Events

2025 Programs

• February 5, 2025 – Dinner Program: The Constitution, Homelessness, and the Supreme Court: Grants Pass v. Johnson (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• March 4, 2025 – Lunch Program: Enough Already! Addressing the Rude, Crude and Bias in CA’s Legal Community (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• April 10, 2025 – Dinner Program: The Verdict that Shook the Industry – Guardant Health’s $292.5 Million Triumph Over Natera (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• April 16, 2025 – YLD Brown Bag Lunch – Limited to 2025 attorney members in practice 10 years or less
• May 2-4, 2025 – Joint Board of Governors’ Retreat (Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa)
• May 17, 2025 – Board of Governors’ Annual President’s Dinner (Heaven’s Hill Estate Winery)
• June 26, 2025 – Annual Members-Only Judicial Reception (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• August 6, 2025 – YLD MCLE: Public Speaking for Lawyers – Limited to 2025 attorney members in practice 10 years or less
• September 25, 2025 – Dinner Program (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• October 8 – 12, 2025 – 51st Annual Seminar: Strategic Litigation – Protecting Clients in a High-Stakes, High-Profile Dispute (Wailea Beach Resort, Maui, Hawaii)
• November 5, 2025 – Dinner Program (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)

2024 Programs

• February 7, 2024 – YLD Brown Bag Lunch with USDC Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha
• February 15, 2024 – Dinner Program: AI and the Future of Law (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• March 7, 2024 – Lunch Program: Special Verdicts: Advantages & Pitfalls (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• April 12-14, 2024 – Board of Governors’ Joint Board Retreat (Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on Del Monte Golf Course) 
• May 2, 2024 – Dinner Program: Tales from the Trial Table – Successful Storytelling, Voir Dire, and the Power of Pithy Themes (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• June 20, 2024 – Annual Members-Only Judicial Reception (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• September 14, 2024 – Board of Governors’ Annual President’s Dinner (Shutters on the Beach)
• September 26, 2024 – Dinner Program: Behind the Gavel – Meeting the Federal Judiciary (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• October 10, 2024 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) MCLE Event: Mediation—Preparation, Advocacy and Outcome
• October 17 – 20, 2024 – 50th Annual Seminar (Meritage Resort & Spa, Napa Valley)
• November 21, 2024 – Dinner Program: The Role of Strategic Communication in High-Profile Litigation (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)

2023 Programs

• February 8, 2023 – Dinner Program: Depp v. Heard — Lessons for Business Litigators (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• April 11, 2023 – YLD Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judge Dalila Corral Lyons
• April 13, 2023 – Dinner Program: When It’s Worth Taking Cases to Trial: Lessons Learned by Alex Spiro (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• April 20, 2023 – YLD Kickoff Happy Hour
• April 28-30, 2023 – Board of Governors’ Joint Board Retreat (Allegretto Vineyard Resort, Paso Robles)
• May 3, 2023 – YLD Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judge David S. Cunningham
• May 20, 2023 – Board of Governors’ Annual President’s Dinner (Shutters on the Beach)
• May 31, 2023 – YLD Dodger Game
• June 29, 2023 – Annual Judicial Reception (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• June 29, 2023 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) 2023 Community Outreach Project
• September 14, 2023 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) MCLE Event with U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada
• September 20, 2023 – Dinner Program: The Ethos of Trial (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• October 11-15, 2023 – 49th Annual Seminar – The Finer Points: Practical Skills in Impractical Situations (Fairmont Orchid, Big Island, Hawaii)
• November 30, 2023 – Dinner Program Forward Thinking: Los Angeles Superior Court’s Vision for the Future (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)

2022 Programs

• January 25, 2022 – Truth, Lies and Consequences: Trial Lessons Learned from the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes Cases (Webinar) [Jury Instructions and Verdict Form]
• February 2, 2022 – New Board Mini-Retreat (Virtual)
• February 15, 2022 – The State of Cybersecurity in 2022 (Webinar) [FBI Presentation Summary]
• April 6, 2022 – C Suite to the Streets: Understanding and Solving the Los Angeles Homeless Crisis (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• April 29 – May 1, 2022 – Joint Board Retreat (Pasea Hotel, Huntington Beach)
• April 30, 2022 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) 2022 Community Outreach Project with the NoHo Home Alliance
• May 21, 2022 – Board of Governors’ Annual Presidents Dinner (Hotel Casa del Mar)
• June 28, 2022 –Members Only Annual Judicial Reception (Outdoors – Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza)
• August 31, 2022 – Voting Rights and Wrongs (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• September 22 – 25, 2022 – 48th Annual Seminar – Back to Basics: Fundamentals of Trial Practice in a New Era (Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego)
• October 18, 2022 – Lunch Program: The Art of Persuasion: How to Persuade Like a Human Being, Not a Lawyer (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
• October 25, 2022 – Brown Bag Lunch with USDC Judge Virginia A. Phillips
• November 17, 2022 – An Evening with the Newest Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, Justice Patricia Guerrero (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)

2021 Programs

• 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]
• March 23, 2021 – The Road Ahead: A Judicial Update on Current and Post-Covid Practice (Webinar)
• April 15, 2021 – A Conversation with Senator Doug Jones: From the Courtroom to the Capitol (Young Lawyers Division Webinar)
• April 29, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judges Eric Taylor and Lawrence Riff on Justice Restored: What to Expect When We Get Back to Court (Young Lawyers Division Event)
• May 12, 2021 – An Evening with the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, California’s Newest Supreme Court Justice (Statewide Webinar)
• May 20, 2021 – Current Developments in LA Superior Court, Civil Departments (Webinar)
• May 27, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with California Court of Appeal Justices John Segal and Brian Hoffstadt (Young Lawyers Division Event)
• July 14, 2021 – College Athletics in the Supreme Court Spotlight: Alston v. NCAA (Outdoor In-Person Program and Mixer – Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza)
• July 23, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judge David Cowan and California Court of Appeal Justice  John Shepard Wiley on Dos and Don’ts for New Lawyers (Young Lawyers Division Event)
• September 11, 2021 – Board of Governors’ Annual President’s Dinner (Shutters on the Beach)
• September 22, 2021 – Members Only Annual Judicial Reception (Outdoors – Omni Los Angeles hotel at California Plaza)
• September 29, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with USDC Judges Philip Gutierrez and Andre Birotte, Jr. (Young Lawyers Division Event)
• October 6, 2021 – Lunch Program: A View from the Inside: Outside Counsel Do’s and Don’ts (Outdoors – Omni Los Angeles hotel at California Plaza)
• October 20-24, 2021 – 47th Annual Seminar – Mauna Lani, Big Island, Hawaii

2020 Programs

• 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) [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]

2019 Past Programs

• 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