Tech Talk CLE Presentations You Won’t Want to Miss!

On May 8 and June 5, 2025, a panel of esteemed judges from the Bay Area discussed the latest in technology and the practice of Workers’ Compensation including cybersecurity, privacy, data protection and DWC’s new state-of-the-art conferencing system Court Call.   Featured at the event in Oakland on May 8, at the Everett & Jones BBQ were

• Judge Heidi Hengel, DWC Santa Rosa
• Presiding Judge Gene Lam, DWC Oakland
• Presiding Judge Gene Gogerman, DWC San Francisco
• Judge Sarah Carr, DWC Oakland
• Judge Barry Gorelick, DWC San Francisco

On June 5, an Italian luncheon was held in San Jose highlighted by a panel of judges from San Jose and Salinas, including:

• Judge David Lauerman, Salinas District Office
• Judge Pauline Suh, San Jose District Office
• Judge Norma Acosta, San Jose District Office,

The emcees for the event were:

• James Witkop, Witkop Law Group San Jose
• Judge Therese Da Silva, Oakland District Office

For those of you who were unable to attend the Bay area events, we are happy to inform you of two more upcoming Tech Talk events.   The So Cal Tech Talk presentation will take place on Thursday, July 31, 2025.   Presiding Judge Sharon Velzy will lead an esteemed panel of Van Nuys judges, including:

• Judge Susannah Burge
• Judge Todd Kelly
• Judge Jeffrey Marrone
• Judge Troy Slatten
• Presiding Judge Sharon Velzy

The venue for the event is the Phoenicia Restaurant, 343 N Central Ave., Glendale, CA 91202, which features a legendary Lebanese cuisine and a great ambience!  The event includes dinner which starts at 5:30 p.m. and the Tech Talk CLE presentation.  

This program fulfills the new MCLE requirement for Technology in the Practice of Law.   We hope you will join us for these