Events

TDLA Joins Forces with ADLA for Spring Meeting!!

Join us at the Family Friendly Resort!

The TDLA will be joining forces again this Spring with Alabama Defense Lawyers Association for its 2012 Spring Meeting, June 14-17, 2012 at Sandestin Beach Resort.  We are looking forward to a second fun-filled, educational weekend with our neighboring state.  The format of the ADLA meeting is generally the same as our Fall seminar & meeting.  Saturday morning, TDLA will be providing break-out sessions for those in attendance, chaired by Barret Albritton.  Those speakers include:  Vince Lloyd, a professor at Mercer University who teaches ethics and will fill the 1.5 hour ethics portion of the program, and Doug Moore of SEA, Ltd., a fantastic speaker on biomechanics of injuries and accidents.

Sandestin has a lot to offer; fun filled family activities, HUGE outlet shopping malls, great golf courses, beautiful beaches ... and so much more.  Visit Sandestin.com if you need further persuading.  For those of you hesitant to bring small children, think again -- there are so many activities for the children, from the very small to teenagers.  This year's activities will once again include:  Build A Bear, Photo Booth and Dino (caricature artist).  In place of the Wii and X-Box competition, Abrakadoodle is being given consideration.

More information regarding this event will be forthcoming as it becomes available.

2011 TDLA Fall Seminar & Meeting

Union Station, Nashville

The historical Union Station in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as the venue for the 2012 TDLA Fall Seminar & Meeting, September 20-23, 2012. 

Heather Douglas of Manier & Herod in Nashville will Chair this year's event,  a hospitality suite will be hosted throughout the weekend, and a golf outing will be held on Friday afternoon.  An optional dinner on Saturday night will also be included.

Speakers to date include:  Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Holder who will speak re issues with local rules from various districts that are contradictory to the TN Rules of Civil Procedure.  Russell Thomas, a local criminal attorney and ex-District Attorney will speak about developments in criminal law and thigns we all wish we knew, but don't.  He will provide an update on whether or not you should agree to take a breathalyzer when pulled over, what the deal is with the open container law and other tidbits of information.  She is waiting for commitments from two other speakers at this time.