The Colorado Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Association Retreat is virtual for 2020. But rest assured, we have the same great programming we always do and a fun event on Thursday evening to make up for the lack of in person socializing. The schedule of presentations is complete. Note there is nothing schedule for Wednesday, August 26, but we have 2 hours of presentations on Monday and Tuesday during lunch and fuller days of presentations on Thursday and Friday. Everything is available on-demand after the retreat, so if you cannot attend something live, you can watch it at your convenience. While we may shift these times by a few minutes here or there as we work out the final nuances to a virtual retreat, here is the schedule:
MONDAY, August 24
12:00-12:30 – View from a Legislator
Rep. Leslie Herod
12:35-2:05 – Radical (and Not-So-Radical) Changes to Federal and Colorado Wage and Hour Law
Adam Harrison (Sawaya & Miller), Victoria Guzman (CDLE), Scott Moss (CDLE), and John Michael Guevara (Wolf Guevara)
TUESDAY, August 25
12:00-12:25 - Ferreting Out & Exposing Implicit Bias From Intake To Trial
Chris Houk (Houk Law Firm, Tempe, AZ)
12:30-1:45– Not Throwin’ Away My Shot: An Overview of Federal Sector Employment Law
Marisa Williams (Williams & Rhodes) and Euell Thomas (Livelihood Law)
THURSDAY, August 27
10:30-10:40 – Welcome and Introduction
Ian Kalmanowitz (Cornish & Dell'Olio)
10:40-11:30 – Coronavirus and the ADA
Brian East (Disability Rights Texas)
11:35-12:25 - Defeating Summary Judgment and Prevailing at Trial in Cases Involving Cat’s Paw Liability
John Culver (Benezra & Culver)
12:25-1:25 – Lunch On Your Own
1:30-2:20 – New State Employment Laws (COVID Whistleblower Law, Paid Sick Leave, and Other New Laws)
David Seligman (Towards Justice) and Rachel Ellis (Livelihood Law)
2:20-2:30 – PELA Legislative Program
Rachel Ellis
2:35-3:00 – Helpful Things to Include in Scheduling Orders
Hunter Swain (Swain Law)
3:00-3:25 - Using Both Sides of the Brain to Take Great Depositions
Diane King (King & Greisen)
4:00-5:30 – Trivia
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
10:30-11:20 – Evidentiary Issues on Summary Judgment
Rita Byrnes Kittle (EEOC)
11:20-11:30 – PELA’s Fellowship Program
Ariel DeFazio (Sweeney & Bechtold) and Ben Ward (PELA Fellow)
11:35-12:25 – COVID claims through Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy
Paul Maxon (The Law Office of Paul Maxon)
12:25-1:15 – Lunch Groups Over Zoom
1:15-1:30 – Recent Analysis of Ministerial Exception from Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Arash Jahanian (The Meyer Law Firm)
1:30-3:00 - Legislative and Caselaw Update
Joan Bechtold (Sweeney & Bechtold) and Barry Roseman (Roseman Legal)
Are you wondering "where are the ethics credits?" Don't worry, PELA is preparing a 3-4 ethics credit seminar for later this fall.
