Our Latest Featured Speaker is David E. Cannella!
Our latest Featured Speaker is David E. Cannella of Holland & Knight!
David 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.
On November 12, David is teaching “Deposition Objections,” with Peter J. Klock, II commenting. The session covers when and how to object, why to object and when you shouldn’t, practical objection strategies, common objection mistakes to avoid, the biggest risks of objecting or staying silent, what to do when opposing counsel objects to everything, whether to call the judge, how to avoid calling the judge, and specific objections and real-world examples, along with a demonstration and discussion focusing on common or difficult objections. David then comments during the program’s final session, “Handling the Difficult Witness and/or Opposing Counsel,” taught by Peter.
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.
David E. Cannella is a business trial attorney who focuses on complex business litigation. He has extensive experience in class-action defense, trade secret litigation, enforcement of restrictive covenants, “business divorce” proceedings between officers and founders of companies, stock option agreement litigation, defamation, franchise and distributor litigation, unfair competition, and defense of deceptive and unfair trade practices claims. Mr. Cannella is based in Holland & Knight’s Orlando office, but has handled matters across the country for clients.
Mr. Cannella has tried numerous jury business litigation cases to verdict as lead trial counsel in state and federal courts. Mr. Cannella has tried business litigation nonjury cases and has significant arbitration experience. Since 2010, Mr. Cannella has been board certified in Business Litigation Law by The Florida Bar. This distinguishes Mr. Cannella as an expert in the area of Business Litigation.
In addition to his business litigation experience, Mr. Cannella has handled issues involving pharmaceutical and medical device product liability defense. He has been lead counsel in catastrophic injury claims. Mr. Cannella is also a Certified Circuit Court Mediator. He has testified regarding attorney fees in state and federal courts. He has appeared pro hac vice as lead counsel in Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee.
In the community, Mr. Cannella is a past president of the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association and has volunteered for more than 25 years as a jury advisor for the Orange County Teen Court Youth Offender Diversion Program. Mr. Cannella served as chair of The Florida Bar’s Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee. He currently is a board member of the George C. Young American Inn of Court. He has also served as a guardian ad litem representing minor children.
Previously, Mr. Cannella has served as an adjunct professor of business law at the University of Central Florida, and he was a faculty member of the Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques at Emory University School of Law.
Welcome, David! We are excited to have you with us on November 12.
