Litigation Section Summer Conference
Talking with Pictures: Courtroom Persuasion in the Media Dominated Age
Dates: July 24-25, 2015
Place: Crystal Mountain Resort
Register: online or by mail/fax form PDF
Registration ends July 20, 2015
Resort Reservation with this form or by booking online utilizing group code 45U8O7
Resort reservations must be made by June 24 to receive our rate.
Agenda
Our Presenter—Kevin W. Thompson
Kevin W. Thompson is a founding partner of the Thompson Barney Law Firm in Charleston, West Virginia. He is an environmental lawyer, entrepreneur, and inventor who has been involved in high-stakes litigation across the country for over twenty years.
As a litigation consultant, he's managed evidence in tobacco, patent, and environmental cases worth billions of dollars and has continually developed innovative technologies designed to organize and present evidence. As lead counsel, he's recovered millions of dollars for clients ranging from banks, to land companies, to impoverished coalfield residents.
Mr. Thompson was named a finalist for Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Public Justice Foundation in 2012 and 2013. His work has been featured in Rolling Stone magazine and the Wall Street Journal. He and his cases are profiled in the book Moving Mountains and the documentary films Coal Rush and Toxic Soup.
Mr. Thompson has served as an adjunct professor of advocacy at LSU Law School and as a NITA faculty member. He served as entrepreneur-in-residence at the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, Levy-Rosenbloom Institute of Entrepreneur Studies. Mr. Thompson received his J.D. from Tulane Law School after obtaining a degree in broadcast journalism from Marshall University.
About Crystal Mountain
Located in the heart of Benzie County, Crystal Mountain is the Midwest's premier four-season family resort featuring some of the finest accommodations northern Michigan has to offer—36 holes of championship golf, the Crystal Coaster—Michigan's only alpine slide, the Edge Adventure Course, paint ball, laser tag, mountain bike and hiking trails, the Michigan Legacy Art Park, the award-winning Crystal Spa, and IACC-approved conference facilities.
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