Annual Seminar

ABTL 51st Annual Seminar

Strategic Litigation: Protecting Clients in a High-Stakes, High-Profile Dispute

October 8 – 12, 2025

Wailea Beach Resort

Maui, Hawaii

Please note that the hotel is currently sold out but we have started a waiting list for those registered.

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Preliminary Program Details

Dates

October 8 – 12, 2025

Location

Wailea Beach Resort

3700 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea, Hawaii

Schedule

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

  • 3:00 – 5:30pm – Registration Check-In (Mai Tai hosted by JAMS)
  • 4:00 – 5:30pm – Board of Governors’ Meeting
  • 6:00 – 9:00pm – Welcome Dinner Reception

Thursday, October 9, 2025

  • 7:00 – 8:30am – Breakfast
  • 8:30am – 12:00pm – General Session
    • Collecting Evidence: Prefiling Investigations
    • Anticipating Claims, Defenses and Procedural Challenges / Early Resolution Options
    • Venue Considerations

Free Time to Relax and Enjoy Hawaii

  • 2:00 – 4:00pm – Pickleball Round-Robin (Four Seasons Resort – Rooftop Courts) REGISTER
  • 4:00 – 6:00pm – Signature Resolution Sunset Happy Hour

Friday, October 10, 2025

  • 7:30am – 1:00pm – Golf Shotgun (Wailea Emerald Course)
  • 1:30 – 4:50pm – General Session
    • Hearing on TRO Application
    • Crisis Communications: Planning and Effective Use
    • Requesting, Propounding and Responding to Expedited Discovery
  • 6:30 – 7:30pm – Keynote Speaker
    • Hawaii Community Foundation – Maui Recovery Efforts
  • 7:30 – 9:30pm – Dinner Party

Saturday, October 11, 2025

  • 7:00 – 8:30am – Breakfast
  • 8:30 – 11:50am – General Session
    • Graphics, Demonstratives and Animations for Judges, Arbitrators and Juries
    • Hearing on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
    • Managing Bias
  • 12:00 – 1:00pm – Breakout Sessions with Judiciary

Free Time to Relax and Enjoy Hawaii

  • 6:30 – 9:30pm – Farewell Dinner & Entertainment

Sunday, October 12, 2025

  • 8:00 – 9:30am – Buffet Breakfast

Costs

$1,195 — Attorney Registration and Retired Judiciary ($1,295 after July 16th; $1,395 after September 17th)

$995 — Government, In-House and Young Attorney Registration ($1,095 after July 16th; $1,195 after September 17th)

  • Young Lawyer (Admitted to practice 10 years or less)
  • In-House Counsel
  • Public Entity/Non-Profit/Government Attorney

$695 — Judicial Registration

  • Sitting State and Federal Judges

$695 — Guest Registration ($795 after July 16th; $895 after September 17th)

  • Includes meals, events, and entertainment
  • Does not include seminar program or MCLE credit

Children Registration (Per Child)

  • Ages 3 -15 $300 ($350 after July 16th; $450 after September 17th)
  • Ages 16 – 18 $450 ($500 after July 16th; $550 after September 17th)

MCLE

11.00 Hours MCLE


General Information

What is Included for Attendees and Registered Guests?

• All Seminar Presentations — 11.00 hours MCLE credit.
(Presentations and MCLE for conference registrants only; Registered guests are permitted at the social events but not the programming portion of the conference itself.)
• Welcome Dinner on Wednesday, October 8th .
• Three (3) Buffet Breakfasts (Thursday, Saturday and Sunday).
• Dinner on Friday, October 10th & Saturday, October 11th.
• Registered children may attend all breakfasts and all dinners.

Ala carte tickets are not available.

Dress Code

All seminar sessions are casual. Shorts, golf and t-shirts are welcome.
Receptions and dinners are Resort Casual (no jackets or ties). Hawaiian shirts are encouraged.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Seminar Registration Fees are refundable prior to Wednesday, September 3, 2025, less a non-refundable processing fee of $175.00. Cancellations must be received in writing (by email to annualseminar@abtl.org), no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. No refunds will be processed after September 3rd, although ABTL Members may transfer their registrations to a replacement attendee.

Hotel Accommodations

All accommodations are at the Wailea Beach Resort in Maui. The ABTL has obtained the following discounted rates with no resort fee and complimentary self-parking.

  • Garden View: $359
  • Partial Ocean View: $399
  • Premium Ocean View: $459

Hotel Reservations (at the ABTL rate) can only be made after registering for the conference. Registrants are limited to one (1) room initially. Subject to availability, this limitation may be lifted after August 15th. Each ABTL member is responsible for booking and/or cancelling his/her own hotel. Hotel information (including a phone number and direct link for reservations) will be provided to you by email after registering for the conference. Please allow twenty-four (24) hours for the information. Space permitting, the hotel will only honor the discounted rates for reservations made before September 6, 2025. Hotel Cancellations within twenty-one (21) days prior to arrival will be charged two night’s room and tax charges. This also includes any pre and post stays. Additional Hotel Charges: Porterage Charge @ $14.00 per person, round trip; and Housekeeping Fee of $6/room/day.

Contact Information

Event Planner: Linda Sampson
8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 443
Orange, CA 92869
annualseminar@abtl.org

Phone: 714.516.8106 or 323.988.3428


Interested in sponsorship, contact us at annualseminar@abtl.org