General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024 | ALM Global, LLC. | 16 April 2024 | Swissotel Chicago, 323 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601

The Premier Forum Designed For and By General Counsel from Multinational Companies!

For over 20 years, this has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and much more.

This conference draws a senior level audience of in-house counsel from multinational companies in the US. While the event is focused toward general counsel, given the issues and nature of the content, it also draws participation from other senior members of the legal department as well as non-legal C-Suite executives and law firm senior partners.

Who Attends:
• General Counsel
• Associate General Counsel
• Deputy General Counsel
• Chief Legal Officer
• Corporate Counsel / In-House Counsel
• Senior Counsel
• Legal Operation Director
• Law Firm Partners

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Lakeshia Ekeigwe
International Leadership Coach & Consultant, CEO & Founder, LeaderThinking

SPEAKERS:

Jennifer Abernathy, Esq., CIPP/US/E, CIPM
Director, Data Privacy & Compliance Counsel, AAR CORP.

Feras Ahmed
Assistant General Counsel, Privacy, Dotdash Meredith

John Albright
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Hub International LLC

Amy Au
Senior Director, Global Legal and Corporate Counsel, BCD Travel

Elizabeth Barton
Managing Deputy General Counsel, Chicago Board of Education

Steve Borgsdorf
Senior Legal Counsel, Robert Bosch LLC

Kim Brown
Chief Legal Officer, Sedgwick

Carolyn Burbrink
Sr. Counsel, Uber Technologies, Inc.

Trisha Cole
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Medtelligent, Inc.

Ron Fiesta
Litigation and Commercial Counsel, Brunswick Corporation

Sarah Fisher
General Counsel, InterPark Holdings LLC

Valerie Fleming
Associate General Counsel, CDK Global, LLC

Sheila Frederick
Associate General Counsel, Labor and Employment Law, United Airlines, Inc.

Jessica Gao
Associate General Counsel, Cars.com

Dennis Garcia
Assistant General Counsel, Corporate, External & Legal Affairs, Microsoft

Seth Gastwirth
Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary, JLL

Lisa Davis George
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Invenergy

Andrew Goldberg
Managing Partner, Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Donna Haddad
Senior Counsel, IBM Corporation

Bill Hardin
Vice President, Charles River Associates

Marni Helfand
General Counsel & CHRO, The Planet Group

Betty Jang
Founder and General Counsel, BYJ Law

Kenya Jenkins-Wright
General Counsel, State of Illinois - Guardianship and Advocacy Commission

Christina Liwski
Assistant General Counsel, Nexus Pharmaceuticals

Lenor Marquis-Segal
Senior Counsel, NAM Litigation, Hitachi Energy

Mark McCareins
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Metals Service Center Institute

Kim Metrick
Vice President, Employment Law, Legal Operations and Investigations, Walgreen Company

John Meyer
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Zeem Solutions, Inc.

Dan Monico
Assistant General Counsel, Medline

Steve Montalto
Senior Counsel, Uber

Tim Moore
Associate General Counsel, Corium

Javaria Neagle
Associate General Counsel of Litigation, United Airlines

Heather Nevitt
Editor in Chief, Corporate Counsel and Global Leaders in Law, ALM

Kyle Olson
Senior Counsel, The Boeing Company

Neil Pandey
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Credico (USA) LLC

Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Cooley LLP

Jennifer Purcell
VP & Associate General Counsel, US LBM Holdings, LLC

Matt Revord
Chief Legal Officer, Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant

Michelle Rice
Sr. Counsel, Employment, Yelp Inc.

Vanessa Richmond
Senior Counsel, Chicago Trading Company

Meghan Riley
Managing Associate General Counsel, Verizon

Michael Rispin
Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Sprout Social

Larry Robertson
Employment, Ethics & Compliance Counsel, HelloFresh

Brett Schroeder
Assistant General Counsel – Corporate & Assistant Corporate Secretary, US Foods

Melissa Seiler
Assistant General Counsel, Core Spaces

May Sethaphanich
Global Senior Counsel - Director, McDonald’s Corporation

Payal Shah
Senior Counsel, Vituity

Theresa Shea
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Utz Brands, Inc.

Erin Shencopp
Senior Counsel, Antitrust & Competition, The Boeing Company

Rozan Simoni
General Counsel - North America, COFCO International

Sarah Sinclair
VP, Corporate Counsel - Global Data & Privacy, Prudential Financial

Robert Stern
Associate General Counsel, Copado

Kathleen Sweitzer
SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Trustmark Companies

Sandra Talbott
Deputy Director, Procurement Collusion Strike Force, U.S. Department of Justice

Kruti Trivedi
Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Cooley
• Hinshaw
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Laner Muchin

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
• Kloves Inc.
• Lexitas