8:15-8:45 Registration
Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 Welcome
- DCBA President Gilbert Squires and Vice President Sabrina Puglisi
9:00-10:30 SESSION 1
The Future of Probate and Guardianship Administration and Litigation
- Administrative Chief Judge Yvonne Colodny, Eleventh Circuit
- Stacy Rubel, The Virgil Law Firm
- Elizabeth Hughes, Greenspoon Marder LLP
Panel presented by the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (MDFAWL)
The Effective Use of Technology in Mediation, Hearings and Trial
- Jonathan Feldman, Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L.
- Jairo Avila, Internos Intuitive Technology
- David O. Markus, Markus/Moss
- Gene Stearns, Stearns Weaver
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 SESSION 2
Civil Justice Innovation: Transforming to a User-Friendly Court (Coming changes you need to understand)
- Administrative Chief Judge Jennifer Bailey, Eleventh Circuit
The Art of Legal Storytelling
- H.T. Smith, Director, FIU Trial Advocacy Program
Happiness as a Young Lawyer
- Mark Eiglarsh, Law Offices of Mark Eiglarsh
- Iris Elijah, Associate Gen. Counsel Florida International University
- Amber Kornreich, Law Offices of Kornreich & Associates
- Michael Levine, Stewart, Tilghman, Fox, Bianchi and Cain (moderator)
- Anthony Sirven, Holland & Knight
Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Talent- Panel presented by Gwen S. Cherry and Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association
- Raoul Cantero III, Global Executive Partner for Diversity at White & Case, former Florida Supreme Court Justice
- Johane Domersant, Senior Director & Assistant General Counsel for Global Labor & Employment at Ryder System, Inc.
12:15-1:35 LUNCHEON
Mike Whelan, Author of “Lawyer Forward: Finding Your Place in the Future of Law”
1:45-3:15 SESSION 3
Perspectives from the Bar
- Edward Blumberg, Deutsch Blumberg & Caballero, P.A.
- Jane Muir, J. Muir & Associates, DCBA President-Elect (moderator)
- Jerry Hamilton, Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel
- Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
- Howard Srebnick, Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A.
Anatomy of a Mediation
- Joseph Farina, Retired Chief Judge 11th Circuit, JAMS
Fashion and the Law
- Danielle Garno, Adjunct Professor UM Law, Greenberg Traurig
- Deidre Richardson, Sr. Director Corporate Counsel Chicos FAS Inc.
- Tricia McDermott-Thompkins, GC Perry Ellis International
Practicing Before the 3rd DCA
- Chief Judge Kevin Emas, Third District Court of Appeal
- Judge Ivan Fernandez, Third District Court of Appeal
- Judge Edwin Scales, Third District Court of Appeal
- Mercedes Prieto, Clerk, Third District Court of Appeal
- Rodolfo Sorondo Jr., Holland & Knight, former Judge Third District Court of Appeal (moderator)
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-5:00 SESSION 4
Perspective from the Bench
- Judge Roy Altman, Southern District of Florida
- Administrative Judge Scott Bernstein, Eleventh Circuit
- Administrative Judge Nushin Sayfie, Eleventh Circuit
- Judge Laura Stuzin, Eleventh Circuit
- Judge Lisa Walsh, Eleventh Circuit
- Sabrina Puglisi, Puglisi Law, DCBA Vice-President (moderator)
Opportunity Zone
- David Neufeld, Flaster Greenberg PC
- Joseph Hernandez, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman
Zealous Advocacy with High Ethics: A Perspective from the Bench, the Bar and Defense
- Abby Cynamon, Eleventh Circuit
- Arlene Sankel, The Florida Bar
- Brian Tannebaum, Special Counsel Bast Amron
Panel presented by Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)
5:00-6:30 Reception
