Alexandra G. Ah Loy is a partner at Hall Booth Smith, P.C., where she focuses her practice in health care, professional liability, civil rights, construction, and general liability defense. Her passion lies in the intersection of health care and AI. She is also co-founder, vice president, and chief compliance officer of Lono Collective, an AI safety company. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology, with minors in French and public administration, from the University of Central Oklahoma, and graduated cum laude with her J.D. degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law. Ms. Ah Loy is the president of the Board of Directors for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. She is admitted to practice in Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas; U.S. Supreme Court; Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals; and federal district courts across the South, Midwest, and Plains regions.
Robert (Beau) E. Blumberg is a partner with the trial law firm of Deutsch Blumberg & Caballero P.A., where he practices personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability law. Mr. Blumberg is admitted to practice in Florida and before the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle districts of Florida. He is a member of The Florida Bar (member of the Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee 2017- 2023, member of the Code & Rules of Evidence Committee 2023-2026 (vice-chair 2025-2026), Chair of the Standing Committee on Technology 2021- 2022, and Grievance Committee "A" Member, 2020- 2023), appointed to the Florida courts Technology Commission by the Florida Supreme Court 2022-2024, Miami-Dade Bar ("MDB") Board of Directors 2022-2024, MDB treasurer 2024-2025, MDB secretary 2025-2026, Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Section of the MDB (2020-2024) and president of the MDB YLS (2023-2024); Appointed to The Florida Bar Young Lawyer's Division Board of Governors 2025-2026. Mr. Blumberg earned his B.A. degree from the College of William and Mary and his J.D. degree from the William and Mary School of Law.
Harley S. Herman practices probate, wills and trust law, and general civil trial law at the Law Office of Herman and Herman in Plant City, Florida. In addition to seminar presentations, he has taught estates and trust law at the FAMU College of Law, and business law and criminal justice at Savannah State University. Mr. Herman's largest civil litigation award was a $3 million settlement obtained after a nine-year federal lawsuit brought by the NAACP against the City of Leesburg and the Leesburg Regional Hospital. Mr. Herman served over a year as the lawsuit's sole counsel, facing over 50 attorneys hired by the defendants. He then co-counseled with the Wall Street law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, and the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which was established by President John F. Kennedy. Early in his career, Mr. Herman directed and managed several legal aid offices including Central Florida Legal Services, North Florida Legal Services and Marion County Legal Aid. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Florida and his LL.M. degree from Stetson University College of Law. Mr. Herman has served as chair and vice chair of numerous Florida Bar sections and committees, including the Student Education and Admission to Bar Committee, Prepaid Legal Services Committee, and Equal Opportunities of Law Section. In 2021, he served on a committee of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, tasked with evaluating options for the addition of a skills-related component to the Florida Bar exam. For over three decades, he has served as a member of the Florida Bar's Lawyer Advising Lawyers program, which provides advice to attorneys when they encounter troubling or unfamiliar issues while representing clients. Mr. Herman is the founder and president of the Virgil Hawkins Historical Society, and has published a book about Mr. Hawkins,
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Mark D. Kimball is the founding shareholder of MDK Law, a firm emphasizing corporate, commercial and property law, and consulting in matters involving federal and international taxation. He is admitted to practice in Washington, New York, Texas and Oregon. Mr. Kimball is an adjunct professor of law at Eotvos Lorand and Masaryk Universities in Europe, and has served as a law school guest lecturer at Seattle University School of Law. He is also engaged as an expert witness in superior court cases involving limited liability companies, governance, and other member issues. Mr. Kimball has been admitted to the Second Circuit Bar (New York, Connecticut and Vermont), Fifth Circuit Bar (Texas and Louisiana), and the Oregon State Bar. He earned his J.D. degree and LL.M. (taxation) degree from the University of Washington School of Law, and also holds an LL.M. degree in transnational commercial practice from Europe.
Kevin T. Knight is a partner in the law offices of DSK Law. He is board-certified as a trial lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over the course of his practice, Mr. Knight has generally focused on personal injury litigation. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.
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