"Oh no LG,  you can't be posting a blog mid-stream into the final night of parties, that's not possible." 

Well, think again Bluto because it is, in fact, possible.  And happening before your very eyes...

LG here, your citizen blogger, posting on the run after having attended some most excellent parties in order to feed your voracious desire to know what's happening at the Conference 2009.

Here are some pix to fill you in, dear non-attendee reader:

This is a photo of Dion Cominos, managing partner of Gordon & Rees (San Francisco HQ), and a senior member of FETA, with his arm around Nancy L. McCoy of the Basham Parker law firm of Walnut Creek, CA.  We're not sure why a competitor would be at Dion's party but we're sure that his wife will get to the bottom of it.

Here Patty Fitzgerald, also a FETA member, finds herself roped into a hug by Dion.  Patty was searching for the ladies room when she mistakenly walked into the Gordon & Rees party.  Dion's baby blue tie was cut from his senior prom tuxedo, very ecologically correct move.  Bravo Dion!

Dan McMahon, the new managing partner of Wilson Elser (and a questionable successor to Tom Wilson, Sr., who still has his fastball by all accounts) is pictured with Theresa Marangas (of the Albany office) and Ben Heller of the Chicago office.  Dan is still smarting from Charlie Weiss's poor stewardship of his Notre Dame Fighting Irish.  Ben proclaimed earlier this evening that he would like to buy stock in LG (honest, ask him...) and, therefore, he wins the "Lawyer of the Year" award from the LG blog (that's resume fodder if I ever saw it.)  Noticeably absent from this photo: Tom Wilson, Sr. (our favorite Wilson next to his great wife Eileen), Alex Betke (of the Albany office and a big LG blog fan) and Halle Berry. 

Mark Reilly and Lisa Ledo of CNA are shown enjoying the most excellent CNA party aboard a boat that didn't move, on the river next to the Sheraton.  Dan Auslander (who I hope will mention my blog tomorrow while doing the introductions at the last session) also hosted this great party.  Mark is a Villanova grad and big fan of the Wildcat hoops team which has been picked anywhere from 3rd thru 8th in preseason national polls.  I know you don't care, but I do, so pipe down.

Tom Wilson, Jr. (the apple fell far from the tree on this one, sorry folks...), Scott Schaffer (great lawyer and great guy and part-time "Claims Made & Reported" editor), and Ryan Turner (who should've been a partner long ago and will probably leave WEMED if they don't make him one shortly after this blog is posted: Ryan: you can just mail me a $100 check, I don't need the cash that you promised me) are pictured at the WEMED party.  Still noticeably absent: Alex Betke and Halle Berry. 

Teri White and Sandra Ramos helped organize the CNA party and never expected to be in a big-time insurance blog.  They still aren't. 

OK kidz, I have to get back out there to fulfill my citizen journalist duties.  This is a great PLUS conference, perhaps the best ever, and if you're not here this year you'd better get yourself to San Antonio next year, it promises to be awesome.

More to come from later in the evening....