Ian Samson and Paul Traina are our latest Featured Speakers!

Our latest Featured Speakers are Ian Samson and Paul Traina of Stalwart Law Group!

Ian Samson is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer who will speak at our upcoming Mastering the Deposition seminar in Los Angeles, on February 23rd, 2018.

Ian first spoke for us back in 2016 for Federal Court Boot Camp and has been a repeat speaker for both federal and superior court boot camps since. Seminar attendees rave about his insight, clear examples, and knowledgeability.

Ian represents clients in catastrophic injury matters, whistleblower litigation, class actions, professional liability cases, and commercial litigation. Innovative, tireless, and always willing to go the extra mile for his clients, he has gone toe-to-toe with some of the most highly-regarded law firms in the nation.

Equally comfortable arguing a specific point of law to a federal court judge as he is explaining the big picture to a state court jury, he uses every aspect of his experience to get the best possible result for his clients. Ian is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Consumer Attorneys of California, and Public Justice.

And Paul Traina, an experienced, fiercely competitive litigator and trial lawyer, will also speak at our upcoming Mastering the Deposition seminar.

Paul first spoke for us a while back at our Wage & Hour Class Action seminar, and has returned to speak at many of our litigation related seminars year after year, due to his great evaluations.

Paul has practiced law for the past 25 years. He spent his first five years representing automobile manufacturers and insurance companies, and the last twenty years representing consumers on a pure contingency basis. Paul has obtained verdicts and recoveries for his clients totaling over 3 billion dollars. He has, and continues to represent clients in matters involving catastrophic injuries, defective products, whistleblower litigation, class actions, professional liability cases, and business/commercial litigation.

Paul is a frequent guest lecturer at Loyola Law School’s Trial Advocacy Class. He has lectured around the country about class actions, conflicts of interest, opening and closing arguments, and direct and cross examinations of both lay and expert witnesses. Paul is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and Consumer Attorneys of California.

Zach B. Shelomith is the latest Featured Speaker!

Zach B. Shelomith is the latest Featured Speaker!

Zach is a founding shareholder at Leiderman Sheolomith, P.A. and focuses his practice on personal bankruptcy matters, corporate bankruptcy matters, assignments for the benefit of creditors and bankruptcy litigation.

Zach has spoken for us on the topic of bankruptcy and brings a wealth of experience and insight to his presentations. He will be speaking at our upcoming program focusing on chapter 11 on December 1st in Ft. Lauderdale.

Karen P. Kimmey is our latest Featured Speaker

Karen P. Kimmey of Farella Braun + Martel LLP is our latest Featured Speaker!

Karen is a trial lawyer and partner with Farella Braun + Martel’s Business Litigation, Insurance Converage and Intellectual Property Litigation Groups.  She hass successfully handled nine bench and jury trials and arbitrations and has spent over 400 hours in the courtroom trying cases.  Karen also has experience in all aspects of intellectual property litigation representing clients in the biotechnology, software, hardware and entertainment industries.

Karen will be speaking at our upcoming Superior Court Boot Camp on October 14th in San Francisco.  As you can see she is the perfect person to teach this subject!  You won’t want to miss hearing from her.  In addition to her impressive credentials Karen is always a fantastic teacher and presenter – we couldn’t do this program without her!  Past attendees describe Karen as “Very clear and consise” and “Very engaged and enthusiatic.”

Bethany Woodard Kristovich is our newest Featured Speaker

Bethany Woodard Kristovich of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP is our newest Featured Speaker!

Bethany is a litigation partner at her firm’s Los Angeles office.  Bethany focuses her practice on complex litigation with a particular emphasis in trial work.

Bethany will be sharing her insight and experience at our 11th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp this October 21st in Los Angeles.  If you or someone you know if new to superior court you won’t want to miss hearing from Bethany or the rest of our top-notch panel.  This will be Bethany’s third time speaking at our Superior Court Boot Camp, and for good reason.  Bethany always gets top reviews from our attendees and provides valuable insights.