Speaking Engagements

* Presentation materials may be provided upon request.  Please contact zrichter@stoneturn.com

May 28-29, 2008 (Houston)
Houston CPA Society, A Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs, Spring Accounting Expo 2008
Topic: Forensic Accounting: What’s Truth or Fiction?
StoneTurn Group Presenters: Anthony Jordan, CPA and Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD

May 1-2, 2008 (Houston)
May 8-9, 2008 (Dallas)
University of Houston Law Center, Continuing Legal Education
Program: Litigation and Trial Tactics
Topic: Expert Witness Preparation and Examination
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD
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March 6, 2008 (Houston)
Texas Lawyer
Program: E-Discovery Roundtable
StoneTurn Group Panelist: William F. Odom

February 29, 2008 (Houston, TX)
Houston Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Topic: Kicking the Tires a Decade After Kumbo: Recent Cases and Caveats
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD
Co-Presenter: Sofia Adrogue, Looper, Reed & McGraw, P.C.
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February 28-29, 2008 (Houston, TX)
South Texas College of Law, 16th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference
Topic: Still Room for Improvement: Assisting the Trier-of-Fact in the 2nd Decade of Daubert
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD
Co-Presenter: Hon. Caroline Baker, 151st Civil District Court, Houston
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October 2007 (Washington, D.C.)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Annual Meeting
Topic: Patent Damages Update
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD

May 2007 (Houston, TX)
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, CPE Expo
Topic: Forensic Accounting
StoneTurn Group Presenters: Simon Platt, CPA, FCA and Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD

May 2007 (Dallas, TX)
University of Houston Law Foundation
Topic: Expert Witness Preparation & Examination – For Deposition and Trial
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD
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March 27, 2007 (Washington, D.C.)
Intellectual Property Owners Association, National Conference: Recent Developments, Strategies and Tactics in IP Damages Law
Topic: Intellectual Property Hot Topics
StoneTurn Group Panelist: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD

February 28, 2007 (Houston, TX)
Houston CPA Society, A Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs
Topic: Current Valuation and Damage Case Law
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD
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February 20, 2007 – The Plaza Club (Houston, TX)
StoneTurn Hosts ABA, Intellectual Property Roundtable Luncheon Program
Topic: Indirect Infringement: Dealing with Vicarious Liability
Moderator: Charles Rogers, Esq., Shareholder, Conley Rose
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February 15, 2007 – The University of Massachusetts Club (Boston, MA)
StoneTurn Hosts ABA, Intellectual Property Roundtable Luncheon Program
Topic: Indirect Infringement: Dealing with Vicarious Liability
Moderator: Robert M. Asher, Esq., Partner, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP
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February 7, 2007
Boston Bar Association (Boston, MA)
Topic: Don’t Look Back: Stock Option Dating and Investigations 2007
StoneTurn Group Panelist:  Anthony C. Jordan, CPA
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January 11, 2007 (Houston, TX)
American Society of Appraisers, Monthly Chapter Meeting
Topic: Kicking the Tires After Kuhmo: Defending Your Expert Report
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff, CPA-JD

May 25, 2006 (Houston, Texas)
Texas Society of CPAs, CPE Expo
Topic: Kicking the Tires After Kuhmo: Daubert-proofing Your Financial Expert
StoneTurn Group Presenter: Alan Ratliff

March 21, 2006 (Washington, D.C.)
Licensing Executives Society
Topic:  Selected Recent Developments in Intellectual Asset & IP Damages Litigation
StoneTurn Group Presenters: Alan Ratliff and Chris Fern

February 10, 2006 (Houston, TX)
Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference
Topic: SOX Fundamentals:  Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting for Lawyers
StoneTurn Group Presenters: Simon Platt and Mark Hair