Program Details
2026-10-06 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-10-06 14:00:00
1h CLE Credits
Intermediate
1
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ESTEven the most seasoned litigators can refine how they tell their client’s story. Top Ten Rules for Effective Written and Oral Advocacy in the Employment Context is built specifically for employment lawyers who need to turn messy workplace facts, dense personnel files, and shifting testimony into tight, persuasive cases. You’ll walk away with ten practical, battle-tested strategies to sharpen your briefs, command the room at hearings, and get better results for your clients before judges, agencies, and arbitrators.
Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Hon. Mimi TsankovHon. Suzanne MitchellLori G. AdelsonThe Honorable Mimi Tsankov (Ret.) is a certified mediator and arbitrator in New York City, currently serving on the JAMS Labor Panel, the American Arbitration Association Labor Panel, and a range of New York State judicial district mediation panels. For nearly two decades, she served as a judge in the federal administrative judiciary, and her career also includes prosecuting cases on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Peace Corps, as well as over ten years in private law practice. A nationally and internationally recognized leader in the legal community, she has held elected and appointed roles for decades in the ABA, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Judicial Council 2, the Federal Bar Association, and the National Association of Women Judges. She has received multiple ABA Presidential Appointments as a UN Representative to the Department of Global Communications and currently serves as Immediate Past Chair of the ABA Judicial Division’s National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary. She is on the adjunct law faculty at Fordham Law School and has been on the faculty of Colorado Law School and Sturm College of Law. She completed her J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law and earned an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Virginia Graduate School of Politics.
Suzanne Mitchell has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since February 1, 2013.
Lori Adelson, Esq. is an attorney, mediator, and arbitrator with more than two decades of experience in labor and employment law, business law, litigation, and dispute resolution. She is the founder of Approved Dispute Resolution, where she serves as a neutral in employment, workplace, business, class and collective action, and multi-party disputes throughout Florida, New York, California, and nationwide. Her experience encompasses discrimination, retaliation, wage-and-hour, disability, civil rights, contract, and other complex employment and business matters. Having served as both an advocate and a neutral, Lori brings to the dispute resolution process a practical understanding of litigation, negotiation, and the legal, business, and personal interests that often shape resolution.
The Honorable Mimi Tsankov (Ret.) is a certified mediator and arbitrator in New York City, currently serving on the JAMS Labor Panel, the American Arbitration Association Labor Panel, and a range of New York State judicial district mediation panels. For nearly two decades, she served as a judge in the federal administrative judiciary, and her career also includes prosecuting cases on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Peace Corps, as well as over ten years in private law practice. A nationally and internationally recognized leader in the legal community, she has held elected and appointed roles for decades in the ABA, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Judicial Council 2, the Federal Bar Association, and the National Association of Women Judges. She has received multiple ABA Presidential Appointments as a UN Representative to the Department of Global Communications and currently serves as Immediate Past Chair of the ABA Judicial Division’s National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary. She is on the adjunct law faculty at Fordham Law School and has been on the faculty of Colorado Law School and Sturm College of Law. She completed her J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law and earned an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Virginia Graduate School of Politics.
Suzanne Mitchell has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since February 1, 2013.
Lori Adelson, Esq. is an attorney, mediator, and arbitrator with more than two decades of experience in labor and employment law, business law, litigation, and dispute resolution. She is the founder of Approved Dispute Resolution, where she serves as a neutral in employment, workplace, business, class and collective action, and multi-party disputes throughout Florida, New York, California, and nationwide. Her experience encompasses discrimination, retaliation, wage-and-hour, disability, civil rights, contract, and other complex employment and business matters. Having served as both an advocate and a neutral, Lori brings to the dispute resolution process a practical understanding of litigation, negotiation, and the legal, business, and personal interests that often shape resolution.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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