Speaking Engagements & Lectures
Speaking Engagements
Celebrity Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to be an enrichment presenter aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails from Ft. Lauderdale to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Labadee, Haiti. Pete was hand selected as an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called Beyond The Podium. Pete spoke on a variety of topics.
March 6-20, 2010
Princess Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to lecture aboard the Sea Princess as it sails from Barbados to twelve Caribbean islands including: St. Vincent, Grenada, Bonaire, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Antigua, Dominica and Barbados. Pete lectured on a variety of topics and is part of the Scholarship@Sea Lecture Program for the cruise line.
February 7-14, 2010 Celebrity Cruise lines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails to San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and St. Maarten. Pete is part of the cruise lines Beyond the Podium series and gave four lectures that were highly attended. Pete is seen here taking a break from a lecture at the Shipwreck Bar and Grill in St. Kitts.
January 16-23, 2010 Celebrity cruise lines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Summit as it sails from San Juan Puerto Rico to St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and Antigua. Pete is an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called beyond the podium. Pete spoke on a variety of topics.
October 11-25, 2009 Norwegian cruise lines invited Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Gem for two weeks as it sailed from Barcelona Spain on a four country tour of Europe. The destinations include Malta, Italy, France and Spain. Pete lectured on the Food and Wine of Italy, the History of the Roman Empire, the History of Malta and Cannes, France. Pete is a member of Norwegian University and speaks aboard several of their ships.
July 31, 2009 Peter LaSorsa is a featured speaker for the American Bar Association in Chicago as he speaks about "Defending Internet Related Crimes" for the American Bar Associations General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division at the Hyatt Regency. Pete was also joined on a panel discussion by Kenneth Vercammen of New Jersey, Pauline Weaver of California and Brian Hermanson of Oklahoma. Brian represented Terry Nichols in his State trial over the Oklahoma city bombing.
June 30, 2009 Princess Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to lecture from November 28, 2009 through December 14, 2009 aboard the Princess Sea as it sails from Barbados to St. Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, Bonaire, Aruba, Jamacia, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Antigua, and Dominica.
March 28- April 4, 2009 Celebrity Cruise invites Peter Lasorsa to speak aboard the Summit as it said from San Juan Puerto Rico to Phillipsburg, St. Maarten; Roseau, Dominica; St. George's, Grenada; Kralendijk, Bonaire; and Oranjestad, Aruba. Pete is a featured lecturer for the cruiselines.
November 28, 2008 Norwegian Cruiselines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Dawn on June 14, 2009 as it sails from New York to Bermuda. Pete will lecture on legal technology issues.
August 10-17, 2008 At the request of Norwegian Cruiselines, Peter LaSorsa will deliver four technology seminars aboard the Norwegian Dream as it sails from Boston to Bermuda. Pete is a featured lecturer for Norwegian Cruiselines and gives both legal and technology lectures.
June 13, 2008 Pete is a speaker and part of a panel group of speakers for the Illinois State Bar Associations Corporate Law Department Section Councils Continuing Legal Education seminar on Corporate Law Ethics in Springfield. Pete is the vice-chair of the council and incoming chair for 2008-2009.
June 1-8, 2008 At the request of Norwegian Cruiselines, Peter LaSorsa delivered four technology seminars aboard the Norwegian Dawn as it sailed from New York to Bermuda. Pete was selected to lecture on technology issues because of his background in technology and legal issues associated with technology, including Pete's visits to Google and Microsoft where he met with the top business and legal executives discussing legal and technology issues. Pete has been a featured speaker for Norwegian Cruiselines University for the past three years.
May 1, 2008 At the request of the Peoria County Bar Association, Peter LaSorsa lectured at the People's Court at Illinois Central College on the legal and business issues associated with business formations in Illinois.
October 4, 2007 At the request of Lorman Education Services, Peter LaSorsa is a featured speaker at the Document Retention and Destruction seminar. Peter spoke on the Litigation Consequences of Not Properly Destroying Documents. The seminar was attended by leading Information Technology and Document Retention professionals from around the state.
September 8, 2007 Peter LaSorsa speaks at the Illinois State Bar Associations 3rd Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles Illinois. Pete spoke on Electronic Filing in Federal Court. The seminar was well attended by attorneys and judges from throughout the state. The seminar qualified for CLE credit.
August 26-September 1, 2007 At the request of Norwegian Cruiselines, Peter LaSorsa delivers four legal seminars aboard the Norwegian Spirit as it sails from New York to Florida, Nassau,Bahamas and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas-a private island owned by Norwegian Cruiselines.
May 10, 2007 Pete gives a seminar on Small Claims Court at Illinois Central College as part of the Peoples Court program sponsored by the Peoria County Bar Association. The seminar walked people through the various steps on filing and litigation, including strategies and techniques.
August 6th-13th, 2006 At the request of Norwegian Cruiselines, Peter LaSorsa delivers four legal seminars aboard the Norwegian Crown as it sails from New York to Bermuda. The topics of the seminars include: the Freedom of Information Act, Identity Theft, Law 101 and How to Represent Yourself in Court.
As usual, Peter LaSorsa continues to be involved in the community. If you would like to discuss a speaking engagement, for my availability, please email your request to pmllaw@yahoo.com.