Speaking Engagements
Gerald A. Klein, Mark B. Wilson, and Michael S. LeBoff are frequent speakers at a variety of legal seminars and conferences. Mr. Klein, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. LeBoff’s experience ranges from large scale events with thousands of attendees to smaller specialty seminars. Their philosophy and desire is to bring understanding and clarity to a variety of legal subjects – with a special interest in teaching to improve trial skills and ethics in the legal community. Since 1994, Mr. Klein, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. LeBoff have been awarded a plethora of honors and awards by both the Orange County, California legal community and the State of California. In addition, Mr. Klein, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. LeBoff have published numerous publications on a wide range of legal topics. Mr. Klein, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. LeBoff enjoy speaking and teaching regarding trial skills, multimedia trial presentations, and legal ethics. Their presentations showcase how to graphically animate and demonstrate cases in a way juries will remember. In addition, the attorneys stress the importance of incorporating visuals to develop a theme and achieve the best possible outcome in trial. To learn more, please view Mr. Klein’s full biography, Mr. Wilson’s full biography, and Mr. LeBoff’s full biography.
To learn more about securing Mr. Klein, Mr. Wilson or Mr. LeBoff to speak at your event, please email us.
Past Engagements
Lecturer, How to Ruin Your Legal Career
Orange County Bar Association, Business and Litigation Section, February 2024
Lecturer, Billing Tips for Young Lawyers
MyCLE, December 2023
Lecturer, How Business Attorneys Can Avoid Legal Malpractice Claims
Orange County Bar Association, Business and Corporate Law Section, November 2023
Speaker, Representing and Defending Lawyers at Depositions
American Bar Association, Fall 2023 National Legal Malpractice Conference, September 2023
Speaker, Get Paid: Ethical and Effective Billing Practices for Lawyers
American Bar Association, Litigation Section, April 2023
Speaker, Attorney Billing 101
BeaconLive, August 2022
Lecturer, Demystifying Arbitration: What Really Happens and Is It a Better Option?
Orange County Bar Association, Business and Corporate Law Section, June 2022
Lecturer, Thomas Girardi and Michael Avenatti: Lessons Learned
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Roundtable, March 2022
Lecturer, How to Use Multimedia in Trial
Orange County College of Trial Advocacy (2022)
From Counsel Table to the Witness Stand
American Bar Association Section of Litigation (June 2021)
Growing Pains: Ethical Dilemmas for Young Lawyers and How to Deal With Them
American Bar Association Section of Litigation (May 2021)
Everyday Ethical Problems That Can Lead to Disaster
Orange County Bar Association Last Dash (2021)
Legal Malpractice and Fiduciary Duty Claims: Ethical Considerations, Avoidance and Defense
Orange County Bar Association Last Dash (2021)
Ethics and Civility in a Post-COVID World
Orange County Bar Association (November 2020)
Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls and Legal Malpractice When Representing Banks and Financial Services Companies
Orange County Bar Association, Banking & Lending Section (September 2020)
Get Paid Faster: How to Avoid and Resolve Fee Disputes in Commercial Litigation Matters
Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section (June 2020)
Keeping Your Zoom Meetings Safe (webinar)
Orange County Bar Association (April 2020)
Insights from OC In-House Lawyers During the COVID Crisis
Orange County Bar Association (April 2020)
How to Open the Gate or Keep it Closed
ABTL (January 2020)
Ethical Issues That Keep You Awake at Night
Orange County Bar Association Last Dash (January 2020)
Preparing Experts for Deposition and Trial Testimony
Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section (2020)
Millennials and Malpractice: Tips to Avoid Common Pitfalls and Be a More Ethical Lawyer (webinar)
American Bar Association Section of Litigation (2020)
Everyday Ethical Problems That Should Keep You Awake at Night
Orange County Bar Association Last Dash (2020)
Legal Malpractice Claims: Elements, Avoidance, Prosecution, and Defense
Orange County Bar Association Last Dash (2020)
Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls and Legal Malpractice
Orange County Bar Association Small/Solo Section (November 2019)
Lecturer, How to Use Multimedia in Opening Statement
Orange County College of Trial Advocacy (2019)
How to prepare for and take “C-Suite” depositions
Orange County Bar Association (September 2019)
The New Rules of Professional Conduct Which Affect Small Firms and Solo Practitioners
Orange County Bar Association (July 2019)
Ten Ways to Avoid Legal Malpractice
Orange County Bar Association (July 2019)
Demonstrative Evidence at Trial
Orange County Bar Association, College of Trial Advocacy (April 2019)
Legal Malpractice Claims: Elements, Avoidance, Prosecution, and Defense
Orange County Bar Association Last Dash (2019)
Oops: What To Do When an Attorney or Expert Screws Up
American Bar Association (January 2019)
Ethical Issues that Should Keep You Awake at Night
Orange County Bar Association, Last Dash (2019)
Learning to try cases and training the next generation of trial lawyers
Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section (2019)
Avoid Crippling Lawsuits and How to Win Them
Small Business Expo Los Angeles (October 2018)
How to Avoid Legal Malpractice and Keep Your License
Ferguson Inn of Court (March 2018)
Marriage and Divorce of Law Firms
Orange County Bar Association (February 2018)
Building Your Law Firm
Orange County Bar Association (2018)
The New Rules of Professional Conduct
Provisors (2018)
The Ideal Motion to Compel Arbitration
ABTL Annual Seminar (2018)
Trial from the Client Perspective: In-House Counsel Share Insights on How to Try (and Not) Try Cases
American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Conference (2018)
The Ethics of Marketing Your Law Firm
Orange County Bar Association Immigration Section (2018)
The New Rules of Professional Conduct and the Sheppard Mullin Opinion: How They Impact Business Litigators
Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section (2018)
Legal Malpractice Claims: Elements, Avoidance, Prosecution, and Defense
Orange County Bar Association, Last Dash (2018)
Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims
Carothers, DiSante & Freudenberger (2018)
Legal Malpractice
Orange County Bar Association (2018)
Ethical Problems that Should Keep You Awake at Night
Orange County Bar Association (2018)
ABOTA Master in Trial
Orange County Bar Association (2018)
Legal Ethics for Large Law Firms
Large Law Firm (2017)
How to Avoid Real Estate Legal Malpractice
Orange County Bar Association (September 2017)
Effective Use of Multimedia
College of Trial Advocacy (April 2017)
Winning Attorney-Client Fee Disputes
Orange County Bar Association (2017)
The Business Trial from the Client Perspective: A Roundtable Discussion of How In-House Counsel Approach Trials
Orange County Bar Association Business Litigation Section (2017)
Experts and Attorneys Working Together to Resolve Cases Before Trial
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Regional CLE (2017)
Malpractice traps unique to Real Estate Attorneys
Orange County Bar Association (2017)
Maximizing Expert Witness: Best Strategies and Practice for Selecting, Using, Challenging and Defending Expert Witnesses
Orange County Bar Association (2017)
Jack vs. The Giant: Keeping Reins on a Case with Disproportionate Burdens
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Roundtable (2016)
Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims
Orange County Bar Association (March 2016)
Mistakes Lawyers Make Regarding Structured Settlements
Annual Convention of Society of Settlement Planners (2016)
Mini Opening Statements and Voir Dire
Orange County Bar Association (2016)
Ethical Issues for Banking and Lending Lawyers: A Discussion of Emerging Issues and Developments
Orange County Bar Association Banking and Lending Section (2015)
How to Use Multimedia to Make Closing Arguments More Convincing
Provisor’s Lawyers and Legal Professionals Affinity Group (2015)
Everyday Ethical Problems that Should Keep You Awake at Night
Orange County Bar Association (2015)
How to Avoid Legal Malpractice
AttorneyCredits.com (2014)
Telling the Story at Trial
University of California Irvine School of Law (2014)
Using Multimedia to Maximize Impact
Orange County Bar Association Business Litigation Section (2014)
Representing Financial Institutions: Ethics, Etiquette, and Crisis Management
Orange County Bar Association Banking and Lending Section (2014)
Capturing the Audience’s Attention with Multimedia
Orange County Women Lawyers Association (2014)
Eye Popping Multi-Media at Trial
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (2014)
Negotiation for Young (and Old) Lawyers: What Every Lawyer Should Know About Making A Deal
American Bar Association Annual Meeting (2010), and re-presented via webinar as part of the ABA Premier Speaker Series (2013)
Countering the Empty Pocket Defense and Other Tips for Settling Commercial Cases in a Bad Economy
American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Conference (2013)
Ethics & Etiquette – Tips to Avoid Malpractice Claims and Build Business Relationships
Orange County Bar Association Business & Corporate Law Section (2013)
Taking Apart an Expert
American Bar Association Business Law Section (2013)
Conflicts, The Silent Killer
Orange County Bar Association Trusts & Estates Section (2013)
Telling a Winning Story at Trial
American Bar Association (2013)
Ethics and Etiquette – Avoiding Malpractice Claims When Representing Financial Institutions & Building Stronger Client Ties
Orange County Bar Association Banking and Lending Section (2013)
How to Avoid Real Estate Legal Malpractice Claims / Common Mistakes in Legal Malpractice Cases
Orange County Bar Association Real Estate Section (2013)
Effective Use of Multimedia for Mediation and Trial
Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court (2013)
Cumis Counsel Issues for the Business Litigator
Orange County Bar Association (2010)
Using Video Technology in Case Management, Deposition & Trial
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (2009)
How to Present a Multimedia Closing Argument
Orange County College of Trial Advocacy (2009)
Technology Weapons Every Business Lawyer Must Learn to Use at Trial
Association of Business Trial Lawyers (2008)
How to Conduct Voir Dire
Orange County College of Trial Advocacy (2007)
How to Take a Videotaped Deposition and Get it Into Evidence
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (2006)
Modern Evidence Techniques and Technology
Lorman Seminar (2005)
Damages in a Commercial Case
Lorman Seminar (2003)
How to Conduct Voir Dire
Orange County Bar Association (2003)
Latest Trends in Jury Selection
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (2003)
Mock Trials – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (2002)
Litigation in the 21st Century – How to Present a Multimedia Trial
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (2001)
Trying the Business Case on a Contingency Fee Basis
State Bar of California (2000)
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mock Trials and Focus Groups
Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section (2000)
Construction Issues
California State University and American Society of Professional Estimators
Litigation in the 21st Century
State Bar of California