Stephen Barth | HospitalityLawyer.com®

Stephen Barth, author of Hospitality Law and coauthor of Restaurant Law Basics, is an attorney, the founder of HospitalityLawyer.com, the annual Hospitality Law Conference series, and the Global Travel Risk Summit Series. As a professor at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston, he teaches courses in hospitality law and leadership. He is #3 on Global Guru’s Top 30 Hospitality Thought Leaders & Influencers for 2023. In addition to legal and travel risk mitigation insight, Stephen specializes in communicating the importance of Emotional Intelligence in leadership roles; and has provided valuable insight to many companies including The Methodist Hospital System, Wyndham Worldwide, Dine Equity, Business Travel News and Aramark. His fun, fast paced presentations provide practical information and solutions to enhance your personal and professional life.

Kendall Kelly Hayden | Cozen O’Connor

Kendall focuses her practice in commercial litigation, with an emphasis in transportation and hospitality law, as well as retail, employment matters, professional liability defense, product liability defense, and construction defect matters. Kendall fosters relationships with colleagues across Cozen O’Connor’s many practice areas so that she is positioned to help clients identify appropriate counsel for any legal issue they might face. She serves as relationship partner for clients with a wide range of legal needs.

Kendall’s experience in the hospitality industry reflects multiple representative clients, including international golf management companies, hotels, and restaurants, boutique bed and breakfasts, party suppliers, spas, marinas, and country clubs. She has served as a guest lecturer on the topic of Legal Issues in the Hospitality Industry at the University of Houston’s Conrad N. Hilton College and regularly speaks at the annual Hospitality Law Conference. Kendall has presented numerous times to the members of the Club Management Association of America (CMAA).

I. Practical frameworks for ethical decision-making in hospitality (Rules 1.13, 2.1, 1.7, 1.6, 1.4) | 12:00pm – 12:20pm

II. Preventive legal management and reducing risk exposure (Rules 1.1, 1.3, 5.1–5.3, 1.6) | 12:20pm – 12:40pm

III. Compliance strategies aligned with organizational values and evolving laws (Rules 1.2(d), 1.13(b)–(c), 4.1, 8.4) | 12:40pm – 1:00pm

Break | 1:00pm- 1:10pm

IV. Real-world ethical dilemmas and applied scenario analysis (Rules 1.7, 1.8, 1.6, 4.2, 4.3, 5.5) | 1:10pm- 1:25pm

V. Building and sustaining a culture of integrity across operations (Rules 5.1–5.3, 1.13, 8.4, 8.3) | 1:25pm- 1:40pm