TIPS, Your Business Generation and Professional Development Home, Part 2

• Pages: 4-4
• Date: 01 October 2024
• Author: Chris Nolan

4THE BRIEF❭ Fall 2024

View from the Chair

In this second message in The Brief, I want to focus on the

TIPS Section Conference May 7–10, 2025, where we will

be celebrating our 10th anniversary (2015–2025) of Section

Conferences and more than 90 years as a Section.

Our very special guests will be U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Sonia Sotomayor and Judge Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court

of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Both have

agreed to a panel discussion at our gala, in what will be a truly

unforgettable evening at the Smithsonian Institution’s National

Museum of African American History and Culture.

Mark your calendars now as we will have a packed confer-

ence space with TIPS partnering with the GPSolo Division and

the Judicial Division. Our Section Conference Co-Chairs—

Jordan Howlette, Michelle Worrall, Victoria Alvarez, and Chris

Ward—have been working tirelessly on the programming

surrounding the gala, and we are ready to share a sneak peek

with you a month before the Section Conference brochure

will actually be released. You will see in these 13 panels, two

of which will provide 2.5 hours of ethics credit, that the focus

on business development is critical:

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• 2:15 PM–3:45 PM | Ethically Leveraging AI to Boost

Productivity

• 3:45 PM–4:45 PM | Money Matters: Financial Savvy

for Your Firm

• 4:45 PM–5:45 PM | Reputation Matters: First Impres-

sions and Building a Strong Professional Image

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• 8:30 AM–9:30 AM | The Business of Law: Strategies for

Future-Focused Practitioners

• 9:40 AM–11:00 AM | Justice Sotomayor: Her First 15

Years and the SCOTUS Road Ahead

• 11:00 AM–12:00 PM | Remote Depositions & ADR:

Tips for Success

• 1:30 PM–2:30 PM | Trial Masters: Trial Preparation

with TIPS Chairs Emeritus

• 2:30 PM–3:30 PM | Construction Projects in Distress

• 3:45 PM–5:15 PM | Judges Panel: Balancing Free

Speech and Courtroom Integrity

Friday, May 9, 2025

• 8:30 AM–9:30 AM | Other People’s Money: A Tax on

Litigation Funding and Ethical Consequences for Lawyers

• 9:30 AM–10:30 AM | Cybersecurity & Commercial

Crime

• 10:30 AM–11:30 AM | Navigating Class Actions and

Products Liability: Strategies and Trends

• 11:30 AM–12:30 PM | Expectations for Outside Counsel

by In-House Counsel

These panels—these experiences—will ensure a memorable

Section Conference and bolster your support for TIPS as a

member.

Finally, below is a reminder of the full calendar of in-person

meetings and stand-alone programs we cannot wait to see you at:

• Fidelity & Surety Law Midwinter Conference, January

15–17, 2025, Austin, TX

• ABA Midyear Meeting, January 29–February 5, 2025,

Phoenix, AZ

• Insurance Coverage Litigation Conference, February

20–22, 2025, La Jolla, CA

• Life, Health & Disability Insurance, Employee Benets,

ERISA, and Insurance Regulation Conference, February

21–22, 2025, La Jolla, CA

• Transportation Megaconference, March 13–14, 2025,

New Orleans, LA

• Admiralty & Maritime Law Conference, March 14–15,

2025, New Orleans, LA

• Motor Vehicle Product Liability Conference, April

23–25, 2025, Scottsdale, AZ

• TIPS Section Conference, May 7–10, 2025, Washington,

DC

• Fidelity & Surety Law Spring Conference, May 22–24,

2025, Isle of Palms, SC

• TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy, June 2025,

Reno, NV

• ABA Annual Meeting, August 6–12, 2025, Toronto, ON

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, programming,

and appointments. Z

TIPS, Your Business Generation and

Professional Development Home, Part 2

By Chris Nolan

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NOT BE COPIED OR DISSEMINATED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS OR STORED IN AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OR RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.