Out in Law
: New York LGBT Leadership Summit 2015 Agenda
April 20, 2015
Hosted by: GreenbergTraurig
Venue:
New York Law School,
185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Agenda
Registration, Breakfast and Networking Reception (9:00 - 10:00am)
Location: Auditorium Foyer
Welcome Remarks
(10:00 – 10:30am)
Location: Auditorium/Grand Gallery
Speakers ● Anthony Crowell
,
Dean
, New York Law School
● Richard A. Rosenbaum
,
CEO
, Greenberg Traurig
● Todd Sears,
Founder and Principal

, Out Leadership
○ 2014 O
ut in Law
Highlight Video.
Global Leadership as an Ally: A CEO Fireside Chat
(10:30-11:30am)
Location: Auditorium/Grand Gallery
Description & Purpose Our Summit kicks off with a strategic conversation about how Allyship informs the way leaders run
global organizations. Each panelist will share tactics and models they’ve employed to engage LGBT
issues and promote equality, with particular emphasis on comparisons between US and global
perspectives. Their chat will touch on questions including the importance of board diversity, the formal
conversation about equality within multinationals and international executive forums, and each leader’s
personal journey as an Ally.
Moderator ● Richard Socarides,
Head of Public Affairs

, Gerson Lehrman Group
Speakers ● Richard A. Rosenbaum
,
CEO
, Greenberg Traurig
● James C. Smith
,
President and CEO
, Thomson Reuters
Networking Break
(11:30am-12:00pm)
Location: Auditorium Foyer
Making Progress Together: Equality and Attorney-Client Relationships
(12:00- 1:00pm)
Location: Auditorium/Grand Gallery
Description & Purpose Attorney-client relationships create unique and powerful opportunities to drive equality forward within
organizations and around the world. This session will spotlight innovative collaborations driven by Out
Leadership member firms, exploring the strategies employed by business leaders to advance LGBT
equality through cooperation. Panelists will outline discrete best practices for such relationships, offering
insights into the lessons they’ve learned managing complex sets of organizational priorities and
developing business by expanding inclusion.
Introduction
● Sarah Alexander Goldfrank,
Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel,
Bank of

America Moderator ● Frances J. DiSarro
,
Principal and Deputy General Counsel
, KPMG LLP
Speaker Pairs
● Anne Cooney
,
Managing Director and General Counsel
, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Brad Kaufman

,
Vice President and Treasurer
, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Anne Cooney and Brad Kaufman will discuss LGBT-related employment non-discrimination
efforts and their work to support equitable employment policies for LGBT employees.
●
Jim McNasby
,
General Counsel
, Marsh LLC
bby C. Fiorella
A
,
Group Executive,
General Auditor
, MasterCard
Jim McNasby and Abby Fiorella will discuss
the ways in which openly LGBT in-house lawyers
can influence LGBT issues through client and outside counsel relationships.
●
Ken Mehlman
,
Member and Global Head of Public Affairs
, KKR
lan Schoenfeld
A
,
Partner,
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Ken Mehlman and Alan Schoenfeld will discuss the process that they undertook to gather
support from key conservative leaders to submit an amicus brief for the 2013 Supreme Court
case
Hollingsworth v. Perry
.
Lunch
(1:00 - 2:00pm)
Location: Events Center
Making the Calls: Attorneys General at the Fulcrum of Equality
(2:00-3:00pm)
Location: Auditorium/Grand Gallery
Description & Purpose Mark Herring and Jack Conway are the Attorneys General of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively.
They’ve faced very different opportunities and challenges in their roles, befitting the differences between
their two great states. But when they faced the question of whether to continue to appeal rulings
declaring their states’ gay marriage bans unconstitutional, each chose to stand up for equality. During
this panel, each Attorney General will deliver remarks on their work and priorities in their state; the
panel will then pivot to a discussion about the personal and political dimensions of their
decision-making, focusing on the full toolkit Attorneys General have at their disposal to advance greater
equality for the LGBT community.
Introduction
● Mitchell Draizin
,
Founder and President
, Longview Capital Advisors Moderator
● Simon Hobbs
,
Co-Anchor, ‘Squawk on the Street’,
CNBC
Presenters ● Mark Herring
, Attorney General of Virginia
● Jack Conway
, Attorney General of Kentucky
Networking Break
(3:00 - 3:30pm)
Location: Auditorium Foyer
Keynote
(3:30-3:45pm)
Location: Auditorium/Grand Gallery
Introduction
● Elliot A. Stultz
,
Senior Vice President, Assistant Secretary, and Deputy General Counsel
,
Allstate Insurance Company
Speaker ● Alphonso David
,
Counsel to the Governor
, New York State
Marriage Equality at the Eve of Decision: From Proposition 8 to the Present Moment
(3:45 - 4:45pm)
Location: Auditorium/Grand Gallery
Description & Purpose Just days before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in
Obergefell v. Ohio
, we’re thrilled to convene
a conversation with three of the legal thinkers who’ve played pivotal roles in the battle for marriage
equality thus far. The Honorable Judge Vaughn Walker heard the arguments in the
Perry
case
in

California, ultimately ruling against Proposition 8 and barring its enforcement. Distinguished professor
of constitutional law Kenji Yoshino has recently published
Speak Now: The Story of Hollingsworth v.
Perry,
which argues that the oral arguments Judge Walker heard provide a template for furthering LGBT
equality around the world. And Roberta Kaplan’s arguments before the United States Supreme Court in
Windsor v. United States
convinced the Court to invalidate part of the Defense of Marriage Act,
providing a basis for the further establishment of marriage equality in dozens of states. Panelists will
discuss their historic work in detail and offer their expert perspectives on what’s yet to come.
Introduction ● Edward (“Ted”) J. Jacobs,
Partner
, BakerHostetler
Moderator ● Art Leonard
,
Professor of Law
, New York Law School
Founder

, LGBT Law Association of Greater New York
Speakers ● Kenji Yoshino
,
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law
, NYU School of
Law
● The Honorable Judge Vaughn R Walker
,
Former Chief Judge
, U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California
● Roberta Kaplan
,
Partner
, Paul Weiss LLP
Closing Remarks (4:45 - 5:15pm)
Location: Auditorium/Grand Gallery
Introduction
● Todd Sears
,
Founder and Principal
, Out Leadership
Speaker
● Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema,
U.S. House of Representatives
Networking Cocktails (5:15 - 6:00pm)
Location: Events Center