8:00am - 9:00am

Breakfast

9:00am - 9:05am

Argyle Executive Forum Opening Remarks

9:05am - 9:35am

"A Perfect Mess - The Regulatory Environment for Insurance Products & Companies"

Alan Kreczko
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
The Hartford

9:40am - 10:20am

"Doing More with Less" 

• Where is the legal department budget being spent and how can it be improved?
• How to obtain and retain talent in today's economy?
• Using metrics and benchmarking to improve your performance?
• Building relationships with outside counsel and vendors that understand your goals
• How alternative fees work and the benefits of using them properly
• The importance of alternative-fees

Moderator:
Courtney McCormick
General Corporate Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Public Service Electric and Gas Company

Panelists:
Michael Caplan
Chief Operating Officer, Office of the General Counsel
Marsh & McLennan Companies

William Casazza 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Law & Regulatory Affairs
Aetna

David Falck
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Pinnacle West Capital Corp., and Arizona Public Service Company

Ganesh Natarajan
President & CEO
Mindcrest

Andrew Smith
Counsel
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

10:25am - 10:45am

Thought Leadership Spotlight Presented by DOAR Litigation Consulting

“Recent Developments in the Use of Predictive Coding Technologies”

Paul Neale
CEO
DOAR Litigation Consulting

10:45am - 11:05am

Coffee Break

11:05am - 11:45am

"The General Counsel as a Strategic Business Partner"

• Examining the two types of GC: reactive versus proactive, and the benefits / reasons for both
• Understanding the role of the GC in advancing the global business objectives of a corporation
• The relationship between the GC and other C-level executives and the benefits of this bond with regards to achieving goals across revenue functions
• Creating a proactive strategy to protect your brand in the global marketplace
• Managing IP and understanding the value of protecting it in all forms of media
• Learning how to speak the business language, turning law into a business objective and perspective

Moderator:
Frederick Felman
Chief Marketing Officer 
MarkMonitor

Panelists:
Bruce Campbell
Chief Development Officer and General Counsel
Discovery Communications

Thomas Moriarty 
General Counsel, Secretary and President, Global Pharmaceutical Strategies 
Medco Health Solutions

Mark Roellig
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. 

Tamika Tremaglio
Principal
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services    

11:50am - 12:10pm

Thought Leadership Presented by Applied Discovery 

Sheila Murphy
Associate General Counsel
MetLife

Interviewed by:
Bill Mariano
Director Northeast Electronic Discovery
Applied Discovery Inc.

12:15pm - 12:45pm

Rick Cotton
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
NBC Universal

Interviewed by:
Steven Zipperstein
Former General Counsel
Verizon Wireless

12:45pm - 1:45pm

Lunch

1:45pm - 2:25pm

"Leadership Speaks: The 2012 Chief Legal Officer"

• The importance of building an in-house team
• How to work and protect the company from litigation
• The importance of HR to the legal team not only when it comes to creating an in-house team, but also when dealing with problems that can arise within a company
• E-discovery resources – internal and external - as strategic weapons
• Best practices with regards to labor / employment issues
• The importance of risk management and data analysis to a law team
• The importance of e-discovery and maximizing return on Investment when faced with litigation

Moderator:
Chad Volkert
Executive Director for Robert Half Legal and Co-managing Director of Robert Half Legal eDiscovery Services
Robert Half Legal

Panelists:
Eric Cohen
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Terex Corp.

Ellen Kaden
SVP Law and Gov't Affairs
Campbell Soup Company

Bart Schwartz
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
Assurant, Inc.

Dubravka Tosic
Principal
ERS Group

2:30pm - 3:10pm

“The Importance of Compliance Readiness and the Outlook for 2012 and Beyond”

• What to expect in 2012
• Dodd Frank in real life
     - Key regulations
     - How can companies prepare for compliance?
     - Key differences from SOX
     - Whistleblower rules:  special issues, alternative approaches
• The impact of the UK Bribery Act on international companies
• What the FCPA means and how federal enforcement of the act has changed
• Properly managing global companies as issues converge, but regulation diversifies
• Cost mitigation through proper contract management and review

Moderator:
Andrew Goodman
Executive Director of Litigation Services
Quislex

Panelists:
Pamela Davis
White Collar & Corporate Investigations
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Marc Gary
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Fidelity Investments

Maryanne Lavan
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Debora Welch
Assistant General Counsel
Henkel Corporation

3:10pm - 3:30pm

Coffee Break        

3:30pm - 4:00pm

"The CLO's Dual Roles: Lawyer/Business Partner"

Bart Schwartz
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
Assurant, Inc.

4:05pm - 4:35pm

Steven Zipperstein
Former General Counsel
Verizon Wireless

4:35pm - 4:40pm

Argyle Executive Forum Closing Remarks

4:40pm - 5:40pm

Closing Reception