Ice Miller is pleased to announce that 2023 LCA President Adam Arceneaux has been named office managing partner in the firm’s Indianapolis office. Arceneaux is chair of Ice Miller’s Commercial Litigation Group, where his practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and around the clock accessibility for emergency claims, as well ...

The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) and the Diversity Law Institute (DLI) are pleased to announce that William Delgado, Managing Partner of minority-owned firm DTO Law, is the recipient of the 2023 Diversity Law Institute Diversity Award. The award was presented to Will by G. Steven Henry, LCA Executive Director ...

The first ever LCA Spring Retreat was held April 23-25, 2023, at the WaterColor Inn & Resort in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.

Back in 2021, I wrote about the problems that I encountered during the first ever virtual voir dire process conducted by the Alameda County Superior Court.[1]  LCA Litigation Commentary and Review, “Virtual Voir Dire – Real Error”, June 15, 2021.  Therein, I boldly predicted that: “The best evidence that virtual ...

The San Francisco Superior Court entered its Statement of Decision and Judgment in favor of Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller clients, the Co-Trustees of the Robert A. Naify Trust, and against Petitioner Christina Cortese.  Cortese had sought as much as $680 million in community property damages on behalf of her ...

A legal professional mental health series by LCA Senior Fellow Don Blackwell of Bowman and Brooke, LLP, in Orlando, Florida Author’s Note: I can’t count the number of times in the past 40 years I’ve picked up the phone or answered a knock on my office door only to find ...

On Friday, February 10th, 2023, the law firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner obtained a jury verdict for $28,951,000.00 on behalf of five plant workers that were injured in an explosion that occurred at the ExxonMobil Baytown Olefins Plant on July 31, 2019. The trial team consisted ...

Diversity Powers Profitability Dear Fellows, Diversity permeates the best trial practices fundamentally, practically, and economically. Fundamentally, justice requires fairness. Fairness demands equality. Equality mandates diversity and inclusion. Practically, diversity and inclusion produce more persuasive advocates and wiser counselors. Economically, diversity is profitable – in fact, it’s extremely profitable! Why I ...

The article How One 3-Atty Fla. Boutique Began Representing Sovereigns, by Rachel Rippetoe, was originally featured on Law360.com on February 8, 2023. © 2023, Portfolio Media, Inc.   The community of lawyers representing sovereign nations in U.S. courts is a small one, mostly made up of BigLaw attorneys, but for Michael ...

A legal professional mental health series by Senior Fellow Don Blackwell of Bowman and Brooke, LLP, in Orlando, Florida Author’s Note: There are lots of reasons the darkness that so often accompanies mental health challenges insists on isolation. They include: fear, guilt, shame, and stigma - to name just a ...

Dear Fellows, Trial Lawyers Suffer Post Trial “Tailspin” Seasoned lawyers know that advocating for clients in trial takes a toll on our well-being. The physical, intellectual, and emotional commitment required to properly try a case is utterly exhausting. Even when we win, the jarring re-adjustment to our routine practice after ...

Senior Fellow Adam Arceneaux, chair of Ice Miller’s Commercial Litigation Group in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the 2023 President of the Litigation Counsel of America. “Adam Arceneaux represents the standard for Litigation Counsel of America Fellowship in so many ways. His surgical excellence in the courtroom setting, preparation, professionalism and desire ...