Fireside Chat: Perspectives from the District and Appellate Bench

Litigation attorney Joseph Varner will moderate a fireside chat between two federal judges at the Federal Bar Association Tampa Bay Chapter's 2027 Labor & Employment Law Seminar. The day-long program pulls together presentations on the most significant legislative and judicial developments affecting today's workplace and provides opportunities for discussion among labor and employment law practitioners, human resources professionals and in-house counsel about how these issues are affecting employers' day-to-day operations. Joseph's session will feature Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, who will share their observations on what lawyers do well – and poorly – in court and trends in professionalism and civility throughout the legal field. The conversation will combine district and appellate perspectives for a look behind the bench on timely topics.