2026 Annual Seminar & Meeting
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PDAL's 2026 Annual Meeting & CLE Seminar will be held at the
Golden Nugget Casino & Resort in Lake Charles, LA on November 19-20, 2026.
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Golden Nugget Casino & Resort in Lake Charles, LA on November 19-20, 2026.
Tentative Agenda
THIS AGENDA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND MAY CHANGE
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THURSDAY, NOV. 19 |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 am | Registration & Light Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:30 am | Coffee with Remy |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | Remaining Professional in an Adversarial System, Remy Starns |
| 9:35 - 10:30 am | Sex Offender Registration, King Alexander |
| 10:35 - 11:35 am | Legislative Updates, Keith Couture |
| 11:40 - 12:30 pm | Membership & Board Meeting |
| 12:30 - 1:45 pm | Lunch, On your own |
| 1:45 - 2:45 pm | DOC Time Calculations, Sarah Margaret Smith |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Cross Examination of a Sane Nurse, Christen DeNicholas |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | TBD |
| 5:05 - 6:00 pm | Town Hall, Remy Starns & Guests |
| 7:00 - 8:30 pm | PDAL Welcome Reception |
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FRIDAY, NOV. 20 |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration & Light Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | LAWS/CINC Appeals Panel & Laying a Foundation Appellate Review, Mark Plaisance & Mike Mitchell |
| 9:35 - 10:30 am | *Ethics in Dealing w/ Mentally Ill/Disabled Clients, Barksdale Hortenstein |
| 10:30 - 12:30 pm | Checkout Time & Lunch |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Juvenile Law & CINC Delinquency, Brian Pena & Lisa Harell |
| 1:35 - 2:35 pm | Advanced Cross Examination, Casey Simpson |
| 2:45 - 3:45 pm | Motion Practice, Bob Noel |
| 3:45 - 4:45 pm | *Professionalism: Self Care in Legal Profession, Brian McRae |
| 3:45 - 4:45 pm | Opoiod Funding, Tony Tillman & Fen Swann |
PDAL is offering 12.5 hours of CLE credit at the Annual Meeting.
Location & Hotel Accommodations
Golden Nugget Casino & Resort
Rooms in the block are $129 / night
Call-In Reservations Access Code: PDN18A
HOTEL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCT. 23
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Late Registration
Registrations received after November 5, 2026 will incur a $15 late registration fee.