TIPS, Your Business Generation and Professional Development Home, Part 3

• Pages: 4-4
• Date: 01 January 2025
• Author: Chris Nolan

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In this third message in The Brief, I want to revisit the ben-

ets to your practice and personal well-being of attending

the TIPS Section Conference, where we will be celebrating

more than 90 years as a Section serving the legal community.

The TIPS 10th Annual Section Conference will be held

at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., from May 7–10,

2025, and feature insurance, defense, corporate, and plainti’s

attorneys, as well as the judiciary. This year, we are honored

to partner with our friends from the ABA Solo, Small Firm

and General Practice Division (GPSolo) and the ABA Judicial

Division.

This incredible, in-person experience features tremendous

programming, with 13 hours of CLE credit and 2.30 hours

of ethics credit available and multiple opportunities to net-

work throughout the conference, including the Wednesday

night welcome reception, the Thursday evening Smithsonian

gala (ticketed event), and the Friday networking luncheon

(ticketed event), sponsored by the TIPS Women Trial Lawyers

Committee.

Of particular note, the Thursday evening gala promises to

be unforgettable, with unlimited access to the Smithsonian

Institution’s National Museum of African American History

and Culture, the newest institution on the National Mall. The

Section’s Lifetime Liberty Achievement Award will be given

to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and the

Liberty Achievement Award will be given to the Honorable

J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

Circuit. The awards, presented by our TIPS partner, Thomson

Reuters, will follow a rst time ever reside chat with Justice

Sotomayor and Judge Childs.

I used “personal well-being” in my rst sentence inten-

tionally.An experience like the gala will form a core memory

for your legal career. Following the pomp and circumstance

of our gala with a walking tour of the Mall the following

evening, led by our TIPS Wellness Task Force, shows how we

cater to all types of experiences at our Section.

We are ever mindful that experiences, even those as incred-

ible as we have put together, do not pay the bills at your law

rm in and of themselves. That is why we have ensured that

all of our panels have a focus on business generation, and nearly

all of them have company perspectives included. Indeed, we’ve

curated panels that combine substantive legal education with

practical business insights, featuring an impressive array of

in-house counsel speakers from leading companies, including

Atmos Energy, Coalition, Gen Re, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty

Mutual, M&T Bank, Markel, Nordstrom, Royal Caribbean,

Samsung Electronics America, Toyota, Travelers, Verizon,

Volkswagen, Wayfair, Zurich, and many more. From emerging

technologies and ethics to trial preparation and nancial

management, each session has been thoughtfully designed to

provide actionable insights for your practice.

We are ever grateful for the work of our Conference

Cochairs: our lead Cochair, Jordan Howlette, and Cochairs

Victoria Alvarez, Chris Ward, and Michelle Worrall. Please

contact them if you have any questions concerning the pro-

gram and how you can enhance your experience. And more

importantly, register online now at https://events.americanbar.

org/event/46A7479C-70E0-44AC-AC05-3E152A5D8FE0/

summary.

I remain honored to serve TIPS and its members and look

forward to seeing you this year! In the interim, send me a

note anytime at my Holland & Knight LLP email address

(chris.nolan@hklaw.com), and we can discuss how to enhance

your TIPS experience with leadership opportunities, program-

ming, and appointments.Z

TIPS, Your Business Generation and

Professional Development Home, Part 3

By Chris Nolan

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