Transatlantic legal ethics 2021: law firm regulation and legal ethics in a post-Brexit world Speaker biographies

Julia Adams, Director,

Julia is Slaughter and May’s General Counsel advising the firm on the full range of regulatory and other legal issues which affect it as a business, playing a key role in risk and reputation management more generally.

Julia is co-author of The In-houser, the Slaughter and May publication which translates SRA rules for in house lawyers and regularly speaks to clients on that topic.

She is a member of the City of London Law Society’s Professional Rules and Regulations Committee and a liveryman of the City of London ’ Company. Stephanie Boyce, Deputy Vice President, The Law Society

Stephanie was admitted as a in 2002 and has a wealth of experience in corporate governance, regulatory frameworks and professional regulation.

Stephanie holds a Master of Laws in public law and global governance from King’s College, University of London.

Stephanie is a Council member of the Law Society of England and Wales representing the Women Lawyers Division. She is the past honorary secretary of the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society, a solicitor member of the Joint Tribunal Service, a former member of the Law Society's Council Membership Committee, a former member of the Law Society’s Regulatory Affairs Board, an ex-officio committee member of the Women Lawyers Division and former chair of the Conduct Committee.

Anthony Davis, Of Counsel, Clyde & Co

Anthony E. Davis is Of Counsel at Clyde &Co US LLP in its New York Office and is best described as a lawyer’s lawyer. He advises lawyers and law firms in the United States and internationally in the areas of professional responsibility, risk management and every aspect of the law governing lawyers. He is co-author of RISK MANAGEMENT: Survival Tools For Law Firms (ABA Law Practice Management Section, 3rd edition, with Katie M. Lachter, 2015), the author of numerous scholarly articles, and the author of the bi-monthly Professional Responsibility Column in the New York Law Journal. He is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia University School of Law, teaching “Professional Responsibility Issues in Business Practice.” He is a past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL), a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and a Member of the

American Law Institute (ALI). He received his law degree from Cambridge University, and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law. He is admitted in New York, Colorado, and as an English Barrister and a Solicitor (both non-practicing). Sonya Foulds, Chief Risk Officer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Sonya Foulds joined Cleary Gottlieb in 2018 and is its first Chief Risk Officer. She has responsibility for risk management across the firm and leads a global team of professionals that provides in-house legal advice in all jurisdictions on risk management and regulatory matters. She also oversees the firm’s data privacy compliance program. Sonya focuses on strategic planning and operational risk management, legal and regulatory advice, and works with the firm’s leadership team to support the development of the firm’s operations and strategy.

Sonya is a barrister of England & Wales and worked in private practice before working as in-house counsel in global law firms since 2004. She is a member of the City of London Law Society Committee on Practice, Rules, and Regulation and in this capacity works on public policy developments in the field of regulatory law for law firms.

Sonya received her BVC from the School of Law (now City Law School) and her Jurisprudence MA from Oxford University. Jonathan Goldsmith, Council Member, the Law Society

Jonathan Goldsmith is a consultant in European and international legal services, working as an expert on numerous funded projects aimed at improving the administration of justice in the EU and world-wide. He is an English solicitor, blogs weekly on legal topics for the Law Society Gazette, and is a member of the Council of the Law Society.

From 2001 to 2015, he was the Secretary General of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents over 1,000,000 European lawyers through its member bars and law societies. He began his legal career in the UK Citizens Advice Bureaux as advice worker (1978-1980) and community lawyer (1980-1986). After that, he joined the Law Society of England and Wales, first as Deputy Head, Communications and then, from 1995-2001, as Director, International, promoting the interests of solicitors abroad.

Tracy Kepler, Risk Control Consulting Director, CNA Insurance

Tracy L. Kepler is Risk Control Consulting Director for CNA’s Lawyers Insurance Program where she designs/develops content and distribution of risk control initiatives relevant to the practice of law. Prior to her role at CNA, she served as the Director of the ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility, providing national leadership in developing and interpreting standards and scholarly resources in legal and judicial ethics, professional regulation, professionalism, client protection, professional liability and attorney well-being. Tracy also has nearly 20 years of experience as a regulatory/disciplinary litigator with the USPTO and the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. She is a past president of the National Organization of Bar Counsel, a Board member of the Institute for Well-Being in Law (formerly the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being) and is a co-author of its Report & Recommendations. She also teaches legal ethics/professional responsibility at Loyola School of Law School (Chicago), American University Washington College of Law and Georgetown University Law Center. Frank Maher, Partner, Legal Risk LLP

Frank Maher is a practising solicitor and partner in Legal Risk LLP, with over 37 years' experience of providing legal advice to UK and US law firms and their insurers, often in 'bet the business' situations relating to professional responsibility, regulatory and professional liability insurance issues.

Examples include conflicts of interests, client retainers and funding in group litigation, Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licence applications, disciplinary investigations and advocacy in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, GDPR, insurance coverage disputes, and claims over the policy limit.

Frank is a board member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL).

Iain Miller, Partner, Kingsley Napley

Iain specialises in regulatory and public law matters. He acts for individuals and organisations, as well as regulators, across a wide range of sectors. His particular expertise is in legal services regulation. He is general editor of the leading textbook on legal services regulation, Cordery on Legal Services. Iain’s experience in relation to legal services regulation dates back to 1994. Since then he has acted in many of the leading cases. His experience covers not only disciplinary proceedings but also, business structures, investigations, public law challenges, liability and restructuring. This work often includes dealing with regulators on behalf of clients. Iain also provides policy, governance and litigation advice to legal services regulators in England and Wales and in other jurisdictions.

In other sectors Iain advises regulators as well as those who are the subject of regulatory action. Iain is ranked as Band 1 in Chambers & Partners Guide to the UK Legal Profession in both the categories of Professional Discipline and Administrative & Public Law. He is also a leading individual in the Legal 500 in the field of Professional Discipline as well as being named in relation to Partnership and Public Law. In 2013 Iain was included in Magazine's Hot 100. He is vice-chair of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.

Jennifer Millar, Managing Director – Client Partner Group, Aon

Jennifer is a Client Partner at Aon, focussed on advising global clients, primarily in the professional services sector, on matters involving risk and insurance strategy. She joined Aon in New York in 2003, relocating to London in 2009. Prior to joining Aon, Jennifer worked at PwC LLP as Director of Underwriting with responsibility for the design and execution of the firm’s Global PI and P&C programmes. Jennifer has a BA degree in History from Barnard College, Columbia University and an MBA in Risk and Insurance from The College of Insurance in New York.

Arden Olson, Harrang Long Gary Rudnick

Arden handles health, legal ethics, and litigation matters. He represented a London law firm in US courts against fraud claims. He served in the Oregon DOJ handling litigation against the U.S. He was General Counsel to Oregon’s workers compensation carrier, to a regional HMO, and to one of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations. He shepherded the ABA Model RPCs through the ABA Young Lawyer Division, and helped draft the Oregon RPCs. He serves on the Board of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and served on the ABA’s Committees on Ethics & Professional Responsibility and on Professionalism. Jemma Ralph, Privacy Lawyer, Slaughter and May

Jemma is one of Slaughter and May’s in-house Privacy Lawyers advising the firm on all aspects of data privacy matters. She spearheaded the firm’s GDPR readiness programme and advises internal committees on privacy risk management, including in relation to Brexit. She is responsible for implementing the firm’s ongoing privacy programme.

Ellyn Rosen, Regulation and Global Initiatives Counsel, ABA Center for Professional Responsibility

ELLYN S. ROSEN is the Regulation and Global Initiatives Counsel of the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility. She advises the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation. The Committee’s mission is to assist the judiciary and the bar in the development, coordination, and strengthening of professional regulation throughout the United States, including the assessment of the ramifications of global legal regulatory and practice developments. Ms. Rosen was Counsel to the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 (2009-2013), which reviewed and recommended changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the U.S. system of lawyer regulation in response to the challenges that globalization and advances in technology present to clients, lawyers, law firms, and the public. She provided professional regulatory advice to the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services. She also advises the ABA Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal Services, which monitors the free trade agreement negotiations affecting legal services and provides input to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. She liaises with the Conference of Chief Justices, National Organization of Bar

Counsel, National Council of Lawyer Disciplinary Boards, and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. She speaks frequently at international, state and local bar programs regarding ethics, the regulation of the legal profession, and professionalism. Prior to joining the Center in 1996, Ms. Rosen was a senior litigation counsel with the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She is President of the Board of Governors of the Chicago Council of Lawyers, Chicago’s public interest bar association, and has served on the Council’s Executive Committee and Board of Governors for a number of years. She is the Chair of the International Bar Association’s Bar Issues Commission Regulation Committee and has been a member of that Committee since 2016. She served on the International Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee (2009-2010). She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Ms. Rosen also serves as an investigator and interviewer for the Illinois Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Evaluations. The Alliance evaluates and rates candidates seeking judgeships in Illinois via appointment or election. Ms. Rosen received her J.D. with honors from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana. Helen Rowlands, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP

Helen specialises in the defence of legal malpractice claims against law firms. Her practice focuses on complex and high value claims, and she has defended a wide range of claims, including those involving structured finance, pensions, tax, property, litigation, and trust issues. She also acts for insurers as monitoring counsel. Helen also advises on law firm risk management, regulatory investigations, and disciplinary issues. She also advises on corporate and commercial disputes.

Helen is recognised as a "Next Generation Partner" for professional negligence (Legal 500, 2020 and 2021) and speaks regularly on professional liability and risk management issues.

Amasis Saba, Chair of the Law Society’s Money Laundering Task Force and Head of Business Acceptance, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Amasis Saba is the Head of Business Acceptance and Deputy MLRO at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) and a senior member of the firm’s Office of the General Counsel Management Team. Amasis manages the team responsible for conflict checking, client risk assessments, due diligence and file opening. Amasis has been instrumental in enhancing many of the firm's compliance policies and procedures drawing on his previous knowledge and experience as a compliance professional with a range of financial services organisations including Blue Chip firms and higher risk internet financial services providers.

In 2012 Amasis was appointed to the Law Society’s Money Laundering Task Force and became Chair of the Task force in the autumn of 2018. Amasis has represented the Task Force on government working groups including the National Risk Assessment and PSC Register Guidance Group. In early 2018 Amasis also became Chair of the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers (IMLPO).

Steven Vaughan, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics, University College London

Professor Steven Vaughan holds the Chair in Law and Professional Ethics at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. He has written 4 books, over 30 chapters and journal papers, plus reports for regulators and others; the majority on lawyers’ ethics/legal services regulation. Steven has held appointments on the Education and the Policy Committees of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, on the LGBT Lawyers Division of The Law Society, and on the Research Strategy Group of the . He began his career with a decade in the City, working first at Freshfields and then at Latham & Watkins.

Peter Wright, Solicitor and Managing Director, Digital Law UK

Peter is a solicitor and leading expert in data protection, cyber security regulation and social media law. As Managing Director of Digital Law, he advises clients across US, Europe, Middle East and Asia. He is chair of the Law Society’s GDPR Working Group as well as chairing the Policy and Regulatory Affairs Committee and is a member of the Law Society Board. He is also author of the Law Society Cyber Security Toolkit.

A sought-after speaker, Peter presented at numerous conferences and events including the British Legal Technology Forum, the European Legal Cyber Security Forum, the London Law Expo and the Nordic Privacy Arena.