Thursday, February 25
7:15 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Hon. Rebecca Love Kourlis (Ret.)
Brittany K.T. Kauffman
8:15 a.m. State Projects and Rules Update: Experiences, Empirical Research, and Expectations
Hon. Jerome B. Abrams
Paula Hannaford-Agor
Brittany K.T. Kauffman
Linda Sandstrom Simard
Francis M. Wikstrom
9:30 a.m. Federal Projects and Rules Update: Experiences, Empirical Research, and Expectations
John Barkett
Hon. Jeremy Fogel
Hon. John G. Koeltl
Emery G. Lee, III
Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. The Simpler Cases: Experiences, Empirical Research, and Expectations
Hon. David G. Campbell
Sherri R. Carter
Hon. Janice Davidson (Ret.)
Gilbert A. Dickinson
Paula Hannaford-Agor
12:00 p.m. Lunch and International Panel
Hon. Colin L. Campbell (Ret.) (Canada)
Hon. Seiu Kin Lee (Singapore)
Tania Sourdin (Australia)
Hon. Master Steven Whitaker (Ret.) (England)
Discussion Leader:
Hon. Rebecca Love Kourlis (Ret.)
1:45 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Shifting our Mentality Regarding Discovery: Proportionality and Beyond
Thomas Y. Allman
Jennie Lee Anderson
Steven S. Gensler
Hon. John G. Koeltl
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal
Paul C. Saunders
3:30 p.m. The Intersection of Cooperation and Advocacy
William P. Butterfield
Hon. Jeremy Fogel
Robert L. Levy
Linda Sandstrom Simard
Kenneth J. Withers
Hon. Jack Zouhary
4:30 p.m. The Role of Lawyers in Achieving a Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive System
John Barkett
Steven S. Gensler
William C. Hubbard
William A. Rossbach
Hon. Craig B. Shaffer
Stephen D. Susman
5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception
6:30 p.m. Dinner
Keynote Speaker:
Hon. Carolyn Kuhl
Friday, February 26
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. The Role of Judges: Management and Engagement
Hon. Jerome B. Abrams
Hon. David G. Campbell
Hon. Paul W. Grimm
Hon. David Prince
Hon. Craig B. Shaffer
Hon. Jack Zouhary
9:15 a.m. The Role of the Courts: Serving Litigants
Hon. Thomas A. Balmer
Laura A. Briggs
Sherri R. Carter
Hon. Jeremy Fogel
Mary McQueen
James J. Waldron
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Implementation and Culture Change: Perspectives from the Users of the System
R. Stanton Dodge
Daniel C. Girard
Hannah Lieberman
Jonathan M. Redgrave
Kevin Traskos
12:00 p.m. Creating the Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive Courts of Tomorrow
Group Brainstorming over Lunch
1:00 p.m. Creating the Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive Courts of Tomorrow: Observations from the Bench
Hon. Jerome B. Abrams
Hon. Thomas A. Balmer
Hon. David G. Campbell
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal
Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton
Discussion Leader:
Hon. Rebecca Love Kourlis (Ret.)
2:30 p.m. Summary and Conclusions
Hon. Rebecca Love Kourlis (Ret.)
3:00 p.m. Program Concludes
Disclaimer: Agenda and speakers are subject to change.
For questions or information about the agenda or program of the conference please contact Janet Drobinske, Legal Assistant, Rule One Initiative, janet.drobinske@du.edu or 303-871-6627.