The Association of Business Trial Lawyers

January 15, 2021 – Conducting Virtual Bench Trials (Webinar) [Presentation Materials]
January 23, 2021 — ABTL Board Virtual Mini-Retreat
January 26, 2021 – A New Era in Jury Selection in California: Preparing for and Complying with AB3707 (Webinar) [Template-for-Virtual-Bench-Trial-Pretrial-Order]
February 2021 – Webinar (TBD)
March 2021 – Webinar (TBD)
June 2021 – Annual Judicial Reception (TBD)
July 14, 2021 – Lunch Program (Millennium Biltmore)
October 20-24, 2021 – 47th Annual Seminar – Mauna Lani, Big Island, Hawaii

January 14, 2020 – Lunch Program – Tips On Arguing to a Judge [Presentation Materials and Summary Sheet]
February 5, 2020 – Westside Dinner Program – Constitutional Impact Litigation [Panel Outline]
February 26, 2020 – Young Lawyers Division Brown Bag Lunch with Justice Brian Currey and Justice John Wiley
April 10, 2020 – COVID-19 Q&A Webinar with LASC Leadership
April 23, 2020 – ABTL GC Insight Roundtable – The Covid-19 Crisis: Weathering the Storm (Webinar)
April 23, 2020 – State of the Central District and Court Operations During COVID-19 (Webinar)
May 14, 2020 – We’re Open for Business — What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Webinar)
June 5, 2020 – COVID-19 Q&A Webinar with LASC Leadership: What to Expect as Courts Prepare to Reopen on June 22 (Webinar)
June 9, 2020 – Reopening the Central District Courthouses: A Conversation with the New Chief Judge (Webinar)
June 22, 2020 – The A-Z of What You Need to Know to Connect with the LASC Beginning July 6 (Webinar)
November 18, 2020 – Winning Remotely — Trial and Appellate Arguments (Webinar)
November 18, 2020 – Winning Remotely — Trial and Appellate Arguments (Webinar) [Presentation Materials: AAAL Remote Argument Task Force – Recommendations for Counsel; AAAL Remote Argument Task Force – Recommendations for Courts; Best Practices for Video Oral Argument Div 7; Text for Email to Counsel-Parties re BlueJeans Oral Argument; GMSR Studio Setups]

January 22, 2019 – Lunch Program – Behind the Scenes at the ALI: The Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance
February 19, 2019 – Dinner Program – Juries and the Growing Mistrust of Science
April 9, 2019 – Lunch Program – Class Action Settlements: Tips and Pitfalls for Obtaining Judicial Approval
April 26-28, 2019 – Joint Board Retreat – Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
May 14, 2019 – Dinner Program – The Butler Did It! The Legal Battle Over the Estate of Doris Duke
June 11, 2019 – Judicial Reception
September 17, 2019 – Dinner Program – 100 Years After Women’s Right to Vote: Where Are We Now?
October 3-6, 2019 – 46th Annual Seminar – La Quinta Resort, Palm Springs
November 12, 2019 – Dinner Program – An Evening with U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna in Conversation with The Honorable André Birotte Jr.
December 12, 2019 – YLD Program – How to Handle High Profile Cases in the Courtroom and with the Press