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Andrija Stanojcic,
Counsel, Commercial Law Group at Halliburton

Andrija Stanojcic is Counsel at Halliburton, one of the “Big Three” international energy services companies. As a member of the Law Department’s Commercial Law Group, Andrija advises his internal clients on all commercial transactions, disputes, and various other facets of the Company’s day-to-day business. Previously, in private practice, Andrija has advised and represented various clients on their commercial transactions in the energy services industry—from small oilfield startups to some of the largest, international drilling and services companies. Andrija also previously maintained a litigation practice representing energy services clients in commercial litigation and bankruptcy in both state and federal courts across Texas.

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Dasha Hodge,
Counsel at Akin

Dasha Hodge advises public and private companies on a wide range of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, minority investments, joint ventures (JV), equity & debt financings and other complex business transactions. Dasha also regularly advises clients on corporate governance, securities and other general corporate matters.

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Honorable Branko Terzic

The Honorable Branko Terzic has five decades of energy industry experience as a CEO, consultant, expert witness and regulator. Terzic served as a Commissioner in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Commissioner on the State of Wisconsin Public Service Commission and as the founding Chairman of the State of Wisconsin Racing Board.  He was Chairman, President and CEO of Yankee Energy System, Inc. (NYSE) , Executive Director of Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions and Regional Managing Partner for Energy of Deloitte Central Europe. Terzic holds a B.S. in Energy Engineering and an honorary Doctor of Sciences (Sc.D.) in Engineering both from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. 

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Georgia Relich Posey
Vice President, Brand, Marketing and Business Development Strategy

at Bigwidesky

Georgia is skilled at challenging teams and clients to think differently about their business, helping to uncover sticking points and unexpected solutions that effectively transform their business. Over the years she has successfully led brand realignment and launches, while mentoring cross-functional teams to build a collaborative working environment, and carefully shepherding and building sustaining client relationships.

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Aleks Ostojich Rushing
Partner at Hush Blackwell

Aleks is a partner at Husch Blackwell representing colleges, universities, and schools all across the country on investigations, litigation, and compliance matters that stem from a broad spectrum of harassment, discrimination, and safety issues. 

I participated in the ZOOM “Meet and Greet” with the newly formed Serbian Attorney Association. Not only was I impressed with how well it was attended but the “Meet and Greet” flowed perfectly with each person having ample time to introduce themselves and get to know each other. I am a licensed lawyer for over 35 years, and I was tremendously pleased to meet so many talented and successful people within our Serbian community. Congratulations to the Board of the Serbian Attorney Association and BRAVO to our extremely successful current generation of attorneys. I look forward to seeing all your future accomplishments!

 

– Serbian Attorney Member Post-Event Feedback

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Hon. Judge Ted Potkonjak
Associate Judge, 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois

Hon. Judge Ted Potkonjak presides as an Associate Judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit. Prior to his appointment, he worked in the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office in the Career Offender Narcotics Unit, which also included the prosecution of sex offenders with child victims and Chief of the Traffic division, which included prosecution of reckless homicides and supervising Traffic division Assistant State’s Attorney’s. Judge Potkonjak also ran an independent practice for several years, where the majority of his cases sounded in criminal defense. Currently, Judge Potkonjak presides in a felony courtroom. 

Hon. Judge Aleksandra Dimitrijevic
Superior Court, Lake County, IN, County Division

Hon. Judge Aleksandra Dimitrijevic presides in the County Division of the Superior Court in Lake County, IN. Prior to joining the judiciary, she was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for 15 years with the Lake County Indiana Prosecutor’s office and was the Room 2 supervisor handling violent crimes in the major felony division. Judge Dimitrijevic’s most memorable cases involved child victims and being one of the lawyers handling a death penalty case in which a Gary Police Officer was murdered.  While on the bench, Judge Dimitrijevic’s primarily presides over level 6 felonies, misdemeanors and infractions, small claims and evictions, and implemented a problem-solving Drug Court in 2023. 

Hon. Judge Nada Kosanovich Sizemore
Retired, Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial Branch

Hon. Judge Nada Kosanovich Sizemore is a retired Connecticut Superior Court judge where she served as chief civil judge in Meriden Superior Court. Her docket included all civil matters including jury and court bench trials, mediations, housing and all question of law motion calendar items.  She was appointed by Governor Dannel Malloy to the bench in 2018, after a 30-year career as a civil insurance defense trial attorney in CT.  She worked at Travelers Insurance Company for almost 30 years where she served as a field litigation attorney, managing counsel and VP Associate General Counsel. Her specialty areas were all types of insurance defense matters, insurance coverage and large loss trucking accident and complex products liability matters.

Our panel will feature two distinguished intellectual property law attorneys and members of the Serbian Attorney Association:

 

  • Jovan N. Jovanovic, Founding Partner at the Watson IP Group, PLC and

  • Dragan Plavsic, Intellectual Property Attorney at Jones Robb.

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