Events

With the recent high-profile insolvencies in banking and other industries, it’s essential for companies to have disciplined processes and contractual protections in place in the event of financial distress with a supplier, customer or other critical party.  We will discuss rights, remedies and practical strategies from a bankruptcy and collections perspective to ensure adherence to payment terms and mitigate delinquencies.

Presented by Mike Zito and Mark Moedritzer, Partners at Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Commercial Recovery and Creditors’ Rights Group and Margaret Hackbarth, Assistant General Counsel, Real Estate at Constellation.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Employers are turning to technology at warp speed, to enhance the efficiency of various personnel processes, minimize cost, and reach decisions more quickly.  Whether utilizing selection devices that rely on artificial intelligence, including machine learning, to make initial selection decisions or mining their own data to run predictive attrition analyses, employers are relying on technology to inform or even drive their human resources practices.  Against this backdrop, regulators at the national, state and local level are wrestling with how to regulate such use of technology to ensure the absence of algorithmic bias or other forms of discrimination. 

In this session, we will explore the current landscape and emerging statutory schemes, including the New York City law regulating the use of “Automated Employment Decision Tools” and parallel efforts underway in California, that will govern the use of such technology.  We will also discuss the real-life, litigation-related impacts of the move to greater reliance on technology in the workplace.

Presented by Kris Meade and Trina Fairley Barlow, Partners and Jillian Ambrose, Counsel at Crowell and Moring and Bart Barre, Assistant General Counsel, Labor and Employment Law at Northrop Grumman Corporation.

2.0 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Join the ladies of Vedder Price for a fun interactive summer event with beautiful views of New York City. You will have the opportunity to network, have light bites and drinks and participate in a DIY Lip Gloss Stations where each attendee will be able to create their lip gloss from scratch.

You will choose sheer, medium or full coverage, as well as shimmer or aromatherapy (grapefruit, peppermint, vanilla, orange or strawberry) and lip treatments such as nourishing oils. 

We are looking forward to seeing you in June.

Event registration is FREE for both ACC NYC Chapter Members & Prospective Members (must be in-house counsel)

The ACC NCR Board of Directors and the Corporate Counsel Awards Co-Chairs and Judges are excited to invite you to the 19th Annual Corporate Counsel Awards Reception!  

Please join us to celebrate the finalists and award recipients, toast to the 20th anniversary of the ACC NCR Corporate Scholars Program, and network!   

Presented by:

• Christopher Edmonds, President + Co-Founder, The CODE Group
• Chasity Boyce, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Barings, and Co-Founder, Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program (DAPP)
• Henrique Canarim, Vice President, Senior Assistant General Counsel at Leidos, and co-lead of ACC NCR's LGBTQ+ Affinity Group
• Tina Rao, Assistant General Counsel – Contracts at National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and co-lead of ACC NCR's AAPI Affinity Group
• Jessica Young, Assistant General Counsel, Immigration North America at Capgemini America, and co-chair of ACC NCR's DEI Advocates & Allies Subcommittee and co-lead of the AAPI Affinity Group

Microaggressions are commonplace daily verbal, behavioral or environmental slights, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward socially or culturally marginalized groups. Despite the prefix, microaggressions are not inconsequential. They matter because, in order to empower your colleagues and be an effective DEI ally, you must build relationships at the individual level. And, to do that, you need to be aware of the impact these messages are having on someone else, as they often indicate your unconscious biases and leave the other person feeling excluded and devalued. 

In this workshop, we will learn to identify microaggressions and recognize how they show up. Our panelists will discuss their experiences with these communications and incidents, how they have learned to react, and how they’ve learned to redirect the speaker and engaged their allies to be interrupters. We then will have small-group discussions in breakout rooms so that attendees may discuss their experiences, the tactics they have employed to address microaggressions, and what they heard in this session.

This program is presented by the DEI Leadership Development Subcommittee.

May 17, 2023 Litigation Law CLE Webinar
9:00-10:00 a.m. 
(1 hour of Substantive CLE approved for PA, NJ & DE)

https://accinhouse.zoom.us/j/93578951490

"An In-House Attorney's Guide to Managing Expert Witness Strategy"
Presented by Dechert LLP

Panelists will present and discuss practical guidance for in-house counsel who are faced with litigation requiring expert
witnesses.  This presentation will walk through the complete expert process, including identification of potential experts,
drafting expert reports, preparation for depositions, expert motions practice, and considerations for trial.

Speakers:

• Julia Chapman, Partner, Dechert LLP 
• Kate Unger Davis, Partner, Dechert LLP
• Andrea Brockway, Corporate Counsel II, Lannett 

Attorney burnout: the next pandemic and what to do about it

A recent Bloomberg survey reported that attorneys felt burnout in their jobs 52% of the time. Attorneys were also asked how their overall well-being has changed and, not surprisingly, the majority of respondents reported that their well-being slightly or significantly worsened. Do you or your team members feel drained, run down and uninterested in life? You could be burning out. Burnout happens when you’re mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted. Burning out at work can seriously affect the health and productivity of your team. What can we do about it? Come and join your colleagues to: 

• Assess your current burnout level
• Work through a process to reduce burnout
• Create a plan to set boundaries, find a creative outlet and accept things outside your control
• Celebrate being together and connect over nibbles and drinks - an antidote to burnout!

Join us at Rojo Mexican Grill beginning at 4 PM on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

SPEAKER
Dr. Katherine King, CEO of Yarris Technologies and co-founder of Dazychain matter management software for corporate legal teams

AGENDA
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Attendee check-in
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM | CLE program
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM | Socializing, food and beverage

Admission is free and open to ACC members and to in-house counsel first-time guests. 1 Standard CLE credit is pending in Minnesota.

Convenient free parking is available in the nearby parking ramp and the underground garage.

Thanks to our sponsor, Dazychain!

Please join ACC NCR Café Con Leche Hispanic/Latinx Affinity Group along with sponsor, Womble Bond Dickinson for a Spring Mixer and interactive discussion on advancing diversity initiatives. Join us in Womble's beautiful Northern Virginia offices featuring panoramic views of the DMV.

Connect with friends old and new. All members are welcome to attend!

Thank you to our host Marcantonio Barnes, a new partner in the Corporate Practice Group and Co-Chair of Womble's Hispanic Affinity Group.

We hope you can make it for this special event. 

*All attendees are required to comply with ACC NCR's COVID-19 Duty of Care.

Program Title:   Challenges and Strategies for Preserving Privilege When In-House Counsel Serves in a Dual Role

Missouri CLE:  1.2 ETHICS Hours

Presented by Tucker Ellis and the Association of Corporate Counsel – St. Louis Chapter

How do in-house counsel effectively protect the privilege of their communications when asked to advise on business, technical, ethical and even financial matters?

This panel will discuss application of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine to protect communications in situations commonly encountered by in-house counsel such as communications with experts, consultants, outside auditors, and former employees, virtual meetings, preparing for deposition testimony, and most importantly giving business advice that later becomes relevant to litigation.

The program will focus on the challenges and offer strategies for where and how to draw the lines when the lines are blurred between legal counsel and business advice.

**Arrive Up To 1-hour before registration to stroll the Chihuly in the Garden 2023 Exhibit.  Free Admission included with RSVP**

No access to Spink Pavilion until 4 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you IN-PERSON on WEDNESDAY, May 24th at the Missouri Botanical Gardens!