyers Division. A frequent speaker on the topics of employment law, discovery, trial, and diversity and inclusion, Boyle has organized and presented at many FBA events. Aside from her work with the FBA, Boyle is active with the Minnesota Women Lawyers, serving as a Board Member and the Co-Chair of its Judicial Initiative, and Minnesota NELA.

Krystal Lyons, Attorney, Stream, Kim, Hicks, Wrage & Alfaro, PC
With over 20 years of experience, Krystal Lyons has served as trusted counsel to a broad range of clients in various industries and across a wide spectrum of practice areas, including general business, commercial litigation, eminent domain, municipal law, condominium and homeowners’ association law, appellate practice, and employment law matters. Krystal’s litigation practice includes shepherding cases through every stage of litigation—from investigation to trial and appeal. She guides clients through all forms of alternative dispute resolution but when those efforts are unsuccessful, Krystal will not hesitate to try a case before a judge, jury or arbitrator. Over the course of her career, Krystal’s practice has evolved from providing legal advice and serving as trial counsel into supporting her clients in broader capacities such as personnel management, change management, and performance improvement. She has supplemented her legal experience with formal academic experience by earning an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership and becoming certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Before joining Stream Kim Hicks Wrage & Alfaro, Krystal was General Counsel & Director of Legal Services for the San Bernardino Superior Court where she served as legal advisor and in-house counsel for the court in performing a wide range of complex legal services and providing leadership and administrative oversight for the Legal Research Department. Krystal’s varied career also includes higher education where she served as the Director of Operations & Budget at the University of La Verne College of Law where she was responsible for managing the overall administration of the law school which included strategic planning, administrative operations, co-curricular activities, finance and budget management, procurement, campus safety, shared governance, and risk management with respect to premises liability, contractual liability, and regulatory compliance. Krystal is licensed to practice law in California, Michigan, and Georgia.

Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd, Vice President, Well-Being, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Dr. Stuart Slavin is the ACGME’s vice president for well-being. A graduate of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Slavin completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and then served as a faculty member there for 17 years. While at UCLA, Dr. Slavin held several leadership positions in education, serving as pediatric residency program director, pediatric clerkship director, co-founder and co-chair of the UCLA Doctoring course, and co-chair of the medical school Curriculum Management Committee. Dr. Slavin returned to Saint Louis University as Associate Dean for Curriculum in 2004. While there, he led efforts to improve the mental health of medical students that produced dramatic decreases in rates of depression and anxiety in pre-clerkship students. He joined the ACGME in 2018 as a senior scholar for well-being and has helped to lead efforts to improve the mental health of residents, fellows, faculty members, and staff across the US. In addition to his work in graduate medical education, Dr. Slavin is engaged in research focusing on mental health of high school, college, and medical students.

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CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. We will also seek Wellness credits for appropriate states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
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FBA Sixth Circuit Practice Institute 2024
2024-10-29 | The Westin, 21 E. 5th Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202, United States
The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky and Dayton Chapters of the
Federal Bar Association, in cooperation with the United States Court
of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, present the 2024 Sixth Circuit
Practice Institute on October 29, 2024 at the Westin Hotel in
downtown Cincinnati. The seminar and CLE will provide an
opportunity for practitioners to hear directly from many circuit and
district judges of the Sixth Circuit, court staff, and leading appellate
attorneys about advocacy and judging.

Webinar: AI and Antitrust - A Cross-Border Comparison
2024-10-24 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
**This program will be hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
This program examines how antitrust agencies in the U.S. and EU are addressing competitive effects in AI and Generative AI markets. Among topics to be covered are investigations, new and pending statutes and regulations, and international cooperation efforts. The audience will come away with an understanding of recent developments and practical advice for clients.
Presented by the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section
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Speakers

(Moderator) Jennifer Driscoll, Counsel at Robinson & Cole
Jennifer M. Driscoll is Counsel at Robinson & Cole and Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Team. Her practice focuses on antitrust and government investigations. She has been recognized by the Legal 500 for her expertise in cartel investigations and merger work. Jen also works on cybersecurity and data privacy matters. She is a Certified Privacy Professional in the U.S. and EU.

Cecilia (Yixi) Cheng, Attorney at U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Cecilia Cheng serves as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. She was an inaugural Rill Fellow at DOJ Antitrust and has been involved in the DOJ’s criminal, civil, and appellate efforts. Cecilia represents the DOJ in the DOJ’s and FTC’s statements of interest regarding alleged algorithmic price fixing.

Justin P. Murphy, Partner, Baker Hostetler
Justin Murphy is a partner in Baker Hostetler’s Washington, D.C. office and is the leader of the firm’s Cartel and Government Antitrust Investigations Task Force. Justin focuses his practice on government enforcement of complex antitrust, fraud and white-collar criminal matters. A former federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice for 6 years, he advises corporate and individual clients involved in antitrust and other white collar investigations, including bid-rigging, price fixing, procurement fraud, and labor market practices in a broad range of industries. He served as trial counsel in the first ever criminal no poach market allocation case, where his client was acquitted on all counts.

Hendrik Viaene, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Belgium LLP

Hendrik Viene – Hendrik Viaene focuses his practice on competition law, regulated markets and regulatory law. He advises clients across a wide range of competition issues (state aid, cartels, licensing agreements, merger filings, M&A negotiations, abuse of dominance cases, distribution agreements), and on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
Hendrik assists governments as well as privately and publicly owned companies. He has a wealth of experience in a range of sectors such as energy, chemicals, paints, automotive, financial data, recycling and waste management, telecom, construction, renewables, media, private equity and the financial industry. Hendrik represents companies before national competition authorities and before the European Commission. He also assists governments and companies on defense strategies as well as compliance programs to avoid fines or having to refund or recover state aid.
Hendrik has successfully guided clients through first and second phase investigations in merger clearance proceedings before competition authorities across the globe. He also counsels clients on compliance audits, immunity and leniency initiatives, and general risk avoidance in relation to competition law. Hendrik has additional experience in intellectual property rights licensing initiatives specifically with regard to restrictions imposed by competition law.
During his career he has represented clients in proceedings before the European Commission, the European Court of Justice, the Belgian Competition Authority, the Brussels Court of Appeals, the New Caledonian Competition Authority, the Paris Court of Appeals, and the Luxembourg Competition Authority. He acted as co-counsel for other clients for most major competition authorities worldwide, and he also audited a number of competition authorities’ operations and output as a subject matter expert.
Hendrik is managing partner of the Firm’s Brussels office.
Education: King’s College London, LLM European Law, 1999; University of Gent, MA Law, 1998

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CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

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Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] The DOJ's Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative: Three Years Later
2024-10-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
The Department of Justice launched its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative in October 2021. What has happened the last three years? The panel will discuss lessons learned during the infancy of the initiative, including the type of cases that have led to FCA recoveries, paths to establishing fraud, the theories to quantify damages, and some of the relevant regulatory regimes. The panel will also discuss self-reporting considerations and what to look for in the future.
*** This event does not offer CLE credit ***
[Registration is closed]

MODERATOR

Dylan M. Aste
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California

SPEAKERS

Sara McLean
Civil Fraud Section, U.S. Department of Justice

Bruce Judge
Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC

Tammy A. Tsoumas
Kirkland & Ellis

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FBA Members: $0
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Tampa Bay Chapter: Discussion of Use of Artificial Intelligence from Intellectual Property Issues to Ethical Issues
2024-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
This program will feature the Honorable Christopher Tuite (Middle District of Florida), Kevin Johnson (Johnson Jackson), Woody Pollack (Shutts & Bowen), and Mindi Richter (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick). This program is approved for Florida CLE credit including 1.0 General, Ethics and Technology as well as 1.0 IP Certification Credit. https://federalbartampa.org/event/discussion-of-use-of-ai-from-ip-issues-to-ethical-issues/

Immigration Law Section: Special Immigrant Juveniles and Unaccompanied Minors
2024-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
**Event hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
Join the Immigration Law Section’s Newer Lawyers Division for their webinar series. This webinar series enables attendees to receive education and mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys in specific areas of immigration law. Panelists, Rebecca Scholtz, Senior Staff Attorney from National Immigration Project, and Dalia Castillo-Granados Director of Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA) will discuss the current state of Special Immigrant Juveniles and Unaccompanied Minors.
Registration is now closed

Presented by the Immigration Law Section

Presenters
Rebecca Scholtz, Senior Staff Attorney, National Immigration Project
Rebecca Scholtz, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, comes to NIPNLG from Catholic Legal Immigration Network, where as a senior attorney with the Defending Vulnerable Populations Program she provided training and technical support to immigration practitioners focusing on issues related to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and unaccompanied children in removal proceedings. Rebecca previously worked at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid where she represented unaccompanied children and provided training, technical assistance, and advocacy on children’s immigration issues. She is a faculty fellow at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and previously taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. Rebecca clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and is a graduate of Yale Law School and Middlebury College.

Dalia Castillo-Granados, Director, Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA)
Dalia Castillo-Granados is the director and co-founder of the Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA), a project of the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Immigration. Dalia is a frequent speaker on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and led the effort at the ABA to advocate for deferred action for SIJS youth stuck in the visa backlog. Prior to working at CILA, Dalia was a senior attorney at Kids in Need of Defense, a staff attorney at Tahirih Justice Center, a clinical supervising attorney at the University of Houston’s Immigration Clinic, and a Greenberg Traurig, LLP Equal Justice Works fellow at Catholic Charities’ Cabrini Center. Throughout her career, Dalia has represented hundreds of children in their immigration proceedings and before Texas state courts. Dalia is also active in her community. She is on the advisory board for the National Immigration Litigation Alliance (NILA), a board member of the Galveston-Houston Immigration Representation Project (GHIRP), and the 2023-2024 president of the Houston Association of Women Attorneys (AWA).

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Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
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Tami Tice Jacob
Tami@amarylaw.com

CLE
Please note CLE will not be offered for this event.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I access the virtual webinar?
A: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact Tami Tice Jacobs (Tami@amarylaw.com) or sections@fedbar.org for any other questions.

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By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
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Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] Preparing Your Qui Tam Case For Trial
2024-10-09 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
So, settlement discussions aren’t going anywhere, and you need to prepare your case for trial … Now what? This diverse panel of current (and former) federal prosecutors, relator’s counsel, and defense attorneys will discuss some of the key strategic decisions, challenges and opportunities involved in getting your False Claims Act case ready for trial. Discussion topics will include the unique privilege and discovery issues raised by Supervalu; developing a game plan to effectively try a civil case involving the government as plaintiff; and deciding what role – if any – the relator should play at trial.
This event does not offer CLE credit. Registrants will receive Zoom login details on the day before the event.

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Presented by the FBA Qui Tam Section

SPEAKERS

Paul S. Chan, Bird Marella, Moderator

Eric Havian, Whistleblowers Partners

Ross M. Cuff, United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California

Blanca Fromm Young, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP

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FBA Members: $0
Non-Members: $0

CLE
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If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact sections@fedbar.org.

Civil Practice Update CLE
2024-10-08 16:00 - 16:30 UTC
Civil Practice Update CLE (4:00 Reception; 4:30 p.m. in-person (Uniondale))

Chapter Annual Board Meeting
2024-10-08 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
Chapter Annual Board Meeting (3:00 p.m. in-person (Uniondale))

17th Annual Holloway Lecture
2024-10-03 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
You’re cordially invited to an unforgettable evening with the Oklahoma City chapter of the Federal Bar Association on Thursday, October 3, at 5:30 p.m. at the Meinders Hall of Mirrors.
Join us for the 17th Annual Holloway Lecture, where intellectual engagement meets camaraderie in a one-of-a-kind event.
Our distinguished guest, Professor Eugene Volokh, will lead a thought-provoking discussion on today’s most critical legal challenges. Take advantage of this rare chance to delve into the intricacies of the law with one of the field’s most esteemed voices.
The evening kicks off with a lively reception where you can connect with fellow legal professionals, followed by a dinner where conversation can continue. This is your opportunity to network with some of the most respected figures in the legal community.
Afterward, immerse yourself in an engaging lecture with Professor Volokh, offering insights that promise to enrich your understanding and practice of law.
Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to expand your legal horizons and build lasting connections. We look forward to welcoming you for an evening of enrichment, dialogue, and discovery.

Webinar: Career Opportunities Advocating for Veterans and Military Personnel
2024-09-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Veterans & Military Law Section as we explore career options that involve representing or advocating for veterans and military personnel. Webinar attendees will learn about working for various organizations, including private firms, nonprofit organizations, government/military entities, and academic institutions.

Presented by the Veterans and Military Law Section

Registration for this event is closed.
Presenters
Anna Richardson (Moderator) – Co-Executive Director & Chief Counsel of Veterans Legal Services
Anna Richardson is co-executive director and chief counsel at the Boston-based legal aid organization, Veterans Legal Services. Anna has served in that role since 2010, after previously working as a VLS staff attorney. In 2018, under the leadership of Anna and her co-director, Sarah Roxburgh, VLS received the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Reginald Heber Smith Award for Excellence in Legal Services. In 2019, she was named co-Lawyer of the Year by the Frank J. Murray Inn of Court and was also a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly “Top Women in the Law” honoree. Anna successfully argued Dept. of Revenue v. Grullon, 485 Mass. 129 (2020), protecting the rights of indigent parents from wrongful incarceration in child support proceedings. Anna was also appointed by the Trial Court to the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines Task Force in 2020 and 2024.
In addition to her legal work at VLS, Anna has led trainings on veterans’ legal issues for the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, and various legal services agencies throughout Massachusetts.
Anna received her B.A. from Boston College and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She currently serves on the board of the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, appointed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Katie Becker – Instructor at the Veterans Legal Clinic, University of Missouri School of Law
Katie M. Becker is a staff attorney and instructor at the Veterans Clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law. In this role, she supervises students, teaches classes, and manages an active caseload assisting veterans and their dependents with obtaining benefits they have earned through service to our country, primarily before the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.  She also serves as the chair of the amicus advocacy committee of the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium.
Becker previously served as a staff attorney for the Veterans Legal Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law, and an associate appellate attorney with Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick in Providence, RI. She also worked for the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program in Washington, D.C.
Becker earned her law degree magna cum laude from Syracuse University ​College of Law where she served as an executive editor of the Syracuse Law Review, was inducted into the Order of the Coif, and served for four semesters as a student attorney in the school’s Veterans Legal Clinic.

Thomas Roughneen
Thomas Roughneen served as an Assistant Prosecutor in Union and Essex Counties for nine years starting back in 1998. He opened his own law practice in 2014 to serve the unique interests of military members and Veterans. He served on active duty and with other law firms through the years. His general practice is in New Brunswick, New Jersey and he opened a second office in Huntsville, Alabama. CitizenSoldierLaw accepts military-related matters for troops and veterans from around the world and conducts a wide range of civil and criminal litigation.
He enlisted in 1988 and attended Army Basic Training as a Private in the New Jersey Army National Guard. He received his commission as a Field Artillery Officer and retired as an Army Judge Advocate after service in Iraq conducting civil-military operations in Kirkuk and the Sunni Triangle in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. He later served as defense counsel to Salim Hamdan, a Guantanamo Bay detainee, before mobilizing again as a military prosecutor at Fort Dix, followed by a tour as a Brigade Judge Advocate in Germany. His last active-duty mobilization was as an adjudicator at the Physical Evaluation Board in Arlington, Virginia, where he reviewed Army Soldiers’ claims for disability retirement.
He graduated from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies with a Masters Degree in 2007, received his Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1995 and earned his undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in 1991. He is married to Alice Tzeng, M.D., and is blessed with two daughters and a son.
Formerly, he served as Chairman of the Military Law and Veterans Affairs Section when the New Jersey State Bar Association successfully lobbied for the Criminal Diversion Program law.

Jonathan Crisp
Jonathan Crisp founded and is the sole Owner and Member of Crisp and Associates Military Law in 2007 after serving on active duty in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps JAG for almost seven years. When he transitioned from active duty, he immediately joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard where he served for the next fifteen (15) years and retired in November 2021 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Prior to joining the U.S. Army JAGC Corps, he served as a county Public Defender in Centre County, PA
Mr. Crisp has litigated more than 210 jury (panel) trials to verdict and resolved numerous others short of litigation. He has represented clients in and out of uniform all over the United States and around the world, to include Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Korea, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and Kosovo.
Mr. Crisp began his career as an Assistant Public Defender in Centre County, Pennsylvania. He left the Centre County Public Defender’s Office to join the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. In the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, he first served as a Legal Assistance Attorney and then the Chief of Legal Assistance at Patton Barracks in Heidelberg, Germany.
Mr. Crisp then served as a Defense Counsel in Ansbach, Germany, where he represented soldiers at administrative proceedings and courts-martial. He was subsequently selected to be the Senior Defense Counsel in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Two of the more high-profile cases in which Mr. Crisp was involved as a servicemember involved charges of abuse against detainees at Abu Ghraib and a case involving the death of a detainee during an interrogation.
After leaving active duty, Mr. Crisp co-founded Crisp & Associates, LLC in 2007. His efforts in intervening 16 plus years has seen the firm grow from a solo practice operation to a firm of eight (8) attorneys and twelve (12) support staff who serve the needs of service members in all facets of their career and have led to representing civilians in other high-profile cases. Most recently, he defended an individual who was a member of the Oathkeepers indicted on charges of sedition, of which she was acquitted.
Mr. Crisp was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and has been married for over 24 years to Angela; they have two children, Ivan and Elsie. They currently reside in Harrisburg, PA.

Emma Peterson
Emma joined CCK in 2014 and serves as a Managing Attorney. Her practice focuses on representing disabled veterans and their families before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Emma graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A. in Government in 2007 and graduated cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law Honors Program in 2011.
While in law school, Emma was a member of the Trial Team, the Women’s Law Society, and served as a Rule 9 Student Attorney with the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office. Prior to joining CCK, Emma practiced at a general litigation law firm.
Emma has been a speaker twice at the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates bi-annual conferences. In the Fall of 2018, she presented on Extraschedular consideration, and in Spring of 2022 she presented on appeal options in the Appeals Modernization Act after MVA v. McDonough.

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Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Chapter Annual Meeting
2024-09-24 11:45 - 13:15 (America/New_York) | The Taft Center, 425 Walnut Street, 2nd floor, Cincinnati, OH, 45202, United States
You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting where we will ratify our 2024-2025 board of directors and have the pleasure of hearing from our keynote speaker, Judge Douglas R. Cole, who will reflect on his first five years as a district court judge. This is a great opportunity to network with fellow practitioners and federal judges over lunch. We are looking forward to seeing you at this engaging event!

Immigration Law Section: U & T Visas
2024-09-23 13:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (CDT) time zone**
Join the Immigration Law Section’s Newer Lawyers Division for their webinar series on Monday, September 23 at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (CDT) time zone. Panelists will be discussing U-nonimmigrant visas and T-nonimmigrant visas, including an overview of the requirements, recent updates and practice pointers. This webinar series enables attendees to receive education and mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys in specific areas of immigration law.
Presented by the Immigration Law Section
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Presenters
Elizabeth Murrar – Murrar Law, LLC
Elizabeth Murrar has been in private practice since 2010, focusing on humanitarian- and family-based immigration and deportation defense. Her personal family history introduced her to immigration prior to law school but her journey began as a volunteer immigration legal assistant and intern at Catholic Charities of Wisconsin – Immigration Legal Services, where she developed a passion for advocating on behalf of immigrants.
Elizabeth is a national and local member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and has acted as a liaison to other local government agencies. She previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Marquette University Law School, mentoring aspiring legal professionals.

Caleb Stewart – Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN)
Caleb Stewart (he/him/his) is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network’s (RMIAN) anti-human trafficking project where he represents survivors of human trafficking on their immigration cases, advises and mentors pro bono attorneys, trains legal and other professionals on working with survivors of human trafficking, and engages the public in advocating for the rights of survivors. Caleb joined RMIAN’s Anti-Human Trafficking Project in March 2018, after 4+ years of providing civil legal services to survivors of human trafficking with Colorado Legal Services. He is a long-standing member of the Colorado Human Trafficking Council (CHTC) fulfilling the role of a labor trafficking expert, and a Steering Committee member of the Freedom Network USA. Prior to studying law and public administration at the University of Washington, he lived in Thailand for five years as a Peace Corps Volunteer and as the Managing Director of the Khom Loy Development Foundation (KLDF).

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Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] False Claims Act Today – Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana
2024-09-18 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
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Hosted by the FBA’s Qui Tam Section, often in cooperation with local FBA chapters, “The False Claims Act Today” is a discussion series that examines the details of real-life FCA practice in specific jurisdictions. Sessions typically focus on a single federal district and feature an experienced local panel that includes an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the district; a federal judge; a relator-side attorney; and a defense attorney. This online-only event will be conducted via Zoom and will spotlight the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana.
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Presented by the FBA Qui Tam Section

OPENING REMARKS

Sharon S. Whitlow, Baton Rouge Chapter, Federal Bar Association

Peter M. Mansfield, New Orleans Chapter, Federal Bar Association

SPEAKERS
Hon. John W. deGravelles, District Judge, Middle District of Louisiana

Melissa Theriot, Western District of Louisiana

Sandra L. Sears, Eastern District of Louisiana

Chase Zachary, Middle District of Louisiana

Benjamin P. Bucy, Barrasso Usdin

Habib F. Ilahi, Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears

R. Scott Oswald, Programming Chair, FBA Qui Tam Section (Moderator)

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Tampa Bay Chapter: Staying in the Game: How to Build Your Board of Directors
2024-09-18 08:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Hotel Flor, 905 N. Florida Ave, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
The Tampa Bay Chapter is excited to host its Tenth Annual Staying in the Game on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Hotel Flor in Downtown Tampa, from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM. This program promotes the retention of female and diverse attorneys in the legal field. This event will feature coffee and light pastries before a morning of CLE programming followed by a networking lunch.
We are honored to have incredible speakers, including Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis, Florida Second District Court of Appeal Judge Suzanne Labrit, Chief of Tampa’s U.S. Attorney Civil Division Randy Harwell, Associate General Counsel at Moffitt Cancer Center Zarra Elias, Shareholder at Gunster Nathan Hill, and In House Counsel at Home Shopping Network Shauna Burkes. In addition, this program will include small group judicial roundtables with judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Middle District of Florida, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal, and the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Hillsborough County.
In support of this year’s theme “How to Build Your Board of Directors,” our engaging speakers will discuss how professionals of all backgrounds can build a support network to help advance their careers; what types of professionals were and are part of the speakers’ network; how those individuals differed in various ways; and what the speakers learned along their journey.

Webinar: Non-Traditional Law Student Panel
2024-09-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) time zone**
Non-traditional law students discuss their personal experiences in law school and how it has impacted their journeys in legal education.
Presented by the Law Student Division
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Presenters
Arturo Thompson: Dean of Career Development, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (Moderator)
Arturo Thompson has served as the Dean of Career Development at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law since 2019. He has served in the same role at the University of Kansas School of Law, his alma mater, from 2011 to 2019. At the University of Utah his roles include his work in career development, running the school Cutting Sign to the Legal Profession program for Native American students, co-managing its Washington DC program, and serving as a member of the school’s Professional Identity Formation Committee. Prior to working in law schools, Thompson was an attorney focused on commercial restructuring work in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended the University of Kansas School of Law from 2003 to 2006, entering the program at the age of 34. Prior to law school Thompson was in marketing and communications, working for everything from his own small agency in Tucson, Arizona, to a global tech company in Houston, Texas, to a subsidiary of one of the big global ad agencies in their Chicago office. Thompson was born in Arizona and grew up on a small family cattle ranch on the border with Mexico. He and his spouse, Karen Ford Manza Thomspon, have been married for 25 years and live in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interests include travel, cooking, photography, flyfishing, and improving a rather poor golf game.
Christina Hough, Former 9th Cir. Representative and At-Large Member of the FBA’s Law Student Division Board
Christina Hough has more than 22 years of experience in the legal field, having worked as a senior paralegal and litigation secretary in small businesses, large enterprises and law firms of varying sizes and specialties. She has extensive experience in general civil litigation matters.
She earned her bachelor’s in Public Administration from Southern New Hampshire University, graduating summa cum laude and as a Distinguished Scholar with a 4.0 GPA. She received her paralegal certificate with honors in Generalist Curriculum from the University of San Diego Paralegal Program. She completed her first year of law school at the University of San Diego School of Law and studied abroad after 1L year in Madrid, Spain.
Christina was selected as the National Notary Assocition’s 2023 Notary of the Year, for her volunteerism as an on-call notary public for the HIV/AIDS Division of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program and her willingness to meet notary clients where they are by, for example, traveling to rural Indian reservations where notary services are often unavailable. She also received the 2023 Affiliates Award from the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) for her work on the San Diego Paralegal Association’s inaugural Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Educational Conference, which was held in September 2022. Christina was also recognized as a Woman of Influence in Law by the San Diego Business Journal in 2023.
She has served on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Paralegal Association for the past four years, including three years on the Executive Committee and as a Vice President of Membership. She also volunteers her time on other boards and committees at various legal associations, including the Federal Bar Association’s Law Student Division Board and the California Indian Law Association.
Patricia Limón de Rodríguez: 5th Cir. Representative of the FBA’s Law Student Division Board
Having started her legal studies in January 2022, Pati is a current second-semester 3L at South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL) and is geared to earn her Juris Doctor in December 2024 with recognition as a Pro Bono Honors Program Recipient and completion of the Texas Criminal Trial Advocacy Concentration Certificate.
Keeping in line with a non-traditional path, Pati sat for the July 2024 Uniform Bar Exam and is awaiting her results from the Texas Board of Law Examiners. Prior to law school, Pati worked as the Director of Administration at Edge Creative Strategies, while also working part-time as the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston (HisBA)’s Executive Director.
During her time at Edge and HisBA, she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, where she graduated summa cum laude, earning a 4.0 GPA.
Pati’s vast experience includes teaching Introduction to Paralegalism at San Jacinto College in Houston, where she serves on the Advisory Committee for the School’s Paralegal Studies Program. During her time at STCL, she established the University of Houston’s alumni student organization, the Cougar Law Society and has served on the board of the Women’s Law Society. She recently completed her tenure as the Mountain Region Director of the National Latina/o Law Students Association and is the Criminal Law Committee Co-Chair for the Houston Young Lawyers Association.
Nurturing her love for learning languages and traveling, Pati is fluent in Spanish and Hebrew, with a proficiency in French and basic language knowledge of Arabic, German and Russian. Last summer, she attended two study abroad programs at Právnická Fakulta Univerzity Karlovy in Prague, Czech Republic and the Academy of the Advocate in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Mona Masha, J.D., University of San Diego School of Law, May 2024
Mona Masha is a recent graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor in May 2024. As a non-traditional law student, Mona brought a wealth of experience from her diverse professional background to her legal studies. Enrolled in USD’s part-time program, she successfully balanced completing her degree over four years while working full-time. Mona served as the President of the Older Wiser Law Students (OWLS) organization, where she advocated for and supported fellow non-traditional students. She was also actively involved in leadership roles within the Middle Eastern Law Student Association and the Anime and Manga Law Society.
Having sat for the July 2024 California bar exam, Mona is now preparing to fully embark on her legal career, with a particular focus on intellectual property and public interest law.

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Webinar: Implicit Bias, An Understanding
2024-09-11 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
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Join the FBA’s Federal Career Service Division on September 11 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (ET), for a program on Implicit Bias. This webinar will feature an interactive discussion on bias and inclusivity in a seminar setting. The objective is individual personal bias reconciliation with an introspective revelation of deep-seated beliefs, impressions, and notions of cultural differences among people.
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Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Federal Career Service Division. Cosponsored by the Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee
Comments given by Mr. Durant are personal and do not reflect the policies or opinions of the US Department of Energy.

Presenter
Colonel James M. Durant III
Mr. Durant is a Career Member of U.S. Senior Executive Service. He had an illustrious career at U.S. Air Force retiring with a rank of Colonel.
He is the past Chair of the Chicago Federal Executive Board and the Senior Executives Association.
He publishes regularly and lectures internationally. Most recently, he co-authored UN publication Responsible Leadership and gave a talk about it at the United Nations’ Palace De Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a Fellow of the United Nations endorsed Institute on Responsible Leadership,
Mr. Durant leads a legal staff across the United States serving 11 of the 17 US National Laboratories handling management and operation contracts, acquisitions and grants, patent applications and licensing actions totaling over $8B annually. He is a principle legal advisor to the DOE Office of Science and its Combined Service Center in Oak Ridge Tennessee. His organization is comprised of a General Law Division and a Patent Law Division.
During his military career, he was appointed as a Judge Advocate, Special Assistant United States Attorney (CA/TX), and an International Commissioner (Bosnia-Herzegovina). A former NATO senior officer, he deployed for OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and NORTHERN WATCH serving as the LEGAD (lead lawyer). He is credited with leading six urban assault missions in Bosnia. Additionally, he was appointed Staff Judge Advocate 3 times, and Deputy Department Head and Professor of Law at the US Air Force Academy. He was also named the Strategic Initiatives Officer at the US Department of State, where he authored the legal authority document for the United States to negotiate with Russia for START II. He was the first military lawyer appointed to serve at the newly established Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Air Force Joint Space Operations Center. In his last military assignment, he was the Legal Director and Acting US Country Representative to Her Majesty’s Royal Government in the UK. While in the UK, he was the Boy Scouts of America’s District Commissioner over Scouts in the UK, Finland and Norway; he was also the London Liaison to the ABA for the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta.
Mr. Durant is the Chair of Easter Seals–Joliet Region, Chair of the ABA’s Retirement Fund, and Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Fellows. He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the ABA Young Lawyers Division. He is also an ABA Lifetime Award recipient, an ABA Nelson Award recipient, an ABA Difference Makers Award recipient, and 3x Outstanding JAG of the Year Award recipient for the US Air Force.
Mr. Durant hails from San Bernardino, California, and graduated from Howard University (BA, JD). He is licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He is married to Karen Durant and has two sons, Jonathan, and James.

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