The PELA Retreat is August 15-16 at the Pines at Genesee. Registration is now open!
APPROVED FOR 15 GENERAL/2.5 ETHICS CREDITS.
Registration Fees:
$25 - Students
$100 - Paralegals and staff (of current PELA members)
$100 - PELA members (First Time Attendee Rate)
$150 - PELA members (Normal Rate)
$200 - PELA members (after 8/10)
$200 - Non-PELA NELA and CTLA members who do not regularly defend employers in employment cases
$75 - Materials only (must be a member)
REGISTER BY WEDNESDAY 8/8/18
Location: Pines at Genesee, 633 Park Point Dr, Golden, CO 80401
Wednesday August 15
8:00 - 8:30 – Registration and Breakfast buffet
8:30 – 8:35 – Welcome and Introduction
8:35 – 9:00 – Clay Wire – Corporate Whistleblower Protections - Post- Digital Realty
9:00 – 9:25 – Paul Maxon and Brad Levin – Blood from a Turnip: using Nunn/Bashor agreements to recover from employers when insurance coverage is denied
9:25 – 10:25 – Magistrate Judge Varholak – Observations from the Bench
10:25 – 10:40 - Break
10:40 – 11:05 – Ralph Lamar – You’ve won at trial and now you want to get paid for your work – what you need to know regarding petitions for attorneys’ fees
11:05 – 11:30 – Terry O’Neill – A Call to Action – Harnessing the power of NELA for positive change
11:30 – 11:55 – Liana Orshan and Andy McNulty – Mandatory Arbitration and Class Waiver Agreements in Employment
11:55 – 1:05 – networking lunch
1:05 – 1:55 – Judge Adam Espinosa and Danae Woody - Unbundled Legal Services – How to Successfully Negotiate the Shoals
1:55 – 2:45 – Tom Arckey – Advising the injured/disabled client on the intersection of the ADA, W/C, and Long and Short Term Disability Benefits
2:45 – 3:00 - Break
3:00 – 4:15 – Tom Newkirk - Practical Applications and Ethical Considerations - Implicit Bias in the Practice of Law
5:00 – 7:30 - Reception and case of the Year Announcement
Thursday August 16
8:00 - 8:20 – Breakfast buffet
8:20 – 9:10 – Kelli Riley, Jessica Winger and Jessica Mathis - Collaborating with the CDLE Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
9:10 – 9:35 – Amy Robertson – Title III and beyond, or, how to practice law without being an ableist jerk
9:35 – 10:00 – Christine Breen - Eleventh Amendment Immunity, Can the Defendant Waive It Goodbye?
10:00 – 10:20 – Break
10:20 – 11:10 – Jason St. Julien – Voir Dire: Hitting Leadoff
11:10 – 12:00 – Andy Bardwell, Lance Kauffman and Mary Donachy – Effective use of experts to get to trial and to prove damages
12:00 – 1:15 – lunch tables -
Ethics Lunchtable Discussion - Ben Lebsack
New Members - Tasha Steward/Kelli Riley
Improving PELA - Hunter Swain
EEOC/CCRD - Sarah Parady
Public Employees - Marisa Williams
Wage and Hour Law -
Legislative Update - Barry Roseman
1:15 – 2:05 – Karen Susman - Witness Preparation: It’s More Than “Just the facts, ma’am!”
2:05 – 2:55 – Sara Maeglin, Kim Jones and Mary Jo Lowrey – Pump, pump, pump it up: a guide to the laws protecting nursing mothers and new mothers in the workplace
2:55 – 3:15 - Break
3:15 – 4:30 – Joan Bechtold and Barry Roseman – 2017-2018 Case Law and Legislative Update
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
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