The Massachusetts Bar Association’s Complex Commercial Litigation Section
Council will be hosting the Tenth Annual Complex Commercial Litigation
Conference in person at Suffolk University Law School. The conference is a great
opportunity to learn from and network with the commonwealth's leading commercial
litigation practitioners as well as esteemed members of the Massachusetts
judiciary.
This year's keynote speaker will be Chief Judge David J. Barron of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. David J. Barron became the Chief Judge
of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in April of 2022.
After graduating from Harvard College, he worked as a newspaper reporter before
attending Harvard Law School. Chief Judge Barron clerked for Judge Stephen R.
Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and for
Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court. He then worked as
an attorney advisor for the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States
Department of Justice during the Clinton Administration before joining the
faculty at Harvard Law School. He rejoined the Justice Department as Acting
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel from 2009 to 2010
before returning to Harvard Law School as the S. William Green Professor of
Public Law. He was appointed to the First Circuit in 2014.
Other conference highlights include:
- Panel of distinguished members of the Massachusetts judiciary
featuring:
Emyr T. Remy, Shook, Hardy & Bacon,
Moderator
Hon. Leo T. Sorokin, U.S. District Court, District of
Massachusetts
Hon. Christopher K. Barry-Smith, Massachusetts Superior
Court
Hon. Catherine Ham, Massachusetts Superior Court
- Attorney Panel featuring:
Sofia Nuño, Esq., Mintz,
Moderator
Erin K. Higgins, Esq., Conn Kavanaugh
Hon. Mark D Mason
(Ret.), Mason Mediation LLC
Breton Leone-Quick, Esq., Mintz
A networking reception following the program
This conference will be offered as a hybrid. Attendees are strongly
encouraged to attend in person, but there will be a remote option for those who
wish to attend virtually. We will send information on remote participation prior
to the conference.
Registration is required by 10 a.m. on Monday, April 7, to
participate in this conference. If you plan to attend virtually via Zoom, an
email from MassBar Education with the webinar ID and password will be sent
before the program.
Faculty:
Michele E. Connolly, Esq., Conference Co-chair
Fitch Law Partners LLP, Boston
Kelley A. Jordan-Price, Esq., Conference Co-chair
Hinckley Allen, LLP, Boston
Hon. David J. Barron, Keynote Speaker
Chief Judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Emyr T. Remy, Esq., Moderator
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Boston
Hon. Leo T. Sorokin, Panelist
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Hon. Christopher K. Barry-Smith, Panelist
Massachusetts Superior Court
Hon. Catherine Ham, Panelist
Massachusetts Superior Court
Sofia Nuño, Esq., Moderator
Mintz, Boston
Erin K. Higgins, Esq., Panelist
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch Ford LLP, Boston
Hon. Mark D Mason (Ret.), Panelist
Mason Mediation LLC, Springfield
Breton Leone-Quick, Esq., Panelist
Mintz, Boston