Joint PEOPIL and AAJ's WTLC Conference
Barcelona, Spain
Friday 23 & Saturday 24 May 2025
Kindly supported by:
Marci Gordon – Comprehensive Settlement Solutions
Deka Chambers
Gostyński & Partners
Remus Robu Solicitors
Conference venue:
The One Hotel
Carrer de Provença 277
L’Eixample
08037 Barcelona
Thursday 22 may 2025
Welcome day
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Welcome cocktail and pre-registration
El Mercader De l’Eixample
Mallorca 239 (on the corner of Passatge Mercader)
08008 Barcelona
Drinks kindly sponsored by Deka Chambers
Welcome speech :
– Ana Romero Porro – President of PEOPIL and founding partner ASTROM Legal SLP, Malaga, Spain
– Bridget Long – Chair of AAJ’s Women Trial Lawyer Caucus and Shareholder in Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Mechanicsville, VA
Friday 23 may 2025
Day 1
09:30 – 10:00 am
Morning Chair: Katherine Allen – Partner, Hugh James, London, England
10:00 – 10:30 am
- Lori Andrus – President of AAJ and Partner at Andrus Anderson, San Francisco, CA
- Ana Romero Porro – President of PEOPIL and founding partner ASTROM Legal SLP, Malaga, Spain
10:30 – 11:00 am
Speaker:
- Bridget Long – Chair of AAJ’s Women Trial Lawyer Caucus and Shareholder in Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Mechanicsville, VA
11:00 – 11:30 am
Speaker:
- Emma Burns – Employment Judge, London, England
11:50 – 12:20 pm
Chair:
- tbc
Speaker:
- Gwen Marie Davis – Managing Partner GDH Law and President of the Maryland Association for Justice, Lanham, MD
12:20 – 1:30 pm
Chair:
- tbc
Speakers:
- Lori Andrus – President of AAJ and Partner at Andrus Anderson LLP, San Francisco, CA
- Marlo Greer – Founding Partner of the Greer Law Group, Denver, CO
- Sarah Prager KC – Deka Chambers, London, England
- Dominique Smith – Deka Chambers, London, England
Afternoon Chair: Cheryl Palmer-Hughes – Revitalisation Officer, PEOPIL and Partner at Stewarts, London
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Speakers:
- Ana Luiza Amarante – Legal Assistant and Legal Marketing Co-Ordinator, Leonardo Amarante, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rachael Flanagan – Associate, Cohen Milstein, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Maria-Larisa Iancu – Trainee Solicitor Remus Robu Solicitors, London, England
- Justyna Rompca – Associate Digby Brown, Edinburgh, Scotland
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Speakers:
- Justyna Rompca – Digby Brown, Scotland
- tbc – Poland
4:00 – 4:40 pm
Speakers:
- Carla Azevedo Gomes – Partner SPS – Sociedade de Advogados, Lisbon, Portugal
- Sylwia Myśliwska – Partner Gostyński & Partners, Kraków Poland
4:40 – 5:15 pm
Speakers:
- Coral M. Odiot- Rivera – NSPR Law Services, Puerto Rico
- Ivelisse Aponte Fernandez – Executive Director, Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico
7:30 – 11.00 pm
Saturday 24 May
Day 2
Under the honorary patronage of the Regional Chamber of Advocates and the Regional Chamber of Attorneys-at-law in Kraków
NLG Committee:
- Aurélie van Dijk – Chair
- Rona Hayworth – Secretary
- Gabriela Lenarczyk – Vice-Chair
- Nathaniel Martindale – Marketing & Sponsoring
Morning Chair: Bridget Long – Chair of AAJ’s Women Trial Lawyer Caucus and Shareholder in Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Mechanicsville, VA
Brunch will be provided during the Saturday morning sessions – please bring your Yoga kit with you!
10:30 -11:15 am
Speaker:
- Erin R. Applebaum – Partner, Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, New York
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Hosts:
- Katherine Allen – Partner Hugh James, London, England
- Cheryl Palmer-Hughes – Revitalisation Officer, PEOPIL and Partner at Stewarts, London, England
12:00 – 12:15 pm
- Bridget Long – Chair of AAJ’s Women Trial Lawyer Caucus and Shareholder in Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Mechanicsville, VA
12:15 – 1:15 pm
- Eva Indruchova – Wellinlo, Wellbeing of Lawyers, Czech Republic
12:00 – 12:15 pm
- Bridget Long – Chair of AAJ’s Women Trial Lawyer Caucus and Shareholder in Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Mechanicsville, VA
