{"id":10,"date":"2019-11-04T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T18:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:46:30","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bne-events-list-wrapper\"><div class=\"event-heading\"><h4 class=\"event-date\">Wednesday, July 22, 2026<\/h4><h2 class=\"event-title\">Review of 2025-2026 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"event-details\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/review-of-2025-2026-u-s-supreme-court-decisions\/\" class=\"btn btn-default\" title=\"Program Details\">Program Details<\/a> <\/div><\/div><!-- .bne-events-list-wrapper (end) -->\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bne-container bne-container text-default has-bg-color rounded-lg\" style=\"background-color:#e4e8ee\"><div class=\"bne-container-content content-area-width\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\">\n<h3><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-info-color\">2026 ABTL DINNER CLE\/PROGRAMS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dec. 8, 2026<\/strong><br>Topic TBD<br>Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sept. 16, 2026<\/strong><br>Topic TBD<br>Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 22, 2026 <\/strong><br>&#8220;Review of 2025\/2026 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions&#8221;<br>(One Hour of General CLE)<br>Menlo Country Club, Woodside, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderator: Ashok Ramani &#8211; Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell<br>Panelists: <br>&gt; Professor Zach Price &#8211; University of California Law &#8211; San Francisco<br>&gt; Professor Vikram Aram &#8211; University of California Davis School of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>April 14, 2026<\/strong><br>&#8220;<strong>Objection! When &amp; How<\/strong> <strong>To Make Evidentiary Trial Objections<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> (One hour of General CLE)<br> <em>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<\/em><br> Moderator:  Hon. Christine Van Aken, S.F. Superior Court<br> Panelists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-4659a982-e5bd-49a9-9fdb-d52cf04d17ef\"><li>Hon. Haywood Gilliam, U.S. District Court &#8211; Northern District of California<\/li><li>Hon. Ioana Petrou, California Court of Appeals &#8211; First District<\/li><li>Leo Lam, Keker Van Nest &amp; Peters<\/li><li>Dena Sharp, Girard|Sharp<br><br><strong>PROGRAM<\/strong> <strong>HANDOUTS:<\/strong><br><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Summary-of-Panelists-suggestions-from-4-14-26-ABTL-CLE-Program-.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Summary of panelists&#8217; suggestions re: objections<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/CEB-Checklist_of_objections.pdf\">CEB List of Objections<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Commonly-used-objections.pdf\">Commonly used objections<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><br><strong>February 5, 2026<\/strong><br><strong>Beyond the Basics: Advanced Mediation Insights to Resolve Complex Disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(One hour of General CLE)<br><em>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<\/em><br>Moderator: Margret Caruso, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan<br>Panelists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Hon. Mary Wiss, Formerly of the San Francisco Superior Court<\/li><li>Hon. Ming Chin, ADR Services Inc.\/Formerly of the California Supreme Court<\/li><li>Bruce Edwards, Signature Resolution<\/li><li>Shirish Gupta, JAMS<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">2025 ABTL DINNER CLE\/PROGRAMS<\/span><\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>December 4, 2025<\/strong><br><strong>Jury Selection and the Challenges to Eliminate Bias <\/strong>(One Hour Elimination of Implicit Bias CLE)<br><em>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<\/em><br>Panel:<\/li><li>Moderator: Hon. Robert Foiles (Ret.), JAMS<\/li><li>Hon. Beth Freeman, U.S. District Court &#8211; Northern District of California<\/li><li>Hon. Brian Ferrall, San Francisco Superior Court<\/li><li>Sonja Chopra, Chopra Litigation Consulting<\/li><li>Tara Trask, Trask Consulting<br><br><\/li><li><strong>September 17, 2025<\/strong><br><strong>Trial of former Autonomy Corp. CEO Dr. Mike Lynch <\/strong>(One Hour General CLE)<br><em>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<\/em><br>Panel:<\/li><li>Moderator: Josh Cohen, Debevoise &amp; Plimpton<\/li><li>Hon. Charles Breyer, U.S. District Court \u2013 Northern District of Calif.<\/li><li>Hon. Robert Leach, Contra Costa County Superior Court<\/li><li>Brian M. Heberlig, Steptoe<br><br><\/li><li><strong>July 16, 2025<br>Landmark Decisions US Supreme Court &#8217;24-&#8217;25 <\/strong>(One Hour General CLE)<br><em>Menlo Country Club, Woodside, CA<\/em><br>Presenters:<\/li><li>Professor Vik Amar, University of California \u2013 Davis School of Law<\/li><li>Professor Easha Anand \u2013 Stanford University Law School<br><br><\/li><li><strong>May 22, 2025<\/strong><br><strong>Navigating Infernos <\/strong>(One Hour of General CLE)<br><em>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<\/em><br>Panel:<\/li><li>Moderator: Hon. Nancy Fineman, San Mateo Superior Court<\/li><li>Hon. Daniel Buckley (Ret.), Signature Resolution<\/li><li>Nicholas Fram, Munger, Tolles &amp; Olson LLP<\/li><li>Frank Pitre, Cotchett, Pitre &amp; McCarthy LLP<\/li><li>Amanda Stevens, Schroeder, Loscotoff &amp; Stevens<br><br><\/li><li><strong>February 26, 2025<br>Implicit Bias and Post-Judgment Review<\/strong> (One Hour Elimination of Implicit Bias CLE)<br><em>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA <\/em><br>Presenter:<\/li><li>Dr. David McGowan, Univ. of San Diego &#8211; School of Law<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bne-container bne-container text-default has-bg-color rounded-lg\" style=\"background-color:#e4e8ee\"><div class=\"bne-container-content content-area-width\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\">\n<h3><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">2024 ABTL DINNER CLE\/PROGRAMS<\/span><\/strong><br><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>January 25, 2024<\/strong><br><strong>The Ethos of Trial (One Hour General CLE)<\/strong><br>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<br>Presenter: Daralyn Durie, Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP<br><br><\/li><li><strong>March 12, 2024<\/strong><br><strong>The Trust Busters: Insights on Competition from FTC Officials <\/strong>(One Hour General CLE)<br>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<br>Panel:<ul><li>Bambo Obaro, Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges LLP<\/li><li>Rahul Rao, FTC Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition<\/li><li>Abby Dennis, FTC Assistant Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition<br><br><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>May 15, 2024<br>The Challenges of Cryptocurrency\/Blockchain Litigation <\/strong>(One Hour General CLE)<br>Menlo Country Club, Woodside, CA<br>Moderator: Hon. Patricia Lucas (Ret.)<br>Panel:<ul><li>Paul Grewal, General Counsel, Coinbase<\/li><li>Erin West, Deputy District Attorney, Santa Clara County<\/li><li>Grant Fondo, Partner, Goodwin Proctor<br><br><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Sept. 17, 2024<\/strong><br><strong>U.S. Supreme Court: 2023-2024 Term in Review <\/strong>(One Hour of General CLE)<br>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<br>Moderator: Hon. P. Kasey Pitts, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California<br>Panel:<ul><li>Vikram Amar, Professor, Univ. of California, School of Law<\/li><li>Pamela Karlan, Professor, Stanford Law School<br><br><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Dec. 12, 2024<br>Meet Our Five Newest Federal District Judges<\/strong> (One Hour of General CLE)<br>Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA<br>Judicial Speakers:<ul><li>Hon. Rita Lin<\/li><li>Hon. P. Kasey Pitts<\/li><li>Hon. Araceli Martinez-Olguin<\/li><li>Hon. Trina Thompson<\/li><li>Hon. Eumi Lee<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bne-container bne-container text-default has-bg-color rounded-lg\" style=\"background-color:#e4e8ee\"><div class=\"bne-container-content content-area-width\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>2023 Program<\/strong>s<br><strong>November 14, 2023 5:30 &#8211; 8:30 pm<\/strong>  Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/legal-challenges-to-generative-ai\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/legal-challenges-to-generative-ai\/\">Legal Challenges to Generative AI<\/a><\/strong><br>Panel:<br>Professor Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley School of Law<br>Joseph Saveri, Joseph Saveri Law Firm<br>Angela Dunning, Cleary Gottlieb, Steen &amp; Hamilton<br>Handouts: <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6sDGIrVO6mo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6sDGIrVO6mo<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Pitt-L-Rev-Computer-Generated-Works-by-Prof.-Pamela-Samuelson-as-of-10-27-23.pdf\">Pitt L Rev Computer Generated Works by Prof. Pamela Samuelson (as of 10-27-23)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>September 6, 2023 6:00 &#8211; 8:00 PM<\/strong>  Menlo Country Club, Woodside, CA<br>Judicial Reception &#8211; Meet\/Visit with the Justices of the 6th District Court of Appeal<br><br><strong>July 19, 2023 5:15 &#8211; 7:00 PM  Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.<\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/a-conversation-with-california-supreme-court-chief-justice-patricia-guerrero\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/a-conversation-with-california-supreme-court-chief-justice-patricia-guerrero\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Conversation With California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero <\/a><\/strong><br>Interviewer: <strong>Luis C\u00e9spedes<\/strong>, California Governor&#8217;s Judicial Appointments Secretary<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Handout: <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/stanford-lawyer\/articles\/patricia-guerrero\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/stanford-lawyer\/articles\/patricia-guerrero\/\">https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/stanford-lawyer\/articles\/patricia-guerrero\/<\/a><br><br><strong>May 17, 2023   5:30 &#8211; 8:30 p.m.<\/strong>  Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/https-abtl-org-northerncalifornia-events-an-evening-with-united-states-attorney-ismail-izzy-ramsey-preview_id1443preview_nonce122b67c5d3previewtrue\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/https-abtl-org-northerncalifornia-events-an-evening-with-united-states-attorney-ismail-izzy-ramsey-preview_id1443preview_nonce122b67c5d3previewtrue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Evening with U.S. Attorney Ismail &#8220;Izzy&#8221; Ramsey<\/a><\/strong><br>Speakers: <br><strong>Ismail &#8220;Izzy&#8221; Ramsey<\/strong>, U.S. Attorney &#8211; Northern District of California<br><strong>Cris Arguedes<\/strong> <strong>(Ret.)<\/strong> &#8211; Arguedas, Cassman, Headley &amp; Goldman LLP <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><strong>March 8, 2023   6:00 &#8211; 8:00 p.m.  Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cU.S. Supreme Court \u2013 What Can We Expect in 2023?\u201d<\/strong><br><strong>Moderator:<\/strong>  <br><strong>Hon. Edward Davila<\/strong>, U.S. District Court &#8211; Northern District of California<br><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt; <strong>Erwin Chemerinsky,<\/strong> Dean, University of California School of Law, S.F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt; <strong>Kathleen Sullivan<\/strong>, Name Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan, Former Dean of Stanford School of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":153,"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1919,"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}