Business Litigation
Original Program Date :
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Presiding: |
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James C. “Jake” Evans, Program Chair; Hall Booth Smith, P.C., Atlanta, GA |
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8:00 |
IN-PERSON REGISTRATION |
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8:25 |
GREETING |
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Julia D. Neighbors, ICLE Director, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA |
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8:30 |
WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW |
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James C. “Jake” Evans |
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8:40 |
Restrictive Covenants: Non-Competes, Non-Solicitation |
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Kurtis A. Powell, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Atlanta, GA |
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9:20 |
Directors & Officers Liability/Fiduciary Duty Litigation |
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Brandon R. Keel, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA |
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10:20 |
BREAK |
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10:30 |
Litigation Viewed In-House: In-House Counsel Panel |
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Moderator: James C. “Jake” Evans |
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Panelists: |
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T. Paul Nam, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Bluefin Payment Systems, Atlanta, GA |
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J. Matthew “Matt” Queen, The Queen Firm, LLC, Rome, GA |
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Rajesh “Raj” Shah, Senior Regulatory Attorney, MagMutual Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA |
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11:30 |
Partnership Disputes and Dissolutions |
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Jonathan E. Hawkins, Law Firm GC (Hawkins), LLC, Atlanta, GA |
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12:10 |
BREAK |
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12:50 |
Breach of Contract |
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Cary Ichter, Partner, Ichter Davis LLC, Atlanta, GA |
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1:30 |
Real Estate and creditors Litigation |
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Brian J. Levy, Burr & Forman LLP, Atlanta, GA |
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2:30 |
Break |
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2:45 |
Insurance Coverage Litigation: Carrier and Policy Holder Perspective |
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Moderator: Seth M. Friedman, Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta, GA |
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Panelist: |
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John C. Bonnie, Partner, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, GA |
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Austin Bersinger, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg, Atlanta, GA |
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3:45 |
ADJOURN |
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Program Coordinator: |
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Alista Hubbard, Programs Manager |
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Speakers and times are subject to change. |
Jonathan Hawkins is a business lawyer for lawyers. He helps attorneys and law firm owners identify, understand, and navigate the legal, business, and ethics-related issues that stem from running a law practice. More specifically, he assists lawyers and law firms in starting law firms, law firm structuring, partnership agreements, lateral moves, separation agreements, law firm dissolutions, health crisis planning, and succession planning.