Steven Puiszis to Serve as Program Chair for the NFJE Judicial Symposium
Steven Puiszis – a Chicago-based partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP who also serves as the firm's General Counsel of Privacy, Security and Compliance – will serve as Program Chair for the Thirteenth Annual Judicial Symposium titled "Judging Emerging Issues in the Twenty-First Century" presented by the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence (NFJE) to be held July 14 – 15, 2017 at Loews Chicago Hotel, Chicago. The NFJE is an organization devoted to a fair and balanced judiciary. Each year NFJE offers educational programming to state appellate and Supreme Court judges highlighted by an annual judicial Symposium. A large number of state appellate and Supreme Court judges around the country are scheduled to attend this year's NFJE symposium.
Topics for this year's program include:
- The Future of Privacy and Free Speech in a Digital Age
- Technology's Impact on the Development of the Law
- Personal Jurisdiction in the Twenty-First Century
- Issues Involving the Extraterritorial Application of State Consumer Protection Statutes
- Restatement of the Law or Advocacy for Change
- The Ethics of Social Media Use by Judges and Judicial Employees
View the brochure NFJE Thirteenth Annual Judicial Symposium (PDF)