Our Latest Featured Speaker is Kristin N. Royal!

Our latest Featured Speaker is Kristin N. Royal of Holland & Knight!

Kristin is speaking at our Mastering the Deposition 101: The Nuts and Bolts (FL), on November 10 and 12, 2026!

Geared for the newer Florida litigator, this comprehensive two-part program teaches you how to take, defend, and use depositions effectively. Your faculty will also provide depo demonstrations for most of the critical sessions to illustrate their points.

Kristin is teaching “Handling Documents & Exhibits and Online Depos” on November 12, which covers making the record, getting the authentication you need, preserving admissibility for trial, practical tips for remote depositions, and using documents and exhibits effectively in a remote deposition. The session also includes a demonstration by the speakers, covering introducing and authenticating an exhibit and then using it in questioning.

If your attorneys can’t attend live, the full program is available via OnDemand Streaming or Recorded Package Downloads. Group licenses are available for firms and agencies.

Click here for full details and registration.

Kristin Royal is a litigation and dispute resolution attorney in Holland & Knight’s Orlando office. Ms. Royal focuses her practice on complex contract litigation, trade secret matters, business torts and class action defense. Ms. Royal has substantial experience in complex commercial litigation. She has achieved significant victories for clients in state and federal courts, including obtaining injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants and protect trade secrets. In addition, she has secured favorable jury verdicts in federal court in business disputes, including in claims for breach of contract and tortious interference.

Prior to rejoining Holland & Knight, Ms. Royal was an attorney for a Florida-based boutique law firm focused on assisting the elderly and their families.

Ms. Royal also served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Leslie Abrams Gardner of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. During her tenure as a clerk, she drafted numerous orders on dispositive motions, assisted the judge with several civil and criminal trials, and aided the judge in preparation to sit by designation on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

While in law school, Ms. Royal served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Barbara J. Pariente of the Florida Supreme Court.

We are so glad to have Kristin join us!