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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
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