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James Slater is a Florida-based copyright, trademark, data privacy, and corporate lawyer. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Colorado, Washington, the District of Columbia, and several federal district and appellate courts. He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). James is a dual U.S. and U.K. national with strong Florida roots. He and his wife, children, and dogs split their time between Miami, Tallahassee, and hiking trails across North America. Before law practice, James spent several years working in Russia in the administration of a U.S. State Department program and as a Russian interpreter and translator. He also completed...

Marc Matthews spent several years working in the trial departments of some of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the U.S., including Holland & Knight, LLP and DLA Piper US LLP, representing large companies and truck drivers in trucking accidents, catastrophic injury and product liability cases, and commercial disputes. Relying on that experience, he joined forces with one of the preeminent plaintiffs' firms in the State of Florida, prosecuting catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims through verdict. In 2013 alone, he obtained two verdicts* in excess of ten million dollars. Always striving to passionately represent his...

John S. Kiernan retired from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in 2022 after 40 years, serving on the Management Committee, co-chairing the Litigation Department, and chairing the Ethics Committee. He handled commercial litigation, arbitrations, mediations, and investigations in contracts, corporate governance, securities, intellectual property, and mass torts. Recognized by Chambers USA as an “extraordinary commercial litigator” with “great judgment” and by IFLR Benchmark Litigation as a leading litigator since 2010, John is also noted in The Legal 500 US and Best Lawyers for securities and dispute resolution. He chairs the Boards of Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation,...

Graduated from U of Georgia in Accounting, and UGA School of Law in 1965, Passed Ga Bar in year before graduation. Assistant US Attorney MD Ga for 2 years, then Navy JAG Officer for 3 years. Jointed Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn in 1969 and continuing (2025). Entire career in litigation practice...represented railroads, IBM, Grumman Aircraft, Seaboard Coastline Railroad, numerous insurance carriers in every sort of claim; General Counsel to firm from about 1978 until 2015. Represented various shipping lines, generally in maritime incidents; sued/won in claim by railroad against owner of large bridge (destroyed) traversing...

I am a Health Care Lawyer who has previous experience as the Department of Justice National Health Care Fraud Coordinator. I have also been a federal prosecutor, and I have defended providers and individuals as a partner in a firm. Beyond my healthcare experience, I am a litigator with more than 50 trials and 25 appellate arguments. I have appeared before virtually every Federal and State court (including the US Supreme Court).

Dr. Carlos A. Gabuardi, Lic. Jur., LL.M., Ph.D., is a practicing lawyer and founder of Gabuardi Abogados, a Professor of Law and Honorary Legal Researcher at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey. He holds a License in Jurisprudence from the Universidad de Monterrey; a Master of Laws, with distinction, and a Doctorate of Laws (Ph.D.) both from Tulane University. Doctor Gabuardi has published law books and several articles in Law Reviews and Journals in Mexico and abroad. He is currently a Distinguished Legal Researcher at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey and was a member of the National Researches System...