2025 Northshore Seminar

September 15, 2026

Our Annual Northshore Seminar returns to the Pontchartrain Yacht Club (1501 Lakeshore Drive)! Join us on September 15th for 2 hours of CLE on Ethics and recent Tort developments. See our full agenda below. Register today. 

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Member fee $40; Non-member fee $50

Speaker Bios

Stephen Butterfield

As an insurance law attorney, Mr. Butterfield’s practice focuses on personal injury claims from both plaintiffs and defendants involving automobile accidents and premises liability. He also has extensive experience with commercial litigation involving small to mid-size institutions and state and local governments, including oral arguments before Louisiana’s First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals. Butterfield is a member of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and the Defense Research Institute. He earned a history degree from Louisiana State University in 2010 and a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 2014. He is admitted to practice in all Louisiana and Mississippi state courts.

Judge Allison Penzato

Allison Hopkins Penzato is a judge on the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, Third District, Division C. She was elected, unopposed, to this court in January 2017 because she was the only candidate to file for the March 25 election. She was re-elected in 2024 for a term that expires in 2034. Penzato was formerly the Division H judge of the 22nd Judicial District in Louisiana. She was elected to this position on October 4, 2008. She was re-elected in 2014 for a term beginning on January 1, 2015, that would have expired on December 31, 2020. Penzato received her B.A. in government from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1977 and her J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1981. Penzato began her career in 1979 as a law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Ingard Johannessen. She left that position in 1981, the same year she was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar. She worked as a partner of the law firm of Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, L.L.C. In 2008, she was elected to the district court.

Meghan Bitoun

Ms. Bitoun is a lawyer in New Orleans. She is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she received the Spirit of Ignatius Award, the law school’s highest honor for an outstanding student. Before joining the firm, she specialized in appeals and capital criminal defense.
 

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