The Florida Association for Women Lawyers and its Miami-Dade Chapter, with Judge Gill S. Freeman, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade, Florida, and with assistance from the Litigation Skills Program, University of Miami School of Law, are pleased to present: “Women in the Courtroom” Trial Skills for Women Lawyers October 17 - 19, 2012 Investors’ Rights Law Firm ● Supporting Women Lawyers www.vernonhealy.com 999 Vanderbilt Beach Road Suite 200, Naples, FL 34108 239-649-5390 The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisement. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 Phone: (305) 854-0800 wsh-law.com Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Kick-Off Panel Reception “Overcoming Gender Bias: Getting into the Courtroom and Succeeding There” Hosted by Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Julie Braman Kane, Esq., Colson Hicks Eidson Detra Shaw-Wilder, Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton Hassia Diolombi, Esq., Shook, Hardy & Bacon Moderator: Corali Lopez-Castro, Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton Julie Braman Kane, a partner of Colson Hicks Edison, has over fifteen years’ experience in personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, commercial and class action litigation, and has handled multiple multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements involving significant injury. She has served as President of the Miami- Dade Chapter of FAWL. She is actively involved in the American Association for Justice (AAJ), where she serves on the Board of Governors, the Justice PAC Board of Trustees, and the National Board of Advocates Board of Trustees. Detra Shaw-Wilder, a litigation partner at Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton, concentrates in business law, complex commercial litigation, and borrowers in matters related to commercial financing transactions. She represents a diverse range of clients in matters brought in state and federal courts. Florida Trend magazine has recognized her as an “Up and Comer” in the South Florida legal community; she was named one of the most influential business people under the age of 40 by Network Miami Magazine; and South Florida CEO magazine has recognized her as a “Next Generation” leader. Hassia Diolombi, a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, is a member of her firm’s Global Product Liability Group. She concentrates on cases involving mass torts and class action product liability claims and has represented Fortune 500 companies and government entities in a broad range of litigation matters. Ms. Diolombi is a 2012 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow. She recently served a two-year term as a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee and the Retention, Advancement, and Promotion Subcommittee. She was named a 2010, 2011 and 2012 "Rising Star" by Florida Super Lawyers. Corali Lopez-Castro, managing partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, concentrates her practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters. She has extensive experience and expertise in a wide range of bankruptcy and insolvency matters, including bankruptcy reorganizations and liquidations, and litigates before federal and state courts locally and around the United States. Ms. Lopez-Castro was the second woman president of the Cuban American Bar Association. She has earned recognition in Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite for her practice in business law, and received the Leadership Award from the University of Miami Law Alumni Association, the first ever awarded. Welcome to the Florida Association for Women Lawyers “Trial Skills for Women Lawyers” program. The goal of the Trial Skills Workshop is to assist women trial attorneys in improving their trial skills. It utilizes a “learning by doing” format. Each participant will receive individualized feedback from the faculty and will learn ways to improve their trial techniques. Honorable Gill S. Freeman 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida Gill S. Freeman is a Circuit Court Judge in the 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami- Dade County. She is presently assigned to the Family Law Division. She was previously assigned to the Complex Business Litigation Section of the Circuit Court, the first judge to serve in that capacity in Miami Dade County. Prior to her appointment to the bench in 1997, Judge Freeman practiced commercial and family law for 20 years. She received her Bachelors of Education from Temple University, her Masters of Education from the University of Miami and her Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from the University of Miami. She is presently Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miami-Dade County Law Library and has spearheaded fundraising efforts to keep the library open, despite recent cuts in government funding. She is also Dean of Advanced Judicial Studies for the State of Florida. She was formerly Chair of the Florida Supreme Court Standing Committee on Diversity and Fairness. She was Vice-Chair of the Florida Supreme Court Gender Bias Study Commission and Chair of the Gender Bias Study Implementation Commission. Recently, Judge Freeman received The Jewish Federation of Greater Miami Community Service Award, a Special Recognition Award from the Cuban American Bar Association and Sabadell Bank’s Community Service Award. In 2008, Judge Freeman was invited to be a panelist at the State Department on issues of International Access to Justice. She is past president of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers and a recipient of the FAWL’s Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award. She has received Miami-Dade FAWL’s Mattie Belle Davis Award and Dade County’s “In the Company of Women Award.” Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Trial Skills Workshop: Part I 11th Judicial Circuit Courthouse Direct and Cross-Examination of Fact Witnesses Impeachment Techniques Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. “Jury Selection in a Diverse Population” Trial Skills Panel Luncheon Mary Barzee Flores, Esq., Stearns Weaver Breezye Telfair, Esq., Miami-Date State Attorney’s Office Hosted by: Edith G. Osman, Carlton Fields P.A. Moderator: Judge Jacqueline Hogan Scola Mary Barzee Flores, a litigation shareholder at Stearns Weaver Miller Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., represents individuals and corporations in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. In 1990, she joined the Federal Public Defender’s Office where for twelve years, trying over 40 federal jury trials to verdict throughout the Southern District of Florida. In 2003, Ms. Barzee joined the bench of the 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County. She presided over thousands of cases, tried over a hundred civil and criminal jury trials to verdict and heard appeals from the county court and various administrative bodies. Among other appointments over the course of her career, she has served on the Florida Innocence Commission and the Florida Supreme Court Criminal Court Steering Committee. Breezye Telfair has been employed as an Assistant State Attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office for seven years. During her time as an Assistant State Attorney, Ms. Telfair has focused primarily on homicide cases and has tried approximately 40 trials to verdict. Currently, Ms. Telfair investigates and prosecutes Hate Crime, Public Corruption and Homicide cases. Edith Osman, a partner at Carlton Fields, P.A., practices in the areas of business litigation, matrimonial law, and mediation. She has significant experience representing clients in dissolution of marriage proceedings, post-divorce modifications and enforcement, child custody, property evaluation, equitable distribution of marital assets, pre & post nuptial agreements, and paternity actions. Ms. Osman’s contributions to the community are too numerous to list. Highlights include her service as a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association; the second female president of The Florida Bar; and president of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society. She is a past president of both FAWL and of the Miami-Dade Chapter. Jacqueline Hogan Scola, Circuit Judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit, currently sits in the Civil Division. Judge Scola was elected to the circuit court bench without opposition in 2003 and again in 2009. In 2000-2001, she served as president of FAWL, having previously served as secretary and treasurer. The Miami-Dade Chapter awarded Judge Scola the Mattie Belle Davis Award in 2007. She teaches in the Litigation Skills Program at the University of Miami School of Law. She is also chair of the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, and is a member of the Florida Bar Rules of Civil Procedure Committee. Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Women in the Courtroom” Reception Join with our Workshop Participants and Trainers, and FAWL’s special guest -- Patricia Ireland, former President of the National Organization for Women La Loggia Ristorante - Lounge 68 West Flagler Street Miami, Florida 33130 Patricia Ireland, Esquire After 12 years as an active FAWL member practicing in Miami, Patricia Ireland served from 1991 to 2001 as the fulltime president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in Washington, D.C. Today Ms. Ireland continues working diligently for justice as a labor lawyer, representing unions and their members. She is Of Counsel to Phillips, Richard & Rind, P.A. in Miami. Friday, October 19, 2012 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Funding for this program provided in part by: Trial Skills