Speaking Engagements

Boston Managing Partner Kenneth B. Walton and New York Partner Darrell Whiteley will lead an informative webcast titled “New York Labor Law and the Impact of COVID-19,” hosted by Alliant on June 3 at 11:00 a.m. EST.

Phoenix Partner Jessica L. Beckwith will join an ethics webinar panel discussion hosted by the State Bar of Arizona on Tuesday, June 2 at 12:00 p.m. PST.

Dallas Partner Lindsay B. Nickle will join a panel webinar titled “Remote Depositions: What You Need to Know to Execute the Process Successfully and Legally,” hosted by the Dallas Bar Association on May 22 at 12:00 p.m. CST.

Los Angeles Partner Lovee Sarenas will lead the California Bankruptcy Forum’s next Annual Insolvency Conference in May 2020 as one of its Conference Chairs. She is the first Filipino-American in the organization’s 30-year history to take on this prominent leadership role.

New York Partner Peter T. Shapiro and Los Angeles Partner Melissa Tara Daugherty will join a webinar panel titled “ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits During Coronavirus,” hosted by UsableNet.

New York Partner Ellen H. Greiper will join a live webinar panel hosted by Advisen titled “Social Inflation – Truth or Fiction?” on May 12 at 11:00 a.m. EST.

Los Angeles Partners David M. Samuels and Frank Cannizzaro will lead a live Lewis Brisbois webinar titled “Managing Risk for Reduced Operations & Restoring Operations,” on May 11 at 10:00-11:00 a.m. PST.

San Diego Partner Jill Grathwohl and Orange County Partner Christopher W. Harmon will lead a live webinar on May 7 titled “Returning to Work from COVID-19: Navigating Through Employer Concerns in Uncertain Times,” hosted by Wood Gutmann & Bogart (WGB) Insurance Brokers.

Cleveland Managing Partner Thomas P. Mannion will contribute to a webinar on May 5 discussing the impact of COVID-19 on construction defect claims. Hosted by Guardian Group, Inc. this free webinar will begin at 10:00 a.m. PDT.

Newark Partner Sara Jane Holland, Fort Lauderdale Partner John J. Heber, and Washington, D.C. Partner Michael J. Grace will present a CARES Act webinar titled “Strategies for Businesses to Generate Cash & Pay Less in Taxes Under the CARES Act,” on May 1, 2020.

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner Lindsay B. Nickle will participate in an upcoming webinar on Thursday, April 23, hosted by The Municipal Analysts Group of New York (MAGNY), a constituent society of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA).

Washington, D.C. Managing Partner Katherine I. Funk will take part in the American Health Law Association's virtual conference, “Health Care Transactions,” taking place April 20 to April 22.

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Chair Sean B. Hoar will participate in the Incident Response Forum 2020 – Virtual Event taking place on Tuesday, April 14 from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.

Cleveland Managing Partner Thomas P. Mannion will moderate a panel in a free online CLE webinar titled “Corporate Counsel Roundtable: Minimizing Company Risk and Exposure During & After COVID-19,” hosted by Magna Legal Services on Tuesday, April 14 at 4:15 p.m. EST.

Hartford Managing Partner Angeline N. Ioannou and San Francisco Partner Pamela M. Ferguson will both moderate panels at the Crittenden Medical Insurance Conference, taking place April 5 to 7 at the Mandarin Oriental in Miami, Florida.

Madison County, Illinois Managing Partner Jeffrey Bash will moderate a panel titled “Hot Topics in Environmental and Toxic Tort Law – 2020 Edition,” at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Toxic Tort & Environmental Law 29th Annual Spring Conference taking place April 3 – 4 at the Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, California.

Los Angeles Partner MaryBeth Heydt will moderate a panel titled “Change is Coming: Issues and Opportunities for Owners,” at the Real Estate Law and Business Forum on April 2.

Denver Partner Jon J. Olafson will participate in an upcoming webinar on April 2 titled “How COVID-19 Is Affecting Labor & Employment Law in Germany and the US.” 

Newark Partner Sara Jane Holland will present a Lawline CLE webinar titled “A Breakdown of FIRPTA and the Tax Withholding Requirements of Foreign Persons,” which will stream live on Thursday, April 2 at 1:00 p.m. EST.

Cincinatti, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky Partner Brian J. Pokrywka will join a Strafford CLE webinar on April 2 entitled "Combating Plaintiffs' Reptilian Tactics in Commercial Vehicle, Premises Liability, Products Liability, and Med Mal Cases."

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Chair Sean B. Hoar will participate in an upcoming webinar titled “Managing Cyber Risk and the Mobile Workforce Webinar,” hosted by Gallagher Insurance.

San Francisco Partner Joseph R. Lordan will give a presentation regarding recent labor regulations related to California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) at the Greater California Livery Association’s (GCLA) educational meeting on March 25, 2020 at The Proud Bird steakhouse in Los Angeles, California.

New York Partner Karen L. Campbell and Fort Lauderdale Partner Kristen D. Perkins will both speak at the upcoming CLM 2020 Annual Conference taking place March 18 to 20 at the Gaylord Texan Resort outside Dallas, Texas. 

Boston Partner John T. Harding will join a Strafford CLE webinar on March 18 titled "Notice for Occurrence and Claims-Made Policies: Navigating Notice of Claim vs. Circumstance, Pre-Tender Costs."