LADC SIZZLIN’ SUMMER SEMINAR, FRIDAY THE 13TH: One of the LADC’s most popular seminars is the seminar formerly known as the Attorney-Client Seminar. This year the second annual Sizzlin’ Summer Seminar will be at the Windsor Court Hotel on Friday, Aug. 13. Don’t take a chance by working on Friday the Thirteenth. Our room block has expired but if rooms are still available you may make your hotel reservation by calling 1-800-262-2662. The CLE agenda includes the following: Toxic Torts and Class Actions: Oil Spills and Beyond (John Church, David Dugas, David Bienvenu, and Stephen Murray); Overview of the 2010 Legislative Session (Senators Edwin Murray and Danny Martiny); Insurance Law Update (Shelby McKenzie); Health Care Reform (Donna Fraiche); Professionalism (Brian Faughnan); Privileges, Liens, Subrogations & Other Snags(Shane Craighead); Ethics (Dane Ciolino and Phelps Gay); and Recent Developments in Louisiana Law (Frank Maraist, Dane Ciolino, and Bill Corbett). Registration materials are available here: Register for LADC Sizzlin’ Summer CLE.

To download the July 2010 LADC Newsletter (in PDF), please click here: July 2010 LADC Newsletter.

LAST CALL FOR LADC TRIAL ACADEMY: The twenty-sixth annual LADC Trial Academy is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 5-Saturday, Aug. 7 at Loyola Law School. Outstanding lawyers and judges provide excellent training in all phases of litigation for young lawyers, and it is an incredible bargain, offering over 21 hours of CLE credit. Registration materials are available at www.ladc.org.

LADC SIZZLIN’ SUMMER SEMINAR, FRIDAY THE 13TH: One of the LADC’s most popular seminars is the seminar formerly known as the Attorney-Client Seminar. This year the second annual Sizzlin’ Summer Seminar will be at the Windsor Court Hotel on Friday, Aug. 13. Don’t take a chance by working on Friday the 13th. Come get 8 hours of CLE credit and enjoy good luck at the seminar. We have a reserved block of rooms and suites at the Windsor Court Hotel at a special rate. Additionally, if the hotel offers summer specials better than our rate, we will get the better rate. Make your hotel reservation by calling 1-800-262-2662. Our room block expires on July 12. The CLE agenda includes the following: Toxic Torts and Class Actions: Oil Spills and Beyond (John Church, David Dugas, David Bienvenu, and Stephen Murray); Overview of the 2010 Legislative Session (State Legislators); Insurance Law Update (Shelby McKenzie); Health Care Reform (Donna Fraiche); Professionalism (Brian Faughnan); Privileges, Liens, Subrogations & Other Snags (Shane Craighead); Ethics (Dane Ciolino and Phelps Gay); and Recent Developments in Louisiana Law (Frank Maraist, Dane Ciolino, and Bill Corbett). Registration materials are available at www.ladc.org.

For the May 2010 newsletter from the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, click here: LADC May 2010 Newsletter.

LADC ANNUAL MEETING 2010: A group of about 50 enjoyed a wonderful Annual Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 11-16. Special thanks go out to President Drake Lee and First Lady Margaret Lee and Peter McLean, who did his usual remarkable job in planning and executing the annual meeting. At the closing dinner, President Lee “passed the torch” to incoming President Ron Sholes. The LADC thanks President Lee for his skillful leadership over the past year and wishes President Sholes all the best in 2010-11.

ANNUAL MEETING 2011: Start planning now to attend the 2011 Annual Meeting. After conducting a survey of the membership, President Ron Sholes has announced that the trip will be to southern France. Stay tuned for details.

LADC TRIAL ACADEMY: The twenty-sixth annual LADC Trial Academy is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 5-Saturday, Aug. 7 at Loyola Law School. Registration materials are available at www.ladc.org.

LADC SIZZLIN’ SUMMER SEMINAR, FRIDAY THE 13TH: One of the LADC’s most popular seminars is the seminar formerly known as the Attorney-Client Seminar. This year the Sizzlin’ Summer Seminar will be at the Windsor Court Hotel on Friday, Aug. 13.

The new LADC website is up and running (at www.LADC.org) with information about recent tort and insurance law developments, upcoming CLE programs and other useful information. Check it out: New LADC Website.

Last call to sign up for the LADC Ski Seminar at The Charter at Beaver Creek! The trails at Beaver Creek opened on November 25. LADC is tax exempt for 2010. Therefore, accommodations are very affordable and we have been given an extension on our room hold through the end of the year. For information regarding LADC discounted room rates as well as discounted group lift tickets and equipment rental, please contact Heather Noonan: 504-214-5285 or you may email her: heather_noonan@yahoo.com.