{"id":8,"date":"2019-11-04T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-04-28T04:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:03:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color\">ABTL Northern California<br><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">Next program:<\/span> <div class=\"bne-events-list-wrapper\"><div class=\"event-heading\"><h4 class=\"event-date\">Tuesday, May 12, 2026<\/h4><h2 class=\"event-title\">\u201cRelationship Red Flags: \ufeff \ufeffKnowing When to Call  \ufeffYour Ethics Counsel\u201d<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"event-details\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/events\/relationship-red-flags-%ef%bb%bf-%ef%bb%bfknowing-when-to-call-%ef%bb%bfyour-ethics-counsel\/\" class=\"btn btn-default\" title=\"Program Details\">Program Details<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/abtl-ldc-ethics-cle-program-relationship-red-flags-knowing-when-to-call-your-ethics-counsel\" class=\"btn btn-default\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Register Online\">Register Online<\/a> <\/div><\/div><!-- .bne-events-list-wrapper (end) --><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3>_____________________________________________<br><br><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">Future 2026 ABTL Programs:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sept. 16, 2026<\/strong><br>Topic TBD<br>Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco<br><br><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<h3><br><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">Past 2026 ABTL Programs:<\/span><\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"has-inline-color has-dark-color\"><strong>April 14, 2026<\/strong><br>&#8220;<strong>Objection! When &amp; How<\/strong> <strong>To Make Evidentiary Trial Objections<\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><\/h3>\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><\/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<h3><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-dark-color\"><strong>February 5, 2026<\/strong><br><strong>Beyond the Basics: Advanced Mediation Insights to Resolve Complex Disputes<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\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<h3><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">2025 ABTL DINNER CLE\/PROGRAMS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-e008af05-3f6c-4878-bdf8-dcd8e07c0953\"><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>Presenters: TBD<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:<ul><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><\/li><\/ul><\/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:<ul><li>Professor Vik Amar, University of California \u2013 Davis School of Law<\/li><li>Professor Easha Anand \u2013 Stanford University Law School<br><\/li><\/ul><\/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:<ul><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><\/li><\/ul><\/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:<ul><li>Dr. David McGowan, Univ. of San Diego &#8211; School of Law<br><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide hr\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2>Statement of the Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Northern California Chapter on Judicial Independence&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-primary-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/abtl.org\/pdfs\/nc_statement_judicial_independence.pdf\">Download Statement PDF<\/a><\/div>\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<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABTL Northern California Next program: _____________________________________________ Future 2026 ABTL Programs: Sept. 16, 2026Topic TBDHyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco Dec. 8, 2026Topic TBDHyatt Regency Embarcadero San [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","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\/8"}],"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=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1943,"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/1943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtl.org\/northerncalifornia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}