Labor & Employment Law Program Agenda
 
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MODERATORS:

TIMOTHY J. DARBY
BNA Books Washington, D.C.

ARNOLD H. PEDOWITZ
Pedowitz & Meister LLP New York, NY

JULES L. SMITH
Blitman & King LLP Rochester, NY

ERIC ISKRA
Spilman Thomas & Battle Charleston, WV

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011

3:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Arrival, Registration and Materials Pick Up

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Employment Discrimination Law Update

KELLY M. DERMODY
Lieff Cabraser Heiman & Bernstein LLP
San Francisco, CA

MORRIS J. (“MIKE”) BALLER
Goldstein Demchak Baller Borgen & Dardarian
Oakland, CA

C. GEOFFREY WEIRICH
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Atlanta, GA

6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Labor Law for the Employment Lawyer

W.V. BERNIE SIEBERT
Sherman & Howard LLC
Denver, CO

JULES L. SMITH
Blitman & King LLP
Rochester, NY

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011

7:00 – 7:30 a.m.

Top 5 Things to Tell Your Client in Preparing for Mediation
ALLEN J. GROSS
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Cara Greene
Outten & Golden LLP
New York, NY

J. LINDSAY JOHNSTON
Comcast
Oaks, PA

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Wage and Hour Law Overview and Update

DAVID BORGEN
Goldstein Demchak Baller Borgen & Dardarian
Oakland, CA

ELLEN C. KEARNS
Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
Boston, MA

TIMOTHY J. LONG
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Sacramento, CA

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

ERISA for the Employment Lawyer
RONALD DEAN
Ronald Dean ALC
Pacific Palisades, CA

BERNARD T. KING
Blitman & King LLP
Syracuse, NY
 
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Plenary Session
West Law Speaker on New West Research
Speaker TBD by West

5:30 – 6:30 pm
Plenary Session
Legal Ethics Can Be Fun: Lawyers on TV and in the Movies
LARRY J. COHEN
The Cohen Law Firm
Phoenix, AZ

6:30 pm
Wine Reception

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011

7:00 – 7:30 a.m
Intersection of ADA, AMLA and Workers’ Compensation

GLENN A. DUHL
Siegel O'Connor O'Donnell & Beck PC
Hartford, CT

PATRICK SOLOMON
Thomas & Solomon LLP
Rochester, NY

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
The Protection Seesaw:  US Discrimination VS European Unfair Dismissal Law

WENDI S. LAZAR
Outten & Golden LLP
New York, NY

DR. GERLIND WISSKIRCHEN
CMS Hasche Sigle
Köln, Germany

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Class and Collective Actions Update

JOHN M. HUSBAND
Holland & Hart LLP
Denver, CO

ADAM T. KLEIN
Outten & Golden LLP
New York, NY

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
What Do Corporate Counsel Want from Outside Counsel?

CATHI HUNT
Progress Energy Service Company LLC
Raleigh, NC

ELIZABETH LAWRENCE
Honeywell Aerospace
Olathe, KS

DAVID C. MILNE
SVP of HR, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Symmetry Medical, Inc.
Warsaw, IN

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Deposition and Summary Judgment Boot Camp

A. Preparing Plaintiffs and Key Decisionmakers

  1. Prepping the Plaintiff

Plaintiff Attorney
DANIEL M. KLEIN
Buckley & Klein LLP
Atlanta, GA

Plaintiff
    LAUREN SCHWARTZREICH
    Outten & Golden LLP
New York, NY

2. Prepping the Key Decisionmaker

Defense Attorney
ERIC ISKRA
    Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
    Charleston, WV

    Decisionmaker
STEVEN W. SUFLAS
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
Voorhees, NJ

B. Taking the Deposition

        Defense Attorney
        JONATHAN SWAIN
        Lindner & Marsack, S.C.
        Milwaukee, WI

    Plaintiff
    LAUREN SCHWARTZREICH
    Outten & Golden LLP
New York, NY

2. Deposing the Key Decisionmaker.

    Plaintiff Attorney
LAURA SCHNELL
    Eisenberg & Schnell
    New York, NY

    Decisionmaker
STEVEN W. SUFLAS
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
Voorhees, NJ

C. Arguing the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment

Presiding Judge
HONORABLE WILEY YOUNG DANIEL
U.S. District Court for Colorado
Denver, CO

Plaintiff Attorney
BARRY D. ROSEMAN
McNamara Roseman Martínez & Kazmierski LLP
Denver, CO

Defense Attorney
MARK MALLER
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC
New Orleans, LA

Comments by Participants

SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2011

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
Business Immigration Law Update

CHRISTINE BRIGAGLIANO
Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP
San Francisco, CA

JEFFREY C. BRODIN
APS
Phoenix, AZ

CHRISTOPHER L. THOMAS
Holland & Hart LLP
Denver, CO

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
E-Discovery: Rule 26 Mock Conference

DOUGLAS E. DEXTER
Farella Braun & Martell LLP
San Francisco, CA

J. NELSON THOMAS
Thomas & Solomon LLP
Rochester, NY

CATHERINE B. THOMPSON
Raytheon Company
Missile Systems
Tucson, AZ

HONORABLE MICHAEL J. WATANABE
Magistrate Judge
U.S. District Court for Colorado
Denver, CO

4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
What to Do, What Not to Do for Big Jury Awards 

TY HYDERALLY
Hyderally & Associates PC
New Jersey

HENRY MORRIS, JR.
Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn
Washington, D.C.

5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Creative Employment Law Claims Gaining Traction

STEVEN HYMOWITZ
Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather PLC
Memphis, TN

DENISE DRAKE
Littler Mendelson PC
Kansas City, MO

SANDER N. KARP
Leavenworth & Karp PC
Glenwood Springs, CO

6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Social Networking Issues in the Workplace

STACEY CAMPBELL
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Denver, CO

NANTIYA RUAN
Of Counsel
Outten & Golden LLP
New York, NY
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
Sturm College of Law
University of Denver
Denver, CO

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2011

7:00 – 7:30 a.m.
Proprietary Information and Employee Restrictions: Update

GARY EIDELMAN
Saul Ewing LLP
Baltimore, MD

ARNOLD H. PEDOWITZ
Pedowitz & Meister LLP
New York, NY

JOERG REHDER
Jones Day
Frankfurt, Germany

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Effective Advocacy, with References to Deposition/Summary Judgment Program
and Rule 26 Mock Conference

JOSEPH D. GARRISON
Garrison Levin-Epstein Chimes & Richardson, P.C.
New Haven, CT

JEFFREY D. PATTON
Spilman Thomas and Battle PLLC
Winston Salem, NC

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
5 Most Difficult Challenges for Defense Counsel

GAIL HOLTZMAN
Kass, Shuler, Solomon, Spector, Foyle & Singer PA
Tampa, FL

SCOTT MCDONALD
Littler Mendelson PC
Dallas, TX

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Presenting the Problem Plaintiff to the Jury

WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, Jr.

WALLER LANSDEN
Dortch & Davis, PLLC
Nashville, TN

ROBERT A. MEISTER
Pedowitz & Meister LLP
New York, NY

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