Top GCs and Legal Officers to Present at ACI’s Women Leaders in Energy Event

Nov. 6, 2014 - PRLog -- Join an exceptional faculty, including general counsel and chief legal officers to present at ACI’s Women Leaders in Environmental & Energy Law conference in January.

Designed to promote women-to-women networking and substantive legal discussion of the hottest topics in environmental and energy law, ACI’s inaugural Women Leaders in Environmental & Energy Law program features a distinguished faculty of over 25 compliance, regulatory, transactional, and litigation counsel in addition to a keynote from United States Senator Mary Landrieu, Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Faculty confirmed to speak include:

·   Michelle Benavides, Legal Counsel, Halliburton (Houston, TX)

·   Gabriela (“Gabby”) B. Boersner, Associate General Counsel, Hess Corporation (New York, NY)

·  Kimberly R. Frye, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Key Energy Services (Houston, TX)

·  Honor S. Heath, Senior Counsel, Northeast Utilities Service Company (Berlin, CT)

·  Tara Kelly, Counsel, BP America, Inc. (Houston, TX)

·  Emily Lough, Corporate Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (San Diego, CA)

·  Sherri Manuel, Senior Counsel, Anadarko Petroleum (The Woodlands, TX)

·  C. Camille Mikhail, Senior Counsel, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Houston, TX)

·  Lorenza Porciello, Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs, Maersk Oil Qatar A/S (Doha, Qatar)

·  Nicole Russell, Senior Trading Counsel – IST, BP America Inc. (Chicago, IL)

·  Georgia Saviola, Senior Corporate Compliance Counsel, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Los Angeles, CA)

·  Mandy Tenner, Legal Counsel, ContourGlobal (New York, NY)

·  Jill Tracy, Senior Counsel, Sempra Energy (San Diego, CA)

All presentations have specifically been tailored to specifically address the challenges and opportunities facing women in environmental and energy legal world and to give like-minded women the skills necessary for continued success in the environmental and energy space including:

» Positioning oneself as an industry maven through a thorough knowledge of the top legal issues affecting energy companies across the board, featuring updates on the top Supreme and District Court cases affecting energy companies and spotlights on the year’s biggest risk management and compliance developments

» Breaking through the glass ceiling, embracing power, and getting a seat at the table in the traditional “old boys’ club” of the environmental and energy legal world featuring real world advice from women managing successful legal teams at top energy companies

» Advocating for oneself and earning authoritative respect amongst your peers and colleagues in the energy community, featuring communication tips on channeling the qualities that bring success to a leader

» Discussing what “having it all” means now in the post-Lean In world and how women leaders in the extremely hectic environmental and energy space can successfully make the most out of both career and personal life

Plus two half-day sessions designed for maximum networking and creating a candid dialogue in a less formal setting:

A.     Distinguishing Between Business Ethics and Legal Ethics and Ensuring that the Code of Professional Responsibility is Followed with Regard to Conflicts Challenges, Privileges, Internal Investigations, and Waivers

B.    “I Wish Someone Had Told Me”: Advice from Energy, Oil and Gas, and Chemical General Counsel on Embracing Influence and Power and Running a Successful Legal Department

More information about this event, including a full agenda, faculty list, and brochure can be accessed at www.AmericanConference.com/WomeninEnergy

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