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Midtown Atlanta area members: ACC Georgia Board Member John Bush and Volunteer Leader Andrea Peters invites you to join them for a happy hour meetup on Tuesday, June 25. There’s no agenda except to get to know some of your local members and have some fun.

ACC Georgia will provide food and up to two drinks.

While we understand that some "no shows" are unavoidable, if you need to cancel, we ask for 48 hours’ notice to georgia@accglobal.com.

Hey, don’t stop reading yet!  Are you interested in speaking at a 2024 ACC Georgia Chapter event?  We’re always looking to highlight our members’ viewpoints and expertise, so let us hear from you!  Email georgia@accglobal.com your name, title, employer, email address, and the topic areas you like to talk about, and we’ll add you to our ever-growing list!

College Park area members, ACC Georgia Board President Anne Kamosso invites you to join her for breakfast at Buttermilk Biscuit on Tuesday, June 25. There’s no agenda except to get to know some of your local members and have some fun.

We’re capping attendance at 10 to keep the small group vibe.  Attendees’ breakfast is on the Chapter, but you must register in advance below. See you on June 25!

While we understand that some "no shows" are unavoidable, if you need to cancel, we ask for 48 hours’ notice to georgia@accglobal.com.

Hey, don’t stop reading yet!  Are you interested in speaking at a 2024 ACC Georgia Chapter event?  We’re always looking to highlight our members’ viewpoints and expertise, so let us hear from you!  Email georgia@accglobal.com your name, title, employer, email address, and the topic areas you like to talk about, and we’ll add you to our ever-growing list!

During this roundtable we will discuss common concerns, factors and methods of restructuring leases. There will be a focus on real life scenarios where the landlord and/or tenant realize the current lease arrangement is no longer viable. Panelist will discuss lease restructuring from the landlord and tenant perspectives.

Presented by Anitra Androh and Tim Donovan, Shareholders at Polsinelli, together with Robin Gonzales, General Counsel at First Washington Realty.

This program is for informational purposes only, no CLE will be offered.

Yielding business system responsibility to an organization’s functional owners feels easy and logical. Finance owns the accounting system, right? The same goes for Supply Chain and the Procurement system? However, Legal plays a pivotal role in evaluating the design and effectiveness of business systems to mitigate future risks. This reduces the chances of an irritated or skeptical customer, potential withheld billings on DOD contracts, or even suspension/inability to bid of future opportunities.

In this roundtable, our panelists will address topics surrounding Legal’s role in system implementations such as Accounting, Procurement, and Earned Value Management, including:

• Typical Legal requirements surrounding various business systems;
• Legal’s input and signoffs in traditional design, implementation, and testing milestones of a system implementation;
• Common implementation risks and approaches to mitigate those risks while considering schedule, resources, and scope implications; and
• Advisable internal and external customer communications during significant business infrastructure changes.

Presented by Derek Boyd, Partner at Baker Tilly, Heather Gerczak, Chief Administrative Officer at Integral Federal, and Eric Roberson, Government Contracts Compliance Counsel at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Agenda:

4:00-5:30 pm – Roundtable

5:30-7:00 pm – Happy hour

This program is for informational purposes only, no CLE will be offered.

ACC NCR sponsors are welcome to attend! Sponsors may send two representatives.

If we stop to think about what we look at most during the day, the answer would probably not be our family or friends, nor our clients or colleagues. The most feasible option would be our mobile phone. Smartphones are now our companions for work, social, leisure and even family life. However, excessive use can lead to problems of dependence, addiction and fear. We find ourselves simultaneously connected and alone. Workers today are ‘never turned off.” Like our mobile phones, we only go on standby at the end of the day as we crawl into bed, exhausted.

Gradual, incremental increases in responsibilities, duties, pressures and demands upon lawyers, at home and at work, combined with long work-days and weeks has placed our profession at risk. At some point work may dominate our lives and keep us at a chronically high level of distress; yet we are often unaware that we have lost balance in our lives. Since it doesn’t appear that the “always-on” culture will be switching off any time soon, we need to develop key strategies that can help safeguard our personal life.

Recent studies have shown that there has been a dramatic increase in impairment due to alcoholism, addiction and mental health disorders among members of the legal profession. The statistics are compelling and clearly indicate that 1 out of 3 attorneys will likely have a need for substance use or mental health services at some point in their careers.

And Technology ? What role does it play in perpetuating this public health crisis ?

Attorney Brian S. Quinn is the Education and Outreach Coordinator for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania. He will discuss:

1. The early warning signs of impairment, with special emphasis on stress, anxiety and trauma, including the mental health impact of technology in the post- COVID-19 world.

2. The free services that Lawyers Assistance Programs provide to lawyers, judges, their family members and law students.

3. A close look at what barriers exist that prevent lawyers and judges from seeking the help they need and the role that education plays in breaking the stigma and fear associated with addiction and mental illness in the legal profession.

4. Wellness strategies that can be used by legal professionals and their families.

5. The ethical challenges created by the imposed isolation of the pandemic, including the role technology plays, and it’s possible long- lasting effect on the legal profession.

Registration                 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Lunch:                           11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.   
Program:                       12:00 p.m. to  1:00 p.m.

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

With the barrage of issues facing in-house counsel on a day-to-day basis, responsibility for the operation and compliance of a company’s employee benefit plans can sometimes be an afterthought or viewed as being primarily the responsibility of service providers. However, federal law imposes strict requirements on the conduct of company employees who oversee service providers and benefit plan implementation and administration. The best way to ensure compliance with these requirements is to maintain a good governance structure that both facilitates a prudent process in making decisions regarding benefit plans and ensures that sufficient details of that process are documented.

As the plaintiffs’ bar and federal regulators expand their focus to health and welfare plans, while maintaining a strong focus on retirement plans, now is the time to review and, if necessary, improve your governance structures.  Join us as we share practical recommendations regarding governance of retirement and health and welfare plans, and success stories of implementation.

Presented by Dominic DeMatties and Katie Kohn, partners at Thompson Hine LLP, together with Susan Walker, ERISA and Benefits Counsel at Allstate

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Join ACCGP for our annual Golf/Tennis Outing & Networking Cocktail Reception.  The outing will take place on Monday, September 16^th at the beautiful Radnor Valley Country Club. 

AGENDA:

10:45 a.m. – Registration/Barbecue Lunch on Patio

12:00 p.m. – Shotgun Start (Scramble)

2:00-4:00 p.m. – Tennis (Round Robin)

4:15-7:00 p.m. – Cocktail Reception & Golf Awards