C&J Business Attorneys Participate in ABA Meeting in New Orleans
Immersed in Education, Not Tourism
From April 24–26, 2025, four of the business attorneys at Christensen & Jensen attended the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Business Law Spring Meeting in New Orleans. Despite the city’s historic nickname as the “Big Easy,” attorneys Trevor Lang, Sean Leonard, Jon Parry, and Barry Scholl had little time to visit the area’s celebrated museums, restaurants, and historic sites. Instead, they faithfully participated in numerous sessions focused on family businesses, source code review, trends in corporate litigation, mergers and acquisitions, business bankruptcy, privacy and security data, and other business-related subjects.
A Full Agenda of Insightful Sessions
Classes ran from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. “It was a great event, and honestly a bit overwhelming at times, but I learned several good ideas for my practice,” said Leonard, who attended a mix of classes emphasizing commercial litigation and intellectual property. “The panelists and presenters included judges, law professors, attorneys, and non-lawyer business experts. We were definitely getting insights from some of today’s most accomplished business leaders and legal practitioners.”
Strategic Collaboration Among Colleagues
Scholl added, “As tempting as it was to go out for crawfish étouffée every day at lunch, the quality of the presentations kept us inside the hotel so that we didn’t miss anything. There were multiple sessions each hour, and we figured out in advance who was best suited in terms of their practice areas to attend which session. We generally caught up in the evenings and shared summaries of what we had learned that day.”
Notable Takeaways and Professional Development
According to all attendees, they came away with invaluable information on new developments in the law—from the use of artificial intelligence in legal research to current trends in mergers and acquisitions. “In a way, it reminded me of law school,” said Lang. “I was taking lots of notes and then going back and reviewing what I’d learned that day in the evenings after I got back to the hotel.”
Ongoing Engagement Through ABA Committees
In addition to classes and evening dinners with fellow participants, C&J’s business lawyers also volunteered to serve on several of the ABA’s standing committees, which advance business law principles and practice. These committees focus on specific areas of business law, offer resources and initiatives, and contribute to the development of the Model Business Corporation Act. Scholl is now a member of the Cyber and Technology Law, Gaming, and LLC, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities committees, and Parry is a member of the subcommittee pertaining to family-owned businesses. Both predict that the opportunity to interact with fellow lawyers from across the U.S. and abroad will prove fruitful.
Commitment to Excellence for Clients
“Participation in the ABA’s Business Law Section’s programs and working with our peers from around the country, and even throughout the world, helps us to continue delivering innovative, high-quality legal services to Christensen & Jensen’s business clients,” Parry concluded.
