Spring Training | Program

Thursday, April 11, 2024

	FCRA Track	FDCPA Track	Solar Fraud Track
7:00 a.m.	Registration Open Grand Foyer
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast & Legislative Update
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.	Evidence Gathering in Credit Reporting Case	Navigating FDCPA Claims in State Courts	Seeing the Light: What is solar and how should it work?
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.	Opening Statements	What FDCPA Claims are being Successfully Argued in Federal Court	Brightening the Light: Potential experts and vital evidence
12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.	Annual Business Lunch
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.	Plaintiff’s Story: Direct Testimony	Establishing a Successful Arbitration Practice	Piercing the Light: E-Sign in Solar Cases
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Expert Witness	Debt Collection Claims in Housing Context	Dim or Bright? Intake and Case Review Alley
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.	Adding TCPA to Your Debt Collection Practice
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.	Building a Better Federal Bench
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.	Case Consultation Clinic
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.	Advocates of Color Meet-Up

 

Friday, April 12, 2024

	FCRA Track	FDCPA Track	Business of Consumer Law Track
7:30 a.m.	Registration Open
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast & Women's Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.	Ethics Session: Overcoming Practical Challenges associated with Elder and Disabled Clients
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.	Defense Testimony	Developing the Story of Your Client’s Actual Damages	Shining the Bright Lights: Case Filing, Target Defendants, and Causes of Action
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.	Plenary Lunch
1:15p.m.-2:15 p.m.	Defense Experts	Successful Closing Arguments	Donning the Shades: Working thru Vexing Issues in Solar Cases
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Closing Arguments	Case Law Update of Appellate Decisions	Case Outcomes
4:00 p.m.-5:00p.m.	Awards Reception with Congressman Hank Johnson

 

Saturday, April 13, 2024

	Auto Practicum (Requires pre-registration, Additional cost)	Class Action Workshop (Requires pre-registration, Additional cost)	Deposition Skills (Requires pre-registration, Additional cost)
7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.	Registration, Continental Breakfast, Regulatory Developments	Registration & Continental Breakfast	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.	Ethical Intakes: How to Make the Most out of the Initial Call	Class Origination and Co-Counseling	Deposition Skills Training
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.	Pre-suit: Evidence Gathering	Overcoming Common Early Challenges in Class Cases	Deposition Skills Training
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.	Depositions and Formal Discovery in Auto Cases	Advertising Class Actions	Deposition Skills Training
2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.	Choice of Law and Interstate Sales	Conflicts with Plaintiffs Counsel	Deposition Skills Training
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.	Elimination of Biases: Working with Specialized Populations	Dealing with Defendants and Defense Counsel	Deposition Skills Training
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.	Class Action Reception

 

Sunday, April 14, 2024

	Auto Practicum (Requires pre-registration, Additional cost)	Class Action Workshop (Requires pre-registration, Additional cost)	Trial Skills (Requires pre-registration, Additional cost)
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.	Registration & Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.	Handling Auto Cases in Arbitration	Challenges Arising with Early Case Motions	Deposition Skills Training
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.	Negotiations: Hands-on Training Session	Class Action Discovery Strategies	Deposition Skills Training
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.	What Cases Give Good Outcomes and What Ones Give Bad Outcomes	Public Relations for Class Action Lawyers	Deposition Skills Training
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.	Roundtable Discussions on Developing an Auto Practice	Fraud and Claim Rates	Deposition Skills Training