8:30-9:30 a.m.

Registration

9:30-10:15 a.m.

Welcome and Overview

Keynote Speaker:

Tim McNeal, Vice President, Creative Talent Development and Inclusion, Disney ABC Television

https://www.abctalentdevelopment.com/about_staff1.html

10:15-10:30 a.m.

Transfer Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Morning Track Programs

The Business Case for Diversity

• Vernetta Walker, President & CEO Vernetta Walker & Associates Consulting, Inc. (Moderator) https://www.vernettawalker.com/about-us/
• Tim McNeal, VP of Talent Development & Diversity, Disney ABC Television https://www.abctalentdevelopment.com/about_staff1.html
• Susan Chun, Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Legal at Paramount Pictures https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-chun-1984a3148/
• Marisa Blackshire, Senior General Attorney at BNSF Railway https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisa-blackshire-67853710/
• Joel Richlin, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, & Chief Litigation Counsel at Prime Healthcare https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-richlin-37808387/

The Diversity Pipeline – Success in Improving Diversity in the Legal Profession

• Leslie Cunningham, Executive Director, California LAW Inc. (Moderator) http://californialawinc.com/About-Us/Leadership-and-Staff/Leslie-Cunningham
• Norma Nava Franklin, Vice President, For People of Color https://forpeopleofcolor.org/about/normanava/
• Juan Hernandez, Paul Hastings LLP , graduate of LACBA’s High School Mentoring Programhttps://www.paulhastings.com/professionals/details/juanhernandez
• Nubia Valenzuela, graduate of the California LAW Pathways Program and Loyola Marymount University.
• Alfredo Fraijo, Jr., Partner, Sheppard Mullin LLP and California LAW Pathways https://www.sheppardmullin.com/search.html?searchtext2=alfred+fraijo&do_site_search=1

Retention and Promotion of Diverse Lawyers in Law Firms

• Ivy Kagan Bierman, Partner, Loeb & Loeb (Moderator)

  https://www.loeb.com/en/people/b/bierman-ivy-kagan

   

• Sylvia James, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Winston Strawn LLP https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/james-sylvia.html
• Wesley T.L. Burrell, Co-Leader of Munger Tolles & Olson’s Minority Initiative https://www.mto.com/lawyers/Wesley-T-L-Burrell
• Mary Ellen Connerty, Leader, Diversity and Engagement, O’Melveny https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ellen-connerty-9473367/
• Jay Srinivasan, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/srinivasan-jay-p/

12:15-1:45 p.m.

Luncheon (Burns Lounge)

Keynote Speaker:

Nerissa Coyle McGinn, Chief Diversity Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP

https://www.loeb.com/en/people/m/mcginn-nerissa-coyle

1:45-2:00 p.m.

Transfer break

2:00-3:45 p.m.

Afternoon Track Programs

Compensation and Diversity: Why Lawyers of Color and Women Continue to Make Less in Law Firms, and What Can Be Done About It?

• Steven Velkei (Moderator) https://www.bautelaw.com/attorneys/steven-velkei/
• Margo Jackson-Bermudez, Major Lindsey & Africa https://www.mlaglobal.com/en/people/margot-jackson?byconsultantorauthor=margot-jackson
• Swethaa Ballakrishnen,Assistant Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Lawhttps://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/ballakrishnen/ She
• Maria Rodriguez, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery https://www.mwe.com/people/rodriguez-maria-c/
• Felicia Gilbert, San Francisco Managing Attorney, Sanford Heisler & Sharp LLP https://sanfordheisler.com/team/felicia-gilbert/

Summit of Managing Partners and Diversity Partners : What Works and What Doesn’t?

• Nerissa Coyle McGinn, Chief Diversity Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP (Moderator) https://www.loeb.com/en/people/m/mcginn-nerissa-coyle
• John S. Gibson, Co-chair of the Diversity Council Steering Committee – Crowell & Moring LLP https://www.crowell.com/Professionals/John-Gibson
• Keith Ameele, Managing Partner, Foley & Mansfield PLLP https://www.foleymansfield.com/professionals/kameele/
• Emily Burkhardt Vicente, Partner - Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP https://www.huntonak.com/en/people/emily-vicente.html
• Nick Pujji, Partner– Dentons LLP https://www.dentons.com/en/nick-pujji
• Michael Nunez, Partner & Charge and Diversity Partner, Murchison & Cumming LLP http://www.murchisonlaw.com/attorneys/michael-nunez
• Kim McKelvey, Director of Strategic Focus & Director of Inclusiveness & Diversity - Kutak Rock LLP https://www.kutakrock.com/people/m/mckelvey-kimberly-a
• Amy Quartarolo, Of Counsel, Latham & Watkins, LLP https://www.lw.com/people/amy-quartarolo

Diversity on the Bench:

• Hon. Rupa Goswami, Los Angeles Superior Court (Moderator)
• Hon. Kevin Brazile, Presiding Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
• Hon. Carlos Moreno, former Justice of the California Supreme Court, United States District Court Judge, Presiding Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, and United States Ambassador to Belize
• Hon. Andre Birotte Jr., United States District Court, Central District of California
• Hon. Marguerite Downing, Los Angeles Superior Court
• Hon. Dean Hansell, Los Angeles Superior Court

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Roundtable Summary: Getting Real on Diversity: Solutions and Next Steps (Burns Lounge)

4:30 -5:30 p.m.

Reception with Keynote Speaker

L. Song Richardson, Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law,

University of California Irvine School of Law

https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/richardson/