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2007  

"I have attended antitrust CLE seminars for the last 20 years, and this seminar was the most useful and insightful."
- Dan Goldfine, Snell & Wilmer

"Very useful learning experience. The freewheeling, yet disciplined, discussions were very engaging."
- Michael L. McLuggage, Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP

"Best CLE I ever attended."
- Robert L. Allman, Marcus & Shapira

This conference critically analyzes the current state of the law and posits questions about its correctness and how the law should develop."
- Richard Rouco, Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC

"As usual, the dialogue was illuminating, lively, and good-humored."
- David Radlauer, Jones Walker

"The learned dialogue is absolutely first rate, and frankly just too good to miss out on."
- Aaron Biber, Gray Plant Mooty

"Fabulous. High level. Great mix of perspectives. A dynamic exchange of views among officials, both sides of the bar, and the bench."
- Dr. Philip Marsden, British Institute of International and Comparative Law

"Far exceeded my expectations. Probably the best conference in terms of actual learning/stimulation that I have attended in 10 years."
- Robert W McCann, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

"The format and the environment lead to honest, open discussions of the sort that I have never experienced at any other conference."
- Michael A Sadler, CRA International

"Excellent. I really appreciate the small size and the opportunity to talk directly with the panelists. Real dialogue."
- Max Carr-Howard, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

"I have been looking forward to this since registering and the whole experience exceeded my expectations."
- Lisa Horton, Kirkland & Ellis

"Excellent, strong and experienced faculty, engaged and professional attendees; free and meaningful dialogue"
- Barry Sabin, Department of Justice

"Excellent conference! The candid and provocative forum, enlightening content and exceptional faculty of jurists and practitioners makes The Sedona Conference a premier event and a truly valuable experience."
- Lisa Habbeshaw, O’Melveny & Meyers

"Presented a unique opportunity to participate in an intellectual dialogue with the best of the best."
- Deborah Race, Ireland, Carroll & Kelley PC

"Terrific. The dialogue was highly stimulating and in many cases directly applicable to my litigation practice."
- Vera Elson, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

2006  

"Very informative; faculty of the highest quality. The Sedona Conference delivers as advertised, from the program's content to the Red Rock ambience of Sedona."
- Rod Thompson, Farella Braun and Martel

"A unique and enriching experience; the amount of knowledge and expertise in the room was extremely exciting."
- Chantale Fiebig, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

"The Sedona Conference is truly a unique learning experience created and attended by, for and amongst highly skilled practitioners and jurists. A wonderful enrichment opportunity."
- Aaron Biber, Gray Plant Mooty

"Excellent. The premium placed on dialogue instead of debate really helps cut through the typically canned speeches and false objectivity defining other symposia."
- Susannah Torpey, Dewey Ballantine

"The open discussion format enhanced the experience and kept my interest piqued throughout."
- Scott Van Meter, Aon

"Outstanding as usual. This is my third time."
- Michael Zaleski, Quarles & Brady

"Best CLE course I have attended. Excellent faculty and dialogue format."
- Robert L. Allman, Marcus & Shapira

"The conference was great; the interactive dialogue is much more effective and interesting than other CLE's."
- Peter Boyle, Kilpatrick & Stockton

"Outstanding program. Eschewing one-speaker lectures and instead using panels of expert practitioners on each topic kept the entire session lively, entertaining, and very informative."
- William Pakalka, Fulbright & Jaworski

"Excellent; very well comprised panel stimulating intellectually stimulating, challenging dialogue from most diverse points of view."
- Gary McCallister, Gary D. McCallister & Assoc.

"Absolutely superb – amazingly informative and thought-provoking."
- Parker Folse, Susman Godfrey

"Excellent and very informative; more in-depth treatment of subject areas and level and discussion between faculty and audience is unique compared to other conferences I have attended."
- Stanley M. Gibson, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro

"Terrific; each one has been great, and this one followed suit."
- John Quinn, Armstrong Teasdale

"Extraordinary."
- Ken Bass, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

"Excellent; Great discussions and materials."
- Jose W. Jimenez, AMS Research Corp.

"Better than excellent."
- Donald S. Edgar, Edgar Law Firm

"A rare, valuable opportunity to hear a candid & informative exchange of thoughts."
- Leslie O'Leary, Williams Love O'Leary

2005  

"Excellent. Lively. Interactive."
- Bob Visas, Arnold & Porter

"Highlights the tough issues all of us experience and helped develop practical approaches to solving them."
- Christopher J. Renk, Banner & Witcoff

"First-rate discussion in a wonderful format."
- J. Thomas Rosch, FTC

"Excellent mix of people with different points of view."
- Ryan Marth, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi

"The Sedona Conference is the finest learning and sharing experience I have ever partaken in."
- Aaron Biber, Gray Plant Mooty

"Superlative."
- Paul Burns, Steptoe & Johnson

"Excellent – the format is superb, encouraging discussion on the most important issues of the day."
- Charles W. Jirauch, Quarles & Brady Streich Lang

"Stimulating and exciting environment."
- James Morando, Farella Braun & Martel

"Very informative and thought-provoking. Active participation by attendees and the depth of their experience make this a unique program."
- Jeffrey Lutsky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

"The best that's ever been."
- Timothy J. Malloy, McAndrews Held & Malloy

"The free exchange of ideas and the variety of backgrounds of the panelists and participants made the discussions particularly rich."
- K.B. Reisinger, SD IN, Law Clerk

"Excellent – the most I’ve learned in years. The practical advice and wisdom is priceless."
- Terrence P. McMahon, McDermott Will & Emery

"A great insight for me."
- Tim Taylor, SJBerwin

"Wonderful as always. It is an enormous honor to have the chance to discuss and absorb these critical issues with the premier experts in the field."
- Joseph M. Alioto Jr., Alioto Law Firm

2004  

"Excellent and informative - too short!"
- Chris Mourse, Technology Institute, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE

"Fantastic; getting up close and personal with the blue ribbon panel makes this program more stimulating and more educational than any other conference."
- Monica Latin, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, TX

"The Sedona Conference was absolutely scintillating. The encouraged interaction allowed for a dynamic and exciting two days."
- Ariana J. Tadler, Milberg Weiss, New York City, NY

"Excellent format, excellent setting, very well run; each one of the sessions was lively and fast paced."
- Kevin Brady, Skadden Arps, New York City, NY

"Thoughtful, provocative, probing."
- Bob Hubbard, Director of Litigation, Antitrust Bureau, New York Office of the Attorney General, New York City, NY

"Extremely informative; intellectually stimulating."
- Daniel Shapira, Marcus & Shapira, Pittsburg, PA

"Terrific; dialogue among a balance of plaintiff's lawyers, defense lawyers and economists really drilled down to the cutting edge of important, evolving issues."
- James L. McGinnis, Sheppard Mullin, San Francisco, CA

"Provocative and lively dialogue from opposing viewpoints on current development and trends."
- David Radlauer, Jones Walker, New Orleans, LA

"Substantive, vibrant, dynamic."
- Jay Eaton, Nyemaster Goode, Des Moines

"Excellent - a very good way to assimilate, analyze and retain information."
- James Chiapetta, Boston Scientific Corporation, Maple Grove, MN

"The very best prescient dialogue from fully engaged expert panelists and participants."
- Robert G. Sterne, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, Washington, D.C.

"Terrific! I attend ediscovery conferences on a regular basis as part of my job and came into this conference with very high expectations. All of those expectations were met and exceeded!"
- David Schultz, Kroll Ontrack, Minneapolis, MN

"Still the best patent litigation conference out there."
- Steven Rodgers, Director of Litigation, Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ

"Outstanding; terrific discussions between talented panel members and participants."
- Raphael V. Lupo, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, D.C.

"Excellent. Superlative. This is truly, truly different. It is what the word "conference" is supposed to mean but almost never does. No long speeches, but genuine interaction among extraordinarily able people. If all conferences were this way, there would be no need for mandatory CLE."
- Kevin D. McDonald, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.

2003  

"I have been practicing antitrust litigation for 40 years and this was the best conference I have attended."
- John H. Boone, Alioto Law Firm, San Francisco, CA

"Very intellectually stimulating and a great forum for exchanging ideas and receiving critique and guidance from a group with over 600 years of professional experience."
- Kent Brown, U.S. D.O.J. Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C.

"Incredible faculty and participants make for very informative exchanges."
- James Palmer, Utah Attorney Generals Office, Salt Lake City, UT

"Excellent; discussion was pointed and in-depth"
- Ford F. Farabow, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Washington, D.C.

"Very high-end, interactive and honest."
- Leora Ben-Ami, Clifford Chance, New York, NY

"The Sedona Conference is the most informative, educational and intense conference I've attended, yet the atmosphere is congenial and relaxed."
- Max Peterson, O'Keefe, Egan & Peterson, Austin, TX

"After most CLE's, I throw the materials and my notes in a file and never look at them again. Not so with The Sedona Conference. What I learned I will use in my practice starting Monday morning."
- Kevin H. Rhodes, 3M, St. Paul, MN

"Great exchanges between terrific faculty and excited and interested attendees make this a unique learning experience."
- David Manspeizer, Wyeth, Madison, NJ

"The Sedona Conference is unique in topic and ambition. The mix of experienced faculty, experienced participants, and in-depth materials and discussion is replicated in no other conference."
- Tom Q. Ferguson, Doerner Saunders, Tulsa, OK

"Excellent dialogue about interesting issues with highly experienced people. The combination of perspectives really added a lot to the depth of the discussion."
- Dean Eyler, Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis, MN

"Informative, interesting, provocative, enjoyable."
- Gary Bunce, Northwest Airlines, Inc., Eagan, MN

"Superb; an excellent format for dialogue on important issues."
- Robert P. Taylor, Howrey LLP, Menlo Park, CA

"Uniformly high level of discourse - I plan on attending again."
- William E. Shull, Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, TX

2002  

Intense, productive experience.
- Kevin J. Arquit, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, NY

Platinum quality presentations in a collegial atmosphere; as enjoyable as it was instructive.
- Gary Spratling, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, San Francisco, CA

The most substantive program I've ever attended. The right faculty, talking about the right issues, in the right place.
- Tom Rose, Proskauer Rose, New York City, NY

Great; surpassed my inflated expectations. The panel was an incredible array of 'heavy hitters' who are knowledgeable, experienced, articulate and most importantly, approachable: the friendliest seminar I've attended.
- Gary London, Burr & Forman, Birmingham, AL

The Sedona Conference offers the nation's best talent and minds in a forum exchanging candid viewpoints on controlling and developing theories - a stimulating learning experience in a unique environment and beautiful setting.
- Gary McCallister, Gary McCallister & Associates, Chicago, IL

Excellent. Best conference/CLE program I ever attended.
- David Yusko, BP Amoco, Chicago, IL

Exceptionally well done; most helpful were the free flow and interaction of panelists, faculty and audience.
- Don Martens, Knobbe Martens, Olson & Bear, Newport Beach, CA

Excellent. The quality of the panelists was uniformly superb and the audience participation at a high level. This is the 3rd Sedona Conference I have attended and I continue to be impressed with its format and the quality of the participants.
- Don Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, D.C.

Very thought-provoking and enlightening. Great dialogue, give and take, among a terrific attendance and panelist group.
- Sue Halverson, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN

Outstanding. Best CLE I ever attended!
- Gary Samms, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA

Wonderful. Great format, wonderful participants, and inspiring topics.
- Lori Richardson Pelliccioni, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Los Angeles, CA

One is never too old to learn!! [50 years of trial practice]. The panelists were excellent and the dialogue with the attendees/panelists was very stimulating.
- Edward M. Glennon, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, MN

2001  

"Terrific ­ informative, relaxed, stimulating."
- Charles S. Sims, Proskauer Rose, NYC, NY

"Excellent. You promised nationally renowned faculty and you delivered. By far the best CLE program I¹ve attended."
- Glenn B. Hotchkiss, Jennings Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, AZ

"This has truly been the most interesting and stimulating conference I have attended."
- Benita Kahn, Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH

"Great dynamic between experienced judges and trial attorneys. The discussions were practical and insightful. I will come back."
- Joe Rebein, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO

"The Conference was everything and more than you promised in the brochure. Not only was the faculty superb, but you had committed participants in an interactive forum. After almost 30 years, this is the best conference in the best atmosphere I have attended."
- Robert M. Travis, Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA

"An intense two-day marketplace of ideas of bright and experienced lawyers and economists on current and anticipated ideas in antitrust."
- Ron Foreman, Foreman & Brasso, San Francisco, CA

"Superb! Surpassed my expectations. Razor-sharp insight into issues, policy and strategies to facilitate patent licensing and conflict resolution."
- Daniel Henderson, Phonetel, Inc., Dallas, TX

"This was the best CLE program that I have ever attended. A superb combination of an excellent faculty which provided exceptional oral presentations and papers plus an excellent format of using a panel approach with audience participation."
- Jack C. Goldstein, Houston, TX

"The most consistently informative, interesting, and intellectually stimulating panel I have experienced."
- Chris Martiniak, Heller Ehrman, San Francisco, CA

"Excellent! Best conference for advanced discussion and learning. Fabulous faculty. Insightful. Inquiring. Thoughtful. Approachable."
- Jack Quinn, Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis, MO

"This is the best of this type of conference."
- Herb Schwartz, Fish & Neave, NYC, NY

"The Sedona Conference is first rate in every respect ­ high level substantive discussions, congenial social interactions, and unbeatable location."
- Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA

2000  

"Exceptional...I am a better lawyer for attending."
- Gerald R. Boss, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA

"Excellent—in 20 years the best and most useful seminar I have attended. The quality of the panelists was uniformly excellent. The topics were immediately useful. The group discussion was at a consistently high level and genuinely stimulating."
- Allan P. Bennett, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, Jackson, MS

"A constantly dynamic intellectual give-and-take that made the conference packed with useful value to me."
- Lawrence Hampton, Gilbert & Moore, Angleton, TX

"Excellent. The level of the attendees is extremely helpful to the success of the conference."
- Herbert F. Schwartz, Fish & Neave, New York City, NY

"Excellent program: well organized, very relevant topics, exceptional speakers and presentations; interactive approach very effective."
- John Parrish, Aventis Pasteur, Sweetwater, PA

"Perfect balance of pace, highly intelligent discussion; outstanding written material."
- Vance Opperman, Key Investments, Minneapolis, MN

"Superb. Intellectually stimulating."
- Joseph diGenova, diGenova & Toensing, Washington, D.C.

"The greatest faculty I've seen at any CLE program. It's like having the Who’s Who in Complex Litigation as your partners for two days."
- Robert J. Pohlman, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, AZ

"Truly an inspiring and thought-provoking weekend in such an awesome setting."
- Robert J. Napleton, Motherway Glenn & Napleton, Chicago, IL

"Excellent conference, excellent coverage of a wide range of topics."
- Joseph Smith, Applied Biosystems, Foster City CA

"Outstanding conference. The principle difference in this format is the limited number of participants that creates a forum for outstanding discussion among experienced practitioners."
- D. Dudley Oldham, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX

"A well-balanced, thoughtful program. Vastly more sophisticated and substantive than any other."
- David Balto, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.

1999  

"Spread the word that The Sedona Conference is attempting to take continuing legal education to a new level and appears to be succeeding."
- Michael Ciresi, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN

"The speakers were uniformly more interesting and sophisticated than those I have heard elsewhere and the level of interest, engagement, and experience among the participants was uniformly high...the audience seemed to be involved and connected. It seems to me that there is a place in legal education for what you’re trying to do with the Sedona Conference..."
- Prof. Jay Tidmarsh, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN

"Excellent program; very well thought-out and well organized...both the panelists and audience were enlightening."
- Judge Alan J. Green, District Court, Gretna, LA

"If The Sedona Conference was a record album it would be ‘triple platinum’... In addition to high levels of scholarship and discussion, I particularly enjoyed the warm feeling of esprit that existed between the participants."
- Robert Edward Donnelly, Law Offices of Robert Donnelly, New York City, NY

"I took more notes here than at any CLE in 20 years..."
- Michael Hanlon, Ambrose Hanlon, Portland, OR

"I am not in the habit of writing to conference faculty, but the level of discussion at the seminar was very impressive. I wanted you to know how much I enjoyed your work."
- Ronald J. Cohen, Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, New Haven, CT

"Overall, excellent-faculty and program."
- Philip Kircher, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA

"Extremely interesting and a constructive forum for discussion of the challenges facing the legal profession."
- Sally Narey, CNA, Chicago, IL

"The seminar met my high expectations - I appreciated the informality, spontaneity, give and take and panel formats as opposed to the traditional lecture method."
- Tom Fraser, Fredrickson & Byron, Minneapolis, MN

"The discussion was interesting and stimulating...Please accept my thanks for such a good experience."
- Judge Richard S. Arnold, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Little Rock, AR