2025 Annual Meeting

The 2025 Annual Meeting & Seminar was held July 31 - August 1 at the 21C Hotel in Bentonville, Arkansas.   A reception was held at the hotel for incoming President Stuart Miller where awards were presented to the Judge of the Year, Outstanding Defense Attorney of the Year and the DRI Exceptional Performance Citation.

This year's presentations were made by:

• Jason Hendron of Hall Booth Smith: New Statute for Recovery of Damages Necessary for Medical Care
• Jamie Jones of Friday, Eldredge & Clark: Artificial Intelligence and E-Discovery
• Bradley Baltz of WDTC Law: The Road Ahead for Trucking
• Chris Turney of Turney LG: Jury Research and Trial Tactics
• Thomas Bajzek of ESi: Emerging Trands in Litigation - A Testifying Expert's Perspective
• Todd Presnell of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings: A Look Forward for Ethics
• John Wilkerson of the Arkansas Municipal League: Update on Federal Rule of Evidence 702
• Richard Smith of Smith Williams Law Firm: Trends in Mediation

  

The AADC thanks this year's sponsors:
                 

We welcomed this year's exhibitors:

Here are recaps of the 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 & 2017 meetings.