ACC’s 2010 Annual Meeting Be the Solution. Monday, October 25 4:30pm-6:00pm 408 - Securities 201 for In-house Counsel: Special Disclosure Topics LaFleur Browne AVP & Corporate Secretary The Williams Cos. Mark Harrington General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Guidance Software, Inc. Michael W. McCurdy EVP,General Counsel Danvers Bancorp, Inc. Bart Wu Attorney This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2010 various authors and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). Materials may not be reproduced without the consent of ACC. Reprint permission requests should be directed to ACC’s Legal Resources Department at ACC: +1 202.293.4103, x338;
[email protected] ACC's 2010 Annual Meeting Be the Solution. Session 408 Faculty Biographies LaFleur Browne La Fleur C. Browne joined The Williams Companies as the assistant general counsel and corporate secretary. In that capacity, Ms. Browne has full responsibility for the day-to- day management of the corporate secretary department. Ms. Browne practices in the areas of securities regulation, corporate governance, underwritten public offerings (debt and equity), finance transactions, benefits, executive compensation and general corporate transactions. Ms. Browne also provides support to the Board and various Committees of the Board for four public companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Prior to joining The Williams Companies, Inc., Ms. Browne was an assistant general counsel at West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.; an assistant corporate secretary at Corning Incorporated; and an associate attorney with Dorsey & Whitney, LLP. Ms. Browne's practice at those companies and at the firm was in the areas of securities regulation, corporate governance-domestic and international, underwritten public offerings (debt and equity), mergers and acquisitions, finance transactions, aircraft transactions, executive compensation, international transactions, commercial transactions and general corporate transactions.