8:30am – 9:30am

Breakfast


9:30am – 9:40am

Opening Remarks


9:40am – 10:10am

“Creating a Viable Corporate Legal Culture”

Carol Ann Petren
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
CIGNA Corporation

Interviewed by:

William A. Birdthistle

Assistant Professor of Law

Chicago-Kent College of Law


10:15am – 10:55am

“Controlling the Discovery Process”

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Jonathan R. Redgrave

Managing Partner

Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner

Panelists:
Douglas Bean
Vice President & General Manager
Océ Business Services

Susan E. Flint
Managing Counsel
Wells Fargo

Hope Haslam
Director of Consulting Services
Epiq Systems

Bruce Strothers
Counsel, Marketing

The Coca-Cola Company


10:55am – 11:30am

Coffee Break


11:30am – 12:10pm

"Class Action Litigation: Recent Cases, Best Practices"

Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Charles Birenbaum
Labor and Employment Relations Partner and San Francisco Managing Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP

Panelists:
Brandon Daniels
Co-Head Of Litigation Process Consulting
CPA

Livingstone Johnson
Counsel, International Operations
The Coca-Cola Company

Seth Krauss
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Take-Two Interactive Software


12:15pm – 12:45pm

"Is There a Constitution In-House?" 

David G. Leitch
Group Vice President and General Counsel
Ford Motor Company


12:45pm – 1:45pm

Lunch


1:45pm – 2:15pm

Peter Lurie
General Counsel & Founder
Virgin Mobile USA


2:20pm – 3:00pm

"Risk Management: Defining a More Effective Operating Tool"

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Ellen Zimiles
Chief Executive Officer
Daylight Forensic & Advisory

Panelist:

David Brill

Vice President & Principal Legal Counsel

Thomson Reuters

Mary Rose Gage
Associate General Counsel
Bank of America

Kenneth L. Wagner

Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Assistant Secretary, & Chief Compliance Officer

Peabody Energy


3:00pm – 3:30pm

Coffee Break


3:30pm – 4:00pm

"Getting your Goals to Green: Preparing for the Demands of a Globally Sustainable Planet"

Roger Martella
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
and
Former General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency


4:05pm – 4:35pm

Lawrence Jacobs
Senior Executive Vice President & Group General Counsel
News Corporation

Interviewed by:

Harold J. Krent

Dean

Chicago-Kent College of Law

*This session is off the record .


4:35pm – 4:45pm

Closing Remarks

 

4:45pm – 5:45pm

Closing Reception


*Please note agenda is subject to change

 

September 17, 2008
8:30am – 5:45pm

Chicago, IL

Event Price: $875

Event location will be disclosed to attendees upon completion of the registration process.

 

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