SCHEDULE

We've created an agenda filled with educational
sessions covering a wide variety of legal topics, breakout sessions, lunch & learns, and featured speakers.

Oh, and we sprinkled some fun in there as well!

Check out Events & Activities for more.

Friday Sessions & Breakouts

Location information TBA.

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast
Location: Gore Creek Garden

7:45 – 8:30 am

Welcome & Announcements
Location: Cascade Ballroom

8:30 – 9:45 am

Keynote Speaker, Lou Radja
Dancing in the Rain: Managing People and Performance in Today's Legal Environment
Location: Cascade Ballroom

9:45 – 10:35 am

Data-Driven Reconstruction and Visualization, Plus Auditing and
Challenging Persuasive Graphics | presentation slides
Shawn Kinsey, 4ensic IMPACT; Mike Sutton and Aaron Kiefer, Impact Forensics
Location: Cascade Ballroom

10:40 – 11:30 am

Breakout #1 | Updates in Premises Liability - Location: Gore AB (downstairs)
Heather Salg, SGR
Breakout #2 | Depositions for New Lawyers - Location: Gore CD (downstairs) | presentation slides
Lindsay Dunn, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons; Brendan Rodman, Messner Reeves
Breakout #3 | How to Defend Against the One-Stop Medical Shop - Location: Cascade Ballroom
Andrew M. LaFontaine, Bradley J. Schulz & Associates; Bryan Schmid, El Paso County; Dylan Lewis, Sutton | Booker

11:40 am – 1 pm

Lunch & Learn: Case Law Update | presentation slides
Jeff Ruebel, RQ Law; Christopher Unger, American Family Insurance
Location: Gore Creek Garden

1:15 – 2:05 pm

Breakout #4 | A Discussion on Failure to Mitigate Lifestyle Factors Like Weight and Mental Health Disorders on Chronic Pain - Location: Gore AB (downstairs) | presetation slides
Dr. Nathan Hammel, MD, ExamWorks; Kristin Caruso, Ritsema Law
Breakout #5 | Excess Exposure from Day 1 - Location: Cascade Ballroom | presentation slides
Jackie Booker; Rachel Jennings, Sutton | Booker
Breakout #6 | Subrogation - Location: Gore CD (downstairs)
Emily Swanson, Lasater & Martin

2:25 – 3:15 pm

Breakout #7 | Identifying and Addressing Witness Emotions – The Key to Witness Preparation - Location: Cascade Ballroom | presentation slides
Jeff Dougherty, Litigation IQ
Breakout #8 | Colorado's Costly Lawsuit Climate - Location: Gore AB (downstairs) | presentation slides
Mark Hillman, CCJL
Breakout #9 | Colorado’s Highest‑Risk Compliance Traps for 2026: Wage & Hour, FAMLI, PHEW, and HFWA—What Attorneys Must Know Now - Location: Gore CD (downstairs)
Melisa Panagakos, Jackson Lewis

3:20 – 4:10 pm

Our Courts Rule of Law | presentation slides
Justice Richard Gabriel, Colorado Supreme Court; Jen Friedberg, American Family Insurance
Location: Cascade Ballroom

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Friday Evening Dinner & Hub's Pub Raffle | Zen Garden, Grand Hyatt VailJoin us Friday evening in the Zen Garden for dinner, live music, and great company. Johnny & The Mongrels return to keep the energy high while members reconnect after a full day of sessions. We will also host Hub's Pub, our annual raffle held in honor of Daniel M. Hubbard.

(Dinner served 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Sponsored by Vocational Diagnostics.)

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Bourbon Tasting Tent | Zen Garden, Grand Hyatt Vail Unwind with colleagues and sample a selection of premium bourbons in the fresh mountain air. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or just curious, it's the perfect way to cap off a great day in Vail.

(Sponsored by IME, Integrated Medical Evaluations, Inc)