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2025 Fall Conference

  • Wednesday, October 15, 2025
  • 5:30 PM
  • Friday, October 17, 2025
  • 6:00 PM
  • Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa, Amelia Island, FL

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2025 FALL Conference

October 15 - 17, 2025

Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa
39 Beach Lagoon Road
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034


AFHE is pleased to announce that our 2025 Fall Conference will be held at the beautiful Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa!  Our conference will kick off on Wednesday, October 15th with a cocktail reception. A full day of legal education will be offered on Thursday and Friday featuring stimulating and enlightening sessions presented by some of the most knowledgeable speakers in their fields.  CLE credit will be offered.  

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL CONFERENCE BROCHURE

Confirmed Presentations:

  • "Growing Families, Not Just Assets: Building Alignment in the Modern Family Office" Presented by Chad Blackburn, KindlyMD, Inc. and Landon Gibbs, Altitude Ventures
  • "The Family Business Story: Total Quality Inc./Quality Life Science Logistics" Presented by Mark Kellogg, Fraser Trebilcock Davis Dunlap & Cavanaugh, P.C. & Terry Fewless, Quality Life Science Logistics, LLC
  • "A Family-First Approach to Family Business: Excel Propane and the Kohley Family" Presented by Wayne Kohley, Jordan Kohley and Zach Kohley, Excel Propane and moderated by Corinne Curtis, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
  • “Speaking When It Hurts: Media and Messaging in High-Stakes Crises" Presented by Jenny Schmidt, Ravenyard Group, Kristi Huller, KKR and Sasha Fastovskiy
  • "An 81-Year-Old Family Business Takes the Leap" Presented by Zach Hogan, Hogan Manufacturing, Inc. and Brad Fisher, The Scalable Leadership Group
  • "Air Law for the Family Office" Presented by David T. Norton, Shackelford, McKinley & Norton LLP
  • "Leadership for Multi-Generational Family Enterprises" Presented by Marc Stefanski, Third Federal
  • "Protecting the Family Secret Sauce: Preserving and Protecting Intellectual Property Against the Assault on Restrictive Covenants" Presented by Brian Redden, Buechner Haffer Meyers & Koenig Co., L.P.A.
  • "Planning the Perfect Exit" Presented by David Deutsch, David N. Deutsch & Company
  • AFHE Presidents’ Forum Presented by John Dadakis, Michael de León Hawthorne, Andrew Karlen, Michael Whitty and Laura Wartner and moderated by Peter Dougherty


HOTEL INFORMATION:

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at The Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa.  The room rate is $299 per night.  Deadline for reservations is September 15, 2025. Click here to reserve a room online.  You may also call the Reservations Desk at 1-888-261-6161 and refer to the Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises' 2025 Fall Conference.


Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises

AFHE Headquarters

P.O. Box 518
Mount Laurel, NJ, 08054
Phone: 201-591-AFHE (2343)
Fax: 856-727-9504

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