2025 - ATLC Schedule
Friday, December 5, 2025
8:00 a.m.
Seminar Registration
8:00 a.m.
Coffee and Danish Compliments of Maguire Law Firm
8:55 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome – Ashley W. Creech, SCAJ President
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
The ‘Culture’ of South Carolina State Courts, and (related) the Future of the Civil Jury Trial
The Honorable John Cannon Few, SC Supreme Court, Columbia, SC
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Addressing Traumatic Brain Injuries in Personal Injury Cases
Sagi Shaked, Esq., Miami, FL
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break Compliments of Jebaily Law Firm
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
AI and the Law - Big Data and Mock Juries - Case Simulations
S. Randall Hood, Esq., Rock Hill, SC
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
AAJ Update and TBD
Christopher Nace, Esq., Washington, DC
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
ERISA and Liens
Lauren Newton, Esq., Charlotte, NCAAJ Update
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch (On Your Own)
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
To Err Is Human, To Hallucinate Is AI: Ethics for the Modern Lawyer
J. Blake Ledbetter, Esq., Decatur, GA
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
(Ethics) Guarding the Gate - Navigating Lawyer Confidentiality in Online Legal Communities
Thomas A. Pendarvis, Esq., Beaufort, SC
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Deposing Truck Drivers & Using Demonstratives to Establish the Standard of Care
Brian T. Mohs, Esq., Atlanta, GA
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break Compliments of Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC
3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Strategies for Maximizing UIM Recoveries Settling Liability on YOUR Terms NOT Theirs
Richard A. Hricik, Esq., Mt. Pleasant SC
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Drafting a Corporate Rep Notice that Produces the Witness You Need
Carl L. Solomon, Esq., Columbia, SC
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Saturday, December 6, 2025
8:00 a.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m.
Coffee and Danish Compliments The Derrick Law Firm
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AND STRATEGIES
North Carolina - the Direction We are Heading
Tom A. Killoren, Jr., Esq., Spartanburg, SC
The Scoop - The New South Carolina Tort Law Changes Coming to a Lawsuit Near You!
Sydney L. Lynn, Esq., Columbia, SC
The New Tort Law in Negligence Cases
Perry M. Buckner IV, Esq., Charleston, SC
Using Releases to Narrow the Fight in the New Tort Reform Era
Richard A. Hricik, Esq., Mt. Pleasant SC
The New Tort Law in Dram Shop Cases
Kenneth E. Berger, Esq., Columbia, SC
10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break Compliments of SCAJ