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Presenter Material
Download presentation materials from the 2026 CDLA Annual Summer Conference. Materials will be added as they are received from presenters.
8:30 – 9:45 am
Keynote Speaker, Lou Radja
Dancing in the Rain: Managing People and Performance in Today's Legal Environment
9:45 – 10:35 am
Data-Driven Reconstruction and Visualization,
Plus Auditing and Challenging Persuasive Graphics
Shawn Kinsey, 4ensic IMPACT; Mike Sutton and Aaron Kiefer, Impact Forensics
10:40 – 11:30 am
Breakout #1 | Updates in Premises Liability
Heather Salg, SGR
Breakout #2 | Depositions for New Lawyers
Lindsay Dunn, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons; Brendan Rodman, Messner Reeves
Breakout #3 | How to Defend Against the One-Stop Medical Shop
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
Jeff Ruebel, RQ Law; Christopher Unger, American Family Insurance
1:15 – 2:05 pm
Breakout #4 | A Discussion on Failure to Mitigate Lifestyle Factors Like Weight and Mental Health Disorders on Chronic Pain
Dr. Nathan Hammel, MD, ExamWorks; Kristin Caruso, Ritesma Law
Breakout #5 | Excess Exposure from Day 1
Jackie Booker, Sutton | Booker
Breakout #6 | Subrogation
Emily Swanson, Lasater & Martin
2:25 – 3:15 pm
Breakout #7 | Identifying and Addressing Emotional Reactions to Witnesses
Jeff Dougherty, Litigation IQ
Breakout #8 | Colorado's Costly Lawsuit Climate
Mark Hillman, CCJL
Breakout #9 | Colorado’s Highest‑Risk Compliance Traps for 2026: Wage & Hour, FAMLI, PHEW, and HFWA—What Attorneys Must Know Now
Melisa Panagakos, Jackson Lewis
3:20 – 4:10 pm
Our Courts Rule of Law - Download Presentation
Justice Richard Gabriel, Colorado Supreme Court; Jen Friedberg, American Family Insurance
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