2026 Topics & Presenters Are Below

CEO Roundtable – Employment Issues keeping the C-Suite Awake at Night

Moderator: Dove A.E. Burns
Regional Managing Partner California Offices
Managing Partner Connecticut Office

Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Jack Brown III
President
Gulf Coast Revenue Cycle Management

Karen Roche
Executive Vice President of HR
General Counsel
Consolidated Human Resources

EPL Market Place & Underwriting Trends

Justin J Blacklock
Assistant Vice President
North America Financial Lines
Chubb

Laura Zaroski, JD, RPLU
Managing Director, Law Firms Practice
Gallagher

Jonathan Kurens, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Marsh

Joseph Kelly
SVP - EPL, ERISA Liability & Fidelity National Practice Leader
Sompo International, North America

Seth B. Brickman, CPCU, RPLU
Managing Director
Business Risk Partners

EPL Claims Trends 

Moderator Mercedes Colwin
Founding Partner of New York Offices
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP.

Raymond Cashman, Esq. CPCU
Director, Professional & Specialty Claims
Nationwide

Joanne Varias
President
ClaimsFirst Services

Tom Commons 

Senior Claims Counsel – Management Liability
IAT Insurance Group

Cathleen E. Curry, Esq.
Senior Claims Consultant –Specialty Management Liability
Claims Department
The Hanover Insurance Company

EEOC Harassment Rescinded: What’s Next?

Robyn Silvermintz
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Tracy Ellis
AVP, Claims
Coaction Specialty Insurance

Laura Lapidus 
Management Liability (EPL) Risk Control Director
CNA

Jessica Farrelly
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Robert T. Bernstein
Partner
Laner Muchin, Ltd. 

Reverse Discrimination - Is it Trending or Ending?

Wendy Mellk
Partner
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Gregory R. Bennett
Partner
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

Arya Li
AVP, Insurance and Claims Counsel
Lockton Companies

Marla N. Presley
Member
Cozen O’Connor

Mario R. Bordogna
Partner
Bowles Rice LLP

When $1m Is Not Enough -

From High Wage Earners & Attorney Fees to Nuclear Verdicts

Moderator: Jacqueline K. Gallagher
Partner
O'Hagan Meyer

Marisa DeMartini 
Senior Vice President, Head of AscotEXEC Claims
Ascot Group

Melisa C. Zwilling 

Shareholder
Carr Allison

Mareasa Rooks
VP, Insurance & Claims Counsel
Lockton Companies, LLC

Terri R. Stewart
Regional Managing Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP. 

The Settlement Salsa - Dancing toward Resolution - Practical Tips and Tricks

Moderator: Haralyn H. Isaac
Vice President-Claims
Great American Insurance Group

Alen Arnautovic
Executive Specialist, Executive Risk Claims
Crum & Forster

Stacy Joseph  
EPLI Practice Manager

Littler

Stefani C. Schwartz
Senior Partner
Hatfield Schwartz Law Group LLC

TBA

Game Changer or Pandora’s Box?

Enhanced Workplace Investigations Using AI

Moderator: Heather E. Griffin
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP.

Doris Bobadilla
Director
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith

Anne Jarrell 
Complex Claims Director & Sr. Counsel
Bermuda & Europe Claims
Markel

Brian D. Smith, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Gallagher Bassett 

Giovanni Antonucci Di Cesare
Partner
Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Beyond the Spreadsheet:

Leveraging Technology and Economic Experts for Success at Trial  

Moderator: Dianna D. McCarthy
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Matt Rigling, M.A.
Managing Economist
EmployStats

Cary Elliott, Ph.D.
Practice Lead
Employ Stats

Alison Rose
Partner
Resolution Economics, LLC.  

Richard Goldberg
Partner
Resolution Economics, LLC.

Off Duty Conduct - From Politics to Posting

Moire L. Morón, Esq.
Vice President,Claims Advocacy
NFP, an Aon Company

Adam I. Kleinberg
Partner
Chair, Litigation Department
Guercio & Guercio LLP

Brian Leinhauser
Partner
MacMain Leinhauser PC

Alejandro Pérez
Partner, Employment, Labor, and Benefits
Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Bao D. Nguyen
Attorney
COLLINS + COLLINS LLP

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