Speaker Biographies

OPENING OF CONFERENCE

Hon. Wendy B. Vitter, Chief U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Jane Triche Milazzo, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Karen Wells Roby, U.S. Magistrate Judge, USDC-EDLA

 

U.S. SUPREME COURT UPDATE

Benjamin Aguiñaga, Solicitor General of Louisiana

Luke McCloud, Williams & Connolly LLP

 

RULES CHANGES

Hon. Sarah S. Vance, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

 

ETHICS

Hon. Barry W. Ashe, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Eva J. Dossier, U.S. Magistrate Judge, USDC-EDLA

 

DEEP FAKES IN LITIGATION

Hon. Xavier Rodriguez, U.S. District Judge, USDC-WDTX

Philip Favro, Favro Law PLLC

Maura Grossman, Maura Grossman Law

 

LUNCH

Jim Mustian, Associated Press

Faimon Roberts, Loyola University New Orleans

 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

CRIMINAL LAW

Hon. Lance M. Africk, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Brandon S. Long, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. David I. Courcelle, U.S. Attorney, EDLA

Claude J. Kelly, Chief Federal Public Defender, EDLA

 

EFFECTIVE WRITTEN ADVOCACY (AI)

Hon. Susie Morgan, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. William J. Crain, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Nicholas J. Caluda, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Thomas M. Flanagan, Flanagan Partners LLP

 

PREPARATION AND EXPECTATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT V. PRIVATE MEDIATIONS

Hon. Michael B. North, U.S. Magistrate Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Donna Phillips Currault, U.S. Magistrate Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Franz Zibilich, Ret. Judge, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court

Alysson Mills, Alysson Mills LLC

 

BANKRUPTCY

Hon. Meredith S. Grabill, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, USBC-EDLA

 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

EFFECTIVE ORAL ADVOCACY

Hon. Wendy B. Vitter, Chief U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Carl J. Barbier, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Kim M. Boyle, Phelps Dunbar LLP

William Most, Most & Associates

 

EXPERTS

Hon. Jane Triche Milazzo, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Darrel James Papillion, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Kerry Miller, Miller, Thibodeaux, Dysart, Veith & Paschal LLC

Paige Sensenbrenner, Adams & Reese L.L.P.

 

COURTS AND THE COMMUNITY

Hon. Jay C. Zainey, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Nannette Jolivette Brown, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Janis van Meerveld, U.S. Magistrate Judge, USDC-EDLA

Haley Jupiter, Sternberg, Naccari, and White

 

E-DISCOVERY IN LITIGATION: EXTRACTING CELLULAR PHONE DATA

Hon. Karen Wells Roby, U.S. Magistrate Judge, USDC-EDLA

Andrew R. Lee, Jones Walker LLP

Chris Gastardi, LCG Discovery Experts 

 

PERSPECTIVES FROM THE BENCH/PROFESSIONALISM

Hon. Wendy B. Vitter, Chief U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Darrel James Papillion, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Brandon S. Long, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. William J. Crain, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA

Hon. Anna St. John, U.S. District Judge, USDC-EDLA