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Join ACC Colorado Members and Kilpatrick Townsend for a fun evening of ping pong and networking at Ace Eat Serve. There will be plenty of tables for ping pong enthusiasts, as well as ample opportunities to network while enjoying drinks and hors d’oeuvres.  Be sure not to miss a great event and opportunity to mingle with other ACC Members while staying connected to the In-House community.

Ace Eat Serve is located on the corner of 17th Avenue and Pennsylvania St and features an expansive ping pong hall and unique event space.  Enjoy Asian cuisine from Executive Chef, Thach Tran.  

Large corporations have increased their outside counsel litigation spending by 20% over the last four years, and it’s expected to top $24 billion in 2020. Heading into new litigation with an understanding of the value of the case and its cost to the company is crucial to making informed strategy and settlement decisions. In this webinar, Armstrong Teasdale Attorneys Amber Gonzales and Nick Peppler, along with General Counsel at PyxisAi Samuel Shapiro, will discuss budgeting techniques to enhance your cost benefit analysis at various stages of litigation, from preliminary motions to trial or settlement.

Speakers

Amber Gonzales, Associate, Armstrong Teasdale

Nick Peppler, Associate, Armstrong Teasdale

Samuel Shapiro, General Counsel, PyxisAi

What’s Your Case Worth? Analyzing the Cost of Litigation

Large corporations have increased their outside counsel litigation spending by 20% over the last four years, and it’s expected to top $24 billion in 2020. Heading into new litigation with an understanding of the value of the case and its cost to the company is crucial to making informed strategy and settlement decisions. In this webinar, Armstrong Teasdale Attorneys Amber Gonzales and Nick Peppler, along with General Counsel at PyxisAi Samuel Shapiro, will discuss budgeting techniques to enhance your cost benefit analysis at various stages of litigation, from preliminary motions to trial or settlement.

Speakers

Amber Gonzales, Associate, Armstrong Teasdale

Nick Peppler, Associate, Armstrong Teasdale

Samuel Shapiro, General Counsel, PyxisAi

ACC Colorado Platinum Sponsor, Merchant & Gould, is happy to bring back Axe Throwing to the Colorado Chapter! Join ACC Members for an evening of learning to throw an axe, network with members, enjoy food and drinks and the art gallery.

The rules will be explained to you during the orientation speech prior to the event. You will be asked to sign a waiver when you arrive. There will be a brief orientation at the beginning of the event where you will be shown the proper way to throw the axe.

Feel free to check out their website for more information: https://www.downtownaxeroom.com/virtual-tour

WHAT TO WEAR

A Comfortable Shirt
Make sure your shirt doesn't tighten or create a barrier when you have both hands over your head. T-shirts are ideal, but comfortable long-sleeve shirts work too.

Closed Toe Shoes
Running shoes are ideal. You'll be on your feet a lot and you'll be getting a bit of a workout. Wear runners, casual shoes but no sandals & no open toe shoes. They do not recommend heels.

ACC Colorado – CLE & Lunch

Data Privacy Case Study | Building a Roadmap for Success

A surge of new data privacy regulations is igniting a sea change for corporate counsel.  With more regulations on the horizon, compliance efforts must be agile and iterative and provide the greatest level of diligence and defensibility.  Get real insights, tips and lessons learned from the trenches as panelists discuss their experiences working with organizations to prepare for the CCPA and new regulations on the horizon.

Panelists:

Rebecca Perry, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Exterro

Tyler Thompson, Associate, Bryan Cave

Michael Westphal, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Hunter Douglas

Teresa Troester-Falk, President, Blue Sky Privacy

March is ACC Global Membership Month

ACC has designated March as Global Membership Month! This event has complimentary registration if you bring a non-member, in-house counsel guest.

You and your guest can attend at no charge for CLE credit, network with members and enjoy an awesome lunch from Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. Non-members attending can enter to win a free membership with ACC!

For complimentary registration for you and your non-member guest, please email us at coloradoevents@accglobal.com or you can register using the sign-up button and pay the fee of $20 to attend.  

ACC is closely monitoring the ever-changing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak globally. After careful consideration of the available information to date, we are making the difficult, yet necessary, decision to postpone Corporate Counsel University (CCU), originally scheduled to take place in Denver, CO, June 24-26, 2020. We are taking this action to protect the health and safety of our members, presenters, sponsors, and staff, and all those involved in our events.

Although we are disappointed to not be able to gather this June, we are excited to announce that Corporate Counsel University will return in-person in 2021 – June 14-16 in New Orleans, LA.

We emailed all current registrants on May 18, 2020 regarding this postponement. If you need a re-send of this email, or have any further questions, please contact us at education@acc.com.

We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans in June 2021!

Join ACC Alberta and Epiq for Elevating the Business Value of Legal Services

• What is LegalOps and why does it matter?
• Prioritizing high value work
• Demonstrating your business value to the C Suite

Panelists:

• Julie Fisk, Associate General Counsel, Enbridge
• Stephen Cooper, Director, Legal at Alberta Central
• Martine Boucher, CEO, Founder, Simplex Legal

Moderator: Carla Swansburg, Vice President and General Manager, Epiq

In this roundtable discussion, Bindu Cudjoe, CWB Financial and Nancy Prevost, Oxford Properties Group  will discuss what you can do as a law department leader to drive change, whether transformational or project driven, while engaging and rallying your team and creating an environment that can sustain and embrace that momentum and urgency for the future.

While the only thing constant is change itself, especially in today’s dynamic economy, most lawyers are resistant to change. Some of the most well-known research on this is by Dr. Larry Richards, which highlights how lawyers on average, measure high on skepticism, urgency and autonomy, and low on sociability and resilience – all key characteristics that influence one’s ability to adapt to change. As a law department leader, you have an important role as strategic business partner and catalyst, but while you may see that vision and direction, it can often be a challenge to bring the team along with you on the journey.

Calgary Petroleum Club, President's Room

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Join ACC Alberta and Epiq for Elevating the Business Value of Legal Services

• What is LegalOps and why does it matter?
• Prioritizing high value work
• Demonstrating your business value to the C Suite

Panelists:

• Bindu Cudjoe, Senior Vice President, GC & Corporate Secretary, Canadian Western Bank

• Matthew Hewson, Senior Vice President, GC & Regulatory Affairs, Alcanna

• Stephen Cooper, Senior Counsel, ATB Financial

Moderator: 

Carla Swansburg, Vice President and General Manager, Epiq

LOCATION:

Tzin Wine & Tapas

10115 104 St NW, Edmonton T5J 0Z9