HOME  |  AGENDA  |  CLE  |  BOARD OF ADVISORS  |  PROGRAM MATERIALS  |  SESSIONS & SPEAKERS  |  SPONSORS & EVENT PARTNERS

MEET THE SPEAKERS
DOWNLOAD THE AGENDA

Thursday, October 15

1:00-1:10 pm Opening Remarks

  • Jennifer M. Collins — Judge James Noel Dean & Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX
1:10-1:55 pm Privacy Law Developments for U.S. Companies

  • Ted Augustinos, Partner, Locke Lord LLP, Hartford, CT
  • Mark Shaw, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX
  • Tom Smedingoff, Of Counsel, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL
2:00-2:45 pm Returning to the Office: Managing Employee Privacy Risks in a COVID-19 Environment

  • Tony Campiti, Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP, Dallas, TX
  • Craig Carpenter, Associate, Thompson & Knight LLP, Dallas, TX
  • Steve Stein, Partner, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX
2:50-3:35 pm Litigation Trends Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Yolanda Garcia, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX
  • Yvette Ostolaza, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX
3:35-3:50 pm BREAK
3:50-4:35 pm Risky Business: Not Just an 80’s Cult Classic—Identifying, Assessing and Managing Your Business Risks

  • Kit Addleman, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX
  • Suzanne Montgomery, VP – Compliance & Chief Accessibility Officer, AT&T Services, Inc., LLP, Dallas, TX
  • Tim Newman, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, LLP, Dallas, TX
  • Clay Scheitzach, General Counsel, DriveTime Group, Tempe, AZ

Friday, October 16

9:00-9:45 am ESG in 2020: How Regulators, Legislatures, and Shareholders Are Pressing Companies on Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues in Reaction to the Current Crisis 

  • Alaina Brooks, Executive VP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, and Secretary, EnLink Midstream, Dallas, TX
  • John Lawrence, Partner, Baker Botts LLP, Dallas, TX
  • Chequan Lewis, Chief Equity Officer, Pizza Hut, Plano, TX
  • Jessica Pulliam, Partner, Baker Botts LLP, Dallas, TX
KEYNOTE
9:50-10:35 am		 Being Intentional as Inclusive Leaders

  • A. Shonn Brown, Deputy General Counsel, Kimerly-Clark, Irving, TX
  • Chris Luna, Vice President Legal Affairs, T-Mobile, Frisco, TX
  • Ambassador Capricia Marshall, Ambassador-in-Residence, Arsht Latin America Center; President of Global Engagement Strategies; Former Chief of Protocol for the United States, Washington, DC
  • Melinda Phelan, Partner, Baker McKenzie, Dallas, TX
10:35-10:50 am BREAK
10:50-11:35 am Effect of the 2020 Election on Companies and Corporate Law Departments

  • Senator Joe Donnelly, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Former United States Senator and Member of the United States House of Representatives (IN), Washington, DC
  • Joe Mannes, President, SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc., Dallas, TX
11:40-12:25 am COVID-19 from the Inside: Financial, Ethical, and Practical Considerations for In-House Counsel

  • Clarence Brown, Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Kronos Worldwide, Inc., Dallas, TX
  • Rudy Rodriguez, Jr., Executive VP, Chief Legal & Human Resources Officer, CEC Entertainment, Inc., Irving, TX
  • Jason Smith, Chair, State Bar of Texas Corporate Counsel Section, Houston, TX
  • Amy Raney Yeager, Executive VP & Chief Legal Officer, Children’s Health, Dallas TX
12:25-12:30 pm Final Remarks

  • Eric F. Hinton — Director, Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX