The Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) will be conducting its 2026 Annual Summer Meeting + Conference titled “For the Sake of Trial:?Elevating the Craft of Trial Practice” on Friday, June 12, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the DoubleTree Suites Detroit Downtown – Fort Shelby, 525 West Lafayette Blvd. in Detroit.
Among the topics to be covered during the meeting are:
• AI in the Courtroom: Practical Tools for Modern Trial Lawyers
• Service of Process is Changing: Digital Service and Evasion in Modern Litigation
• Supreme Court Updates
• Anatomy of a Fraud Ring
• Social Media Surveillance
• Top 5 Motions in Limine
The day will conclude with the Defense Network Reception from 4to 5:30 p.m. This meet and greet is for any members, non-members, judges, justices, prospective members, and vendors even if they do not attend the annual conference. This is an opportunity for those in the legal community to get to know the MDTC Board and expand professional connections.
To register for either the conference or the reception, visit www.mdtc.org and click on “events.”
Among the topics to be covered during the meeting are:
• AI in the Courtroom: Practical Tools for Modern Trial Lawyers
• Service of Process is Changing: Digital Service and Evasion in Modern Litigation
• Supreme Court Updates
• Anatomy of a Fraud Ring
• Social Media Surveillance
• Top 5 Motions in Limine
The day will conclude with the Defense Network Reception from 4to 5:30 p.m. This meet and greet is for any members, non-members, judges, justices, prospective members, and vendors even if they do not attend the annual conference. This is an opportunity for those in the legal community to get to know the MDTC Board and expand professional connections.
To register for either the conference or the reception, visit www.mdtc.org and click on “events.”




