Education and training are essential to our preventive approach to legal issues and have been core aspects of our practice for over 10 years.
Below is a brief overview of our speaking engagements:
2020
- June 3, 2020: Garrett Williams and Melissa Lewis presented “Addressing the Gender Pay Gap: Best Practices for Employers” in a webinar for the National Business Institute.
2019
- October 24, 2019: Melissa Lewis presented Conflict Transformation through Mindful and Connected Communication at the San Diego Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Legal + Strategic Insights Conference.
- October 24, 2019: Shauna Sinnott presented Performance Reviews: The How and Why at the San Diego Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Legal + Strategic Insights Conference.
2018
- June 19, 2018: Kelly Folger presented We Have to Do What, Now? The Me Too Movement and Other Developments in Employment Law at the Spokane Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society.
- February 26, 2018: Kelly Folger presented ADA and FMLA: The Advanced Class at the 2018 NAMWOLF Business Meeting.
- January 10, 2018: Jennifer Branch and Lisa Magorien presented #MeToo – Preventing Harassment and Bullying in the Workplace at the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management 2018 Law Day.
2017
- March 21, 2017: Kelly Folger presented Fundamentals of Insurance Ethics to the Spokane CPCU Society Chapter at its Annual Ethics Day. The presentation involved discussions of ethical dilemmas faced by insurance professionals and solutions for resolving them.
- Throughout 2017, Traci Lagasse presented Ethics & Good Faith: Tripartite Conflicts to numerous insurance companies and claims representatives.
2016
- September 16, 2016: Jennifer Branch served as a panelist during a presentation entitled Confused by the Smoke? (Almost) Everything You Wanted to Know about Marijuana in the Workplace but Were Afraid to Ask at the National Association of Minority and Women Law Firm’s annual conference in Houston.
- July 3, 2016: Jennifer Branch spoke about San Diego’s Earned Sick Leave & Minimum Wage Ordinance for WS Radio – during their HR Insights Hour, Sponsored by San Diego Society for Human Resource Management.
- June 16, 2016: Jennifer Branch and Lisa Magorien presented a webinar for the San Diego Society of Human Resource Management regarding Compliance With San Diego’s Earned Sick Leave – Minimum Wage Ordinance.
- In 2016, Traci Lagasse presented:
- Navigating the Waters of Large SIRs & Deductibles at The CLM Annual Conference Presentation .
- Expanded Liability for Design Professionals: What Does It Mean and What Can We Do? at The Professional Liability Defense Federation .
2015
- October 1, 2015: Traci Lagasse and Jennifer Hamilton presented Expanded Liability for Design Professionals: What Does It Mean and What Can We Do? at the Professional Liability Defense Federation’s Annual Conference in Chicago.
- September 17, 2015: Jennifer Branch facilitated a discussion about Whistleblower Retaliation at the Annual Meeting for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firm’s “Employment Law Think Tank – Hot Topics for 2015 and Beyond”, held in Hollywood, California.
- July 10, 2015: Jennifer Branch and Kelly Folger presented Beyond the Schoolyard: Workplace Bullying – a webinar for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
- May 15, 2015: Traci Lagasse spoke at the West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar, the largest construction conference in the country, on a panel discussion titled Into the Void: Self-Insured Retentions and the Insolvent Insured.
- February 9, 2015: Jennifer Branch facilitated a discussion about Workplace Privacy under the National Labor Relations Board’s Recent Interpretations of the National Labor Relations Act for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firm’s “Employment Law Think Tank,” in San Antonio, Texas.
- February 8, 2015: Kelly Folger gave a presentation titled Beyond the Schoolyard: Workplace Bullying for the Inland Northwest Society for Human Resource Management (INSHRM).
- January 21, 2015: Jennifer Branch spoke about California’s new Paid Sick Leave Law at the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management 2015 Law Day.
2014
- October 23, 2014: Jennifer Branch presented her bi-annual webinar on the Prevention of Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination & Retaliation in the Workplace in conjunction with Christian Brothers Risk Management Services.
- September 23, 2014: Jennifer Branch facilitated a discussion about Workplace Bullying for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms’ Employment Law Roundtable Event in Philadelphia.
- June 22-25, 2014: Margi Bell spoke on an Update on Disability Discrimination Law and Related Trends in the Workplace at the 2014 Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Exposition, held in Orlando, Florida.
- April 4, 2014: Jennifer Branch presented her bi-annual webinar on the Prevention of Unlawful Harassment, Discrimination & Retaliation in the Workplace in conjunction with Christian Brothers Risk Management Services.
- February 12, 2014: Kelly Folger spoke at the annual Spokane County Insurance Adjuster’s Association conference in Spokane, Washington on the topic of ethics for insurance professionals. Ms. Folger’s presentation, A Primer on Insurance Ethics, focused on the fundamental ethical duties of insurance professionals and best practices for confronting unethical conduct.
- January 22, 2014: Jennifer Branch spoke about Emerging Technologies – Changing the Way We Work and Think about HR during the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management’s 2014 Law Day.
- January 21, 2014: Jennifer Branch spoke about California’s new Paid Sick Leave Law at the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management 2014 Law Day.