Event

WELA CLE 2015: Focus on Proof

8:30-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:45 What to Look For at Intake, Janet S. Chung, Legal & Legislative Counsel, Legal Voice, Seattle

9:45-10:30 Discovery Strategies, Jesse Wing, MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless, Seattle

10:30-10:45 BREAK

10:45-11:30 Surviving Summary Judgment in Discrimination Cases
Benjamin P. Compton, Vreeland Law PLLC, Bellevue

11:30-15:15 Summary Judgment in Retaliation/Whistleblower Cases
Sara Amies, Teller & Associates, Seattle

12:15 - 1:45 LUNCH

12:30 - 1:30 State and Federal Case Law Update (by video) Michael Subit, Frank, Freed, Subit & Thomas, LLP, Seattle; Jeffrey Needle, Law Offices of Jeffrey Needle, Seattle

1:45 - 2:30 Proof Through Evidence of Implicit Bias, Bill Lann Lee, Lewis Feinberg Lee & Jackson, Oakland, California

2:30 - 2:45 BREAK

2:45 - 3:30 Trial of Retaliation/Whistleblower Cases, Beth Bloom and Jillian Cutler, Frank, Freed, Subit & Thomas, Seattle

3:30 - 4:30 Proving from Beginning to End: Anatomy of a Recent Victory, Elizabeth Hanley, The Hanley Law Firm, Seattle