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Barry Goheen is a partner in King & Spalding’s Litigation Practice Group, and leads the firm’s privacy litigation practice. He focuses on consumer class actions and data breach and privacy litigation. He has been lead or co-counsel in dozens of class actions and individual cases in all aspects of privacy-related litigation, including actions arising from data breaches, employee background screening, and consumer credit/identity theft such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act amendment, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Mr. Goheen has served as lead or co-counsel in over 25 privacy-based class actions in state and federal courts, including over 20 class actions against consumer reporting agency alleging violations of Fair Credit Reporting Act, representing such clients as SunTrust Banks, Shell, Countrywide, Equifax, Bank of America, and Capital One.

Barry Bretschneider, a registered patent attorney and recognized lawyer in Chambers USA, has a diverse practice which is concentrated on patent infringement litigation in the district courts and before the International Trade Commission, post grant patent procedures including inter partes review, reexaminations and interferences, patent prosecution, patent licensing and related transactional work, and trademark litigation and prosecution. Barry represents U.S. and foreign corporations, and his diverse background includes working with a multitude of technologies, such as the electronics, semiconductors, polymers, composite materials, medical device, pharmaceutical and automotive industries, among many others. Barry has been recognized as a "Leading Lawyer" by Chambers Global 2011, Chambers USA (2006 to 2013), Best Lawyers In America (2011 and 2012), IAM250 World’s Leading Patent Litigators, The Washingtonian magazine and Euromoney's Expert Guides. He is a member of a number of organizations, including the Fede

Jack Bostelman is President of KM/JD Consulting LLC. He has assisted leaders of law firms ranging from 200 to 1,000+ lawyers, on a wide variety of practice management initiatives, including knowledge management and legal project management. Jack is also chair of the Knowledge Strategy Group within the American Bar Association's Law Practice Division. Before founding KM/JD Consulting LLC, Jack practiced law in New York for 30 years as a partner of pre-eminent AmLaw 20 firm Sullivan & Cromwell. Jack knows how law firms are managed and how lawyers share knowledge. During his tenure at Sullivan & Cromwell, Jack coordinated the firm's extensive securities practice worldwide, managed a practice group, was a member of the firm's opinion committee and its administrative committee, oversaw the IT department and was on the faculty for the lawyer training program.

Erin is an experienced trial lawyer with a focus on the resolution of complex business disputes in (and out of) federal and state courts across the United States. Her litigation practice focuses on media & communications law (social media, advertising, First Amendment, online & traditional defamation, public records, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, open courts, takedown requests), class action defense, breach of contract, and environmental matters. She also advises clients on social media, litigation holds, e-discovery, and litigation strategy (both before, during, and after a complaint is filed). Erin has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, is a Dayton Business Journal '40 Under 40' honoree, a member of the Leadership Dayton Class of 2012, and is a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation and American Bar Foundation. She can be found on LinkedIn, and Twitter @EERhinehart.  

A lawyer and consultant to law firms on strategic and economic issues, Bruce has become a recognized leader in the industry. He founded Adam Smith, Esq. in 2003, and has published nearly 1,500 articles on the firm’s website probing such topics as globalization, leadership, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and partnership structures. He is a sought-after speaker and frequently appears at law firm retreats and legal industry conferences in the United States and around the world. Bruce has written for or been quoted in: Fortune; The Wall Street Journal; The New York Times; The Washington Post: Bloomberg News/Radio/TV; Business 2.0; The International Herald Tribune; The National Law Journal; The ABA Journal; The Lawyer,and in numerous other media. Before founding Adam Smith, Esq., Bruce: Practiced securities and corporate law with Breed, Abbott & Morgan and with Shea & Gould in New York; and Was an inhouse securities lawyer with Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter on Wall Street for nearly ten years. Bruce was

A pioneer in the field of professional services marketing, Jan Anne Dubin over 30 years of experience leading, innovating, and serving as a change-agent and a connector. Ms. Dubin’s has particular expertise in the areas of revenue generation and has led hundreds of cross-functional teams in pursuit of new business. Jan is the founder and CEO of Jan Anne Dubin Consulting a firm that delivers a diverse range of business development, client service, marketing and strategic communications solutions to professional service firms, and other vibrant businesses and individuals. Ms. Dubin founded Jan Anne Dubin Consulting in 2009, after serving as a director of the business development team at LECG. She served as the first North American Business Development Director for Baker & McKenzie LLP and was the Director of Client Relations for DLA Piper US LLP and its legacy firms where she served in various senior management and leadership roles for over 17 years.

Mike Morgan is one of the nation’s top lawyers in the field of cybersecurity and privacy. He advises clients on cyber attack response; cyber security; privacy and data security obligations under U.S. and foreign laws; and data security policies and best practices. For more than two decades, he has represented clients in complex litigation, including consumer class actions and government investigations. Mike's accomplishments include advising clients on large-scale data breaches, including breaches involving more than 50 million consumer records and breaches involving consumers in dozens of countries. Mike is a frequent speaker at conferences on cybersecurity, privacy, and consumer data issues and publishes regularly on such issues. Before joining his current firm in 2002, Mike was General Counsel of a web app development company.

Mark is President of Leadership for Lawyers, LLC, a consultancy focused on helping lawyers and other professionals become better leaders and business developers.  He provides training, coaching and consultation to firms in the areas of leadership development, business development and marketing. His clients range from small, single office firms to global Amlaw 100 firms.  He is a frequent speaker on the topic of leadership to law firms, professional associations and law firm networks.

Kathy Cannon is managing partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and former chair of the International Trade and Customs practice group. With more than 30 years of experience in international trade law, Ms. Cannon focuses her practice on assisting domestic industries that are experiencing injury due to unfairly traded imports, primarily through the use of antidumping and countervailing duty laws.Ms. Cannon has been involved in a wide range of trade matters and specializes in the injury phase of trade remedy actions before the U.S. International Trade Commission. She regularly appears before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative and has participated in numerous oral arguments before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.Ms. Cannon has participated in implementing trade legislation and regulations. She has been involved in rules and dispute settlement issues before the World Trade Organization (WTO). She has also represented

Michael Roster was Managing Partner of Morrison & Foerster’s Los Angeles office as well as co-chair of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group worldwide, resident in both Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. He subsequently served as General Counsel of Stanford University and Stanford Medical Center and then of Golden West Financial Corporation.Mike has been a director and chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel, an outside director and vice chair of Silicon Valley Bank, chair of the Stanford Alumni Association, and chair of two start-up companies: Insert Therapeutics and Encirq. He also is a former director of the California Bankers Association and the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. Mike is currently the steering committee co-chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Value Challenge, a project that is promoting fundamental reforms in how law firms and in-house counsel serve clients. He also is a director of MDRC, a nonprofit corporation based in New York that that evaluates the eff

John has been a counselor and litigator in the Washington, D.C. office of the Finnegan IP law firm (one of the large IP firms in the world) for over 30 years, where he has litigated close to 100 IP cases. John founded Finnegan’s 3D Printing Working Group and advises clients about how 3D printing may affect their businesses. John frequently speaks and writes on 3D printing and has been recognized as a thought leader in this space. He is the author of a popular book, 3D Printing Will Rock the World, which has been called a “must-read” offering “rare insight into how 3D printing is redefining what can be designed and manufactured.” His articles have been published at www.3DPrintingIndustry.com, in the Journal of 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing, where he serves on the Editorial Board, and in Wired Innovation, and he writes a column for 3D Printing World. He was the only IP attorney selected by the U.S. Comptroller General Forum on Additive Manufacturing (which is the basis of a report to Congress). John

Itzik is the Global Leading Authority on Networking, Relationship Capital & Global Expansion. He has transformed the lives and careers of lawyers and professionals worldwide, bringing 20 years of research and experience to the art and science of business relationship development, Client Relationships and Attention Leadership™ Itzik is a bestselling author of ‘The Attention Switch™’, one of the leading networking books globally. Itzik Amiel is sought-after dynamic, engaging and inspiring speaker on the topics of Business Networking, Power of Connections, Attentional Networking, Attentional Leadership, Communication for Excellence, Personal Branding and Personal Development. He delivered over few hundreds keynote presentations and partners briefings in more than 54 countries worldwide. Itzik has shared the stage with world’s premier thought-leaders including Richard Branson, Les Brown, Darren Hardey, Nick Vujicic etc. As founder and CEO of EyeRon™ Group, a consulting and corporate services company for Inter

Renwei Chung attends SMU Dedman School of Law. He has an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and a MBA from the University of Chicago. He is passionate about writing, psychology, and economics. You can contact Renwei by email at projectrenwei@gmail.com, follow him on Twitter (@renweichung), or connect with him on LinkedIn.

Roberta Jacobs-Meadway has more than 40 years of experience representing clients in a wide range of industries in connection with trademark, copyright and unfair competition matters. Her practice includes litigating intellectual property disputes in the federal courts and trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She has significant experience in connection with the licensing of intellectual property and counseling with respect to trademark and copyright issues.She has been recognized by her peers for her experience and expertise, being honored by Chambers USA and others as a leader in trademark and copyright issues and related litigation. She is a frequent lecturer and author on topics relating to intellectual property. Roberta has also been active in the legal community and served as the co-chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession (2013-2015) as well as on the Advisory Board of ALI-CLE for intellectual property.  

John Corcoran is an attorney, writer, and a father, and a former Clinton White House Writer and Speechwriter to the Governor of California. Throughout his career, he has worked in Hollywood, the heart of Silicon Valley, and owns his own boutique law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area catering to small business owners and entrepreneurs. He is the creator of Smart Business Revolution and the Smart Business Revolution podcast. His writing has appeared in Forbes, Huffington Post, Art of Manliness, Lifehacker, Business Insider, Get Rich Slowly, Dumb Little Man, and numerous other publications, blogs and websites.  

David Godofsky is Leader of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group of Alston & Bird LLP, an AmLaw 100 law firm. Mr. Godofsky is also a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary. He recently represented the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees in the Supreme Court of Illinois in the Matthews case which challenged the constitutionality, under the Illinois State Constitution, of the CTA's pension reform agreement with its unions (decision pending). Mr. Godofskyalso successfully represented the Governor of Florida in the Supreme Court of Florida in the Williams case which challenged the constitutionality, under the Florida State Constitution, of the State's pension reform legislation. US News & World Report named Alston & Bird LLP the Law Firm of the Year for Employee Benefits (ERISA) for 2015 and the Law Firm of the Year for ERISA Litigation for 2016.

Sanjay Mullick concentrates his practice in export controls, economic sanctions, international dispute resolution and international trade regulation. He is a member of the firm's India practice and is located in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Mullick has a broad range of experience providing counsel to companies on export control matters administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Department of Energy’s rules on nuclear exports under Part 810, as well as economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He also assists clients with compliance matters concerning foreign trade zones (FTZ) and foreign lobbying rules under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).  

Lucian T. Pera is a partner with the Memphis, Tennessee, office of Adams and Reese LLP. His practice includes civil trial work, including commercial litigation and media law, and he counsels and represents lawyers, law firms, and others on questions of legal ethics and the professional responsibility of lawyers. A Memphis native, he is an honors graduate of Princeton University and Vanderbilt University School of Law. He served for five years on the ABA “Ethics 2000” Commission, which rewrote the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. From 1995 through 2009, he led the Tennessee Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Under his leadership, the committee developed and successfully proposed to the Tennessee Supreme Court new legal ethics rules for Tennessee based on the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. He has chaired the editorial board of the ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct, has served as president of the Association of Professional Responsibility

Greg Siskind is a founding partner of Siskind Susser and has practiced immigration law for nearly 25 years. He writes several books on immigration law as well as the ABA's Lawyers Guide to Marketing on the Internet. In 1994, he created the first immigration law web site and in 1998 he created the world’s first law blog. He also serves on Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Attorney & Legal Project Manager Mark Lassiter is an experienced business attorney of over 30 years’ experience and a legal project manager.As an attorney, Mr. Lassiter practices in the areas of business, real estate, construction and technology law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has an AV Preeminent®* rating with the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings system, is a sustaining member in ARIZONA’S FINEST LAWYERS, was voted among the BEST OF ARIZONA ATTORNEYS in the Area of Alternative Dispute Resolution in RANKING ARIZONA (2012), and was included in Arizona’s Top Rated Lawyers of 2014 in the areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business and Commercial law in LEGAL LEADERS. He serves on both the mediation and arbitration panels of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and the American Arbitration Association, where he serves on its Commercial, Construction and Large and Complex Case Panels.He is also the founder of Lex Projex™, an independent Project Management Office (“PMO”) offeri