The current troubled market has affected all executive functions and the corporate counsel’s office has not been spared. A new assortment of challenges has joined the existing set of matters that compete for the in-house counsel’s attention.

It is against this backdrop that Argyle Executive Forum presents its 2010 Chief Legal Officer Leadership Forum, taking place in San Francisco. The event will bring together the legal leadership of approximately 100-115 public and private large cap and mid cap corporations, as well as complementary areas of executive leadership in addition to select members of the advisory community. The forum will address a number of topics including, but not limited to: ethics within the GC’s office, pro bono initiatives, preventing and responding to corporate misconduct, managing and protecting enterprise information, IP challenges.

Please note that the limited seating for members of the advisory community is offered first to those that are supporting the event as sponsors. This event is by invitation only, and an invitation code is required. If you did not receive an invitation but would like to inquire about attendance, please click here.

*The press policy for this event has not yet been finalized. Please note the press policy is set at the individual session level. Some sessions may be on the record, while others are off the record. Please consult the event’s agenda, which will indicate which sessions are off the record. To inquire about media presence, please click here.

Perspectives By:

William F. Abrams
Partner, Intellectual Property Group Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Office Managing Partner
Bingham McCutchen LLP

Graham Allan
Vice President Law & Deputy General Counsel - Licensing & Technology
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Richard Baer
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer
Qwest Communications

Bill Becker
Senior Director of Intellectual Property
Align Technology, Inc

Lisa J. Berry-Tayman, ESQ., CIPP
Founder & Principal of Information Consulting
E-Discovery Consultant to iDiscover Global Inc.

Charles S. Birenbaum
Labor and Employment Relations Partner & San Francisco Managing Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP

Jennifer W. Chaloemtiarana
Global Finance and Governance Counsel
Levi Strauss & Co.

Frederick Felman
Chief Marketing Officer
MarkMonitor

Brian L. Flack
Senior Manager, Legal Services Outsourcing
CPA Global

Peter Florian
Product Marketing
IntraLinks

Kimberly Griffin
Vice President & Corporate Counsel
24 Hour Fitness

John W. Kuo
Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Wendy M. Lazerson
Partner, Labor & Employment Group Co-Chair
Bingham McCutchen LLP

Kevin J. Lesinski
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Brian Martin
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
KLA-Tencor

Thomas M. McCoy
Executive Vice President Legal and Public Affairs
AMD

Karole Morgan-Prager
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 
The McClatchy Company

Michael Pontrelli
Director, Western Region
Applied Discovery

David J. Richter
Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs & General Counsel
DivX, Inc.

George Rose
Chief Public Policy Officer
Activision Blizzard

Phillip Rudolph
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Jack in the Box

Amar L. Thakur
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Daniel J. Tyukody
Partner, Securities Litigation
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Kent Walker
Vice President & General Counsel
Google Inc.

Samuel D. Walker
Chief Legal Officer
Molson Coors Brewing Company

Brian Way
Director of Intellectual Property Law
Altera Corporation