Speakers

2019 Co-Chairs

A. Craig Cleland

Partner
Ogletree Deakins LLP (Atlanta, GA)

Cheryl D. Orr

Partner
Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP (San Francisco, CA)

Faculty from The Bench

Hon. Michael Kaplan

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of New Jersey

Hon. Suzanne Segal

U.S. District Court
Central District, CA

Arbitrators

Theodore Cheng

Arbitrator
ADR Office of Theo Cheng (Princeton, NJ)

Joel M. Grossman

Arbitrator
JAMS (Los Angeles, CA)

In-House Faculty

Raymond Cashman

Director, Management Liability and Specialty Claims
Nationwide Insurance (New York, NY)

Keith Chapman

Associate General Counsel
Postmates Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

John W. Hamlin

Chief Counsel, Employment, Benefits and Governance
Marsh & McLennan Companies (New York, NY)

Richard Heller

Sr. Vice President and General Counsel
Legal Sea Foods (Boston, MA)

Machua Millet

Chief Innovation Officer, FINPRO US
Marsh (Boston, MA)

Shelly Ranus

Director, Corporate Counsel
Starbucks (Seattle, WA)

Alex Wood

Legal Director Employment Law
PepsiCo, Inc. (Purchase, NY)

Expert Defense Counsel

Magdalen Blessey Bickford

Member
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC (New Orleans, LA)

Koray J. Bulut

Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP (San Francisco, CA)

Jeanine Conley

Shareholder
Littler Mendelson P.C. (Philadelphia, PA)

Catherine Conway

Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Jessica Golden Cortes

Partner
Davis & Gilbert LLP (New York, NY)

Felicia Davis

Partner
Paul Hastings LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Louis DiLorenzo

Member
Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC (New York, NY)

Kyle Ferachi

Member
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC (Houston, TX)

Loren Forrest

Partner
Holland & Knight LLP (New York, NY)

Michael J. Gray

Partner
Jones Day (Chicago, IL)

George W. Hicks

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Washington, D.C.)

Andrew Hoag

Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Andrew R. Livingston

Partner
Orrick (San Francisco, CA)

Gerald L. Maatman Jr.

Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Chicago, IL)

Mandana Massoumi

Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP (Costa Mesa, CA)

Jessica T. Rosenberg

Partner
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP (New York, NY)

Andrew S. Rosenman

Partner
Mayer Brown LLP (Chicago, IL)

Jeffrey H. Ruzal

Member of the Firm
Epstein, Becker & Green P.C. (New York, NY)

Roy Salins

Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (New York, NY)

Eric Su

Partner
Ford & Harrison LLP (New York, NY)