2025 NADC Annual Member Conference


Sunday, May 4, 2025
to Tuesday, May 6, 2025

The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Tiburón in Naples


2600 Tiburon Drive Naples, FL 34109 United States
Category: Annual Conference

Hotel Information

Rate: $289.00 for Resort View Rooms

Cancellation Policy: All reservations may be canceled more than 3 days prior to arrival with no penalty. Any reservations canceled 3 days or less prior to arrival, one night room and tax penalty will be charged.

Deposit Policy: Credit Card Guarantee Required

Reserve your room now or contact 1-877-557-3092 through April 11, 2025. 

NADC's room block is sold out for Sunday, May 4 and Monday, May 5. You may consider contacting one of the hotels below for availability. Please note that these hotels are not affiliated with our room block.

Inn at Pelican Bay
Located about 3 miles from the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort
239-597-8777
LaPlaya Beach Resort
Located on the beach about 5 miles from the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort
239-597-3123
Naples Grande Beach Resort
Located about 5 miles from the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort
239-597-3232

Registration

Registration is now open! Click the Register Now button. 

Cancellation Policy: Registration cancellations for the 2025 NADC Annual Member Conference can be accommodated by NADC up to Friday, April 11, 2025 less a $25 processing fee. After April 11, we are not able to process refunds.

Sponsorship

Associate members interested in sponsoring? Please reach out to hwebster@dealercounsel.com

Agenda

May 4
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Dealer 101 – Part 3: Buying & Selling a Dealership
Johnnie Brown, Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC
Lance Kinchen, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP

Shari Patish, Hall Automotive                                               

(Light lunch served)
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM New Member and First Time Attendees Reception
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Networking Reception for Women of NADC
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Reception
May 5
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Opening Remarks
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Session 1: NADA Update
Daniel Ingber, NADA
Paul Metrey, NADA
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Session 2: Legal Aspects of Data in Advertising
Charles Gallaer, ArentFox Schiff LLP
Kenneth Rosenfield, Rosenfield and Company PLLC
Todd Smith, QoreAI
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM In-House Roundtable Lunch
Moderated by: Kyle Sipples, Autosaver Group
Kate Uding, Luther Landers Automotive Group

(Lunch provided)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Session 3: The Legal Ins and Outs of AI in Automotive Retail
Charles Gallaer, ArentFox Schiff LLP
Michael McMahan, ArentFox Schiff LLP
Kenneth Rosenfield, Rosenfield and Company PLLC
Todd Smith, QoreAI
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Session 4: Risk Allocation in Vendor Agreements
Laurence Smith, Day Pitney LLP
Mark Morgan, Day Pitney LLP
Thomas Reck, Withum
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Session 5: Best Practices for Outside Counsel
Kate Kelley, Carmax
Shari Patish, Hall Automotive
Kate Uding, Luther Landers Automotive Group
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Reception
May 6
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Opening Remarks
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Session 6: Steering Clear of Fraud: Lessons and Strategies for Dealerships
Jennifer Walton, Forvis Mazars
H. Clay Walker, Jr., Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Session 7: Understanding Indirect Lending Compliance: A Guide for Dealer Counsel
Eric Johnson, Hudson Cook, LLP
Mark Metrey, Hudson Cook, LLP
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session 8: Cyber Liability Market - Emerging Issues
Andrew McClave, Alliant Insurance Services
Steve Levine, Alliant Insurance Services
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Session 9: 2026 Estate Tax Cliff – Why Auto Dealers Need to Revisit their Estate Plan
David Blum, Akerman LLP
John Davis, Haig Partners
David Harkins, Mercer Capital
Mike Toth, Haig Partners
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM Closing Remarks and Adjourn
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Thank you to our Sponsors!

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