First Statewide Florida Federalist Society Convention

Location:
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
1500 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32830

Description:

Florida Statewide Conference

February 27-28, 2015

The Swan & Dolphin Resort

Orlando, FL

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Agenda: 

Friday, February 27, 2015

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.         Welcome and Session I: Perspectives on the Fla. Judicial Selection Process

 

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.         Keynote I: Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam

 

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.         Welcome Reception

 

 

Saturday, February 28, 2015

8:00 – 8:45 a.m.         Breakfast

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.        Session II: Originalism, Textualism, and the Rule of Law

10:25 – 11:35a.m.         Session III: Developments in Florida Tort and Business Law

11:50 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.    Luncheon & Keynote II

1:30 – 2:45 p.m.          Session IV: The Separation of Powers in the Modern Age

8:00 – 9:30 p.m.         Closing Reception 

 

Speakers:

• Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
• Justice Charles T. Canady, The Supreme Court of Florida
• Judge Barbara Lagoa, Third District Court of Appeals of Florida
• Judge Frank A. Shepherd, Third District Court of Appeals of Florida
• Judge Wendy Berger, Fifth District Court of Appeals of Florida
• Prof. John O. McGinnis, Northwestern University
• Gregory Katsas, Jones Day
• Jesse Panuccio, Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
• William Large, President of the Florida Justice Reform Institute
• Paul Huck, Jones Day
• Rachel Brand, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Litigation Center
• Charlie Trippe, Mosely, Pritchard, Parrish, Knight & Jones
• Mark Behrens, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
• Jason Gonzalez, Shutts & Bowen, LLP