We will be at San Diego Comic Con with three panels celebrating the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Clone Wars, and Godzilla! We hope you can join us for fun, legal analysis, and geeking out at the 50th Anniversary of San Diego Comic Con. We are honored to return to SDCC for our 5th appearance. Please see below for more on our panel schedule.
Law of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thursday, 100pm, Comic Con Museum
Ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has created a body of law big enough for Nowhere. Join our panel of judges and lawyers as they journey into legal tales to astonish of how Dr. Strange saved the world with contract law; whether Bucky commit treason as the Winter Soldier; and could Thanos be prosecuted as a war criminal for “The Snap?” A panel of true believers including US Magistrate Judge Mitch Dembin, Megan Hitchcock, Christine Peek (McManis Faulker), Courtney McNulty (Legendary Entertainment), Jordon Huppert (Huppert Law Office), and Joshua Gilliland (The Legal Geeks) will assemble to tackle these issues and more from the Marvel Universe.
Judges on the Clone Wars, Friday, 800pm, Room 7AB
The Clone Wars represents some of the best Star Wars stories ever told. Join our panel of judges and attorneys as they report for duty to determine the Duty to Follow Lawful Orders vs Unlawful Orders; Child Safety of Younglings; Secret Marriages; Clone Rights; and the Trial of Ashoka Tano. Panelists include Circuit Judge John B. Owens (9th Circuit Court of Appeals), Judge Carol Najera, Stephen Tollafield (Professor at Hastings School of Law), Bethany Bengfort (US Courts), Steve Chu (Assistant US Attorney), and moderated by Joshua Gilliland (The Legal Geeks).
Long Live the King of Kaiju: Lawyers on the 65th Anniversary of Godzilla
Godzilla has been a destructive force of legal liability since 1954. Who is financially responsible for Acts of Godzilla? Does the United States have a duty to defend Japan? And just who is the legal owner of Mothra’s egg? Join our panel of attorneys including US Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman, Monte Cooper (Grand Nephew of the creator of King Kong, Merian Cooper), Kathy Steinman (Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Diego), Bethany Bengfort (US Courts), and Joshua Gilliland (The Legal Geeks) as they wade into the depths of Godzilla’s destructive legal issues over the last 65 years. Moderated by Matt Weinhold (MonsterParty).
