Public Justice

2022 Leah S. Guerry Governmental Affairs Conference
2022-11-13 - 2022-11-15 | Ritz Carlton (New Orleans), 921 Canal St, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States
The 2022 NATLE Governmental Affairs Conference will feature informative presentations and valuable networking opportunities. Timely topics and expert speakers will provide insights and strategies that can be used immediately.
Public Justice Budd Attorney Ellen Noble will speak about court secrecy on Monday, November 14 @ 3:00 p.m. local time.

16th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference
2022-11-09 09:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | National Press Club, 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC, 20045, United States
AAI will host its 16th annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at the National Press Club. The conference will feature a series of panel discussions on timely and topics. Discussions will feature experts and thought-leaders from across the antitrust community, including enforcement, advocacy, and academia.

Public Justice Access to Justice Co-Director Karla Gilbride is a panelist on Class Action Appeals: Best Practices for Plaintiffs in Appeals in Antitrust and Other Class Actions | November 9, 3:30 p.m.

The conference will be followed by AAI Awards Night at Hamilton Live located across the street.

16th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference
2022-11-09 08:00 - 2022-11-12 17:00 (America/New_York) | Marriott Marquis (Washington DC), 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
The 16th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference will be held on November 9–12, 2022 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC. This Conference is the Section’s signature event of the year.

Public Justice Access to Justice Co-Director Karla Gilbride will be a panelist on Update on Arbitration-Related Court Decisions and Awards | Friday, November 11 @ 8:00 a.m.
Public Justice Food Project Litigation Director David Muraskin will be a panelist on Employment Rights Litigation in a Unionized Workplace | Friday, November 11 @ 11:30 a.m.

If you are attending this conference, be sure to catch one or both of these panels!

The 40th Annual Public Justice Gala & Awards Presentation
2022-07-18 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Four Season Hotel, 99 Union St, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
The 40th Annual Public Justice
Gala & Awards Presentation
Thank you for your interest in Public Justice’s 40th Annual Gala. The event is currently sold out, but we are creating a waitlist. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please reach out to Susan Gombert, Senior Meetings & Events Manager at sgombert@publicjustice.net with the number of tickets you would like. We will notify you when a ticket becomes available.
Monday, July 18, 2022
6 pm PT | 9 pm ET
The Four Seasons Hotel | 99 Union St, Seattle, WA
bringing together supporters, advocates and allies to honor and celebrate those who are making an impact and creating lasting change
featuring
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
2022 Champion of Justice Honoree (Accepting via Video Address)
Former Public Justice Chairman Arthur Bryant
Recipient of the Public Justice Legacy Award
honoring
2022 Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalists
and announcing this year’s winner!
2022 Illuminating Injustice Awardees
Wenceslaus “June” Provost Jr. and Angie Provost
Make plans now to join us for an inspiring night paying tribute to champions of change.
Supporters are invited to join us in-person in Seattle beginning at 6 pm on Monday, July 18th, or via our video livestream.
Thank you for your interest in Public Justice’s 40th Annual Gala. The event is currently sold out, but we are creating a waitlist. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please reach out to Susan Gombert, Senior Meetings & Events Manager at sgombert@publicjustice.net with the number of tickets you would like. We will notify you when a ticket becomes available.
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
As of June 23, 2022
Titanium – $25,000
Huntington Bank
Terrell Marshall Law Group, PLLC
Gold – $15,000
Baron & Budd, PC
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC
Susman Godfrey
Tycko & Zavareei
Silver – $10,000
A.B. Data
Bailey & Glasser, LLP
Berger Montague PC
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP
Epiq
Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough
Hogan Lovells
JND Legal Administration
Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check, LLP
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder
Kroll Settlement Administration
William Marler, Marler Clark
MODUS
Robins Kaplan, LLP
Thomas and Meredith Sobol
Strimatter Kessler Koehler Moore
David Sugerman and Janet Byrd
Western Alliance Bank
Weitz & Luxenberg, PC
Wexler Boley & Elgersma, LLP
Richard Zitrin
Bronze – $5,000
Advocate Capital
Angeion Group
Archer Systems
Broughton Partners
CS DISCO Inc.
Expert Institute
KCC
Nichols Kaster, PLLP
RebuttalPR
Rust Kinsella
Top Class Actions
Brass – $2,500
Atticus Admin
Lexitas
Milestone
Mustang Litigation Funding
National Employment Lawyers Association
Reach LawTech
Copper – $1,000
Dempsey Law Firm
Evans Law Firm, Inc
Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC
Impact Fund
Roger L. Mandel/Jeeves Mandel Law Group, PC
Plaxen Adler Muncy PA
Cocktail reception hosted by JND Legal Administration.

2022 Presidents' Party
2022-02-14 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Grove @ JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, 74-855 Country Club Drive, Desert Springs, CA, United States
Public Justice and the AAJ Minority & LGBT Caucuses invite you to join us for a celebration in the desert!
The 2022 Public Justice Presidents’ Party
Honoring our shared commitment to ensuring justice for all
Monday, February 14, 2022
5:30 – 7:30 pm PT
The Grove @ JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa
74-855 Country Club Drive
Desert Springs, California
Featuring
Public Justice President Dan Bryson & Executive Director Paul Bland
AAJ Minority Caucus Chair Amber M. Pang Parra & LGBT Caucus Chair Amy Heins
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
As of February 11, 2022

Gold – $5,000
Consumer Litigation Associates, PC
Epiq*
Huntington Bank*
Kroll Settlement Administration*
Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman
Sugerman Dahab
Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Western Alliance Bank*
Silver – $2,500

Advocate Capital*
Angeion*
Broughton Partners*
DISCO*
The Expert Institute*
JND Legal Administration*
KCC
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder
MODUS*
Lee J. Rohn & Associates
Rust Kinsella*
Top Class Actions*
Bronze – $1,000

Faraci Lange, LLP
Milestone Consulting*
Paulson & Nace, PLLC
Reach LawTech*
Tara Sutton & Gary Wilson
John Vail Law, PLLC

* Indicates a Public Justice Executive Circle sponsor

On the Basis of Sex: 50 Years of Title IX
2022-02-11 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
The Louisiana Law Review’s 2022 Symposium will explore the history, impact, and future of Title IX largely with respect to American universities.
In this Symposium, legal practitioners and scholars from across the country, including our very own Director of the Students’ Civil Rights Project Adele Kimmel, will gather on a virtual platform to discuss and analyze a variety of issues relating to the Title IX with a focus on its treatment in the media over time, its intersection with a variety of issues in college athletics, and the impact that it has on sexual violence protection on campuses.
Please join us on February 11, 2022, as we discuss issues impacting equal representation in our presidential elections.
This event can count for 4 CLE Credit Hours.
Course Title: On the Basis of Sex: 50 Years of Title IX, Course #: 5170220211
Registration Link: https://www.law.lsu.edu/forms/symposium/
LSU Law Symposium Website Link: https://www.law.lsu.edu/symposium/

40th Anniversary Kick-Off Dinner
2021-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC, United States

Symposium: Enhancing Anti-Discrimination Laws In Employment & Education
2021-11-12 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
The Institute is excited to partner with the American University Washington College of the Law Journal of Gender, Social Policy & Law for the upcoming virtual symposium “Enhancing Anti-Discrimination Laws In Employment & Education.”
The symposium’s central question will focus on: What changes are needed in the law to increase equity and diversity in our workplaces and educational institutions?
Leading legal thinkers will explore the key changes necessary for the law to be more responsive to those facing historical and structural subordination, current implicit biases, and other forms of oppression, both blatant and nuanced. These forces are obstacles to true equity. Despite decades of effort, anti-discrimination law as it currently functions does not serve the best interests of workers and students.

Enhancing Anti-Discrimination Laws In Employment & Education
Friday, November 12
10:00 a.m. Eastern

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There is no cost to attend this virtual event. Approval of continuing legal education credits are pending in CA, GA, IL, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TX, and VA.
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Program (all times Eastern)

10:00–11:15 a.m.
Towards Effective Governmental Intervention: Ending Discrimination in the Workplace
Moderator: Patrick O. Patterson
Panelists: Victoria A. Lipnic, Hnin Khaing, Carol R. Miaskoff

11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Unreported: Shortcomings of Title IX
Moderator: Dean Lisa Taylor
Panelists: Professor Natasha Martin, Leslie Annexstein, Elizabeth Kristen

1:30–2:15 p.m.
Symposium Keynote: Professor Vicki Schultz

2:45–4:00 p.m.
Severe or Pervasive: Towards Empowering Workers
Moderator: Allegra L. Fishel
Panelists: Bernice Yeung, Joseph M. Sellers, Lisa J. Banks, Professor Ann C. McGinley

4:30–5:45 p.m.
The Future of Employment Law
Moderator: Karla Gilbride
Panelists: Professor Michael Selmi, Professor Marcia L. McCormick, Geraldine Sumter, Professor Stephen M. Rich

5:45 p.m.
Closing

Food Transparency: What Is It and Who Defines It?
2021-10-27 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Hear from experts in food sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, and sustainability.
Online Event – 4 Panels
Food experts will discuss:

Consumers’ demand for increased transparency – what is driving it?
What is transparency?
Which aspects of transparency are most important to which stakeholders
Challenges and opportunities of increased transparency
Accuracy, commercial free speech, truthful label claims, litigation
How to create transparent policies that are compliant with existing laws/regulations

Register here.
Attendance Rates

$40 for visitors
$10 for Alumni
$0 for MHSL students, faculty, staff, and HLI Advisory Board members

Speakers:

Charlie Arnot, CEO, The Center for Food Integrity
Leah Nicholls, Senior Attorney, Public Justice
Shelly Becker, Assistant General Counsel, SunOpta, Inc.
Jeff Varcoe, Vice President, Manufacturing Technical Services, Schwan’s Company
David Graham, Partner, Dykema Gossett, PLLP
Shirley Boyd, retired VP and Associate General Counsel, Cargill, Incorporated; Adjunct Professor, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law and University of Minnesota

Schedule
9-9:05am: Welcome and Intro from David Graham, Partner, Dykema Law Firm
9:05-9:50am: Food Transparency: What is it?
Charlie Arnot, CEO, The Center for Food Integrity (30 min presentation, 15 min Q&A)
9:50-10:35am: AgGag, Whistleblowers and First Amendment – Leah Nicholls, Senior Attorney, Public Justice (30 min presentation, 15 min Q&A) – Staff – Public Justice Food Project
10:35-10:50am: BREAK
10:50-11:05am: Company Panel Introduction – Panel Facilitator, Shirley Boyd, former Assistant General Counsel, Cargill (retired); Adjunct Professor, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law.
11:05-11:45am: Panel: Company Responses to Consumer Desires for Transparency

SunOpta: Shelly Becker, Assistant General Counsel
Schwans: Jeff Varcoe, Vice President, Manufacturing Technical Services

11:45-12:00pm: Audience Q&A

Litigating Class Actions
2021-10-21 11:15 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland will be part of a panel discussion on “Mass Arbitrations as a Procedural Strategy in Consumer and Employment Class Actions”. The discussion will feature the plaintiff’s perspective on mass arbitrations as an alternative to class actions, emerging arbitrator mass arbitration protocols, defense perspective on the best deterrence approaches and response strategies, as well as the public interest NGO perspective on the use of mass arbitrations as a strategy.
The conference is a part of Law Seminars International’s Litigating Class Actions Conference on October 21st and 22nd and will be presented online through Interactive Broadcast. More information and registration at the link below.

The Future of Nonprofit Plaintiff Support
2021-08-25 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
SAVE THE DATE: Join us on Wednesday, August 25 at 2 PM ET, as our Executive Director Paul Bland will take part in Milestone Consulting, LLC‘s free panel webinar on “The Future of Nonprofit Plaintiff Support.”

Bland and other leaders in the nonprofit field will discuss the myriad of nonprofit resources available to assist plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ attorneys. Registration is required.

The 39th Annual Public Justice Virtual Gala & Awards Presentation
2021-07-21 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Public Justice supporters from around the globe are invited to join us on Wednesday, July 21st at 7:00 PM ET, for a special virtual night of celebration, reflection and impact and change.
Join us as we bid farewell to Public Justice President Eric Cramer and introduce President-Elect Dan Bryson.
We’ll also be honoring this year’s Trial Lawyer of the Year finalists and our 2021 Champion of Justice Honoree Ben Crump.
For registration and sponsorship information, please click here or the link below.

Panel Discussion: Ag-Gag and the First Amendment
2021-06-18 11:45 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join Public Justice Food Project Litigation Director David Muraskin as he speaks as a panelist on the issue of Ag-Gag to the Arizona Bar Association. The event will feature a discussion on the fallout from the case of ALDF (Animal Legal Defense Fund) v. Herbert, on the world of undercover investigation and photography of industrial agriculture.
The presentation will be held on June 18th from 11:45 am ET – 3 pm ET. Please follow the link below to register.

Preemption & Daubert Webinar: 9th Circuit Upholds Access to Justice in Hardeman v. Monsanto
2021-06-17 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
Public Justice Senior Attorney Leslie Brueckner will be among the panelists in a webinar discussing our and our co-counsel’s landmark defense of Hardeman v. Monsanto in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
In the Spring of 2019, a unanimous jury awarded Edwin Hardeman an $80 million verdict, finding that his cancer was caused by Roundup and by Monsanto’s failure to warn of the known dangers of its product. Monsanto challenged this verdict on the grounds of preemption and Daubert, and the 9th Circuit rejected all of Monsanto’s arguments. The panel will discuss the details of Hardeman v. Monsanto, Monsanto’s appeal, and how this 9th Circuit ruling will affect future cases.
Registration is $99 for AAJ members. Click here or below to register.

2021 Spring Phonathon
2021-05-06
Join us for our Spring Phonathon on Thursday, May 6!

No matter your work-from-home dress of choice, all are welcome to join the friendly competition between Team Sweatpants and Team Pajamas, where we’ll all be raising funds and growing our network.

Please contact Membership Manager Megan Kyte at mkyte@publicjustice.net for more information.

Letting the Sunshine In: Fighting Unnecessary Secrecy in Mass Torts
2021-03-17 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
