Litigating Discrimination and Harassment Claims
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Litigating Discrimination and Harassment Claims

June 25, 2010
San Francisco
JW Marriott San Francisco


This program is designed for attorneys and corporate counsel.This program is a comprehensive update and overview of  law and practice involving sexual harassment and discrimination claims in California.  It’s not often that a single one-day seminar will give you both a procedural overview of the process but also substantive tips on how to write briefs, take and defend depositions, use expert testimony and position your case so as to maximize the chances of obtaining a favorable outcome.  

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
  Introduction and Opening Remarks
9:00 - 9:45
Recent Trends in Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Litigation
Robert S. Shwarts of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
9:55 - 11:10
Taking & Defending Depositions
David Faustman, Fox Rothschild (defense)
Roberta Steele, Goldstein, Demchak, et. al. (plaintiff)
11:10 - 12:15

Searching for and Using Discovery
Stephanie A. Doria, Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall  - (plaintiff)
Robert Orozco, Meyers Nave - (defense)

  Lunch  On your own
1:15- 2:15 Appealing to Jurors and Understanding their Reactions
Sonia Chopra, Ph.D., National Jury Project
2:25 - 3:30 Assessing Psychological Damages and the role of
Psychodiagnostic Testing in Forensic Psychological Assessment
Edward Hyman, Ph.D., The Center for Social Research
3:30 - 4:30 Trying and Settling Discrimination and Harassment Cases
Mathew Stephenson, Kochan &  Stephenson  (plaintiff)
Lindbergh Porter, Littler Mendelson (defense)
Program Concludes

LOCATION

JW Marriott San Francsico

500 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94102

Registration Fees
early $325 until May 14 
regular $365 after May 14
late $395 after June 23
Group rate: two register a third is free! $730 for three ($244)
One registers - a second person is half price $548 for two ($274 ea)
Bridgeport is a State Bar of CA provider of MCLE (Provider 11872) This program offers 6 hrs of MCLE.

Register:

By Telephone:
(818) 783-7156
By Mail
(download brochure)
Online
Group Rate: 2 register together the 3rd is free!