2022 Signature Event and Annual Meeting - SOLD OUT

AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome/Annual Meeting
Lewis Dolezal, CO-ACC President and Meganne Thaxton, CO-ACC Vice President  

8:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Burnout: Recognition and Prevention Strategies in the Post-COVID World
What is burnout? What does it look like and feel like? More importantly, what can we do to prevent the normal stress and “lawyer anxiety” so common in our profession from developing into the physically and emotionally draining state known as Burnout? This session will discuss 1. The early warning signs of impairment, with special emphasis on stress and burnout; 2. Why lawyers are at especially high risk to develop mental health and substance use disorders; 3. The free services that Lawyers Assistance Programs provide to lawyers and their family members; and 4. The barriers that prevent lawyers from seeking the help they need.
Speaker: Brian Quinn, Esq., Education and Outreach Coordinator, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Demand Management & In-House Efficiencies
Moderated panel of seasoned corporate counsel will discuss tactics around demand management and efficiencies from their corporate legal department. Discussion points will include the panelists strategies that are effective in balancing operational efficiencies, with the continuing need to provide timely, high quality legal advice on matters to their corporate clients. Panelists will also discuss the Key Performance Indicators or other types of data that corporate legal departments may consider collecting and using those indicators to communicate their value to clients and other legal department resource/budget decision makers.
Panelists: Kerry Green, Associate General Counsel, Global Franchise, Wendy’s; Allison Haedt, Associate General Counsel, Global Business Services, DHL Supply Chain; Tim Rice, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, P&C Legal, Nationwide Insurance; Julie Richer, Director of Legal Operations, Bath & Body Works, Inc.
Moderator: Kelli Stiles, Associate Vice President and Associate General Counsel, P&C Legal, Nationwide Insurance

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Prioritizing Your Technology Transformation
Legal operations professionals are continually asked to do more with less-- while maintaining legal department productivity and empowering in-house counsel. Not an easy task. In today’s rapidly shifting legal and data landscape, meeting in-house efficiency demands means having a thoroughly aligned and implemented technology roadmap. In this session, you will learn more about the ever-increasing demand for legal department support: trends highlighting the need for legal digital transformation, the importance of a digital transformation roadmap to address increased demand: establishing a digital foundation through planning and alignment, and prioritizing your transformation and making the case for change:  leveraging industry data to make informed solution and prioritization decisions  
Speaker:  Wafik Guirgis, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch – Sponsored by Consilio

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Working with and Managing Outside Counsel
Seasoned in-house attorneys will discuss effectively managing outside counsel relationships. This panel will explore strategies and techniques for maximizing the relationship between in-house counsel and outside counsel, offering perspectives (and war stories!) from both sides of the relationship. Topics will include effective communication strategies, allocation of responsibilities, defining success, and goal alignment.
Moderator: Ryan Richardson, Deputy General Legal Counsel, Ohio Department of Natural Resources

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
In-House Pro Bono: You Can Do It!
The panel will discuss best practices in the creation and maintenance of an in-house pro bono program. Learn from panelist’s experiences as they discuss the practical nuts and bolts that create a sound foundation on which to build your legal department’s unique pro bono program.
Panelists: Johnna Carey-Park, Assistant Director, Corporate Pro Bono; Alyssa Saunders, Esq., Director, Corporate Pro Bono
Moderator: Eric Henricks, Senior Counsel, Nationwide Insurance

3:30 – 3:40 p.m.
Break

3:40 – 4:40 p.m.
Exploring the Metaverse: An Essential Toolkit
This session will offer an introductory overview of what the metaverse is and how companies are engaging in this virtual experience. The panel will offer legal checkpoints for attorneys to consider in counseling their organizations that will form an essential toolkit for metaverse based projects.
Speaker: Lewis Dolezal, Corporate Counsel, Scotts Miracle-Gro; Nick Gilchrist, Corporate Counsel, Scotts Miracle-Gro

4:40 – 4:45 p.m.
Wrap-up

4:45 – 6:30 p.m.
Reception - Sponsored by Corsearch