NAFUSA Annual Conference October 24-26

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Click here to view the Nashville program.

The Westin Hotel in Nashville is completely sold out even after adding 20 rooms to each of the nights. They do have a wait list at this stage but since the hotel is sold out it is unlikely any rooms would become available.

Here is a list of nearby hotels the Westin gave as choices for our members to call:

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Lisa Rafferty.

The conference will open on Wednesday, October 24, with a welcome reception at the law offices of Butler Snow in The Pinnacle at Symphony Place. The firm, one of NAFUSA’s sponsors, has three NAFUSA members: Jim Letten, James Tucker, and Edward Stanton. Golf will be available on Wednesday morning at the Golf Club of Tennessee. If you want to play golf, make sure you plan to spend Tuesday night in Nashville.

On Thursday and Friday mornings, the CLE programs will feature:

  • a panel on the opioid epidemic moderated by NAFUSA life member Chuck Rosenberg, the former head of DEA with New Jersey Attorney General  Gurbir Grewal, Tracey Helton Mitchell, author of “The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin”, and Lou Milione, former Special Agent and Assistant Administrator, Diversion Division, DEA
  • a panel on international criminal investigations moderated by NAFUSA Secretary Karen Hewitt and NAFUSA board member John Richter, with Robert Buckland, Solicitor General for England and Wales, Sandra Moser, Acting Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, DOJ, and William McMurry, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
  • a presentation on ethics moderated by Chief Judge Waverly Crenshaw, United States District Judge, MD Tenn, with Douglas Richmond, AON’s Professional Services Group, and Brian S. Faughman, Lewis Thomason
  • and a panel on the Supreme Court moderated by Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal with Nicole Saharsky, Gibson Dunn, Joe Palmore, Morrison Foerster, and Prathik Shah, Akin Gump

The Thursday breakfast will be sponsored by Nardello & Co.

On Thursday afternoon, there will be a luncheon buffet and tour of The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson (sponsored by Ernst & Young), with presentations by Director Howard J. Kitten and David Ewing. Thursday evening is reserved for class reunions at various off-site locations. Friday afternoon is free time, followed by a closing dinner and general membership meeting. Our keynote speaker on Friday night will be United States Senator Doug Jones, who would have been NAFUSA’s president this year if he hadn’t stepped down to run for AG Jeff Sessions seat in the Senate representing the State of Alabama.

click here to read the biographies of our 2018 conference speakers.