2022 Conference Schedule
8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
Gary Barnett, Executive Director, ILFA
9:10 am
State of the Industry
- Moderator: Gina Passarella, Editor in Chief, American Lawyer Media
- Chris Bogart, Chief Executive Officer, Burford
- David Gallagher, Co-Head of Litigation Investing, The D.E. Shaw Group
- Neil Purslow, Chief Investment Officer, Therium
- Andrew Saker, Chief Executive Officer, Omni Bridgeway
10:10 am
Building High Value Law Firm Practices
- Moderator: Charles Schmerler, Senior Managing Director & Head of Litigation Finance, Pretium
- Natasha Harrison, Partner, Pallas Partners LLP
- Phil Iovieno, Partner, Co-Chair Antitrust Litigation Group, Cadwalader
- Chris Seeger, Founding Partner, Seeger Weiss
- Jennifer Selendy, Founding Partner, Selendy Gay Elsberg
11:10 am
The Client View: The Economics of Litigation and What GCs Think About Legal Finance Now
- Moderator: Aviva Will, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Burford Capital
- Steven Greenspan, Corporate Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, Raytheon Technologies
- Sandy Grimm, Chief Legal Officer, Southeastern Grocers
- Nicholas Trutanich, Executive Vice President of Litigation, Fox Corporation
- Rishi Varma, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
12:15 Pm
The Law and US Global Competitiveness: A Conversation with Andrei Iancu
- Moderator: Katharine Wolanyk, Managing Director, Burford Capital
- Andrei Iancu, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Partner, Irell & Manella LLP
Optional gallery tours
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Keynote – State of the Profession
Brad Hildebrandt, Chairman, Hildebrandt Consulting
2:00 PM
Setting up an Efficient and Effective Affirmative Litigation Strategy
- Moderator: Sarah Tsou, Portfolio Manager – Global Intellectual Property and Senior Investment Manager, Omni Bridgeway
- Terri Ahrens, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation, US Foods
- Ian DiBernardo, Partner, Brown Rudnick
- Blase Iaconelli, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Aramark
- Steven Nachtwey, Partner, Bartlit Beck
- Dan Nugent, General Counsel, Nestle Zone North America and Nestle USA
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 PM
Mitigating Risk: How Insurance and Legal Finance Work Together
- Moderator: Tom Baker, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Jason Bertoldi, Head of Contingent Risk Solutions, Willis Towers Watson
- Sara Cannon, Senior Vice President, Atlantic Global Risk
- Stephen Davidson, Managing Director, Head of Claims and Head of Litigation and Contingency Risk, AON
- Jason Goldy, Global Team Leader, Litigation & Contingent Risk Insurance, Alliant
4:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Quantification of Law: The Role of Data in the Legal Industry
- Moderator: Hon. John Cronan, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Josh Blandi, Chief Executive Officer, UniCourt
- Richard Finkelman, Managing Director, BRG
- Karl Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Lex Machina
- Dan Rabinowitz, Chief Executive Officer, Pre/Dicta
Emerging Intellectual Property Issues
- Moderator: Russell Genet, Director, Longford Capital
- Alfred Fabricant, Managing Partner, Fabricant LLP
- Christopher Lee, Partner, Lee Sheikh & Haan
- David Ruder, Co-Founder and Principal, RKIP Management LLC
5:15 PM
The Future of International Arbitration
- Moderator: Lindsay Gastrell, Senior Counsel, Arbitration Chambers
- Lee Caplan, Partner, Arent Fox Schiff
- Anna El-Erian, Director, Gabriel Resources
- Ina Popova, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
- Jara Minguez Almeida, Team Leader / Legal Counsel, ICSID