Description
Agenda to be posted soon.
Speaker
Cauthorn Owen & Sanders
Tom (“T.E.”) Cauthorn is the founder of Cauthorn Owen & Sanders. He is an experienced trial lawyer and judge, and has participated in hundreds of jury and non-jury trials in his more than 50 years practicing law.
T.E.’s professional experience includes Court America as a mediator, arbitrator and case evaluator; Georgia Supreme Court Special Master; Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution as a registered mediator and arbitrator for general civil and domestic relations; and Cobb County Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution as an approved panelist for court annexed mediation and case evaluation.
He served as a judge in the State Court of Cobb County and the Georgia Superior Courts, Cobb Judicial Circuit. T.E. is a former president of the Council of State Court Judges of Georgia and former member of the Judicial Council of Georgia. He is a past member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and during his tenure served on numerous Legislative Committees and Commissions, including the Georgia Commission on Family Violence and the Georgia Child Support Commission.
T.E. currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia and formerly served on the Board of Visitors for Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. He served on the President’s Advisory Committee on Legislation from 2009-2013, and chaired that committee from 2010-2011.
T.E.’s honors include the Robert H. Cleveland Award of Professionalism from the Cobb County Bar Association and a Resolution of Appreciation from the Board of Human Resources of Georgia and the Gideon’s Trumpet Award from the Georgia Indigent Defense Council.
He served in the U.S. Army Reserve, and retired as a Captain. T.E. currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Cobb County Youth Museum and is a 40+ year member of the Marietta Kiwanis Club.
Education
- Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law
Bar Admissions
Georgia, State and Federal Courts 1972
Stottlemyer & Associates LLC
Rebecca Halberg is a partner at Stottlemyer & Associates in Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Halberg graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Journalism. She subsequently graduated from law school at the University of South Carolina. After law school, Mrs. Halberg began her legal career representing employers and insurance companies through all stages of the workers’ compensation process. She previously served as a shareholder and chair of the workers’ compensation practice group at a defense firm in Columbia, South Carolina.
While in South Carolina, Mrs. Halberg was also the President of Kids’ Chance of South Carolina, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing scholarships to the children of workers injured or killed on the job. Her involvement in Kids’ Chance gave her the opportunity to help injured workers and their families who experienced the devastation of a work-related accident.
In 2014, Mrs. Halberg and her family relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. She initially worked for one of the largest workers’ compensation defense firms in Georgia prior to changing her career to focus on representing people injured and killed due to work accidents. As a Partner at Stottlemyer & Associates, she is honored to represent injured workers by helping them navigate the complex workers’ compensation system to obtain the compensation to which they are entitled. Her extensive experience representing employers allows her to anticipate potential roadblocks to benefits and to take difficult cases to trial, while also allowing her to negotiate favorable settlements for her clients. Her favorite cases are work-related auto accidents, which when handled properly can provide the best recovery for injured workers.
Rebecca currently serves on the Legislative Committee of the Chairman’s Advisory Council, which is a position that allows her to assist in drafting new legislation to improve the workers’ compensation laws in Georgia. She was also elected by her peers to serve as Secretary of Workers’ Compensation Claimant’s Lawyers (WCCL), which is a part of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA). Rebecca has been rated as at top attorney on Avvo.com, and she has been selected annually as a Super Lawyer since 2019.
Rebecca and her partner, Sarah Stottlemyer, regularly appear as guests on 680 The Fan "The Locker Room" on Friday mornings to discuss current legal events. When she is not working, Rebecca can usually be found attending youth soccer, baseball, and football with her 3 kids.
Lodging
There is lodging available on-site at Villas by the Sea Resort and Conference Center. The reservation cut-off date is August 14, 2025. Please note that availability is limited. Rooms will be made available until they sell out or the cut-off date is reached.
Mini Villa/Studio, Islandside: $169
One Bedroom, Islandside, Oceanside and Oceanview: $189
Two Bedroom,
Islandside: $269
Oceanside: $299
Oceanview: $319
Rates are subject to 7% Sales Tax, 5% Hotel Occupancy Tax, $5 per day GA State Fee & 5% Resort Fee.
2-night minimum stay.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
A) Guests must call the hotel to make their reservations. A credit card will be required to make a reservation. Please mention Group Code ICLE when calling. (912) 635-2521
B) Tax Exemption Documentation Due (Sales 7% &/or Hotel 5%): Prior to check-in
C) Guests are responsible for their own charges.
D) All lodging room accounts with a balance must be paid in full at check-in.
E) No other discounts can be applied to this room block.
F) Subject to Force Majeure, any guest who cancels their reservation less than 3 days prior to arrival will be charged a cancellation fee of 1 night room charges plus all applicable taxes/fees.
G) Lodging rooms become available for check-in at 4 p.m. on the day of arrival. Check out is 11:00 a.m.
Special Thanks...
Special thanks to Court America for their financial support of registration costs.
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Location
Villas by the Sea Resort and Conference Center
