2018 PLUS D&O Symposium
2018 PLUS D&O Symposium
January 31, 2018 - February 01, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Registration Fees
Price Description | Amount |
---|---|
Non-Member Regular Registration | $1400.00 |
Non-Member Early Registration | $1245.00 |
Member Regular Registration | $1135.00 |
Member Early Registration | $965.00 |
Available Functions
Wednesday - January 31 | ||
---|---|---|
9:15 am - 10:15 am | ||
SCA: Back to the Future – Disruptive Dynamics & Higher Filing Rates
A moderated panel providing a broad update and overview of the current federal securities class action landscape along with developments and recent trends at the state level. Discussion will focus on the effects of current disruption in the D&O environment, including new trends driving higher federal class action filing rates since last year. |
||
10:45 am - 11:45 am | ||
How Will the Judiciary Help Shape Trump's Legacy?
This panel will discuss the dynamics of the Supreme Court and Federal Court Appointees. How will the Trump appointees impact the Court systems: discussion on the Supreme Court Appointee and the impact on the lower federal court with approximately 144 federal vacancies and how these appointees will shape the Court of Appeals and District Courts? |
||
11:45 am - 1:45 pm | ||
Wednesday Luncheon with Keynote Address by Jesse Eisinger, Author & Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist
|
||
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | ||
Catastrophic D&O Coverage: Is A-Side the New C-Side?
The importance of Side A policies? 220 Demands – what insurance coverage is provided? What is behind the trend of these former tag-along cases now becoming cash infusions to the Company? What is the Insureds philosophy to use corporate counsel to represent them in a derivative case? Is there a potential conflict of interest? How does bankruptcy affect insurance and the early trigger of Side A policies. Is there coverage for plaintiffs fees? Brexit implications for Side A policies. |
||
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm | ||
CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan!
Crises happen, but how a company responds in real time can determine the degree to which its reputation – and its share price – are harmed. Proactive and transparent crisis response is critical in an era where executives testify before Congress, submit to regulator investigation and defend event- driven litigation. The Panel will dissect case studies of Company responses – some effective and some wanting –with a variety of crises explored: product recalls, cyber breaches, shareholder activist campaigns, accounting scandals and bankruptcies. Is it possible to emerge form crisis with reputation and brand intact-And with Litigation Dismissed? |
||
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ||
Opening Night Reception |
||
Thursday - February 01 | ||
8:40 am - 9:00 am | ||
The Corporate Culture Effect
Culture is fostered by Those at the Top- yet we continue to hear more and more instances of “Toxic” Cultures in very prominent Companies. In this day and age when brand equity is tantamount to success- we struggle to understand when cultural toxicity can be the demise of the brand. Do we blame inept oversight or faulty framework? Are employees not seen as the key to a Company’s success? Our esteemed speaker will share a view of what we can learn from those who have clearly done it wrong- along with those that may have it right. |
||
9:15 am - 10:30 am | ||
Headline Today, Claim Tomorrow
With more prevalence, operational, governance and ERM breaches are the prompt for a D&O Claim- with more frequency as Securities Class Actions, beyond the expected Derivative action, beyond the regulatory investigation. Triggering events span Safety Lapses, Product Recalls, Sexual Harassment, Foodborne Illness and corruption breaches. Underwriter diligence is evolving to continually vet Corporate Responsibility, Ethics and Governance in effort to refine risk selection- but headlines happen , This Panel will explore the defense, the quality of the cases and correlation to dismissals with a look ahead to what we may see next in this caseload. |
||
10:45 am - 12:00 pm | ||
Emerging Exposures - What Do You Know?
A moderated panel describing current and potential disruption arising from Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Panel experts will define each while identifying developing associated exposures for organizations today. Impact on the current business economy along with what to expect on the horizon will also be discussed. In addition, the panel will provide specific context around how these new forces may trigger D&O and other relevant insurance policies and offer projected claims examples. |
||
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | ||
Thursday Luncheon with Keynote Address: "Market Insights" shared by Brian Duperreault, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of AIG |
||
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm | ||
Corporate Directors: Cyber Victims or Perpetrators?
Are Boards and C-Suites Cyber Mature and poised to face the Cyber threat of Today? The threat of the bad actor only continues to accelerate. Understanding the evolving actor is critical to Boards’ Cyber-preparedness. As we are seeing play out in headlines - Equally vital however is a Company’s Response Plan to a Security Event or Breach. John P. Carlin, former Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD), chairs Morrison & Foerster’s global risk and crisis management team and advises industry-leading organizations in sensitive cyber and other national security matters. Our esteemed speaker brings notable familiarity of the cyber threat to counsel Boards and C-Suites on the enterprise wide risk consideration needed to shape critical decision making and ensure breach defensibility.
|
||
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm | ||
Closing Keynote Address by Preet Bharara, Distinguished Scholar, NYU School of Law & Host of Cafe's "Stay Tuned with Preet"
|
Speakers
Name | Organization | Speaking At |
---|---|---|
Alan Dye (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Alan Dye is a partner with Hogan Lovells in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Alan’s practice is focused on advising public companies and their boards of directors regarding compliance with the federal securities laws, particularly SEC reporting requirements, beneficial ownership reporting requirements, and insider trading restrictions. Alan also counsels public companies on corporate governance practices, investor outreach and engagement, crisis management, and compliance with the listing standards of the national stock exchanges. Alan is ranked in Band 1 nationwide for securities advisory work by <em>Chambers USA</em> and has been included in <em>Best Lawyers (America)</em> since 2006 and <em>Who's Who Legal</em> of International Corporate Governance Lawyers since 2009.<br/><br/>
Before joining Hogan Lovells, Alan served on the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, spending two years in the Division of Corporation Finance (including one year in the Office of Chief Counsel) and then two years as Special Counsel to the Chairman.<br/><br/>
Alan is a former adjunct professor of securities law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is an active member of the American Bar Association and formerly chaired the Administrative Law Section's Committee on Securities, Commodities and Exchanges. He recently completed a three-year term on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's National Adjudicatory Council. Alan has been a member of the Securities Law Committee of the Society for Corporate Governance for over 15 years. He has written extensively on various issues under the federal securities laws, including his co-authorship (with Peter Romeo) of <em>The SEC's New Insider Trading Rules,</em> 34 Rev. Sec. & Comm. Reg. 1, 1-11 (2001), the <em>Section 16 Treatise and Reporting Guide</em> (2012), and the <em>Section 16 Forms and Filings Handbook</em> (2014). Alan also moderates a discussion forum on Section16.net, a website devoted to developments under and compliance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is a contributor to <em>The Corporate Counsel,</em> a bi-monthly newsletter published by Executive Press, Inc.
</p>
|
Hogan Lovells | CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan! |
Amelia Cottrell (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
<strong>PRACTICE</strong><br/>
Amelia A. Cottrell is a partner in the Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the Securities Enforcement Practice Group. Ms. Cottrell’s practice focuses on regulatory matters, including overnment examinations and investigations and compliance counseling.<br/><br/>
Drawing on her decade of experience at the SEC, she represents public companies, private entities, and individuals in connection with SEC and other government inquiries, investigations, and actions.<br/><br/>
Ms. Cottrell is fluent in French.<br/><br/>
<strong>PRIOR EXPERIENCE</strong><br/>
Prior to joining Willkie, Ms. Cottrell served as Associate Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s New York Regional Office. As one of the top enforcement officials at the SEC’s New York office, Ms. Cottrell oversaw and managed SEC investigations and enforcement actions and was responsible for directing the New York Regional Office’s enforcement program. She had oversight responsibility for approximately half of the New York office’s investigations and litigations, supervising a large team of attorneys, investigators, accountants and paralegals.<br/><br/>
Prior to serving as Associate Director, Ms. Cottrell was an Assistant Director in the SEC’s Market Abuse Unit and a Branch Chief in the New York Regional Office.<br/><br/>
Ms. Cottrell has extensive experience with enforcement of securities laws and regulations across a variety of substantive areas including investment adviser fraud and disclosure violations, broker-dealer regulations and misconduct, alternative trading systems, high frequency and algorithmic trading, insider trading, complex market manipulation schemes, and public company reporting and disclosure violations.<br/><br/>
At the SEC, Ms. Cottrell supervised many significant SEC enforcement actions, including major insider trading cases against large hedge funds; settlements against two large alternative trading systems (dark pools) for various regulatory violations; a settlement with the world’s largest interdealer broker for displaying fake trades and misleading customers; insider trading charges against a former global consulting firm executive and his friend who once worked on Wall Street; and an enforcement action against a complex market manipulation scheme in biopharmaceutical stocks.<br/><br/>
<strong>BAR ADMISSIONS</strong><br/>
Ms. Cottrell is admitted to the Bars of New York and Illinois (inactive) and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.<br/><br/>
<strong>EDUCATION</strong><br/>
Ms. Cottrell received a JD, with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, and a BA, magna cum laude, from Williams College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
</p>
|
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan! |
Boris Feldman (MODERATOR)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Boris Feldman is Chair of the U.S. Technology Practice at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Freshfields is a preeminent global law firm with 2800 lawyers in 16 countries. <br/><br/>
Boris has defended companies and their officers and directors in shareholder litigation for three decades. He has been lead counsel in 240 shareholder class actions and derivative suits throughout the United State. Among the companies he has represented: Google, Facebook, Genentech, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Snap. <br/><br/>
Boris graduated from Yale College (Phi Beta Kappa, <em>summa cum laude</em>) and Yale Law School (where he was Note & Topics Editor of the Yale Law Journal). He served as a law clerk in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and later as special assistant to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. State Department. <br/><br/>
Articles that he has written on securities law issues are available at
<a href="www.borisfeldman.com" target="_blank">www.borisfeldman.com</a>.
</p>
|
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP | Headline Today, Claim Tomorrow |
Brian Duperrault (KEYNOTE)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><img src="http://plusweb.org/Portals/0/CHAPTER/Duperrault, Brian.jpg"" border="0" style="width:50%"/></span></span> </span></div>
|
AIG | Thursday Luncheon with Keynote Address: "Market Insights" shared by Brian Duperreault, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of AIG |
Carol Zacharias (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Carol Zacharias is underwriting counsel to QBE North America, a multinational insurer providing property, casualty, crop and specialty insurance including directors' and officers', employment, professional liability, and errors and omissions insurance. Prior to joining QBE, Carol was Deputy General Counsel to Ace North America, now part of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. <br/><br/>
Ms. Zacharias attended New York University School of Law where she received a master's degree in corporate law. She has served as Chairman of the American Bar Association Business Law Section's Business Insurance Committee and Vice Chairman of the Professional, Officers' and Directors' Liability Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section. She also served as co-chair of the insurance sub-committee of the American Bar Association Litigation Section's Committee on Corporate Counsel. She is a member of the United States Supreme Court bar, the Federal and New Jersey bars, the American Bar Association, and the American Corporate Counsel Association.<br/><br/>
Ms. Zacharias has been published in a securities law textbook and a variety of periodicals including the Journal of Commerce, National Underwriter, Global Reinsurance, Bank Director, Professional Agent, Journal of Accountancy, John Liner Review, Professional Agent, Insights, BNA's Tax Management & Compensation Planning Journal and Liability Corporate Analyst. She is quoted in various publications, such as Business Insurance and the Wall Street Journal. She is a frequent speaker and taught professional liability at New York's College of Insurance, now part of St. John's University.
</p>
|
QBE | How Will the Judiciary Help Shape Trump's Legacy? |
Carrie O'Neil (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Carrie is a Senior Vice President at CAC Specialty and serves as a product development leader and claims advocate within the Legal and Claims Practice. Her focus is on Management, Professional and Transactional Liability insurance, including Directors and Officers liability, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Cyber Liability, Errors and Omissions, and Crime insurance.<br/><br/>
With a strong focus on securities litigation, Carrie has served as an advisor and advocate for a wide range of public and private clients, including several Fortune 500 companies.<br/><br/>
Carrie’s insurance experience has been on both the brokerage and insurer sides of the business. Prior to joining CAC, Carrie was a Senior Vice President at JLT Specialty USA, leading the financial lines’ Legal & Claims team. Before JLT, Carrie was a product development specialist for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance where she negotiated and drafted management and professional policy wording for BHSI’s insureds. Before working on the insurer side of the business, Carrie was a Managing Director at Aon PLC, serving as the financial services group’s D&O and Fiduciary Practice Leader.<br/><br/>
Carrie received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia.
</p>
|
CAC Specialty | Headline Today, Claim Tomorrow |
Chris Warrior (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Chris is Head of Commercial Management Liability UK at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance which he joined in 2019. Prior to BHSI, Chris established a number of Director’s and Officers’ Liability businesses in the Lloyd’s market. He began his insurance career in 1983 as a Lloyd’s broker.
</p>
|
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance | Headline Today, Claim Tomorrow |
Christina Terplan (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Christina focuses her practice on technology, IP and privacy law. She represents insurers on a broad range of issues and in claims brought against technology and media companies. She also counsels clients regarding data security and privacy breaches, including evaluation, the issuance of breach notification letters, regulatory investigations, and handling of consumer lawsuits. A major focus for Christina is on working with insurers on the development of new insurance programs and manuscripted coverages for evolving cyber security and data breach risks. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and her Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Davis.
</p>
|
Atheria Law PC | Emerging Exposures - What Do You Know? |
Christopher O'Brien (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Chris O’Brien is a partner in Venable’s national Corporate Practice and a member of its Media and Entertainment Group. He advises buyers, sellers, investors and joint venture partners in a range of corporate transactions and financings, and is frequently the outside general counsel for his clients. Across traditional and emerging media, his clients include content producers and distributors, talent agencies, investors, and financing sources. He was named to the list of “Most Influential Lawyers: Digital Media and e-Commerce Law” by the <em>Los Angeles Business Journal.</em><br/><br/>
Chris has experience with early stage companies across many industries, including blockchain, financial services, and healthcare. He was a senior in-house attorney for Mattel, a Fortune 500 toy company, where among other matters he sold The Learning Company software division. He was also General Counsel to a mobile telecom startup privately valued at $1 billion, where he raised $120 million in equity financing. Clients value Chris’ insider’s perspective as a senior executive who spent over a decade making critical legal decisions while in-house.<br/><br/>
Throughout his career, Chris has led matters with a significant international component. He began his legal practice at a prominent international law firm, spending time in its Prague and Helsinki offices, and over the course of 25+ years has handled critical legal matters in every major international market. <br/><br/>
<strong>Significant Matters</strong>
<style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>Acquisition of the largest independent digital entertainment content distributor in the United States.</li>
<li>Creation of new television production joint venture between prominent producer and major network. </li>
<li>Creation of reality television production company between prominent producers and multinational media conglomerate. </li>
<li>Sale of assets of 3D movie theater technology company.</li>
<li>Acquisition of the largest independent DVD distributor in the United States.</li>
<li>Acquisition of a 50% interest in a music talent agency in the United Kingdom for U.S.-based client.</li>
<li>Acquisition of equity interest in the largest music talent agency in the world representing DJ and electronica artists.</li>
<li>Sale of the second largest consumer software business in the world.</li>
<li>Sale of prominent literary agency to large talent agency.</li>
<li>Corporate restructuring of internet-based luxury goods flash sale e-commerce company.</li>
<li>Motion picture co-production (Swiss-British) for Academy Award-winning documentary.</li>
<li>Sale of rights to the first series to begin on mobile-only platform and become U.S. cable series.</li>
<li>Preferred Stock E round equity financing of $120 million for U.S. mobile phone and entertainment company.</li>
<li>Creation of OTT joint venture in Comic-Con space.</li>
<li>Sale of minority interest in large family-owned fast food franchisee.</li>
<li>Outside general counsel to early-stage litigation recovery company.</li>
<li>Acquisition of digital media network in India.</li>
<li>Global distribution alliance and equity purchase between world’s largest toy company and largest Japanese toy company.</li>
<li>License of video game rights to iconic U.S. toy car brands.</li>
<li>Global equity offering of Scandinavian steel company.</li>
<li>Numerous privatization and foreign investment transactions in the Czech Republic.</li>
</ul><br/>
<strong>Education</strong>
<style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>J.D., University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, 1991
<ul>
<li>National Moot Court Team</li>
</ul></li>
<li>B.A., The American University, 1987
<ul>
<li>Passed U.S. State Department Foreign Service Exam, 1988</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><br/>
<strong>Bar Admissions</strong>
<style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>California</li>
</ul>
</p>
|
VENABLE LLP | Emerging Exposures - What Do You Know? |
Dara Tarkowski (PANELIST) | Actuate Law LLC | Emerging Exposures - What Do You Know? |
Darren Robbins (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Darren Robbins is a founding partner of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP. Over the last two decades, he has served as lead counsel in more than 100 securities class actions and has recovered billions of dollars for injured shareholders.<br/><br/>
Darren has obtained significant recoveries in a number of actions arising out of wrongdoing related to the issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities, including the case against Goldman Sachs ($272 million recovery). Darren also served as co-lead counsel in connection with a $627 million recovery for investors in <em>In re Wachovia Preferred Securities & Bond/Notes Litig.</em>, one of the largest credit-crisis settlements involving Securities Act claims. Darren also recently served as lead counsel in <em>Schuh v. HCA Holdings, Inc.</em>, which resulted in a $215 million recovery for shareholders.<br/><br/>
One of the hallmarks of Darren’s practice has been his focus on corporate governance reform. In <em>UnitedHealth</em>, a securities fraud class action arising out of an options backdating scandal, Darren represented lead plaintiff CalPERS and was able to obtain the cancellation of more than 3.6 million stock options held by the company’s former CEO and secure a record $925 million cash recovery for shareholders. Darren also negotiated sweeping corporate governance reforms, including the election of a shareholder-nominated director to the company’s board of directors, a mandatory holding period for shares acquired via option exercise, and compensation reforms that tied executive pay to performance. Recently, Darren led a shareholder derivative action brought by several pension funds on behalf of Community Health Systems, Inc. The case yielded a $60 million payment to Community Health, as well as corporate governance reforms that included two shareholder-nominated directors, the creation and appointment of a Healthcare Law Compliance Coordinator, the implementation of an executive compensation clawback in the event of a restatement, the establishment of an insider trading controls committee, and the adoption of a political expenditure disclosure policy.<br/><br/>
Darren was named <em>California Lawyer</em> Attorney of the Year and has been recognized as one of the nation’s top securities litigators by numerous organizations and publications. He has been named one of the Top 100 Lawyers Shaping the Future by the <em>Daily Journal</em> and one of the Young Litigators 45 and Under by <em>The American Lawyer. The American Lawyer</em> commended him for helping “set the pace for [his] peers,” and <em>Chambers USA</em> called him “a prominent figure in the field of securities litigation” and “one of the leaders of the plaintiff Bar.” Additionally, Darren has been named a Benchmark California Star, a Local Litigation Star, and a State Litigation Star by <em>Benchmark Litigation</em>, and has been named a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer by <em>Lawdragon</em>.<br/><br/>
Darren is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars around the world on securities litigation and corporate governance reform. He advises institutional investors in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Middle East, Asia, and the European Union.<br/><br/>
Darren was awarded Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Economics from the University of Southern California, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Vanderbilt Law School.
</p>
|
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP | How Will the Judiciary Help Shape Trump's Legacy? |
David Wales (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
As one of the leaders of the BLB&G’s Corporate Governance litigation practice, David prosecutes a variety of derivative, class and private litigation arising from breaches of fiduciary duty and other misconduct by boards of directors and senior executives at public companies. A former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he has tried numerous cases both as a prosecutor and in private practice, including obtaining a jury verdict for more than $11 million in a derivative action against the general partner of a hedge fund, and a multi-million dollar class action settlement with an accounting firm reached during trial.<br/><br/>
As lead trial counsel in numerous securities class actions and derivative actions, David has recovered billions of dollars on behalf of his institutional investor clients. Some of his significant recoveries include:
<style="list-style-type:disc">
<li><em>In re Merck & Co., Inc. Securities Litigation</em> - a recovery of $1.06 billion in a certified class action on behalf of investors in Merck Securities;</li>
<li><em>In re Citigroup Inc. Bond Litigation</em> - a class action on behalf of investors in numerous securities offerings ($730 million settlement); </li>
<li><em>Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi v. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.</em> - a $315 million settlement in a class action on behalf of investors in RMBS; </li>
<li><em>In re Pfizer Inc. Shareholder Derivative Action</em> - a $75 million settlement and substantial corporate governance changes in a derivative action; and</li>
<li><em>In re Jefferies Group, Inc. Shareholders Litigation</em> - a $70 million settlement on behalf of shareholders in the sale of the company; among many others. </li>
</ul><br/>
For his accomplishments and professional excellence, David is rated AV, the highest rating possible from Martindale-Hubbell®, the country’s foremost legal directory. He is also regularly recognized by Legal 500 as a top practitioner, and by Thomson Reuters as a <em>New York Super Lawyer</em> for his work in securities litigation. In addition, David is a frequent speaker and author on corporate governance and securities fraud matters.
</p>
|
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP | Headline Today, Claim Tomorrow |
Denise Amantea (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Denise Amantea is a Partner at Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., a full-service international insurance brokerage firm headquartered in San Francisco. She is a recognized industry leader in the field of Directors & Officers Liability coverage and speaks nationally on the topic. She counsels public company boards and senior management on securities disclosure issues, SEC investigations, insider trading and corporate governance. <br/><br/>
While a former securities litigation partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, CA, Ms. Amantea defended dozens of public companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions and SEC enforcement actions. As a result of her experience as a securities litigator, Ms. Amantea is uniquely qualified to understand directors’ and officers’ exposure and design a loss control program that will protect them. <br/><br/>
Ms. Amantea received her B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and her J.D. from Santa Clara University’s School of Law. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable William A. Newsom, California Courts of Appeal, First District.
</p>
|
Woodruff Sawyer | SCA: Back to the Future – Disruptive Dynamics & Higher Filing Rates |
Jack Flug (MODERATOR)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
<strong>Current Responsibilities</strong><br/>
Jack Flug is a veteran of the insurance industry with over 30 years of experience. As head of
U.S. FINPRO claims, he advises and negotiates complex claim workouts on a broad range of
Financial and Professional Liability lines, consulting with clients and colleagues around
settlement strategies as well as coverage considerations attendant to transactional exposures.
Jack’s longstanding relationships at the most senior level in the insurance marketplace, both
on the underwriting and claims sides, enable him to provide valuable insight as to how
disputes around coverage should be resolved. In addition, Jack leads our U.S. professions
practice, providing consultation on placement strategy, construction of tailored endorsement
language, and negotiations with senior underwriters and coverage counsel on behalf of our
clients.<br/><br/>
<strong>Experience</strong><br/>
Jack returned to Marsh in November 2008. He began his career in the claims department of
American International Group (AIG) in 1985, and held several senior positions there in both
underwriting and claims capacities. His career in the insurance brokerage arena has included
four years as a managing director for Beecher Carlson and a previous tenure at Marsh, during
which he led the New York operation and helped to pioneer the field of claims advocacy on
such coverage lines as directors and officers liability, employment practices liability,
ERISA/fiduciary liability, all forms of professional liability, crime/fidelity, and special risk.<br/><br/>
<strong>Education</strong>
<ul style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>BA in sociology, Queens College</li>
<li>JD, Touro College School of Law</li>
</ul><br/>
<strong>Affiliations</strong>
<ul style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>Frequent speaker at continuing education programs and other professional gatherings on topics of concern to the risk management community</li>
<li>Author or co-author of numerous articles on insurance coverage</li>
</ul>
</p>
|
Marsh | Corporate Directors: Cyber Victims or Perpetrators? |
Jacqueline Waters (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Jacqueline Waters is the managing director and co-practice leader for Aon Risk Solutions’ Financial Services Group Legal and Claims Practice. Her expertise lies in management liability, including D&O, EPL, fiduciary, cyber and certain E&O coverages as well as assisting clients in interpreting a carriers’ coverage position, attending mediations and negotiating resolutions to coverage disputes.<br/><br/>
Waters, who is based in Chicago, has been with Aon for thirteen years, and previously practiced as an insurance coverage attorney at two Chicago law firms. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from the University of Minnesota and is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.
</p>
|
Aon | Catastrophic D&O Coverage: Is A-Side the New C-Side? |
Jesse Eisinger (KEYNOTE)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><img src="http://plusweb.org/Portals/0/CHAPTER/Eisinger, Jesse.jpg"" border="0" style="width:50%"/></span></span> </span></div>
|
ProPublica | Wednesday Luncheon with Keynote Address by Jesse Eisinger, Author & Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist |
Jessica Corley (MODERATOR)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Jessica Corley is immediate past leader of the Securities Litigation Team, where she concentrates her practice on securities and complex commercial litigation, including securities class actions, derivative suits and M&A litigation. She also counsels companies and their directors and officers on regulatory investigations, disclosure issues, fiduciary duties in the deal context, and director and officer insurance coverage. She has written and spoken on a variety of commercial litigation topics, particularly in the areas of securities and M&A litigation.<br/><br/>
Jessica has been named a 2014 BTI Client Service All-Star and a 2015 BTI Client Service All-Star MVP in the area of Securities and Complex Commercial Litigation. She has also been listed in Super Lawyers magazine many times, most recently in 2014. Jessica was honored with the 2015 Burton Award for Legal Achievement for co-authoring “Cybersecurity: What Directors Need to Know in an Era of Increased Scrutiny.” <br/><br/>
Education
<ul style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>University of Louisville (J.D., 1999)</li>
<li>University of Louisville (B.A., 1996)</li>
</ul>
</p>
|
Alston & Bird LLP | SCA: Back to the Future – Disruptive Dynamics & Higher Filing Rates |
John Carlin (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
John P. Carlin, former Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD), chairs Morrison & Foerster’s global risk and crisis management team and advises industry-leading organizations in sensitive cyber and other national security matters, white collar investigations, and government enforcement actions.<br/><br/>
Mr. Carlin has served as a top-level official in both Republican and Democratic administrations, most recently as Assistant Attorney General for National Security, the DOJ’s highest-ranking national security lawyer. In this capacity, for which Mr. Carlin was nominated by the President and overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate on a bipartisan basis, he oversaw nearly 400 employees responsible for protecting the nation against terrorism, espionage, and cyber and other national security threats. Under his leadership, the NSD:
<ul style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>Created a threat analysis team to study potential national security challenges posed by the Internet of Things;</li>
<li>Launched a nationwide outreach effort across industries to raise awareness of national security, cyber, and espionage threats against American companies and encourage greater C-suite involvement in corporate cyber security matters;</li>
<li>Oversaw DOJ’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, responsible for investigating and prosecuting espionage cases, cases involving the illegal export of military and strategic commodities, and cases involving certain cyber-related activity;</li>
<li>Brought an unprecedented indictment against five members of the Chinese military for economic espionage;</li>
<li>Led investigations into breaches of public and private sector e-mail systems and protocol;</li>
<li>Investigated the attack on Sony Entertainment’s computer systems;</li>
<li>Brought charges, in conjunction with the FBI, against seven Iranians working for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated entities for conducting a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks against the U.S. financial sector;</li>
<li>Oversaw the efforts of the National Security Cyber Specialist Network and the National Security/Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council program;</li>
<li>ecured the first federal jury conviction on charges brought under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996;</li>
<li>Led DOJ’s participation on the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States;</li>
<li>Disrupted multiple terrorist plots and national security threats, bringing those involved to justice;</li>
<li>Prosecuted the Boston Marathon bombing cases; and</li>
<li>Provided legal oversight of the NSA’s surveillance activities and represented the government before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.</li>
</ul><br/>
Prior to assuming his role in the NSD, Mr. Carlin served as Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to Robert S. Mueller, III, former director of the FBI, where he helped lead the FBI’s evolution to meet growing and changing national security threats, including cyber threats. Mr. Carlin also held positions as National Coordinator of the DOJ’s Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Program and Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he prosecuted cyber, fraud, and public corruption matters, among others, trying more than 40 cases to verdict.<br/><br/>
Mr. Carlin is an inaugural Fellow of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs’ Homeland Security Project, focused on the unique challenges and choices around protecting the American homeland. He also chairs the Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity and Technology policy program, which provides a cross-disciplinary forum for industry, government, and media to address the rapidly developing landscape of digital threats and craft appropriate policy solutions. Mr. Carlin was recently invited to address the governors of every U.S. state and territory on cybersecurity issues at the National Governors Association’s Winter 2017 meeting, and has been featured or cited as a leading authority on cyber and economic espionage matters by numerous major media outlets, including <em>The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today,</em> CBS’s <em>60 Minutes,</em> NBC’s <em>Meet the Press,</em> PBS’s <em>Charlie Rose</em> and <em>Newshour,</em> ABC’s <em>Nightline</em> and <em>Good Morning America,</em> NPR, CNN, and <em>Vanity Fair,</em> among others.<br/><br/>
Mr. Carlin, who joined DOJ through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, is a five-time recipient of the Department of Justice Award for Special Achievement, was awarded the National Intelligence Superior Public Service Medal by the Director of National Intelligence, and drew bipartisan praise, with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch calling him “a trusted and tireless leader” and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey calling him “a superb civil servant.” He earned his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School, where he received the Samuel J. Heyman Fellowship for Federal Government Service and served as Articles editor for the Harvard Journal on Legislation, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, <em>magna cum laude,</em> from Williams College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
</p>
|
Morrison & Foerster | Corporate Directors: Cyber Victims or Perpetrators? |
Jordan Eth (MODERATOR)
<p>
Jordan is co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White Collar Defense Group. He is one of the leading securities litigators in the United States, known for his success in handling complex, high-stakes cases. He has more than 30 years of experience representing public companies and their officers and directors in securities class actions, SEC investigations, derivative suits, M&A litigation, and internal investigations. Based on his and the Group’s recent successes, <em>The Daily Journal</em> named Jordan to its 2021 list of "Top 100 Lawyers" in California. He has also received a "California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award" for co-leading the successful defense of JDS Uniphase Corp. and its former executives in a securities class action jury trial seeking $20 billion in damages.
<br/><br/>
Jordan is recommended by multiple publications including <em>Chambers USA, Legal 500 US, The Best Lawyers in America</em>, and <em>Benchmark Litigation</em>. In 2010, he was selected by his peers as one of <em>Law360</em>’s 10 Most Admired Securities Attorneys. Clients have described Jordan as "the total package of what you could want from a lawyer: judgment, expertise, toughness, and business savvy." Others have commented that "Jordan Eth is in a class of his own. He is deeply knowledgeable and experienced and a natural leader without ego issues. He thinks strategically and is extremely responsive, realistic, and clear in his assessments of situations" and that "Jordan understands the CEO mentality with respect to securities actions and navigates the corporate politics of these matters with the same expertise with which he handles the legal case."
<br/><br/>
Jordan received his J.D. from Stanford University, Order of the Coif, where he served as Co-President of the Moot Court Board. He received his B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College, with highest honors and Phi Beta Kappa. Jordan clerked for United States District Judge Robert F. Peckham, then-Chief Judge for the Northern District of California.
</p>
|
Morrison & Foerster | Closing Keynote Address by Preet Bharara, Distinguished Scholar, NYU School of Law & Host of Cafe's "Stay Tuned with Preet" |
Kannon Shanmugam (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Kannon Shanmugam heads Williams & Connolly’s Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice. He is the only lawyer to have joined the firm as a lateral partner in the last 30 years. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier appellate advocates, Kannon has argued 20 cases before the Supreme Court, including several of the Court’s most significant recent business and criminal cases. Beyond the Supreme Court, Kannon has argued dozens of appeals in courts across the country, including arguments in all thirteen federal courts of appeals and in numerous state courts. Kannon has been named The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week three times in the last 18 months, most recently for his twin victories in the Supreme Court for the financial-services industry in Midland v. Johnson and Henson v. Santander.
Kannon has been selected as one of the top 10 appellate lawyers (Benchmark Litigation) and one of the top 500 lawyers overall (Lawdragon magazine) in the United States. In ranking Kannon in the first tier of appellate advocates nationwide, Chambers USA praised him as “brilliant” and unflappable.” <br/><br/>
Benchmark Litigation described Kannon as “one of the most respected and admired appellate practitioners” in the country, and Lawdragon praised him as “inspiring and in demand.” The American Lawyer recently lauded him for his “amazing track record,” and The National Law Journal cited his “confident manner and elegant elocution” before the Supreme Court, stating that he “never seems to get flustered.” Kannon has featured on numerous lists of the top Supreme Court advocates, with Washingtonian magazine naming him one of its 20 people in Washington to watch. <br/><br/>
Kannon joined Williams & Connolly in 2008 after serving as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Department of Justice. Born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, he received an A.B. summa cum laude in classics from Harvard; an M. Litt. in classics from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was executive editor of the law review and argued for the winning side in the moot-court competition. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court and Judge J. Michael Luttig on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.<br/><br/>
Kannon has served as the co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Committee. He is also a past president of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court, the principal bench-bar organization for appellate judges and lawyers in the Washington area. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Procedures for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.<br/><br/>
Kannon has taught Supreme Court advocacy as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. In the community, he serves as chair of the board of trustees of Thurgood Marshall Academy, a charter school in Southeast Washington that is one of the city’s highest-performing public high schools.
</p>
|
Williams & Connolly LLP | How Will the Judiciary Help Shape Trump's Legacy? |
Kevin LaCroix (MODERATOR)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>Kevin LaCroix is an Executive Vice President at RT ProExec, Beachwood, Ohio, a division of R-T Specialty, LLC. RT ProExec is an insurance intermediary focused exclusively on management liability issues. Kevin is also the author of the Internet weblog, <em>The D&O Diary</em>, <a href="http://www.dandodiary.com">http://www.dandodiary.com</a>, which the <em>New York Times</em> called “influential” and the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> described as “widely followed.”<br/><br/>
Kevin has been involved in directors’ and officers’ liability insurance issues for more than 35 years. He began his career as a coverage attorney and partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Ross, Dixon and Bell. More recently, Kevin served as President of Genesis Professional Liability Managers (GPLM), a D&O insurance underwriter and part of the Berkshire Hathaway group of companies.<br/><br/>
Kevin speaks frequently on D&O issues. Kevin has served as a faculty member of the Stanford Law School Directors’ College. He also invited to speak at the University of Connecticut Law School, Fordham Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, Loyola University of Chicago Law School, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, the American Bar Association, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) [Beijing], <em>Federação Nacional de Seguros Gerais</em> (FenSeg) [São Paulo], Euroforum <em>Haftplicht</em> [Hamburg], the Australian Professional Indemnity Group (APIG) [Sydney], the Financial Lines Forum [Zurich], and <em>Bima Gyaan</em> [Mumbai].<br/><br/>
Kevin’s comments on D&O liability and insurance issues have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, National Public Radio, American Public Media’s Marketplace, American Banker, San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg, and the Dow Jones Newswire.<br/><br/>
Throughout his career, Kevin has been active in the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), serving on its Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2005, and as its President in 2004. In 2008, Kevin received the PLUS Founder’s Award, given annually to the PLUS member who has made “lasting and outstanding contributions” to PLUS. <br/><br/>
In December 2014, Kevin received the inaugural Person of the Year (USA) award from the insurance information firm, Advisen. This annual award, which is determined by a vote of industry professionals, is given to the “most influential management liability industry professional” in the United States.
In 2015, Kevin was selected by industry professionals in Advisen’s annual Executive Risk Awards as Industry Legend of the Year. <br/><br/>
Kevin is a graduate of the University of Virginia and of the University of Michigan Law School. Kevin is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
</p>
|
RT ProExec | Emerging Exposures - What Do You Know? |
Kieran Hughes (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Kieran Hughes is a member of the McGriff Executive Risk Advisors team having joined the Company in July 2020 as Senior Vice President and Senior Claims Counsel. Hughes joined McGriff having left AIG after 17 years where he had most recently been Vice President of Financial Lines Claims, National/Multinational Accounts. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing the handling of Directors and Officers liability claims including SEC, DOJ and other regulatory proceedings, securities class actions, derivative lawsuits, stakeholder actions, collective actions in foreign jurisdictions, M&A and employment practices claims. He worked with clients proactively to resolve matters by direct settlement negotiations or through alternate dispute resolution where he mediated over 100 significant claims.
<br/><br/>
Prior to joining AIG, Hughes spent 17 years practicing law during which time he earned the designation of Certified Civil Trial Attorney from the New Jersey Supreme Court - a designation at the time that was held by approximately three percent of the active attorneys in the State. As a litigator, Kieran sat first chair in several dozen jury trials. He was a law clerk to the Hon. Edward F. Neagle, Jr in the Superior Court of New Jersey.
<br/><br/>
Kieran holds a B.A. degree in Journalism, Political Science and English Literature from Rutgers’ The State University of New Jersey and a J.D. from Seton Hall University, School of Law. He is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics but most notably on Directors & Officers Liability, D&O Trends and Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Current Trends, Issues and Developments in Employment Law and Public Speaking.
</p>
|
McGriff Insurance Services, LLC | SCA: Back to the Future – Disruptive Dynamics & Higher Filing Rates |
Kimberly Melvin (MODERATOR)
<p>
Kimberly M. Melvin is a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley Rein LLP, where she is a co-chair of the firm’s insurance practice. Ms. Melvin is also member of the PLUS Board of Trustees. She regularly counsels professional liability carriers on both coverage and underlying liability issues and has particular expertise in D&O and fiduciary liability insurance, insurance bankruptcy issues and the mediation of large, complex professional liability claims. Ms. Melvin has been listed by <em>Chambers USA</em> as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Insurance since 2018. In 2013, Ms. Melvin was named to <em>Business Insurance</em> magazine's list of "Women to Watch."
</p>
|
Wiley Rein LLP | Catastrophic D&O Coverage: Is A-Side the New C-Side? |
Koji Fukumura (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Koji Fukumura is chair of Cooley's securities litigation practice and serves on the firm's management committee. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including the defense of securities class actions, derivative suits, M&A-related class actions and government investigations. He also regularly conducts internal investigations for boards as well as their audit or special litigation committees. In addition, Koji counsels public companies, directors, officers and principal shareholders on a wide range of issues relating to corporate governance, antitrust/unfair competition, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, SEC/FINRA enforcement, insider trading, disclosure obligations under and compliance with federal and state securities laws. He is the immediate past-chair of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, a member of the Section's Executive Committee and of its governing Council.
</p>
|
Cooley LLP | How Will the Judiciary Help Shape Trump's Legacy? |
Layn Phillips (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Layn R. Phillips, founder of Phillips ADR Enterprises (PADRE), is both a former United States Attorney and a former United States District Judge. Judge Phillips joined the United States Attorney’s office in Los Angeles in 1980 as an Assistant United States Attorney, serving as a federal prosecutor in the Central District of California for four years. During the Reagan administration, he returned to his home state of Oklahoma, where, at age 31, he was nominated to serve as a United States Attorney. <br/><br/>
At age 34, he again was nominated by President Reagan to serve as a United States District Judge in Oklahoma City. During his tenure on the bench, he presided over more than 140 federal trials in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. He also sat by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado, where he participated in numerous panel decisions and published multiple opinions.<br/><br/>
In 1991, he resigned from the federal bench and joined Irell & Manella, where for 23 years he specialized in complex civil litigation, internal investigations, and alternative dispute resolution. For his years of commitment to public service, he was named as one of the 10 Outstanding Young Americans by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. As a result of his trial work, Judge Phillips was elected into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has the dual honor of being named by LawDragon as one of the “Leading Judges in America” and as one of the “Leading Litigation Attorneys in America.” In August 2016, Judge Phillips was named as one of the top seven mediators in the United States of American by Chambers and Partners (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/12788/79/editorial/5/1).<br/><br/>
Judge Phillips received both his B.S. and J.D. from the University of Tulsa. He also completed two years of an LLM program at Georgetown University Law Center in the field of antitrust and economic regulation of industry.<br/><br/>
Judge Phillips has also been inducted into the University of Tulsa Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a four-year letter winner in tennis, serving as the captain of the men’s varsity team and winning the NCAA Missouri Valley Conference Championship at #1 singles.
Judge Phillips has a passion for travel and has visited every continent. He currently resides in Laguna Beach, California with his wife, Kathryn. He has three grown children Amanda, Parker and Graham and a granddaughter, Stella and a grandson, Owen Layn.
</p>
|
Phillips ADR Enterprises | SCA: Back to the Future – Disruptive Dynamics & Higher Filing Rates |
Mary McCutcheon (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Mary McCutcheon is the chair of Farella Braun & Martel's Construction and Insurance Department, represents corporate and individual policyholders in a wide variety of insurance coverage disputes. Her wide-ranging experience includes coverage disputes arising out of: securities investigations, class actions and derivative actions, venture capital and private equity litigation, intellectual property and technology errors and omissions lawsuits and highly sensitive employment claims. <br/><br/>
Ms. McCutcheon has special expertise advising companies and individual directors regarding issues involved in the placement of directors' and officers' liability, management liability and financial services liability insurance and related indemnification issues, as well as handling claims under those policies. She also advises clients on risk transfer and claims under self-insurance and traditional insurance programs. <br/><br/>
Chambers USA recognizes Ms. McCutcheon as one of the leading insurance attorneys in California. She has also been recognized in Northern California Super Lawyers, as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers for the past several years. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Insurance Law. She is a 2016 recipient of Legal Momentum's Women of Achievement Award. She is a founding member and currently the Vice President of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.
</p>
|
Farella Braun & Martel | Emerging Exposures - What Do You Know? |
Mary Craig Calkins (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Prominent insurance coverage litigator Mary Craig Calkins has more than 30 years of experience handling and litigating all aspects of insurance recovery for policyholders in complex, high value matters. Through litigation, arbitration, and mediation, she has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for companies and individuals under directors and officers liability, management liability, and professional errors and omissions policies, and facilitated settlement of some of the most complicated directors and officers liability issues in the country. She has served as an arbitrator and frequently lectures and publishes on a wide variety of topics relating to directors and officers liability coverage and other litigation topics. Ms. Calkins also advises in house counsel, senior executives, and company management on how to maximize insurance protection and recovery under primary and excess policies. Ms. Calkins has substantial experience in other areas of insurance recovery, including entertainment and intellectual property claims, cyber liabilities, e-commerce and technology claims, labor and employment claims, construction defects, first party property and business interruption losses, Fintech, and broker liability claims.<br/><br/>
Ms. Calkins is Past President of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel, an honorary organization of the country’s top insurance coverage lawyers, where she also serves on the Executive Committee. She also is a leader in the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, where she is former co-chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee. She currently serves as Managing Director Designate of the Section of Litigation and holds leadership positions in the ABA. <br/><br/>
Ms. Calkins has been recognized repeatedly as a leading practitioner in the field of insurance by Chambers USA in the area of Insurance: Policyholder and The Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law and Insurance Litigation. She has been named as one of Los Angeles Business Journal’s "Most Influential Women Lawyers" (2017), a "Top 100 Women Lawyer" in California by the Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal (2014, 2007-2009), and also recognized as one of 50 "Women to Watch" by Business Insurance Magazine. She is recognized by Legal Media Group: Expert Guides as a leading expert in Insurance and Reinsurance, and has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law. Ms. Calkins also appears in International Who’s Who of Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, Legal 500 for Insurance: Advice to Policyholders, and International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. She has been named as a Southern California "Super Lawyer" for Insurance Coverage for over a decade by Super Lawyers magazine.
</p>
|
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | Catastrophic D&O Coverage: Is A-Side the New C-Side? |
Mercedes Colwin (MODERATOR)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Mercedes Colwin is the Managing Partner of Gordon & Rees New York offices. She handles a wide variety of litigation including employment law, commercial litigation, products liability, civil rights violations and criminal law. Ms. Colwin has successfully tried 48 cases to verdict in various jurisdictions throughout the nation and regularly defends executives from Fortune 500 companies charged with allegations of wrongdoing, including claims of sexual misconduct. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Colwin devoted several years in the public sector where she was a gubernatorial appointee as an Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Division of Human Rights. During her nine year service, while a partner at a major regional New York Law firm, she presided over three-thousand cases under the Federal and State antidiscrimination laws. Forbes Business American Airlines named Ms. Colwin one of the six most influential women in America's list that included former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Notre Dame Law School also presented Ms. Colwin with the prestigious Graciela Olivarez Award for her outstanding achievement as a leading Hispanic lawyer of the highest ethical and moral standards who exemplifies commitment to community service. Additionally, she was recently named as one of the “Nations Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” by Human Resource Executive Magazine. Widely regarded as one of the top national legal analysts for the FOX News Network, she appears to discuss critical legal issues and high profile cases dominating the news.
</p>
|
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | The Corporate Culture Effect |
Michael Gross (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Michael J. Gross, Vice Chairman of Finsbury, has extensive experience in managing corporate, financial, and crisis communications programs for a broad range
of corporate and institutional clients. <br/><br/>
Michael has developed and implemented communications strategies for a number of complex financial transactions, as well as crises including environmental problems, anti-trust and patent litigation, government investigations, regulatory issues, labor disputes,
and product recalls. <br/><br/>
His experience also extends to CEO positioning, advocacy advertising, and strategic philanthropy. Prior to joining Finsbury in 1989, he was a Managing Director of Adams & Rinehart, a strategic communications firm; worked for several years at Mobil Corporation
in public relations and finance; and was an advertising account executive with Doyle Dane Bernbach. Michael has a B.A. in philosophy from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, an M.A. in creative writing from City College of New York, and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.
</p>
|
Finsbury | CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan! |
Paul Brophy (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Paul A. Brophy is co-founder and Executive Vice President of Berkley Professional Liability, an operating company of Fortune 500 and Ward’s 50 property and casualty insurer, W.R. Berkley Corporation. Berkley Professional specializes in management, professional, and transactional liability insurance for public and private commercial entities and financial institutions within the United States of America and Canada, and internationally through W/R/B Underwriting Syndicate 1967 at Lloyd’s of London.
<br/><br/>
Paul joined W.R. Berkley in October 2008 after a ten year career at AIG, where he held a succession of underwriting and management positions in both the public and private management liability arenas. Paul ultimately served as Senior Vice President of AIG Executive Liability, where he was responsible for running AIG’s large public company Directors and Officers, Fiduciary, and Employment Practices Liability lines of business for the U.S. Central and West Coast zones, and for all of Canada.
<br/><br/>
Paul began his insurance career in 1990 as a claim adjuster with The St Paul Cos, where he was cross-trained in all lines of personal and commercial property and casualty business, ultimately specializing in large commercial general liability claims. From 1992 through 1995, Paul worked as a commercial lines broker for Lovitt and Touché, an insurance brokerage based in Phoenix, Arizona.
<br/><br/>
Paul has been a featured panelist, speaker, and moderator at numerous insurance industry events focused on domestic and foreign management liability issues and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Classics and History and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona.
</p>
|
Berkley Professional Liability | Catastrophic D&O Coverage: Is A-Side the New C-Side? |
Phil Warman (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Mr. Warman joined SandRidge Energy, Inc. as a Senior Vice President and General Counsel in August 2010. He also serves as Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining SandRidge, Mr. Warman was the Associate General Counsel for SEC and finance matters for Spectra Energy Corporation from January 2007 through July 2010. From 1998 through 2006, he practiced law as a corporate finance attorney with Vinson & Elkins, LLP in Houston, Texas. Mr. Warman earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1993 and graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1998.
</p>
|
SandRidge Energy, Inc. | CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan! |
Preet Bharara (KEYNOTE)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><img src="http://plusweb.org/Portals/0/CHAPTER/Bharara, Preet.jpg"" border="0" style="width:50%"/></span></span> </span></div>
|
Closing Keynote Address by Preet Bharara, Distinguished Scholar, NYU School of Law & Host of Cafe's "Stay Tuned with Preet" | |
Sara Brody (MODERATOR)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Sara Brody is a co-leader of Sidley Austin LLP’s Securities and Shareholder Litigation practice group and heads the firms’ Northern California litigation practice. She has extensive experience in securities litigation, defending issuers, officers, directors, underwriters, and venture capital firms in shareholder class actions and derivative actions in state and federal courts throughout the United States. She regularly represents companies and individuals in matters involving the Securities and Exchange Commission and various self-regulatory organizations. Sara also has extensive experience in conducting board committee and internal investigations and counseling clients on disclosure issues. She has written articles and lectures on a wide range of securities litigation topics in legal and business forums across the country.
<br/><br/>
Sara won one of the Top Ten Defense Verdicts of 2002, as selected by The National Law Journal. She is listed as one of the leading California litigators in the 2005 through 2016 editions of Chambers & Partners’ America’s Leading Business Lawyers, the 2012 through 2017 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, the Daily Journal as one of the Top Thirty Securities Litigators in California and was shortlisted as Litigator of the Year at the Chambers USA Women in Law Awards. Additionally, Sara has been listed as a “Life Science Star” in the Non-IP Litigation and Enforcement category by LMG Life Sciences for 2016.
</p>
|
Sidley Austin LLP | How Will the Judiciary Help Shape Trump's Legacy? |
Stephen Sigmund (PANELIST)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
Steve is biding his time until the Yankees finally put him in centerfield. Until then, he has spent over 20 years as an advisor, spokesperson and writer to some of the leading corporations, politicians, foundations and non-profits in New York, New Jersey and the nation.<br/><br/>
At GSG, Steve advises a diverse communications practice for clients in media, finance, energy, real estate and infrastructure, and non-profit and issue campaigns.<br/><br/>
Prior to GSG, Steve served as Chief of Public and Government Affairs for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Communications Director and Senior Policy Advisor for City Council Speaker Gifford Miller and Communications Director for Governor Jon Corzine in New Jersey. In addition, he held roles in the private sector at Robinson Lerer & Montgomery and AOL Time Warner.<br/><br/>
Steve has written pieces for <em>The New York Times, Trenton Times</em> and <em>New York Observer</em>. On his second shift, Steve is also a professor at Columbia University, a husband and a father of two girls, Ruby and Nola.
</p>
|
Global Strategy Group | CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan! |
Steven Gladstone (PANELIST)
<p>
Steven J. Gladstone is the Senior Vice President of Claims for XL Professional Hartford based in Hartford, CT and the Global Practice Leader for Professional Claims for XL Insurance a division of XL Group, plc. Steven has been involved with XL Professional Hartford since its inception in August 1999. Prior to joining XL, Steven was the Manager of Claims for Executive Risk, Inc. He began his insurance career in 1986 at the New York law firm of D’Amato & Lynch. Steven is a graduate of Emory University and Pepperdine University School of Law. Over the years he has written articles and papers on the subject of professional liability insurance and has been a participant in industry seminars and programs pertaining to professional liability insurance.
</p>
|
Catastrophic D&O Coverage: Is A-Side the New C-Side? | |
William Fahey (MODERATOR)
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p>
William Fahey, Esq. is Senior Vice President for Executive & Professional Lines at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, overseeing Commercial D&O for all publicly traded and privately held non-Financial Institutions in the United States. Prior to joining BHSI in August of 2015, Will spent the prior six years managing the Commercial D&O book of business for Zurich in North America, including overseeing their D&O portfolio in Canada as well as leading Zurich’s entry into the Transactional Insurance market. Will started in the insurance industry in 1995 at AIG, where he was promoted ultimately to Assistant Vice President leading their private equity practice. He also spent six years at The Hartford prior to joining Zurich in 2009.<br/><br/>
Will is a graduate of Allegheny College, currently sitting on their Executive Roundtable, and New York Law School.
</p>
|
AIG | CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan! |
Sponsors
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
---|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
---|
![]() |
---|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
---|
![]() |
---|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
---|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
---|
![]() |
---|
Argo Pro
BatesCarey LLP
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Cozen O'Connor
Kennedys CMK
Lane Powell
Old Republic Professional
Skarzynski Black
Starr Companies
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Tokio Marine HCC
Troutman Sanders LLP
White and Williams LLP
XL Catlin
ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC / Professional Risk Facilities, Inc. / Professional Risk Intermediaries
BEECHER CARLSON
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck,LLP
Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP
Manire & Galla LLP
Ropers, Majeski, Kohn and Bentley, P.C.
Marsh
RT Pro Exec
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Materials
Please click here for the event registration form
Please click here for PLUS Foundation Strikes for Charity information
Click here for an Excel list of attendees as of January 30, 2018
Session Handout Materials
SCA Update: Back to the Future - Disruptive Dynamics & Higher Filing Rates
PowerPoint Slides
IPO Companies, Section 11 Suits and California State Court"
How Will the Judiciary Help Shape Trump's Legacy?
PowerPoint Slides
“Ninth Circuit Holds Internal Reports Protected by Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions” (Sidley)
“Securities and Shareholder Litigation & Class Actions” (Sidley)
Catastrophic D&O Coverage: Is A-Side the New C-Side?
PowerPoint Slides
“Side A Trends, Coverage Issues and a Look Ahead” (Wiley Rein LLP)
CRISIS: When It Hits the Fan!
“Corporate Insurer to Cover Cost of Spin Doctors” (New York Times)
Headline Today, Claim Tomorrow
PowerPoint Slides
“Current Developments in Shareholder Litigation in California” (AIG White Paper)
“The Coming Counter-Reformation in Securities Litigation” (Wall Street Lawyer)
“Shareholder Litigation After the Fall of an Iron Curtain” (The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation)
“A Modest Strategy for Combatting Frivolous IPO Lawsuits” (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation)
Emerging Exposures - What Do You Know?
PowerPoint Slides
“A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies” (LabCFTC)
“SEC Exposes Two Initial Coin Offerings Purportedly Backed by Real Estate and Diamonds” (SEC)
“Investor Alert: Public Companies Making ICO-Related Claims” (SEC)
Accountability in the Age of Disruption - Keeping Corruption in Check
“2014 Roundtable Series: Securities” (California Lawyer)