ABA 2015 London CLE Sessions

CLE SESSIONS
(as of 1-28-2015)
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
 Adapting to an Ever-changing and Risky World of Tort Liability
Sponsoring Entity:
Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Moderator:
Larry P. Schiffer, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY
Panelists:
Sean McGovern, Director, Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel, The Corporation
of Lloyd's, London, U.K.
Dr. Robert P. Hartwig, President, Insurance Information Institute, New York, NY
Peter C. Thomas, Chief Risk Officer, Willis Re Global, McLansville, NC
Jenny Steele, Professor, University of York, York Law School , U.K.
 The Magna Carta: "What if . . . . ?" Counter-Factual Perspectives on U.S. Legal History
Sponsoring Entity:
Judicial Division
Panelists:
TBA
 Where In The World Is Your Evidence? The Challenges of Gathering Electronic Information Worldwide
For Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Sponsoring Entity:
International Law Section
Panelists:
TBA
 Legal Ethics in the U.S. and U.K.: Common Goals, Different Approaches
Sponsoring Entity:
Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility/ Center for
Professional Responsibility
Moderator:
Dennis Rendleman, Ethics Council, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL
Panelists:
Myles Lynk, Professor, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, AZ
J. Charles Mokriski, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY
Angela Robertson, General Counsel, Eversheds LLP, London, U.K.
Alison Hook, Managing Director, Hook International, London, U.K.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
 Where would you Try a Case? A Live Action Primer on Trial Skills in the U.S. and the U.K.
Sponsoring Entity:
Section of Litigation
Panelists:
TBA
 Defamation Tourism and the Art of Oral Advocacy
Sponsoring Entity:
Section of International Law
Moderator:
Lisa Savitt, Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC
Panelists:
Guy S. Lipe, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston
Robert F. Brodegaard, Managing Member, Brodegaard & Associates LLC, New
York, NY
Mark E. Wojcik, Professor, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL
Honorable Frederic Block, Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern
District of New York, Brooklyn, NY
 Global Trends in the Regulation of Insider Trading & Market Abuse: Europe, the United States and
Asia
Sponsoring Entity:
Section of International Law
Moderator:
Edward F. Greene, Partner/Professor, Cleary Gottlieb/Colombia University, New
York
Panelists:
Peter Castellon,
Manfred Ketzer, Partner, Hausmaninger Kletter, Vienna, Austria
Nilufer von Bismarck, Partner, Slaughter and May, London, U.K.
 A Magna Carta for True Local Government : 800 Years of Lessons from the U.K. and the U.S.
Sponsoring Entity:
Section of State & Local Government Law
Moderator:
Benjamin E. Griffith, Griffith Law Firm, Cleveland, MS
Panelists:
Councillor Marianne Overton, MBE, Local Government Association Independent
Group Leader and Vice Chair of the Local Government Association, Local
Government Association Independent Group (Elected Leader), Lincolnshire
County, U.K.
Peter Wynne Rees, Professor of Places and City Planning, The Bartlett, UCL
Faculty of the Built Environment, Central House, London, U.K.
Dr. Anton Cooray, Professor, City Law School, City University London, London,
U.K.
David L. Callies, Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law, University of Hawai'i William
S. Richardson Law School, Honolulu, HI
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
10:00 – 11:30 A.M.
 Handling Lloyds of London Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes (Including London Arbitrations)
Wihtout Going Off One's Trolley!
Sponsoring Entity:
Section of Litigation's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and Tort and
Insurance Practice's Professional Officers and Directors Liability Committee.
Moderator:
Lorelie S. Masters, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC
Panelists:
Perry Granof, Managing Director, Granof International Group LLC
Maria G. Enriquez, Partner, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Julian Burling, Barrister of Serle Court, Serle Court, London, U.K.
Richard Jacobs, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers, London, U.K.
 “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” -- Do American Lawyers Have Any Place Litigating Or
Arbitrating in Foreign Jurisdictions?.
Sponsoring Entity:
Cosponsor:
Forum on Construction Law
Young Lawyers Division
Moderator:
Danielle Cole, Partner, Peckar & Abramson, P.C., Atlanta, GA
Panelists:
Wendy Venoit, Partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Hartford,
CT
John Hinchey, Chartered Arbitrator, CIArb, JAMS International, Washington D.C.
Jonathan Rosshandler, W Legal, London, U.K.
Michael Black QC, XXIV Old Buildings Barrister's Chambers, London, U.K.
 Global Corporations and the Rule of Law
Sponsoring Entity:
Section of International Law
Moderator:
Dr. Isabella D. Bunn, Fellow, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, U.K.
Panelists:
Ursula Wynhoven, General Counsel and Chief of Governance and Social
Sustainability, United Nations Global Compact, New York, NY
Ian McDougall, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, LexisNexis/ Legal
& Professional, New York, NY
Kirsty Brimelow QC, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, London, U.K.
Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC, Director, Bingham Centre for the Rule of
Law, London, U.K.
 The Magna Carta’s Continued Influence on Modern-Day Human Rights
Sponsoring Entity:
Criminal Justice Section
Panelists:
TBA
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
 Cross-Examination From the Trial of Oscar Wilde to 2015
Sponsoring Entity:
Criminal Justice Section
Moderator:
Stephen A. Saltzburg, Professor, The George Washington University Law School,
Washington, D.C.
Panelists:
Herbert J. Stern, Honorable, Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Florham Park, NJ
Gerald F. Ivey, Esq., Finnegan, Henderson, Farrabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.,
Washington, D.C.
Joanna Korner, Her Honor, Crown Court of England and Wales, London, U.K.
Ken McDonald, Lord, Matrix Chambers, London, U.K.
 The Great Intellectual Property Revolution: Too Many Rights or Not Enough?
Sponsoring Entity:
Section of Intellectual Property Law
Moderator:
Gwilym Roberts, Partner, Kilburn & Strode LLP, London, U.K.
Panelists:
Ted Davis, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA
Lisa A. Dunner, Managing Partner, Dunner Law PLLC, Washington, DC
Anne-Charlotte Le Bihan, Partner, Bird & Bird AARPI, Paris, France
Robert Lindefjeld, General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel, Nantero Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
 The Independence of the Judiciary, 800 Years After the Magna Carta
Sponsoring Entity:
Co-Sponsor:
Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division
Standing Committee on the American Judicial System
Moderator:
Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Panelists:
Andre M. Davis, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit,
Richmond, VA
Ricardo Lewandowski, Chief Justice, Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
Sam Rugege, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Republic of Rwanda
David Edmond Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Kt, PC, President,
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
 The Enduring Influence of the Magna Carta on Contemporary Constitutions
Sponsoring Entity:
American Bar Foundation
Moderator:
Hon. Bernice B. Donald, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, OH
Panelists:
James Melton, Professor, University College, London, U.K.
Harsham Kumarasingham, Professor, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
Denis Galligan, Professor, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.