8:30-9:30 a.m.
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Registration
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9:30-10:15 a.m.
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Welcome and Overview
Keynote Speaker:
Tim McNeal, Vice President, Creative Talent Development and Inclusion, Disney ABC Television
https://www.abctalentdevelopment.com/about_staff1.html
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10:15-10:30 a.m.
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Transfer Break
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10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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Morning Track Programs
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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/
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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
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Retention and Promotion of Diverse Lawyers in Law Firms
https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/srinivasan-jay-p/
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12:15-1:45 p.m.
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Luncheon (Burns Lounge)
Keynote Speaker:
Nerissa Coyle McGinn, Chief Diversity Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP
https://www.loeb.com/en/people/m/mcginn-nerissa-coyle
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1:45-2:00 p.m.
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Transfer break
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2:00-3:45 p.m.
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Afternoon Track Programs
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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/
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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
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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
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3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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Roundtable Summary: Getting Real on Diversity: Solutions and Next Steps (Burns Lounge)
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4:30 -5:30 p.m.
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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/
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