"Smart Practice Not Malpractice", program presented to lawyers throughout California including Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Salinas/Monterey, 2003-2004

"A Defense Lawyer's Perspective on Lawyers' Professional Liability Insurance", presented at the First Annual WSBA Conference on the Law of Lawyering, Seattle, Washington, December 2003

"Coming Soon to a State Rules Committee Near You: How Will Ethics 2000 Affect Lawyer Liability?", presented at the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability National Legal Malpractice Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2003

"Steering a Safer Path: Risk Management for Lawyers", presented to lawyers throughout California including Monterey, Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles, 2000-2002

"Where is the Insurance Industry Going?", presented at the ABA National Legal Malpractice Conference, Washington, D.C., April 2001

"Ethics for Business and Intellectual Property Lawyers", presented jointly by the Business Law Section and the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, La Jolla, California, April 2001

"The Live Mock Trial of a Legal Malpractice Action", presented to the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2000

"For Whom Do Lawyers Really Work?" presented at the ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility and 15th National Forum on Client Protection, June 1999

"Protecting the Public - What's the Bar's Responsibility", presented at the ABA Midyear Winter Program for the National Conference of Bar Presidents, Los Angeles, California, February, 1999

"Trial Tips from Top Trial Lawyers", presented at the 36th Annual Convention for the Consumer Attorneys of California, November 1997

"The Impact of Lawyer Advertising on Liability Risks", presented at the ABA National Legal Malpractice Conference, New York, New York, September 1997

"Emerging Trends in Lawyers' Vicarious Liability", presented at the ABA National Legal Malpractice Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 1997

"Legal Malpractice - An Overview", presented at the ABA National Legal Malpractice Conference, Dana Point, California, April 1996

"Making the Most of Your Expert Witness", presented at the ABA National Legal Malpractice Conference, Tempe, Arizona, April 1995

"Malpractice Claims Against Litigation Lawyers", presented at the Professional Issues Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of ABA, February 1991

"Professional Negligence: Blueprints for Success", presented at the Annual California Trial Lawyers Association Convention, November 1990

"How to Stay Out of the Target Zone", presented at the New Mexico Trial Lawyers' Association, San Francisco, California, June 1990

"Legal Malpractice", presented at the California Trial Lawyers Association 25th Annual Tahoe Seminar, March 1990

"Admissibility of Evidence in Attorney Malpractice Trials: A Trial Within a Trial", presented at the ABA/TIPS National Institute on Legal Malpractice in Litigation, San Francisco, California, November 1989

"When Do You Try Legal Malpractice Actions Setting the Stage - the Rules Relating to Trying Legal Malpractice Actions", presented at the ABA Section of Tort and Insurance Practice: Trial and Avoidance of Claims, November 1989

"New Theories of Liability - Asserting Them And Defending Them", presented at the ABA Legal Malpractice Litigation, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice: Trial and Avoidance of Claims, November 1989

"Avoiding Malpractice in Family Law", presented at the Legal Malpractice Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, November 1989

"The Attorney-Client Privilege Under Siege - The Self-Defense Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege: Disclosure of the Client's Confidences or Personal Liability", presented at the ABA/TIPS Spring Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, May 1989

"Malpractice in the Real Property Area", presented at the Legal Malpractice Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, March 1989

"Conflicts and the Role of Counsel for the Insured", presented at the ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 1988

"Recent Developments in Legal Malpractice", presented at the ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 1987

"The New Techniques of Lawyers Prosecuting Legal Malpractice Cases", presented at the ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1983

"Conflicts in Handling Personal Injury Cases - The Plaintiff's Perspective", presented at the ABA/TIPS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 1982

PROGRAM CHAIR

"The Trial Of A Legal Malpractice Action", presented at the joint session of the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability and the ABA Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1997 

The National Legal Malpractice Conference :"Making It Work: A Successful State Bar/Insurance Company Partnership", presented at the ABA Standing Committee Fall 1995 meeting, Naples, Florida, September 1995