Harry Payton to Speak at 2010 Council on Litigation Management Conference

Feb. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- New York, NY - - Miami attorney Harry A. Payton, managing member of Payton & Associates, LLC has been selected to speak at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Council on Litigation Management (CLM).  Mr. Payton is slated to speak on the topic “Managing Litigation Reference Model - A Toolkit for Realizing Greater Value and Controlling Costs.”

The conference will be one of the largest, fully inclusive defense industry conferences in 2010.  It will be held March 24-26 in Pointe Vedra, Florida, will feature approximately 150 speakers, and is expected to draw attendees from around the world.  Registration for the conference is now open at www.litmgmt.org/annual-conference.

Harry Payton founded Payton & Associates as a boutique business litigation firm, dedicated to its clients and the South Florida community. The firm has earned a reputation for successful results and professionalism. With years of state and federal trial, arbitration, and appellate experience, the firm handles a broad spectrum of business litigation including breach of fiduciary duty and business torts, commercial real estate litigation, construction litigation, lender liability, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, professional liability, probate and estate litigation, condominium litigation, and appellate law.

Mr. Payton is one of only 97 attorneys who are board certified by the Florida Bar in both civil trial and business litigation. He currently serves on the Florida Bar’s Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee. He previously chaired the Business Litigation Certification Committee and the Board of Legal Specialization and Education. Recognized by his peers as a diligent, persistent, ethical litigator, he has received numerous awards as Top Lawyer in Complex Commercial Litigation and Real Litigation in the South Florida Legal Guide and Florida Super Lawyers.  He is at the forefront of various American Bar Association initiatives, and was one of the creators of a uniform system that corporate counsel may use to measure the efficiency of outside counsel.

About the Council on Litigation Management
The Council is a nonpartisan alliance of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, general counsel, risk managers, claims adjusters and attorneys.  Through education and collaboration, its goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.litmgmt.org or contact Adam Potter.

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The Council is a nonpartisan alliance of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, general counsel, risk managers, claims adjusters and attorneys. Through education and collaboration, its goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.litmgmt.org or contact Adam Potter.