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Smooth Moves 2012 Views From the Corner Office

- Location -
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Kaplan Penthouse, The Rose Building
165 W. 65th Street, 10th Floor
New York
518-487-5674

 “Views From the Corner Office: Diverse GCs Discuss How To Get There, And How to Win Their Business"  

Complimentary CLE Program
1.5 MCLE Credits

Program Planning Co-Chairs
Hon. Barry A. Cozier, Tracee E. Davis, Esq. and  Carla M. Miller, Esq.

Section Chair
David H. Tennant, Esq.

4:00 p.m. - Views from the Corner Office: Diverse General Counsels Discuss How to Get There, And How to Win Their Business. A stellar panel comprised of chief legal officers, many from leading companies, share their views on career development within the in-house legal department; “winning pitches” and their priorities in selecting high-impact outside counsel (including diversity goals); the impact of the “bottom-line” focus of the modern law firm on the corporate legal department; the general counsel’s role in providing both legal and business advice to other corporate executives, with an emphasis on ethical challenges presented; as well as their role in promoting various diversity, mentoring, and other initiatives within the organizations.

5:30 p.m. - Networking Reception and Award Presentations
Presentation of the Section’s Hon. George Bundy Smith Pioneer Award to Hon. Samuel L. Green, Former Senior Associate Justice, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
Presentation of the Section’s Minority Law Student Summer Fellowships

7:30 p.m. - Adjournment

 
Program Chairs

Hon. Barry A. Cozier
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
New York City

Tracee E. Davis, Esq.
Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP
New York City

Carla M. Miller, Esq.
Universal Music Group
New York City

Moderator
Hon. Stephen C. Robinson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP

Panelists
Jeffrey Harleston, Esq.,  Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Universal Music Group;
Sandra Leung, Esq. General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Don H. Liu, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Xerox Corporation
Colonel Maritza Saenz Ryan, Esq., Head of Department of Law, United States Military Academy

Law Firm Sponsors*
Gold Sponsor
Getnick & Getnick LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Silver Sponsors
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. 
Labaton Sucharow LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP

Bronze Sponsor
Connell Foley LLP
Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP
Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP
Todtman, Nachamie, Spizz & Johns, P.C.

 NYSBA Section Sponsors*

This program is sponsored by the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section and co-sponsored by the Dispute Resolution Section, Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section, International Section, Labor & Employment Law Section, Municipal Law Section, Real Property Law Section, and the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section.

*As of March 16, 2012

For more information or to become a Section Sponsor or Law Firm sponsor of this event please  
Contact: bgould@nysba.org. The last day to pre-register online is April 19, 2012

Registration Form (pdf)

The last day to pre-register online was April 23, 2012.

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Tuesday, April 24
4:00pm - 7:30pm	CLE PROGRAM AND AWARDS RECEPTION

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