Judicial Independence in Peril?

On Friday, June 17, ACS hosted a panel discussion on judicial independence, featuring,

  • Senior Associate Justice Mark D. Martin, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice
  • Richard Neely, Former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals; Partner, Neely & Callaghan
  • Judge Stephen Reinhardt, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Justice Harold See Jr., Former Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
  • Justice Myra C. Selby, Former Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court; Partner, Ice Miller LLP
  • Justice Marsha Ternus, Former Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court

Dodd-Frank and the Future of Securities Litigation

On Friday, June 17, 2011, ACS hosted a panel discussion featuring:

  • Christine S. Azar, Partner, Labaton Sucharow LLP
  • Daniel Berger, Shareholder, Berger & Montague, PC
  • David M. Brodsky, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Darren J. Check, Partner, Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check LLP
  • George T. Conway III, Partner, Litigation, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  • Russell D. Duncan, Partner, Orrick
  • Jay W. Eisenhofer, Managing Director, Grant & Eisenhofer PA
  • Jill E. Fisch, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Daniel Fisher, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine
  • Byron S. Georgiou, President, Georgiou Enterprises
  • Salvatore J. Graziano, Partner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
  • Holly J. Gregory, Corporate Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • Karl A. Groskaufmanis, Partner, Fried Frank
  • Marc I. Gross, Partner, Pomerantz, Haudek, Grossman & Gross LLP
  • Lee Harris, Professor, University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
  • Barbara J. Hart, Chief Operating Officer, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart PC
  • Donald C. Langevoort, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Francis J. Menton Jr. Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  • John C. Millian, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Saule T. Omarova, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown
  • Paul C. Saunders, Of Counsel, Litigation, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
  • Damon A. Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO
  • Barry A. Weprin, Partner, Milberg LLP

Reframing and Reclaiming the High Ground for Reproductive Freedom

On Friday, June 17, 2011 at the Tenth Anniversary ACS National Convention, experts discussed reproductive rights. Featuring:

  • Jack M. Balkin, Professor, Yale Law School
  • Emily Bazelon, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School
  • Linda Greenhouse, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School
  • Helene Krasnoff, Senior Staff Attorney for Public Policy Litigation and Law, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  • Louise Melling, Director, Center for Liberty, American Civil Liberties Union