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Schedule at a Glance Thursday, Sept. 8 8:00–8:45 a.m. Seventh Circuit Swearing In 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration Desk Open Ceremony and Remarks by 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of 8:45–9:00 a.m. Welcome and Remarks by Appeals for the Seventh Chief Judge James F. Circuit Holderman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of 8:50–9:50 a.m. Session 5A: Diversity in Legal Illinois; Remarks by Ashley Education and the Legal Belleau, FBA president Profession: Diversity Models That Work 9:00–10:00 a.m. Session 1: The U.S. Reaction Since 9/11 Session 5B: The Law in Repressive or Non-Democratic 10:00–10:15 a.m. Break Regimes 10:15–11:45 a.m. Session 2A: Hot Topics in 9:50–10:00 a.m. Break Renewable Energy Law 10:00–11:00 a.m. Session 6A: The Top Three Session 2B: Gideon v. Issues for Representing Health Wainwright—A Mutimedia Care Providers Presentation: Looking Backward, Going Forward Session 6B: Labor and Em- ployment Law Flash Forward 11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Break 11:00–11:15 a.m. Break 12:00–1:30 p.m. Foundation of the FBA Fellows Luncheon 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Session 7A: Ponzi and Revenge Session 7B: Human Trafficking 1:30–1:45 p.m. Break 12:45–2:00 p.m. Younger Federal Lawyer 1:45–2:45 p.m. Session 3A: The Challenge of Awards Luncheon Immigration Court Reform 2:00–4:00 p.m. Federal Bar Building Corporation Session 3B: How Social Board Meeting Networking Impacts Lawyers 3:00–4:30 p.m. Architectural Boat Tour 2:45–3:00 p.m. Break 6:00–9:00 p.m. Reception at John G. Shedd 3:00–3:30 p.m. The Judicial Vacancy Crisis Aquarium 3:30–3:45 p.m. Break 3:45–5:00 p.m. Session 4A: Revolution or Reaffirmation—The Supreme Saturday, Sept. 10 Court’s New Class Action 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration Desk Open Decisions 8:30–9:45 a.m. Vice Presidents for the Circuits Session 4B: Supreme Court Meeting Review of the 2010–2011 Term and Preview of the 8:30–11:00 a.m. Section and Division Chairs Upcoming Term Meeting 9:30–11:30 a.m. Foundation of the FBA Board 5:00–6:00 p.m. Federal Litigation Section Meeting Happy Hour 10:00–11:30 a.m. Chapter Education Program 6:00–9:00 p.m. Reception at the Art Institute of Presented by the Vice Presidents Chicago of the Circuits 11:30–11:45 a.m. Break 11:45 a.m.–1:45 p.m. FBA Awards Luncheon Friday, Sept. 9 1:45–2:00 p.m. Break 7:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Registration Desk Open 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Exhibits Open 2:00–5:00 p.m. National Council Meeting 6:30 p.m. Reception and Presidential Installation Banquet

CLE Sessions

Thursday, Sept. 8 tool. As members of a regulated profession, we need to be mindful of our ethical obligations when we use social networking. 9:00–10:00 a.m. Session 1: The U.S. Reaction Since Speaker: Ashley Belleau, FBA national president and partner, Montgom- 9/11 (1 hour CLE credit) ery Barnett. Speakers: Hon. Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Geoffrey R. Stone, professor, University of Chicago Law School. 3:00–3:30 p.m. The Judicial Vacancy Crisis (no CLE credit) Speakers: Peter V. Baugher, partner, Schopf & Weis, and chair of U.S. 10:15–11:45 a.m. Session 2A: Hot Topics in Renewable Senator Mark Kirk’s Judicial Review Commission; Richard A. Devine, Energy Law (1.5 hours CLE credit) partner, Meckler, Bulger, Tilson, Marick & Pearson LLP, and Discussion of renewable energy policy; public interest group perspec- chair of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin’s Judicial Review Commission. tive on wind energy development; hot topics in project finance of re- newable energy; and issues arising from development of utility corridors 3:45–5:00 p.m. Session 4A: Revolution or Reaffirmation— for renewable projects. The Supreme Court’s New Class Action Decisions (1.25 Speakers: Robert Edwards, deputy general counsel for energy policy, hours CLE credit) U.S. Department of Energy; Howard Learner, executive director, Envi- Topics include Walmart, involving certification of a nationwide class ronmental Law & Policy Center; Paul Forrester, partner, Mayer Brown seeking monetary relief under the non-opt-out provisions of Rule 23(b) LLP; Sheila Slocum Hollis, partner, Duane Morris LLP. (2); AT&T Mobility, involving whether the Federal Arbitration Act pre- empts states from refusing to enforce arbitration agreements that would 10:15–11:45 a.m. Session 2B: Gideon v. bar class actions; Halliburton, involving whether a securities fraud plain- Wainwright—A Mutimedia Presentation: Looking Back- tiff asserting a fraud-on-the-market theory must establish loss causation to ward, Going Forward (1.5 hours CLE credit) obtain class certification; andBayer Corp., involving whether a federal Featuring original memorabilia, vintage film-clips, and interviews of court can enjoin a state court from proceeding with a class action after Clarence Earl Gideon, his Supreme Court counsel Abe Fortas, counsel the federal court had previously denied certification. for Florida Bruce Jacob, and retrial counsel W. Fred Turner; excerpts of Speakers: Hon. James F. Holderman, chief judge, U.S. District Court for the 3-hour oral argument before the Supreme Court and current reflec- the Northern District of Illinois; Hon. Gerald E. Rosen, chief judge, U.S. tions of Jacob, Turner, and constitutional scholar John Hart Ely, who District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; Hon. Layn R. Phillips played a significant role in the original Supreme Court briefing. (ret.), partner, Irell & Manella LLP; Prof. James E. Pfander, Northwest- Speaker: Paul M. Rashkind, supervisory assistant federal public de- ern University School of Law; Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, fender and chief of the Appellate Division, Office of the Federal Public Heimann & Bernstein LLP; Wm. Frank Carroll, of counsel, Cox Smith Defender, Southern District of Florida. Matthews Incorporated. 1:45–2:45 p.m. Session 3A: The Challenge of Immigra- 3:45–5:00 p.m. Session 4B: Supreme Court Review of the tion Court Reform (1 hour CLE credit) 2010–2011 Term and Preview of the Upcoming Term (1.25 Speakers: Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director, National Immigrant hours CLE credit) Justice Center; Hon. Dana Marks, president, National Association of Speaker: Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean and distinguished profes- Immigration Judges; Juan Osuna, acting director, Executive Office for sor, University of California–Irvine School of Law. Immigration Review; Melville W. Washburn, partner, Sidley Austin LLP.

1:45–2:45 p.m. Session 3B: How Social Networking Im- Friday, Sept. 9 pacts Lawyers (1 hour CLE credit) The ongoing rapid changes in technology have significantly impacted 8:50–9:50 a.m. Session 5A: Diversity in Legal Education the practice of law. Many lawyers use social networking for business and the Legal Profession: Diversity Models That Work (1 networking and professional development reasons and as a litigation hour CLE credit) Speakers: Hon. Ann Claire Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Victor P. Henderson, managing partner, Holland & Knight LLP; Darryl M. Bradford, general counsel, Exelon; Venu Gupta, executive director, Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms; Gloria Santona, executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary, Mc- Donald’s Corporation. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Session 5B: The Law in Repressive or Non-Democratic Regimes (1 hour CLE credit) Speakers: Sheldon H. Nahmod, distinguished professor of law and co- director of the Institute for Law and the Humanities, Chicago-Kent Col- lege of Law; Ronald J. Allen, Wigmore professor of law, Northwestern University School of Law. Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.

Danny K. Davis 7th District - Illinois

July 22, 2011

Attendees at the 2011 National Convention Federal Bar Association c/o Maria Z. Vathis President, Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black 200 East Randolph Street – Suite 7200 Chicago, Illinois 60601

Dear Friends:

Welcome to Chicago and the 7th Congressional District! I understand that it has been 50 years since Chicago has had the opportunity to host the FBA. Congratulations to all the members and guests present at this most august occasion. I join you in thanking outgoing President Ashley Belleau for outstanding service rendered and welcoming incoming President Fern Bomchill.

I understand that this year’s event includes some extraordinary programs including a debate between Judge Richard Posner and Professor Geoffrey Stone on the United State’s Reaction Since September 11th, a program on Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Impacting Class Actions with Chief Judge James Holderman, Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen and Judge Layn R. Phillips, and a program on Diversity with Judge Ann Williams.

I invite every attendee to find the time to sample Chicago rich cultural and gustatory offerings and trust that all those in attendance will be uplifted by the spirit of the Convention and moved to soberly and creatively ponder the historic challenges we confront as a nation at this moment in history.

Sincerely,

Danny K. Davis Member of Congress

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10:00–11:00 a.m. Session 6A: The Top Three Issues for Representing Health Care Providers (1 hour CLE credit) 2011 Conference Participants of this session will be introduced to key issues that affect health care providers in both transactions and litigation. Understanding Sponsors: these key issues is essential to effectively representing clients. At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to understand how federal fraud and abuse statutes affect transactions and litigation; identify key confidentiality issues that arise under HIPAA; and identify compliance issues for nonprofit health care providers. Platinum Speakers: Jane K. McCahill, shareholder, Polsinelli Shughart PC; Janice Greenberg Traurig LLP A. Anderson, shareholder, Posinelli Shughart PC; Elaine Lisko, corporate Jenner & Block LLP counsel, Catholic Health Initiatives Legal Services Group. Mayer Brown 10:00–11:00 a.m. Session 6B: Labor and Employment Law Flash Forward (1 hour CLE credit) Polsinelli Shughart Speakers: Danuta B. Panich, shareholder, Ogletree Deakins; Laurie E. Leader, professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law; Hon. Wayne Ander- sen (ret.), U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. GOLD 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Session 7A: Ponzi and Revenge JAMS (1.25 hours CLE credit) The session will feature the following subtopics: SIPA; clawbacks; Stern v. Marshall; civil and criminal forfeitures; what’s in a claim NEV (net equity value) or hard money less hard money out; and pari delicto. SILVER Speakers: Irving H. Picard, partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP; Douglas A. Clifford Law Offices Kelley, partner, Kelley, Wolter & Scott PA; Douglas G. Baird, Harry A. Exelon Bigelow distinguished service professor of law, University of Chicago Law School; Ronald R. Peterson, partner, Jenner & Block LLP. Fox, Hefter, Swibel, Levin & Carroll LLP 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Session 7B: Human Trafficking Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan, PC Speakers: Scott Mendeloff (moderator), shareholder, Greenberg Traurig Novack & Macey LLP; Hilary Axam, director of the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, U.S. Department of Justice; Andy Huang, assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Seyfarth Shaw Department of Justice; Hon. Virginia M. Kendall, U.S. District Court for Stout Risius Ross Inc. the Northern District of Illinois. Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC

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Meetings and Social Events Thursday, Sept. 8 12:45–2:00 p.m. Younger Federal Lawyer Awards Luncheon Presentation of the Younger Federal Lawyer Awards, which are bestowed 8:45–9:00 a.m. Welcome and Remarks by Chief Judge upon outstanding federal attorneys nominated by U.S. agency heads, James F. Holderman, U.S. District Court for the Northern Dis- general counsels, judge advocates general, administrative judges, and trict of Illinois; Remarks by Ashley Belleau, FBA president attorneys. 12:00–1:30 p.m. Foundation of the FBA Fellows 2:00–4:00 p.m. Federal Bar Building Corporation Board Luncheon Meeting The Foundation of the FBA will induct its 2011 Fellows. 3:00 p.m. Architectural Boat Tour 5:00–6:00 p.m. Federal Litigation Section Happy Hour The Official Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise describes 6:00–9:00 p.m. Reception at the Art Institute of Chicago the architecture and design of over 50 buildings throughout downtown Chicago. Cruises board 15 minutes before departure time. A snack bar The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 as both a museum and and indoor salon with air conditioning and outdoor general admission school, opened on its present site in 1893. The museum housed a seating is available for each guest. To make a complimentary reserva- collection of plaster casts and tion, please email [email protected]. had a visionary purpose: to acquire and exhibit art 6:00–9:00 p.m. Reception at John G. Shedd Aquarium of all kinds and to conduct The aquarium’s founder, John G. Shedd, retired president of Marshall programs of education. The Field & Company, gave a total of $3 million to start the aquarium. It collection now encompasses began with a large freshwa- more than 5,000 years of hu- ter pool featuring fishes, rep- man expression from cultures tiles, and amphibians, and around the world, and the over the next year, more than school’s graduate program is a million gallons of seawater continually ranked as one of were shipped by rail from the best in the country. © 2011 City of Chicago/Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau Florida to fill new galleries. When the aquarium officially Friday, Sept. 9 opened on May 30, 1930, it housed the greatest variety 8:00–8:45 a.m. Seventh Circuit Swearing In Ceremony and of sea life under one roof. Remarks by Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit © 2011 City of Chicago/Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau Those interested should print, complete and mail finished ap- Saturday, Sept. 10 plications (located at www.ca7.uscourts.gov/forms/applctn. 8:30–9:45 a.m. Vice Presidents for the Circuits Meeting pdf) to Collins Fitzpatrick, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sev- enth Circuit, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604. 8:30–11:00 a.m. Section and Division Chairs Meeting Please submit applications by Aug. 31 to ensure entry; ap- 9:30–11:30 a.m. Foundation of the FBA Board Meeting plications submitted after that date will still be considered. 10:00–11:30 a.m. Chapter Education Program Presented Spotlight: Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook by the Vice Presidents of the Circuits 11:45 a.m.–1:45 p.m. FBA Awards Luncheon Frank H. Easterbrook is the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals This annual event recognizes the outstanding service and achievements for the Seventh Circuit and a senior lecturer at the University of Chi- cago Law School. Before joining the court in 1985, he was the Lee of members, sections, divisions, and chapters. Special Recognition and Brena Freeman Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, Awards, Section and Division Awards, Vice Presidents for the Circuits where he taught and wrote in antitrust, securities, corporate law, juris- Awards, Chapter Activity Awards, and Newsletter Awards will be pre- prudence, and criminal procedure. He has published The Economic sented. Structure of Corporate Law (with Daniel R. Fischel) and about 100 2:00–5:00 p.m. National Council Meeting scholarly articles. He served as co-editor of the Journal of Law and Economics from 1982–1991 and as a member of the Judicial Con- 6:30 p.m. Reception and Presidential Installation Banquet ference’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure The banquet marks the formal installation of Fern Bomchill as the FBA from 1991–1997. Before joining the faculty of the law school in national president for FY 2012. The banquet will feature the presenta- 1979, Judge Easterbrook was deputy solicitor general of the United tion of the Ilene and Michael Shaw Public Service Grants, the President’s States. He holds degrees from Swarthmore College and the Uni- Award, the Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award, and the Earl W. Kintner versity of Chicago Law School, and is a member of the American Award. Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Law Institute, the Mont Pelerin Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Order of the Coif.

Speaker Biographies Gabriel Aizenberg is a commercial litigator whose practice encom- Dean Douglas G. Baird is a 1975 graduate of Yale College and passes a variety of litigation areas, including fraud, contractual disputes, a 1979 graduate of Stanford Law School, where he was elected to the business torts, breach of fiduciary duty, claims of trade secret misap- Order of the Coif and served as the managing editor of the Stanford Law propriation, and government contracts. He has successfully represented Review. Before joining the faculty in 1980, he was a law clerk to Hon. clients in veil piercing litigation, litigation overcoming the asset-protection Shirley M. Hufstedler and Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, both of the U.S. features of both foreign and domestic trusts, asset turnover and tracing Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Baird served as dean of the Stan- proceedings, and proceedings to freeze assets both here and abroad. ford Law School from 1994–1999. His research and teaching interests Aizenberg is outside general counsel for litigation matters for a local focus on corporate reorganizations and contracts. private school and an officer of the Holocaust Educational Foundation. He also has represented several federal prisoners in civil rights cases in Peter Baugher has been a partner at Schopf & Weiss LLP in Chicago district courts and the court of appeals. since1989. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at Chicago law firms Schiff, Hardin & Waite and Adams, Fox, Adelstein & Rosen. A Professor Ron Allen is the John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law at 1970 graduate of Princeton University and 1973 graduate of Yale Law Northwestern University in Chicago. A graduate of Marshall University School, he served as an editor of the Yale Review of Law and Social Ac- and the University of Michigan School of Law, Allen is an internationally tion. Following law school, clerked for Hon. Philip W. Tone of the U.S. recognized expert in the fields of evidence, criminal procedure, and con- Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Baugher was a principal drafter stitutional law. He has published seven books and over 100 articles in of Illinois’ 1998 International Commercial Arbitration Act. He is currently major law reviews; he has been quoted in national news outlets hundreds chair of Illinois Senator Mark Kirk’s Judicial Advisory Board, where he of times, and appears regularly on national broadcast media. Allen has screens potential federal judges for the senator and president of the Chi- worked with various groups in China to help formulate proposals for legal cago International Dispute Resolution Association. reform, and he was recently retained by the Tanzanian government to assist in the reform of their evidence law. Ashley Belleau is a partner with Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz LLP in New Orleans, where her main areas of practice Janice A. Anderson has over 25 years of experience focusing on include commercial litigation, business law, and alternative dispute resolu- health regulatory and compliance issues. Her practice focuses on cor- tion. She is the national president of the Federal Bar Association; she is a porate health care and transactional law and has specific expertise in past president of the New Orleans Chapter and is a past vice president structuring hospital/physician alignment strategies to improve the quality for the Fifth Circuit. Belleau graduated from Newcomb College and Tu- and cost effectiveness of care. Anderson is knowledgeable in the areas lane University Law School. Before entering private practice, she served of legal and regulatory compliance and has extensive experience with as a judicial law clerk for Hon. Henry A. Mentz Jr. in the U.S. District Court issues involving Stark, anti-kickback, HIPAA, EMTALA, False Claims Act, for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Belleau has been recognized as a reimbursement, and civil money penalty laws. She also advises nonprofit Louisiana Super Lawyer, a Barrister of the Tulane Chapter of the American governing boards on a wide range of issues. Prior to her law firm tenure, Inns of Court, and a Fellow of the Foundation of the FBA. Anderson was the general counsel, vice president, and corporate compli- ance officer for Borgess Health. Under Elizabeth J. Cabraser’s leadership, Lieff Cabraser has be- come one of the country’s largest law firms serving clients seeking to re- Hon. Wayne R. Andersen retired from the U.S. District Court for the dress for financial and consumer fraud, anti-competitive practices, harmful Northern District of Illinois in 2010. A 1970 graduate of the University of drugs and products, and illegal employment practices. She has served Illinois College of Law and a 1967 graduate of Harvard University, he as court-appointed lead, co-lead, or class counsel in over 80 federal remains a co-holder of the 100-yard dash record and is a member of the multi-district and state coordinated proceedings. She has held leadership Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. In 1984, Judge Anderson was elect- roles in landmark cases such as the Exxon Valdez disaster. Cabraser has ed to the Circuit Court of Cook County; in 1991, President George H. been repeatedly recognized as one of the foremost litigators in our na- Bush appointed him to the U.S. District Court. Judge Anderson is currently tion; in 2010, the American Bar Association Commission on Women in a mediator/arbitrator for JAMS, a volunteer member of the Deepwater the Profession honored Cabraser with its Margaret Brent Women Lawyers Horizon Joint Investigation Board investigating the oil spill in the Gulf of of Achievement Award. Mexico, an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Law School, and a mentor at the University of Illinois Institute of Politics. Wm. Frank Carroll is a trial and appellate lawyer who for the past three decades has been lead counsel in high stakes, high profile business Hilary Axam has served as acting director of the Human Trafficking litigation. He is board certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law Prosecution Unit in the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division since by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, one of fewer than 100 attor- 2009, and a special litigation counsel in the unit since its inception in neys in Texas with such dual certification. Carroll has a primary emphasis 2007. She has been a prosecutor with the Civil Rights Division since on federal court, class action, financial institutions, antitrust, securities, 2001. Axam has prosecuted and supervised some of the most significant and intellectual property trials and appeals, as well as the defense of human trafficking cases in the United States, involving both forced labor government investigations. He has been an arbitrator since 1979 and and sex trafficking. In 2006, she and the team fromUnited States v. Car- has represented many clients in arbitration matters. Carroll also serves as reto received the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys’ Director’s Award. an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School Previously, Axam worked internationally as counsel to the Judiciary of the of Law, where he has taught since 1978. Republic of Palau and as a Fulbright Fellow at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1800 Attorneys 32 Locations° www.gtlaw.com

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Through her prosecuted a Las Vegas Casino bank fraud deal involving the Mafia; for experiences in law school administration, private practice and nonprofit this effort, he received the Department of Justice Meritorious Achievement organizations, she brings a working knowledge of the Chicago legal Award. Most recently, Kelley has served as a court-appointed receiver community and law firms on issues of diversity. Gupta graduated from charged with managing and liquidating the personal assets of Thomas Harvard Law School in 1999. Subsequently, she was a law clerk for J. Petters and five codefendants convicted of the largest Ponzi scheme in Hon. David H. Coar of the Northern District of Illinois. Minnesota history.

Victor P. Henderson is the executive partner in charge of the Chicago Hon. Virginia M. Kendall was appointed to the federal bench office of Holland & Knight and a member of the firm’s Litigation Depart- in January 2006. Prior to her appointment, she worked at the U.S. At- ment. He is a trustee of John Marshall Law School and a member of the Il- torney’s Office in Chicago for over 10 years. Previously, she clerked for linois Community College Board. Henderson is the former television host of Hon. George Marovich in the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Kendall “Inside Justice” on WYCC and of “Unspoken” on CBS. Prior to becoming has been an adjunct professor at Loyola University School of Law for the an attorney, he practiced as certified public accountant. Henderson is a past 15 years and an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University past president of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Equal Justice Law School for the past four years. She has published law journal articles The law firm of Jenner & Block LLP is a proud sponsor of the Federal Bar Association 2011 Annual Meeting and Convention

Chicago | Los Angeles | New York | Washington, DC 353 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60654-3456 Jenner & Block LLP jenner.com on a variety of topics and currently lectures extensively. She has traveled speaker at national and international conferences and has been quoted to Nairobi, Kenya, and to Zambia and will travel later this year to con- in leading news outlets. Prior to joining NIJC, McCarthy practiced civil tinue her training on anti-human trafficking laws and procedures through litigation and served as a pro bono attorney for NIJC’s asylum project. the State Department and Lawyers without Borders. Juan P. Osuna was appointed as director of the Executive Office for Professor Laurie Leader joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in the win- Immigration Review in May 2011, and had been acting director since ter of 1999. Previously she worked in private practice, specializing in December 2010. Osuna is a graduate of George Washington University, labor and employment law. From 1995 until she began work at Chica- the Washington College of Law at American University, and American go-Kent, Leader was the principal of Leader & Associates Ltd. Previously, University’s School of International Service. Previously, he served the De- she had been a partner in several other Chicago law firms. Between partment of Justice as an associate deputy attorney general and a deputy 2006 and 2008, Leader was the co-host of “The Employment Hour,” assistant attorney general. Before working at DOJ, Osuna served as chair which appeared on Comcast cable. Leader is a graduate of Washington and member of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Prior to that, he held University in St. Louis and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland various senior editorial and management positions at West Group (now State University, where she was executive editor of the Cleveland State Thomson West), a leading legal publisher. Osuna teaches immigration Law Review and taught a legal research and writing class to first-year policy at George Mason University School of Law. students. Danuta B. Panich has a varied practice encompassing advocacy for Howard A. Learner is an experienced attorney serving as the presi- and advice to employers in all aspects of employment and labor law. In dent and executive director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center. particular, Panich has represented some of the nation’s largest employers in Learner is responsible for the overall strategic policy direction, develop- FLSA collective actions and state law wage hour class actions. In addition ment, and leadership of this public interest organization. Before founding to her labor and employment practice, Panich devotes substantial atten- ELPC, he was the general counsel of Business and Professional People for tion to assisting professional services firms and companies with litigation the Public Interest, a public interest law center, specializing in complex preparedness planning. Panich is frequently asked to speak or provide civil litigation and policy development. Learner is an adjunct professor at training on litigation techniques, electronic discovery and records manage- Northwestern University Law School, teaching an advanced environmen- ment. She has also authored several articles on these topics, and is active, tal law seminar. He is a 1980 graduate of Harvard Law School and a through her leadership role in the FBA, in developing continuing legal edu- 1976 graduate of the University of Michigan. cation programs for practitioners and their clients.

Scott Mendeloff has tried to successful conclusion well over 50 cases Ronald R. Peterson is a partner in Jenner & Block LLP and is AV Peer in a wide array of areas in both the civil and criminal arenas in federal Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer recognition for ethical and state courts around the country. Beyond trial work, Scott has deliv- standards and legal ability. He has concentrated his practice in the areas ered highly favorable results in the commercial and white collar areas of commercial, insolvency and bankruptcy law, focusing primarily on rep- alike. From 1986-1997, Scott served in the U.S. Department of Justice, resenting debtors, trustees, creditors’ committees, landlords, and secured and in 1996-1997, he served as one of the primary trial lawyers in the lenders in Chapter 11 cases. In addition to his insolvency litigation prac- prosecution of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing. The Jus- tice, Peterson counsels clients on a variety of transactional issues. He has tice Department has awarded Mendeloff the Attorney General’s Award, been a member of the panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the Northern District the Director’s Award, and other commendations. A frequent guest legal of Illinois, Eastern Division, since 1987. He presides over approximately analyst on national and local television programs, Scott has appeared 100 consumer bankruptcy cases per month. Peterson graduated from the on numerous programs. University of Chicago Law School and from Ripon College.

Jane K. McCahill represents health care institutions and providers in Professor James E. Pfander has focused his teaching and research corporate transactions that involve complex heath care regulatory and on federal jurisdiction and procedure. Much of Pfander’s recent work reimbursement issues. She regularly advises clients on managed care deals with the history and structure of Article III of the Constitution and the arrangements and Medicare and Medicaid coverage and payment mat- role of the Supreme Court of the United States in relation to inferior courts ters. McCahill’s noteworthy experience includes handling internal investi- and tribunals. In 2009, Oxford University Press published his book on gations and responding to governmental fraud and abuse investigations. that subject, One Supreme Court: Supremacy, Inferiority, and the Judicial She also counsels joint venture entities and physician groups to meet Stark Power of the United States. Other books include Principles of Federal anti-referral requirements. McCahill represents providers responding to Jurisdiction (2006) and Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (5th ed. certification, licensure and accreditation surveys and EMTALA complaints 2009). A member of the American Law Institute, Pfander currently serves and hearings. She also advises on privacy requirements under federal as reporter/consultant to the Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee of the HIPAA standards. Judicial Conference of the United States.

Mary Meg McCarthy has served as the executive director of the Hon. Layn R. Phillips is a litigation partner in the Newport Beach National Immigrant Justice Center since 1998. She oversees all aspects office of Irell & Manella LLP, which he joined in 1991. He joined the of NIJC’s legal services, advocacy efforts, and programmatic and op- U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles in 1980 as an assistant U.S. attor- erational functions. Under McCarthy’s direction, NIJC has become the ney, serving for four years. He was nominated, at age 31, by President leading immigrant and human rights organization in the country. In ad- Ronald Reagan to serve as a U.S. attorney and again three years later to dition, she has developed an unparalleled pro bono network of more serve as a U.S. district judge in Oklahoma City. During his four years on than 1,000 attorneys. She has testified before congressional committees the bench, he presided over more than 140 federal trials in Oklahoma, on human rights and the need for immigration reform. She is a frequent New Mexico, and Texas. He also sat by designation on the U.S. Court Chicago roots

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Americas | Asia | Europe | www.mayerbrown.com of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver. Judge Phillips received both his Gloria Santona is the chief legal officer of McDonald’s Corporation, B.S. and J.D. from the University of Tulsa, and also completed two years and she leads McDonald’s worldwide legal, compliance, regulatory and of an LLM program at Georgetown University Law Center. corporate governance functions. She has fostered the legal department’s diversity efforts and on-going engagement in pro-bono legal services, Irving H. Picard focuses his practice primarily on representing unse- which have garnered the department awards. Santona joined McDon- cured and secured creditors, commercial landlords, bankruptcy trustees ald’s as an attorney upon her graduation from the University of Michigan and other parties in interest in bankruptcy reorganization cases, as well Law School, and subsequently held a number of management positions in as in out-of-court restructurings. He also serves as a court-appointed trust- the legal department. She became the company’s corporate secretary in ee in securities brokerage house liquidations under the Securities Investor 1996 and has served as general counsel since 2001. She was named Protection Act (SIPA). He is currently serving as the court-appointed trustee one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Maga- under SIPA in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities zine and has received numerous awards. LLC. Picard has extensive litigation experience including investigating the financial affairs of debtors and seeking to recover property, objections to Geoffrey Stone has been a member of the University of Chicago Law confirmation of chapter 11 plans, substantive consolidation and prefer- School faculty since 1973. From 1987–1993, he served as dean of the ence and fraudulent transfer issues. Law School and from 1993–2002 he served as provost of the University of Chicago. Stone is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Hon. Richard A. Posner graduated from Yale College and Harvard the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as editor in Law School, where he was first in his class and was president of the chief of the Law Review. He was a law clerk to Hon. J. Skelly Wright of Harvard Law Review. He worked as law clerk to Justice William J. Bren- the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to Justice William J. nan Jr., as an assistant to Commissioner Philip Elman of the Federal Trade Brennan Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States. STone has written Commission, as an assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, several award-winning books, and is currently chief editor of a 15-volume Thurgood Marshall, and as general counsel of President Johnson’s Task series, Inalienable Rights, being published by the Oxford University Press Force on Communications Policy. Posner began teaching in 1968 at between 2006 and 2013. Stanford and became professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School in 1969, where he remained until his appointment to the Seventh Maria Z. Vathis has extensive experience with defending clients in Circuit in December 1981. He was chief judge from 1993 to 2000. complex business litigation matters involving contracts, fraud, business torts, and professional liability. Her practice also includes analyzing in- Paul M. Rashkind has practiced law for over 30 years, representing surance coverage under first-party property, commercial general liability, clients in the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal courts of appeals and district and directors and officers insurance policies. In addition, she handles the courts, as well as in state courts. He is chief of the Appellate Division for defense of class actions involving alleged violations of federal statutes. the Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Florida, a position he has Vathis is president of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Associa- held since 1992, and lectures at the University of Miami School of Law. tion and a board member of the Hellenic Bar Association. She is also Before becoming a federal defender, he was in private practice for 14 a member of the National Association of Insurance Women. Vathis is years as a partner of Bailey Gerstein Rashkind & Dresnick and an associate an active member of the American Cancer Society’s Associate Board of of Sams Gerstein & Ward. Before entering private practice, Rashkind was Ambassadors and co-chairs the fashion committee. an assistant state attorney of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, He is the recipient of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Bar Foundation’s Career Achieve- Melville W. Washburn joined Sidley Austin LLP in 1987. His prac- ment Award and the FACDL “Against All Odds” Award. tice includes litigation and arbitration in jurisdictions throughout the United States. He has published several articles regarding legal issues facing ac- Professor Harry Reicher is scholar-in-residence at Touro Law Cen- countants and consultants and has served as a faculty member at confer- ter, University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he has taught for 16 ences on reinsurance dispute resolution. Washburn served on a trial team years. As an academic, Reicher taught for many years at Monash Uni- which achieved a defense verdict on behalf of a major accounting firm versity in Melbourne, where his original legal training was undertaken, after a three-week jury trial. He successfully represented group of lend- with postgraduate studies at the University of Melbourne and Harvard ers enforcing lien on a $30 million fund in federal interpleader litigation, Law School. From 1995 to 2004, he was representative to the United and served as second chair on behalf of a major energy company in a Nations of Agudath Israel World Organization. In recognition of his pio- five-week arbitration where the opponent unsuccessfully sought more than neering work on the legal dimension to the Holocaust, in January 2004, $150 million in mine closing and reclamation costs. President George W. Bush appointed Reicher to the U.S. Holocaust Me- morial Council, on which he served until April 2008. Hon. Ann Claire Williams is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the first African American ever appointed to the Judge Gerald E. Rosen was nominated by President George H. Seventh Circuit. In 1977, Judge Williams co-founded Minority Legal Edu- Bush to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in cation Resources Inc. and in 1987, she was a founding member of the November 1989. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Rosen was a senior Black Women Lawyers Association of Chicago. She created a fellowship partner in Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone. In 1974, he wasa program for the Board of Equal Justice Works and co-founded the Just The legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Robert P. Griffin in Washington, D.C. Beginning Foundation. Judge Williams has led conferences and training At the same time, he attended the George Washington University Law internationally and has also served on training delegations to the Interna- School at night. For 16 years, Judge Rosen has been an adjunct pro- tional Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Tribunal for the former Yugosla- fessor at Wayne State University Law School, University of Detroit Law via. Judge Williams has received numerous awards for her contributions to School, and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. 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Acc ommodations . A limited number of rooms are being held for meeting attendees at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers at a special group rate of $179 per night (single/double room), plus applicable taxes and fees, until August 26, 2011. Please contact the hotel directly to make reservations at (800) 325-3535 and be sure to mention the FBA Annual Meeting and Convention in order to receive the discounted rate. Rooms must be reserved by August 26 to be eligible for the discounted rate. Continuing Legal Education CLE sessions can be purchased by full package, by day, or by individual session. Please specify quantity of tickets and subtotal the amount in the spaces provided. Dates, times, and sessions are subject to change. Qty. FBA Member Qty. Nonmember Subtotal Full CLE Package (8 hrs.) ______$260 ______$330 ______One-Day Package: Thursday, Sept. 8 (4.75 hrs.) ______$170 ______$210 ______One-Day Package: Friday, Sept. 9 (3.25 hrs.) ______$110 ______$140 ______

Individual Sessions, Thursday, Sept. 8: 9:00–10:00 a.m. Session 1: The U.S. Reaction Since 9/11 (1 hr.) ______$40 ______$50 ______10:15–11:45 a.m. Session 2A: Hot Topics in Renewable Energy Law (1.5 hr.) ______$55 ______$65 ______Session 2B: Gideon v. Wainwright—A Multimedia Presentation: Looking Backward, Going Forward (1.5 hr.) ______$55 ______$65 ______1:45–2:45 p.m. Session 3A: The Challenge of Immigration Court Reform (1 hr.) ______$40 ______$50 ______Session 3B: Social Media (1 hr.) ______$40 ______$50 ______3:00–3:30 p.m. The Judicial Vacancy Crisis (no CLE credit) ______$0 ______$0 ______3:45–5:00 p.m. Session 4A: Class Action Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court (1.25 hr.) ______$50 ______$60 ______Session 4B: Supreme Court Review of the 2010–2011 Term and Preview of the Upcoming Term (1.25 hr.) ______$50 ______$60 ______

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