Cheryl M. Kornick, a shareholder in the firm's New Orleans office, will be a featured speaker at the 8th Annual Energy Litigation Conference on October 23, 2009 in Houston, Texas. She will speak on market volatility and whether or not it breeds new litigation.
The event is co-sponsored by The Institute for Energy Law (IEL) of The Center for American and International Law and the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER).
Program highlights include:
- Enforcement Actions
- Ethics and the Noble Lawyer - Are you a Patriot?
- Acquiring Assets from a Bankruptcy Debtor
- Current Trends in Oil & Gas Litigation
- Does Market Volatility in the Oil Patch Breed New Litigation?
- Transparency Issues in E-Discovery and Opportunities to Control Costs
- A Forward Look – Policy Perspectives
- Integrated Operations Contracts and Enterprise Risk Management
- Post Production Environmental Issues: Louisiana Legacy Litigation and the Texas Approach
- What Lies Ahead for Employers in the Energy Sector
- Special Achievement Award in Energy Litigation
Honoring: John M. McCollam (Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan LLP, New Orleans)
Please visit http://www.cailaw.org/iel/ELit_09details.html for Conference details and to register for the event.
Location
Hilton Post Oak Hotel
2001 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, TX
(713) 961-9300
About The Institute for Energy Law
A division of the Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), the Institute for Energy Law is one of the earliest pioneers in post-graduate continuing legal education. Its Oil and Gas Law Conference, initiated in 1949, is now the country’s oldest CLE program in any field. Since then, the Institute has been one of the world’s most influential educational forums on energy law issues, through its annual programs, its scholarly publications and its membership activities.
About the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
The Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources is the premier forum for lawyers working in areas related to environmental law, natural resources law, and energy law. The Section is committed to providing members with opportunities to enhance professional skills, stay on top of current developments, and dialogue in these substantive areas.