Joint December Defense Seminar  w/ LAJC

December 11, 2026

Louisiana Judicial College and LADC Joint Torts Seminar

Friday, December 11, 2026 8:00 am 5:00 pm

Registration fees $375 for Members // $475 for Non-Members // $175 for Current and Retired Judges // $75 Law Student

The Westin New Orleans at Canal Place -- Group rate $299 plus taxes and fees -- Registration Deadline November 12

Full Agenda Below

Louisiana Judicial College and

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel Joint Seminar
The Westin New Orleans - Friday, Dec. 11, 2026

7:30-9:00 am                           Registration & Breakfast

8:00-8:15 am                           Welcome Remarks:

Judge Laurie Hulin, President of the Board of Governors, Louisiana Judicial College and

Jimmy Ordeneaux, President of the LADC

8:15-9:15 am                           Products Liability in the Age of AI (1 Hour)

                                                Prof. Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, New York University Law School

9:15-9:30 am                           Break      

9:30-11:00 am                         Recent Developments in Louisiana Tort Law (1.5 hours)

                Justice Piper D. Griffin, Louisiana Supreme Court

                Prof. Thomas C. Galligan, Jr., LSU Law Center

                Thomas M. Flanagan, Flanagan Partners, LLP

                Prof. John M. Church, LSU Law Center                    

11:00-12:00                             Recent Developments in Louisiana Civil Procedure (1 hour)

                                                Judge Tiffany Gautier Chase, Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal

                                                Judge (Retired) Guy Holdridge, Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute

                                                Shiena Marie N. Burke, Kean Miller LLP

                                                Prof. Bill Corbett, LSU Law Center

12:00-1:00 pm                         Buffet Lunch

1:00-2:00 pm                           Updates on Insurance Law (1 hour)

                                                Judge Allison H. Penzato, Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal

                                                Harry J. “Skip” Philips, Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General

2:00-3:00 pm                           Ruminations on Jury Instructions (1 hour)

                                                Judge Kelly Balfour, Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal

                                                Judge (Retired) Guy Holdridge

                                                Prof. Tom Galligan                                 

                                                Prof. Bill Corbett

3:15-3:30 pm                           Break

3:30-4:30 pm                           Ethics (1 hour)

Judge Brady O’Callaghan, First Judicial District Court

Prof. Dane Ciolino, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

4:30-5:30 pm                           Professionalism- —John Allen Dixon, Jr.: An Exemplary Life of Honor, Service , and                                                                     Professionalism (1 hour)

                                                E. Phelps Gay, Chair of The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society

CLE Credits: 7.5 hours

A full refund will be given up to a month before the event. A 50% refund will be given up to the week before the event. Refunds will not be given a week from the event.