Kristen Gibbons Feden | Anapol Weiss

Kristen Gibbons Feden is a nationally recognized trial attorney and shareholder at Anapol Weiss, leading the firm’s practice areas in sexual abuse, human trafficking, child abuse, and civil rights litigation. Known for her powerful closing argument in the Bill Cosby trial, Feden has become one of the country’s foremost advocates in the #MeToo movement.

She has secured numerous landmark verdicts for survivors, including two eight-figure awards in a single day in 2023, a $10.5 million verdict for survivors of R. Kelly and a $22 million verdict for a survivor of a prominent New York pediatrician. Between 2024 and 2025, she obtained additional verdicts totaling $1.6 billion for other survivors of the same perpetrator.

Feden has been recognized as 2024 Attorney of the Year by The Legal Intelligencer and The Philadelphia Citizen, and she is regularly featured as a legal expert on MSNBC, CNN, and other major media outlets. A former Montgomery County prosecutor and adjunct professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law, she continues to champion the rights of sexual abuse survivors nationwide.

Carly Sanchez | Booth Law

Carly Sanchez is a partner at Booth Law, where she has practiced for over a decade. Over the years, she has developed an expertise in representing current or former foster children in civil lawsuits against institutions that either placed them in a dangerous situation or failed to remove children from known abusers. She has obtained numerous seven- and eight-figure results on those cases and now represents children all over the state of California. Her passion for helping vulnerable children extends beyond her legal work and includes opening up her own home to dependent minors as a foster parent and volunteering her time as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (“CASA”) for foster children in Los Angeles County. In addition to advocating full-time for her clients at Booth Law, she is also an adjunct professor at her alma matter, Southwestern Law School, where she teaches an externship class providing practical lawyering skills and advice to the next generation of advocates.

Guy D’Andrea | Laffey Bucci D’Andrea Reich & Ryan

Guy D’Andrea is a nationally recognized trial attorney and partner at Laffey, Bucci, D’Andrea, Reich & Ryan, where he represents survivors of sexual abuse, assault, and institutional misconduct. A former Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney, Guy has tried over 100 jury cases and hundreds of bench trials, including high-profile prosecutions in the Homicide Unit such as the “Philadelphia Craigslist killer.”

Now a leading civil litigator, he has successfully pursued landmark cases against religious organizations, schools, healthcare providers, and other institutions that enabled or ignored abuse. His advocacy extends to cases involving boarding school abuse, bullying, hazing, and sexual misconduct in medical and therapeutic settings.

Guy also serves as an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where he teaches trial advocacy and deposition skills, and he is an active member of the National Crime Victim Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. Known for his empathy and determination, Guy is dedicated to helping survivors seek justice and systemic change.

Session I – Sexual Abuse Litigation in Juvenile Justice Systems | 12:00pm – 1:00pm

• Patterns of sexual abuse in juvenile justice facilities
• Institutional failures and liability
• Case types and litigation thresholds
• Using criminal evidence to build civil cases
• Damages and case valuation
• Current trends and strategic considerations

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

Session II – Litigating Foster-Care Abuse Against Institutions | 1:10pm – 2:10pm

• What gets litigated in foster care
• When it’s worth litigating
• Criminal and administrative evidence that powers the civil case
• Records, discovery, and procedural gates
• Acting human: Survivor-centered lawyering without losing rigor

Break | 2:10pm – 2:20pm

Session III – Sexual Abuse, Bullying & Institutional Accountability | 2:20pm – 3:20pm

• Patterns of abuse and bullying in institutional settings
• Institutional failures and liability theories
• Case selection and litigation thresholds
• Using criminal evidence in civil litigation
• Valuation of sexual abuse and bullying claims
• Procedural and strategic challenges
• Benefits of deposing your own clients in sexual abuse cases