• USLAW NETWORK Labor and Employment Forum – The Artificial Intelligence Revolution and Its Impact on HR – Facilitator, April 2024
• USLAW NETWORK General Counsel and In-House Counsel Forum – Navigating Political Discourse in the Workplace – Co-Facilitator, February 2024
• USLAW NETWORK Managing Partner Forum – What’s New in AI and the Law – Co-Facilitator, January 2024
• USLAW NETWORK Managing Partner Forum – Successfully Navigating the DEI Questions on Client RFPs and Audits – Co-Facilitator, October 2023
• USLAW NETWORK Client Conference – Stump the Lawyer Hot Topics – Co-Facilitator, October 2023
• 2023 TADC Deposition Bootcamp – A Virtual Event, “Depositions and Motion Practice”, Speaker, October,2023
• USLAW NETWORK Labor and Employment Forum – Is there a Balance Between a Favorable culture and Productivity in the Workplace? – Co-Facilitator, April 2023
• LAMAR UNIVERSITY – Unions and Collective Bargaining – Chapter 13 – Guest Lecture in Employment Law, April 2023
• USLAW NETWORK Spring Client Conference – Session 1 – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – How Companies Can Maintain DEI Momentum While Navigating and Avoiding Legal Risks – Primary Facilitator, March 2023
• FDCC Winter Meeting – Products Liability Section – Use of Non-employees as 30(b)(6) Witness – “I am (Prepared to Testify on Behalf of) Iron Man”, February 2023
• USLAW NETWORK Client Conference – Labor and Employment “NLBR Activism in 2022” and Business Litigation and Class Actions “Are you at Risk and Exposed for Class Action and Other Potential Litigation?” – Primary Facilitator, September 2023
• Jefferson County Young Lawyers and Jefferson County Bar Association – Employment Law Issues for You, Your Business and Your Clients, July 2022
• USLAW NETWORK Women’s Connection. She’s Not Bossy, She’s In Charge: Committing to the Next Generation of Women and Diverse Leadership – Co-Facilitator, and on Executive Committee, June 2022
• USLAW NETWORK Labor and Employment Law Forum–Co-Chair, April 2022
• “To MDL or Not to MDL?” – The Proliferation of Multi-District Litigation, DRI, March 2022
• “Accounting for Nonprofits” Southeast Texas CPAs, February 2022
• USLAW NETWORK – COVID-19 Employment Hot Topics: Everything from Return to Work to Health Privacy Issues; Corporate Trends in a Post COVID-19 World, Co-Facilitator – September 2021
• “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Firm and Your Clients” – Emerging and Continuing Employment Issues for 2021-2022, FDCC Speakers Bureau, May 2021
• Nonprofits Update – Michelle Mehaffy Inns of Court, April 2021
• Author of frequent top ten blog posts from Texas Bar Today on Employment related topics, October 2020
• “Sexual Assault, Harassment and Bullying – Oh My” – Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment in Non-profits, churches, and charitable organizations, Houston Bar Association, December 2019
• “Preparing Experts and Deposing Expert Witnesses”, TADC Deposition Boot Camp, South Texas College of Law, October 2019
• “Washed Away – Hurricane Harvey” JCYLA – Jefferson County – September 2019
• “Social Media and Product Recall”, USLAW, Fall 2019 USLAW Network Client Conference, Washington, DC, Complex Tort and product Liability, September 2019
• “Top 10 Employment Law Issues 2019”, Employment Law Seminar, Jefferson County Bar Association, April 2019
• “Minimizing Damages”, 35th Annual Advanced Personal Injury, Texas Bar, San Antonio, July 2019; Dallas, August 2019; and Houston, September 2019
• “Cross-examining Markowitz/Rosner”, DALS, Defense Asbestos Litigation Seminar, New Orleans, LA, June 2019
• Natural Catastrophe Environmental Insurance Risks: Flooded petrochemical facilities, Superfund sites, etc. and Pollution related impacts, Perrin Conference – Natural Disaster Conference, April 2019
• “Washed Away: What Hurricanes Have Wrought and What is Left Behind” The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel – FDCC Winter Meeting, March 2019
• “Recognizing Sexual Harassment, Bullying, and Abusive Conduct in the Workplace, Diocese of Beaumont, Ethical & Responsible Conduct Policy, November 2018
• “Causation Lessons Learned from Toxic Tort Litigation”, 34th Annual Advanced Personal Injury, Texas Bar, San Antonio, July 2018; Dallas, August 2018; and Houston, September 2018
• Energy and Utilities Law, Property Insurance Law, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law – Washed Away: What Hurricane Harvey Wrought and What It Left Behind, “Toxic Torts and Hurricane Harvey”, FDCC Annual Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, 2018
•”Trial Tactics that Work in Toxic Tort and Environmental Cases: Yes, We Can (and Do) Win!” FDCC Annual Meeting, February 2009
•”MDL: Creation and Procedure,” 25th Annual Litigation Update Institute, San Antonio, Texas, January 2009
•“Constitutionality and Medical Guidelines” Texas Asbestos Litigation Conference, HarrisMartin, Houston, Texas, November 2008
•“Demonstrative Evidence in Latent Toxic Tort Cases-Conveying Complex Medical Information and The Use of Exhibits,” Harris Martin Seminar, Alabama, May 2008
•“Toxic Tort Litigation,” presented to Jefferson County Bar Association, March 2008
•“Toxic Tort Litigation,” 23rd Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2007
•“Silicosis MDL,” presented to Houston Paralegal Association Annual Spring CLE, May 2007
•Eighth Annual Conference on Women and the Practice of Law for DuPont Wilmington, Delaware, March 2007
•Chair of Harris Martin National Asbestos and Silica Conference, March 2007
•Chair of Harris Martin National Silica Conference, Las Vegas, NE, September 2006
•“Asbestos & Silica Medical Criteria Statute-MDL and Case Management Orders,” presented to Jefferson County Bar Association, March 2006
•Chair of Harris Martin Silica Conference “The New Era of Texas Asbestos & Silica Litigation: Applying the Legal & Medical Requirements of Senate Bill 15 Agenda” Houston, Texas, June 2005
•Co-Chair and Organizer of Harris Martin Medical “Silica 101 for Defense Lawyers” Houston, Texas, February 2005
•Co-Chair of Harris Martin Fall Silica Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 2004
•Co-Chair of Mealey’s Silica Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2004
•Co-Chair of Silica Conference, “Preparing a Winning Silica Case,” Harris Martin Silicosis Litigation Conference, New Orleans, March 2004
•Moderator of Medical Panel: Debate Over the Science and Medicine of Silica Mealey’s Silica Litigation Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 2003
•Chair of Silica Conference‑ “What’s Next, When and Where?,” Harris Martin Silicosis Litigation Conference, Las Vegas, September 2003
•Co‑Chair of Silica Conference ‑ Current Issues and Debate in Silica Litigation Harris Martin Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2003
•”Alternate Exposures in Pneumoconiosis,” presented to Insurance Law for Agents, Adjusters and Attorneys, Mealey’s Silica Litigation Conference, Boston, MA, April 2003
•”Joint Defense Agreements,” University of Houston, presented to Insurance Law for Agents, Adjusters and Attorneys, Houston and Dallas, December 2001, October 2002, December 2003, October 2004, June 2005
•”New Rules of Civil Procedure”, presented to Jefferson County Bar Association, March 2000 and 2001
•”Joint Defense Agreements,” Defense Research Institute, For the Defense, March 2000
•”Joint Defense Agreements, “presented to Insurance Law for Agents, Adjusters and Attorneys, Houston and Dallas, December 1999
•”Hidden Medical and Legal Issues in the Mixed Dust Case: A Defense Prospective” 14th Annual Asbestos Litigation Conference, New Orleans, May 1999
•”DTPA and Insurance Code Development, What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You,” Mid-Continent Insurance Adjusters Seminar, Houston, December 1997
•”DTPA and Insurance Code”, Advanced Insurance Seminar, University of Houston Department of Continuing Education, Houston and Dallas, March 1996
•”DTPA and Insurance Code Development, What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You”, CNA Insurance Adjusters Seminar, Houston, November 1996
•”Ethical Considerations in Mass Torts”, Defense Research Institute Asbestos Seminar, Houston, November 1996
•”DTPA and Insurance Code Development, What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You”, University of Houston Department of Continuing Education, Houston and Dallas, October 1995
•”Sabine Premise Liability”, Neches Insurance Adjusters Seminar, 1994
•”Premise Liability and Minimizing Lawsuits,” Beaumont Chamber of Commerce Seminar, 1993
•”Clerking for a Federal Judge,” University of Houston, Fall 1991 and 1994
•”Women and the Law,” Texas Federation of Business & Professional Women, Fall 1991
•”Working Women and Their Challenges,” Texas Federation of Business & Professional Women, National Convention, Hawaii, Summer 1987
