is one of the original founding partners with his brother when Lakin & Lakin, P.C. opened in 1992. He started his legal career in Boston, Massachusetts in 1990, working for a Boston area criminal defense firm. After relocating to Florida in the year 2000, Mr. Lakin worked at the law firm of Barnes Walker, in Bradenton, Florida, where he became a partner in 2003. He was selected as a Florida Super Lawyer, for each year from 2007 to 2010. Additionally, Mr. Lakin was a board-certified civil trial lawyer, as certified by The Florida Bar, from 2006-2016. At that time, less than two percent of the attorneys comprising The Florida Bar held this certification. In 2012, he was elected Circuit Court Judge in the State of Florida’s Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court for Sarasota, Manatee and Desoto counties. By the time he was elected judge, Mr. Lakin had been lead counsel in over 100 civil and criminal jury trials. For two years, he served in the criminal felony division, handling over 800 felony cases, including several high profile murder trials. Mr. Lakin later served in the circuit civil division, handling complex civil litigation. As a circuit judge, he presided over 40 trials during his judicial career, concluding his public service on the bench in 2016. Currently Mr. Lakin handles first party property insurance litigation, civil litigation, and criminal defense cases. He has appeared as a guest speaker on Court TV, CNN Headline News, C SPAN and MSNBC as a legal analyst for criminal trials. Mr. Lakin has been interviewed on BBC international radio regarding the American legal system. He has lectured at seminars for numerous organizations, including the Judicial Assistants Association of Florida, The Florida Insurance Network’s Florida Windstorm Conferences, Florida Association of Public Adjusters (FAPIA) Conferences, Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Bar Association. In 2013, Mr. Lakin was the commencement speaker at the Massachusetts School of Law, receiving an honorary degree from the law school. As a member of ABA’s International Section, Europe Committee, he has spoken at legal conferences and meetings, internationally, in London, Dublin, Toronto and Bermuda. Lawyers and Judges from United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Bermuda, Canada and other European countries attended these conferences and meetings. Mr. Lakin was vice chair of the Europe Committee in 2015-2016. He has previously handled reinsurance disputes in both the domestic and London markets. Mr. Lakin is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Florida, and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Lakin is currently a member of the ABA’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, and its International Law Section and its Europe Committee. He earned his A.B. degree from Boston College and his J.D degree from Massachusetts School of Law. Mr. Lakin can be reached at jlakin@lakinslaw.com.

is a litigation attorney and founder of JEK Law, where she advocates for survivors of sex abuse and human trafficking, as well as individuals injured in motor vehicle accidents. Her practice is rooted in the belief that those who have been silenced or harmed deserve fierce, trauma-informed legal representation—and she brings both compassion and precision to every case she handles. Ms. El-Kadi has built her career fighting for plaintiffs who cannot fight for themselves. She previously served as partner and chief operating officer at Babin Law, where she led the firm's Human Trafficking Department and helped file the first civil TVPRA lawsuit in the country. Under her leadership, the docket expanded from 100 to more than 2,100 active cases. She helped coordinate national litigation strategy across jurisdictions after the denial of MDL centralization, spearheading complex multi-defendant actions against corporate enablers and contributing to early case law development under the TVPRA and CAVRA. In addition to her leadership in sex abuse litigation, Ms. El-Kadi provides high-quality co-counsel support to firms nationwide—stepping in on an overflow or project basis to draft complaints, discovery, and motions, and guide litigation strategy in high-stakes cases. Her background spans personal injury, mass torts, and trauma-informed justice alternatives. As COO at Babin Law, she scaled national dockets involving Uber, Lyft, NEC, Hernia Mesh, CPAP, Hair Relaxer, and Valsartan, optimizing intake workflows and CRM systems. She also clerked under Judge Zottola in Pennsylvania's Veterans Court, where she supported diversion programs for justice-involved veterans facing service-related trauma.

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.

is an attorney with the Indianapolis law firm of Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC, where he represents people who are victims of accidents. Mr. Barry is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, The National Trial Lawyers and the Indianapolis Bar Association. He has been recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star every year since 2012 and has been selected as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and Top 40 Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers every year since 2011. Mr. Barry earned his A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Wabash College and his J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law.