Events

Join ACC St. Louis and a panel of distinguished General Counsels for a discussion of best practices for in-house attorneys.

Learn what General Counsels are looking for from members of their team and what it takes to be successful in the in-house world.

This event is tailored to new-to-in-house attorneys but all are welcome to attend.

Speakers:     
    Mark Darrell, Sr Vice President and Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Spire Inc.     
    Ruth Kim, General Counsel, Sr. Vice President & Sr. Partner, Fleishman-Hillard Inc.     
    Sara Yang Bosco, Sr. Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Emerson Electric Co.     
    Peter Wimmer, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, First Bank

Come for the CLE but stay for a reception and tour of the AB Brewery.

Location:    
  Anheuser Busch Visitor Center     
  1200 Lynch St.     
  St. Louis, MO  63118 

Schedule:      
  4:45 - 5:00 CLE Check-In and Networking     
  5:00 - 6:00 Program     
  6:00 - 7:00 Reception & Tours

We look forward to seeing you on June 28th!

The Department of Defense (DoD) continues its efforts to leverage other transaction (OT) authority under 10 U.S.C. § 4022 to fund prototype projects covering a wide variety of DoD needs.  This presentation will examine OT projects awarded, through consortia, broad agency announcements, and commercial solutions openings. 

The panel will also discuss whether DoD is maximizing the flexibility that OTs offer to both it and contractors and how its frequent insistence on using standard terms reserved for procurement contracts is making it harder for the parties to negotiate OTs and discouraging companies, especially small businesses and companies primarily selling to nongovernmental entities, from doing business with DoD. 

Finally, the panel will highlight OT terms that often require special attention, including, for example, those pertaining to intellectual property.

Presented by Jon Baker, Partner and Michelle Coleman, Counsel at Crowell & Moring, Michelle Crawford, Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Compliance Officer for Advanced Technology International (ATI).

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Counsel responding to cybercrime incidents are faced with an impossible task: Solving for an imminent crisis without a clearly defined legal framework while addressing customers, regulators, forensic IT, and communications.  Dealing with the aftermath a cyber incident raises of a host of ethical issues and challenges.  This panel will discuss opportunities and ways to navigate these obstacles.   

The panel will address:
(1) maintaining privilege during the critical period after a cyber incident;
(2) ethical and strategic considerations in reporting a cyber incident to law enforcement;
(3) how the attorney-client privilege may be impacted by the use of artificial intelligence;
(4) ethical and legal requirements that need to be contemplated before making a ransom payment; and
(5) maximizing insurance coverage for cyber-related losses without ethical constraints.  

The panel will reference relevant standards from the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct and the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. 

Presented by Kathleen McGee, Partner and Heather Weaver, Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and Courtney Edmonds, SVP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, and Deputy General Counsel at Leidos.

2.0 Hours of VA Ethics MCLE approved.

Celebrate PRIDE month by learning how you can provide critical pro bono legal services to low and no-income transgender members of our community. Whitman-Walker Health Legal Services (WWHLS) Director Amy Nelson, her colleagues, and experienced pro bono volunteers will share an update on trans-specific legal needs and details about pro bono opportunities, including assisting with name and gender change filings, insurance appeals, and more.

All are welcome! 

No experience required. Training, supervision, and insurance are provided by WWHLS.

For many years, ACC NCR volunteers from across our geographic footprint and with a wide variety of expertise have worked with Whitman-Walker Health Legal Services to assist transgender clients with the important work of legally changing their name and gender.  Pre-pandemic, volunteers met with clients in-person at a designed time and location.  Now you can do so from the convenience of your home, office, or other venue of your choice!  See below for details about this particular pro bono opportunity.  For information about other opportunities discussed during the program, contact WWHLS Operations Manager Lee Hicks at lhicks@whitman-walker.org.

Name & Gender Change Pro Bono Matters

Partners:  Whitman-Walker Health Legal Services (WWHLS)

Clients: Low-income transgender individuals

When: Overview on June 13, 10 AM – 11 AM. Interested volunteers then contact WWHLS Operations Manager, Lee Hicks.

Who: DC, Maryland, and Virginia-barred attorneys

Experience: None required

Training: For name and gender change matters, volunteer attorneys are asked to watch at least two online trainings prior to being assigned a client (first, Trans 101 [40 mins], and second, one or more local jurisdictional training for DC, MD, or VA*).  *The Virginia training provides the best overview of the process and it is recommended that DC and MD volunteers watch it along with the applicable local training.

Support: Volunteers may work in teams or alone.  A WWHLS staff mentor will be assigned to each case assigned.  Resource materials are readily accessible through Google Docs and WWHLS holds monthly virtual briefing sessions for all volunteer attorneys to answer questions and share tips and new guidance.

Time: For name and gender change matters, 6–10 hours total, spread out over several months.

Work: ACC NCR volunteers (alone or in teams) are assigned a single client to assist in completing name change documents and will help clients file the documents pro se with the relevant court system. Interested volunteers will be sent a formal case placement email with client contact information.  Volunteers will be asked to coordinate with the client to meet via Zoom, phone call, or work via email within a specified time period

Insurance: Provided by WWHLS for all volunteers; volunteers who sign-up for a matter will be asked to complete a volunteer application/confidentiality statement and return it to WWHLS.

*Please respond by June 12.

Psychology of Juries: How to Tell Your Company's Story so it Matters. Sponsored and presented by Chasnoff | Stribling.

According to the 2023 ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey, data security and privacy are among the most pressing issues currently faced by corporate legal departments.  At the same time, e-discovery is taking up an outsized share of litigation expenses, and we are now encountering new generative artificial intelligence that has the potential to reshape the ways companies do business—but that comes with its own set of legal and data concerns.  This program will discuss these challenges—and offer concrete suggestions for how to limit or eliminate some of the greatest legal risks.

Registration:   3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Program:   3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Networking Reception: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

This program has been preapproved for one hour of PA substantive CLE credit.

This practical program will address legal issues in managing and contracting for software development that uses new software development methodologies, including Agile (including Scrum, Crystal, Extreme Programming (XP), and Feature-Driven Development (FDD)), DevOps, Waterfall and Rapid Application Development (RAD).  We will discuss: (i) the risks for vendors in using those methodologies to develop software for internal products for delivery to customers; and (ii) contractual terms that appropriately allocate responsibilities and risks between vendors that use those methodologies to develop custom software and the customers that purchase or license such software. 

The panel will:

•            Briefly describe each of the new methodologies;

•            Contrast traditional development models and contracting paradigms with those applicable to the new methodologies;

•            Address the growing need to include software security principles both in the design and development process (DevSec) and throughout the operational life cycle of software (DevSecOps); 

•            Discuss the emerging and future role of large language models (LLMs) and other AI/ML tools to be used both in the development of software and as features and functions of software products and services; and

•            Advise on the proper use of open source software and data in software development and deployment.

Presented by Bea Hinton, Senior Associate and Dirk Lasater, Associate at King & Spalding and Kaye Cyrus, Corporate Counsel at HealthEdge.

Moderated by Thomas Knox, Partner, Corporate Technology at King & Spalding.

 Agenda:

12:00 - 12:30 pm - Lunch and networking (in-person)

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Panel Presentation (in-person and via webcast)

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Please join us for an insightful discussion and enjoyable opportunity to network with your colleagues from the Bay Area!

After living through the pandemic and so many recent challenges, is it surprising that so many of us are seeking to redefine what “success” looks like and feels like in uniquely personal ways? For more than two decades, Veta Richardson has been helping professionals at all stages of their careers to voice their aspirations and pursue their goals. Her Amazon best-selling book,

Take Six: Essential Habits to Own Your Destiny, Overcome Challenges, and Unlock Opportunities unpacks the lessons shared with the hundreds of people she has mentored over the years. In addition to receiving a complimentary copy of this book through the generosity of our event host, Reed Smith, you’ll receive advice on how to shape and steer your career, inventory your skills, take credit for your achievements, and stand up for your values so that you feel prepared for any challenge―including the challenges of leadership in difficult times.

Speakers:

Veta Richardson, President & CEO, Association of Corporate Counsel

Agenda:

6:00 pm – Registration, Networking

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Roundtable

7:30 pm – 8:00 pm- Book Signing / Reception