CAALA Vegas 2022: Conference Schedule

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36 Sessions

All
Wed, Aug 31
Thu, Sep 01
Fri, Sep 02
Sat, Sep 03
Sun, Sep 04

Wednesday, August 31, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Exhibitor Registration Desk Open

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Track(s)

Exhibitor Registration Hours

Wednesday, August 31, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Track(s)

Registration Hours

Thursday, September 01, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Exhibitor Registration Desk Open

Track(s)

Exhibitor Registration Hours

Thursday, September 01, 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Track(s)

Registration Hours

Thursday, September 01, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Opening Session - Perspectives from the Bench: A Roundtable Discussion

Room: Bellagio Ballroom

Speaker(s)

Moderator

Alyssa Schabloski

Gladius Law, APC

Judge

Hon. John Pacheco

San Bernardino Superior Court

Judge

Hon. Mark Mooney

Judge

Los Angeles Superior Court

Judge

Hon. Mary Ann Murphy

Los Angeles Superior Court

Judge

Hon. Samantha Jessner

Presiding Judge

Los Angeles Superior Court

Track(s)

MCLE Session - Open to all attendees

General Session

Thursday, September 01, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: Grand Ballroom

Track(s)

Exhibit Hall

Thursday, September 01, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Room: Monet

Speaker(s)

Oscar Rene Gutierrez
Moderator

Hon. Daniel Crowley
Judge

Belinda Theam
Speaker
Christopher Dolan
Speaker
Craig Peters
Speaker
Dana Fox
Speaker
Shawn McCann
Speaker
Sophie Etemadi
Speaker

Track(s)

PI TRACK

Countdown to Trial

Room: Grand Ballroom 4/8

Speaker(s)

Derek T. Tran
Moderator

Hon. David Cowan
Judge

Track(s)

TRIAL TRACK

Room: Grand Ballroom 1

Speaker(s)

Allison Schulman
Moderator

Christina Coleman
Speaker
Genie Harrison
Speaker
Hon. Michael Linfield
Speaker
Jeffrey Ranen
Speaker
Jennifer Kramer
Speaker
Laura Horton
Speaker
Ramit Mizrahi
Speaker
Shannon Ward
Speaker

Track(s)

NON-PI TRACK

Specialty Credits

Room: Bellagio Ballroom 6/7

Speaker(s)

Ji-In Houck
Moderator

Hon. Cynthia Valenzuela
Judge

Greg Dorst
Speaker
Kelly Chen
Speaker
Laura Tamez
Speaker
Lita Abella
Speaker
Micha Star Liberty
Speaker
Taly Goody
Speaker

Track(s)

ESSENTIALS TRACK

Thursday, September 01, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Welcome Party

Room: Tower Ballroom

Track(s)

Networking

Networking

Friday, September 02, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Exhibitor Registration Desk Open

Track(s)

Exhibitor Registration Hours

Friday, September 02, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Track(s)

Registration Hours

Friday, September 02, 8:00 AM - 5:15 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: Grand Ballroom

Track(s)

Exhibit Hall

Friday, September 02, 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Basic Trial Skills

Room: Grand Ballroom 4/8

Speaker(s)

Ji-In Houck
Moderator

Hon. Ruth Kwan
Judge

Adam Shea
Speaker
Elizabeth Hernandez
Speaker
John Barber
Speaker
John Blumberg
Speaker
Lauren Morrison
Speaker
Olivier Taillieu
Speaker

Track(s)

TRIAL TRACK

Insurance Bad Faith

Room: Grand Ballroom 1

Speaker(s)

Danny Abir
Moderator

Frank Darras
Speaker
Joseph Barrett
Speaker
Kristin Hobbs
Speaker
Michael Cohen
Speaker
Sara McClain
Speaker
Torsten Bassell
Speaker

Track(s)

NON-PI TRACK

Pre-Litigation Skills

Room: Bellagio 6/7

Speaker(s)

Derek T. Tran
Moderator

Daniel Kramer
Speaker
Denisse Gastelum
Speaker
Kieran Doherty
Speaker
Mauro Fiore, Jr.
Speaker
Tal Rubin
Speaker
Thomas Feher
Speaker
Toni Jaramilla
Speaker

Track(s)

ESSENTIALS TRACK

Trucks and Buses

Room: Monet

Speaker(s)

Megan Klein
Moderator

Hon. Theresa Traber
Judge

Track(s)

PI TRACK

Friday, September 02, 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

CAALA Member Meeting

Room: Bellagio Ballroom

Friday, September 02, 2:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Arbitration

Room: Bellagio 6/7

Speaker(s)

Ese Omofoma
Moderator

Hon. Roy Paul (Ret.)
Judge

Benjamin Ikuta
Speaker
Gregory Rizio
Speaker
Jennifer Ostertag
Speaker
Lauren Horwitz
Speaker
Mike Arias
Speaker

Track(s)

ESSENTIALS TRACK

Civil Litigation Trial Skills

Room: Grand Ballroom 1

Speaker(s)

Alyssa Schabloski
Moderator

Hon. Stephanie Bowick
Judge

Dale Galipo
Speaker
Helene Wasserman
Speaker
Jamie Goldstein
Speaker
Martin Aarons
Speaker
Neville Johnson
Speaker
Victor George
Speaker

Track(s)

NON-PI TRACK

Room: Grand Ballroom 4/8

Speaker(s)

Megan Klein
Moderator

Hon. David A. Rosen
Judge

David deRubertis
Speaker
Ibiere Seck
Speaker
John Taylor
Speaker
Laurel Halbany
Speaker
Michael Alder
Speaker
Stuart Fraenkel
Speaker

Track(s)

TRIAL TRACK

Premises Cases & Dangerous Conditions

Room: Monet

Speaker(s)

Oscar Rene Gutierrez
Moderator

Bruce Broillet
Speaker
Gene Sullivan
Speaker
Jeff Rudman
Speaker
John Ramey
Speaker
John Sweeney
Speaker
Lauren Lofton
Speaker
Lourdes De Armas
Speaker

Track(s)

PI TRACK

Friday, September 02, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Empower Hour

Room: Gaugin

Speaker(s)

Speaker

Alonso Palencia

BD&J, P.C.

Speaker

Assal Badrkhani

Senior Litigation Paralegal

Arias Sanguinetti

Speaker

Ivan Monserrat

Head Paralegal

The Simon Law Group

Speaker

Jin Lew

Esq.

Law Offices of Michels & Lew

Moderator

Rose Gutierrez

Litigation Manager

Law Offices of Michels & Lew

Speaker

Shann Martin

Office Manager

Taylor & Ring

Moderator

Tricia Yue

Boucher LLP

Track(s)

LEGAL STAFF TRACK (Open to all attendees)

Saturday, September 03, 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Exhibitor Registration Desk Open

Track(s)

Exhibitor Registration Hours

Saturday, September 03, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: Grand Ballroom

Track(s)

Exhibit Hall

Registration Desk Open

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Track(s)

Registration Hours

Saturday, September 03, 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Advanced Trial Skills

Room: Grand Ballroom 4/8

Speaker(s)

Ese Omofoma
Moderator

Hon. Michelle Court
Judge

Deborah Chang
Speaker
Doug Silverstein
Speaker
Gary Dordick
Speaker
James Yukevich
Speaker
Joseph Low
Speaker
Ricardo Echeverria
Speaker

Track(s)

TRIAL TRACK

Children's Rights

Room: Grand Ballroom 1

Speaker(s)

Allison Schulman
Moderator

Hon. Randolph Hammock
Judge

Arthur Bryant
Speaker
Austin Ward
Speaker
Candice Klein
Speaker
Christa Ramey
Speaker
Louanne Masry
Speaker
Matthew Whibley
Speaker
Omar Naime
Speaker

Track(s)

NON-PI TRACK

Medicine for Lawyers

Room: Monet

Speaker(s)

Belinda Theam
Moderator

Track(s)

PI TRACK

Post-Trial/Post-Settlement

Room: Bellagio 6/7

Speaker(s)

Danny Abir
Moderator

Justice Lee Smalley Edmon
Judge

Gretchen Nelson
Speaker
Holly Boyer
Speaker
Jill McDonell
Speaker
John Rice
Speaker
Lawrence Lallande
Speaker
Norman Pine
Speaker
Richard Evanns
Speaker

Track(s)

ESSENTIALS TRACK

The Pre-Litigation Phase

Room: Gaugin

Speaker(s)

Alonso Palencia
Moderator
Ivan Monserrat
Moderator

Brandon Kahan
Speaker
Gloria Vargas
Speaker
Hope Delabar
Speaker
Jonathan Ritter
Speaker
Kenneth Santos
Speaker
Maria Lopez
Speaker

Track(s)

LEGAL STAFF TRACK (Open to all attendees)

Saturday, September 03, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Session

Room: Bellagio Ballroom

Speaker(s)

Speaker

Arash Homampour

The Homampour Law Firm, PLC

Speaker

Brian Panish

Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP

Moderator

Bruce Brusavich

ACTS Law

Judge

Hon. Stuart Rice

LA Superior Court

Speaker

J. Bernard Alexander, III

Alexander Morrison + Fehr LLP

Speaker

Maryann Gallagher

Law Offices of Maryann P. Gallagher

Speaker

Michael Schonbuch

Daniels, Fine, Israel, Schonbuch & Lebovits, LLP

Speaker

Natalie Weatherford

Partner

Taylor & Ring

Speaker

Steve Vartazarian

Vartazarian Law Firm

Track(s)

MCLE Session - Open to all attendees

General Session

Saturday, September 03, 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM

The CHAOTIC Calm Before the Storm

Room: Gaugin

Speaker(s)

Moderator

Assal Badrkhani

Senior Litigation Paralegal

Arias Sanguinetti

Speaker

Christina Lopopolo

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria

Speaker

Jeisel Morales

Office Manager

Brock & Gonzales, LLP

Moderator

Shann Martin

Office Manager

Taylor & Ring

Speaker

Shea Murphy

Track(s)

LEGAL STAFF TRACK (Open to all attendees)

Saturday, September 03, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Saturday Cocktail Party

Room: Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace

Sunday, September 04, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Sunday Poolside Brunch

Room: Bellagio Grand Terrace