October 1, 2025 | Florida
Florida Writers Association – Florida Writers Con 2025 Award Winner
Royal Palm Literary Awards Winner: The Brothers Roosevelt – This is the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his brother Elliott. While Theodore rises as the hardworking, disciplined golden child of the Roosevelt family, Elliott’s life is marked by charm, recklessness, and self-destruction.
September 25 – 27, 2025 | Dickinson, ND
Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University
2025 Symposium: Theodore Roosevelt and the Navy. Conference Speaker: “A Family Affair” – TR’s Family and the Navy
Bio:2025 Theodore Roosevelt Symposium – Theodore Roosevelt Center
Panel & Rod’s Speech:2025 Theodore Roosevelt Symposium – Day 2
October 17-20, 2024 | Indianapolis, Indiana
105th Annual Meeting of
Theodore Roosevelt Association – Conference Speaker
https://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/
Topic: Lawton Statue in Garfield Park: Historical Purview of General Henry Ware Lawton
February 2, 2024 | Orlando, FL
Federalist Society 2024 Florida
Chapters Conference – Speaker
https://fedsoc.org/conferences/2024-florida-chapters-conference
September 1, 2023 | Jacksonville, FL
Jax Lawyers Roundtable
Defamation and First Amendment Panel
https://youtu.be/MXKKcvz85Fs?si=bt38yz462C9hKZwY
June 8-10, 2023 | San Antonio, TX
Historical Novel Society North America Conference Presentation
“Libel, Slander, Defamation of Character, and the Right to Privacy”
Writers worry. It’s what we do. One of the things we worry about is getting sued, or worse yet, writing an excellent novel, only to find that the potential liability attached to our work makes it unpublishable. This seminar will discuss the potential liability of a writer when writing about a living person or a person who is deceased but whose name and reputation continue to have commercial value after death; the “actual malice” standard that applies to “public figures;” who is a public figure; the effectiveness of disclaimers; and whether using pseudonyms provide adequate protection.
May 20, 2023 | Ponte Vedra, FL
Florida Writers Association – Ponte Vedra Writers Presentation
“Libel, Slander, Defamation and the Right to Privacy”
Ponte Vedra Recorder May 18, 2023 – Attorney to discuss legal issues for writers at May 20 meeting
January 6, 2023 | Jacksonville, FL
Jax Lawyers Roundtable Presentation
“The Lawyer as Novelist/Screenwriter”
Rod Sullivan presents Writing on the Hero’s Journey,
Research & Teddy Roosevelt, and Law & Copyright.
https://www.wildersuccess.com/event-details/jlr-the-lawyer-as-novelist-screenwriter
