17th Annual Meeting
September 18 & 19, 2025
Earn 4 CLE, including 60 minutes Ethics.*
Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Portsmouth
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Reserve Your Hotel Room Here. A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the special block rate of $279+. The block rate ends August 19.
Registration includes:
Thursday, 9/18 | 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Reception & Dinner, followed by Lessons in Leadership from Ted Lasso
Friday, 9/19 | 8:00am to Noon
Breakfast, followed by three CLE Sessions
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OPENING ADDRESS
Lessons in Leadership from Ted Lasso
Presented by Laura Emmett, SBA Lawyers, and
Elizabeth Brotten, Foley Mansfield
Explore the future of leadership from a unique and entertaining perspective, focusing on how we can apply the leadership approach of the entertaining sports comedy, Ted Lasso, to our workplaces. We will delve into how Ted’s “be a good person, respect others, and judge no one” philosophy can help your organization not just survive, but thrive, in changing and challenging times. This presentation will include entertaining examples from Lasso, the fictional English soccer coach, and share the top ten ways organizations can apply Lasso’s unique style to build success and satisfaction.
Laura Emmett is a Partner at SBA Lawyers in London, Ontario. She has a diverse practice where she focuses on bodily injury claims, cyber liability, and privacy law. She is the co-author of an annual publication, “The Annotated Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.” Laura is a Past President of the Canadian Defence Lawyers and was the youngest person to hold the position. Presently, she is a Bencher for the Law Society of Ontario, which governs all lawyers and paralegals in the Province.
Elizabeth Sorenson Brotten is a Partner in the Minneapolis office of Foley & Mansfield and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Liz leads local and national teams in defending product liability and toxic tort claims throughout the Midwest and across the country. Outside of litigation, Liz also consults with clients on legislative and case management order initiatives aimed at the efficient management of mass tort litigation. She serves as Vice-Chair of DRI’s Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Committee, Past-President of Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, and is also an active member of the International Association of Defense Counsel.
Meeting registration includes a reception and dinner on Thursday evening, breakfast on Friday morning, 4 CLE programs, and all the fun that downtown Portsmouth provides.
In addition to the opening address, other CLE programs will include:
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CASE ANALYSIS: WHY DON'T THE EXPERTS EVER AGREE
Presented by Zachary Gilbert, MST, CPA, CVA
Royer Advisors & Accountants (Falmouth, Maine)
Zach will review some cases that Royer has worked on where experts come to very different conclusions. He will use these cases to walk through a few different kinds of economic damage calculations, how to attorneys should interpret them and what they should look for, understand the key factors/inputs/methodologies, understand why experts may use different inputs and get different results, what differences are reasonable and what are not, and how to utilize an expert in rebuttal.
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PARALEGAL PANEL
Litigation Paralegals Share Tools and Tips for e-Discovery and more!
Presented by
Jamie Pinkham, MJ, CHC Primmer Piper Egleston & Cramer (Burlington, VT)
and
Sarah Tewksbury, Verrill (Portland, ME)
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AI FOR DEFENSE LAWYERS
Presented by Geoffrey Gallagher
Getman, Schulthess, Steere & Poulin (Manchester, NH)
Join us for an engaging one-hour presentation on legal ethics and the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence in law practice. Geoff will explore the key Rules of Professional Conduct implicated by AI tools, including confidentiality, competence, and supervision and discuss recent ethics opinions and bar guidance to help attorneys navigate this evolving landscape. Attendees will also receive practical tips for using generative AI products ethically and effectively in their daily work.
* CLE: TDLA is an accredited MCLE sponsor in VT. New Hampshire and Vermont attendees must self-determine whether a program is eligible for credit, and self-report their attendance. NHMCLE does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the
NH Minimum CLE requirement. TDLA believes this course meets the requirements of NH Supreme Court Rule 53 and may qualify for 180 minutes general credit and 60 minutes ethics credit toward the annual NHMCLE requirement.
An application for Maine CLE is pending.
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