Patty Hewes, Chair of the Wildfire Litigation Practice at Holdsworth & Inkwell, presented at the 2024 Western States Wildfire Litigation Conference on multi-state utility wildfire defense frameworks across California, Colorado, Arizona, and Washington. The presentation addressed the structural differences between state-level utility defense architectures and the common operational themes that recur across the Western states.

The conference brought together utility defense counsel, insurance industry representatives, and regulatory authorities from across the Western states for two days of substantive programming on wildfire litigation developments. Hewes' presentation drew on the firm's recent matter work across the Western states and the analytical frameworks developed through the firm's Wildfire Litigation Updates publication.

Speakers

From the Firm's Trial Bench

The attorneys presenting at this event speak from matters they have actually handled, not from material assembled for the occasion. Their remarks reflect the same preparation that goes into the work itself, whether the audience is a courtroom or a conference room. Details on who is presenting follow below.