Symposium on Best Practices for the Hiring, Training, Retention and Advancement of Women Attorneys

When: Tuesday, February 7, 2006; at 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street

The symposium is the kick-off event for the program titled “Best Practices for the Hiring, Training, Retention and Advancement of Women Attorneys,” developed by the City Bar’s Committee on Women in the Profession in conjunction with the City Bar’s Diversity Initiative.

In 2004, the Committee on Women in the Profession launched a blue-ribbon initiative to develop the Best Practices for the hiring, training, retention and advancement of women attorneys. The Best Practices provide practical suggestions for law firms, corporations and other organizations that employ lawyers to help them achieve such goals. The Symposium will offer in-depth discussions of each Best Practice, and several outstanding panels of distinguished attorneys and professionals will share their experiences and insight.

The Symposium will conclude with a networking lunch for all attendees and panelists.

WELCOME:
Barbara Berger Opotowsky, Executive Director, New York City Bar

OPENING REMARKS:
Hon. Barbara S. Jones, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York

MODERATORS:
• Deborah Epstein Henry, Flex-Time Lawyers LLC
• Akiko Mikumo, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
• Professor Sheila Wellington, New York University Stern Business School

PANELISTS:
• Lynn B. Bayard, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
• Sheila S. Boston, Kaye Scholer LLP
• Edward F. Greene, General Counsel, Citigroup Corporate Investment Bank
• Joan Guggenheimer, Co-General Counsel, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• Susan J. Kohlmann, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
• Carolyn Buck Luce, Principal, Ernst & Young
• Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pitney Bowes Inc.
• Kathleen M. McKenna, Proskauer Rose LLP
• Louise M. Parent, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Express Co.
• Karen A. Popp, Sidley Austin LLP
• Chris Simmons, Partner and Chief Diversity Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Esta E. Stecher, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Goldman Sachs & Co.
• Mary Jo White, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

About the Association
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public.