LELS Springboard: From the Bench: Judges Discuss Litigating Employment Cases in a Post-pandemic Envi

This year’s event, From the Bench: Judges Discuss Litigating Employment Cases in a Post-pandemic Environment, will feature judges and magistrate judges who will offer their perspectives on how Covid-19 and the pandemic may have forever altered our judicial system.

Cost: $75
Register: Online

Featured confirmed speakers include:

• Chief Judge Sean F. Cox (US Eastern District Court)
• Judge Nancy Edmunds (US Eastern District Court)
• Executive Magistrate Judge David Grand (US Eastern District Court)
• Magistrate Judge Jonathan Grey (US Eastern District Court)
• Judge David Groner (Wayne County Circuit Court)
• Judge Carol Kuhnke (Washtenaw County Circuit Court)
• Judge David Newblatt (Genesee County Circuit Court)
• Judge Victoria Roberts (US Eastern District Court)
• Judge Joseph Toia (Macomb County Circuit Court)

The seminar portion of the program will consist of three 30-minute roundtable sessions which will allow participants to engage judges and magistrate judges in a discussion on important topics involving labor and employment law cases, including practice pointers for litigating in a post-pandemic environment. The judges will offer their perspectives on a myriad of topics, like whether and to what extent it will continue to utilize platforms like Zoom to conduct hearings and conferences.

Check-in for the event will start at 4:00 pm. The program will start at 4:30 p.m., and will be followed by a reception with cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres.

Complimentary valet parking is available. The Townsend Hotel is located at 100 Townsend Street, Birmingham, Michigan 48009.

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