Masters Conference Announces Speaker Line-up for Conference

Sept. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Masters Conference, an advanced legal educational experience, today released the entire speaker lineup for the event on Oct. 3-5, 2011, at the Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. The Masters Conference provides practical CLE education for lawyers and litigation support professionals delivered by experts with front-line experience. Masters Conference content is developed by an advisory cabinet of industry thought leaders. Attendees will gain practical knowledge, presented by peers, on current issues that can be applied immediately to everyday practice.

Speakers at the event include:
•   Aaron Laliberte, Director of Product Management, Recommind
•   Alejandra Perez, Discovery Practice Manager, Hudson Legal
•   Alex Chopin, Partner, Patton Boggs
•   Alitia Faccone, Partner, McCarter & English
•   Allison Skinner, ACESIN
•   Allison Stanton, Director of E-Discovery, Civil Division, Department of Justice
•   Amor Esteban, Partner, Shook Hardy Bacon
•   Bennett Borden, Partner, Williams Mullens
•   Bob Dillen, Senior Manager, Forensic & Dispute Services, Deloitte
•   Bradford W. Muller, Associate, Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus
•   Browning Marean, Senior Counsel, DLA Piper
•   Caitlin Murphy, Product Manager, AccessData Group
•   Catherine L. Muir, Counsel, Hunton & Williams
•   Charles Intriago, President,ACEDS
•   Chris Dale, Solicitor, eDisclosure Information Project
•   Christina Ayiotis, Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, The George Washington University
•   Conor Crowley, Partner, Crowley Law Offices
•   Courtney Ingraffia Barton, Senior Counsel, AOL, Inc.
•   Craig Cannon, Discovery Counsel, Bank of America
•   Daniel L. Regard, CEO and Managing Director, Intelligent Discovery Solutions
•   Daryl Shetterly, Partner, LeClairRyan
•   David Kessler, Partner, Fulbright and Jaworski
•   Dominic Jaar, Partner and National Practice Leader – Information Management and E-Discovery, KPMG
•   Emily Cobb, Associate, Ropes & Gray
•   Eric Weider, Of Counsel, Bingham McCutchen
•   Fernando Pinguelo, Partner, Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus
•   Greg Wildisen, International Managing Director, eDiscovery Solutions, Epiq Systems
•   Greg Witczak, Director of eDiscovery, Fidelity Investments
•   Hampton Coley, Director of Practice Support, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
•   Heidi J.K. Fessler, Senior Director of Client Development, Merrill Corporation
•   Jake Frazier, Worldwide Information Lifecycle Governance Consultant, IBM
•   Janet Heins, Director, Collaboration & Information Governance, Biogen Idec
•   Jay Brudz, Partner - Chair E-Discovery and Information Governance Practice Group
Partner - Chair E-Discovery and Information Governance Practice, Williams Mullins
•   John Haried, Assistant National Criminal Discovery Coordinator, Department of Justice
•   John J. Rosenthal, Partner, Winston & Strawn
•   Jonathan P. Rowe, President and CEO, Pinpoint Labs
•   Judge David J. Waxse, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Kansas
•   Judge Facciola
•   Katie Winseck, Discovery Consultant, Kroll Ontrack
•   Kenneth N. Rashbaum, Partner, Rashbaum Associates
•   Kevin Behan, Firmwide Litigation Support Manager, Winston Strawn
•   Lara A. Ballard, Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of State, International Communications & Information Policy
•   Magistrate Judge Ronald Hedges (ret.), Principal, Ronald J. Hedges, LLC
•   Magistrate Judge Tom Shields, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of Iowa
•   Mark Yacano, Executive Vice-President and Global E-Discovery Team Leader, Hudson Legal
•   Martin H. Audet, eDiscovery Consultant, Nuix
•   Matthew F. Knouff,  General Counsel & eDiscovery Counsel, Complete Discovery Source
•   Maura Grossman, Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
•   Michelle Treadwell Briggs, eDiscovery Attorney and Sr. Litigation Technology Manager, Goodwin Procter
•   Mike Lackey, Partner, Mayer Brown
•   Mike Nelson, Principal Security Consultant, Symantec
•   Mike Tyk, Director, Enterprise Security Practice, Intelligent Discovery Solutions, Inc.
•   Mike Weil, Director, Huron Consulting Group
•   Mira Edelman, Discovery Counsel, Google
•   Miriam Smolen, Associate General Counsel, Fannie Mae
•   Neal Lawson, President and Co-Founder, Intelligent Discovery Solutions
•   Pamela Roberts, Director, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
•   Patrick Burke, Senior Director & Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software
•   Paul Weiner, Shareholder, National E-Discovery Counsel, Littler Mendelson
•   Robert Childress, President, Wave Software
•   Robert Lee, Faculty Fellow, Sans Institute
•   Shane McGee, General Counsel & VP Legal Affairs, Mandiant
•   Shawnna Childress, Co-Founder, Women in eDiscovery
•   Stephanie Mendelsohn , Attorney, Genentech
•   Stephen J. Goldstein, Director of Practice Support, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
•   Steve Akers, Found and CTO, Digital Reef
•   Todd Daubert, Partner, SNR Denton
•   Tom Dillickrath, Partner, Baker Botts
•   Tom Matzen, Director, International E-Discovery and Data Privacy, Intelligent Discovery Solutions
•   Tom O'Connor, OLP
•   Tracy Greer, Senior Litigation Counsel, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
•   Wayne C. Matus, Leader Information Law & eDiscovery Practice, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
•   Wayne Lee, Managing Principal, E-Discovery / Investigative Response, Verizon Security Solutions
•   William Belt, Partner, LeClair Ryan
•   William P. Butterfield, Partner, Hausfeld
•   Zelda Owens Waters, SVP of Strategy, Strategic Legal Solutions

To register online for the Masters Series for Legal Professionals events or for the Masters Conference in October, visit http://www.themastersconference.com. For sponsorship information, contact marilyn.gladden@themastersconference.com.  

About Masters Conference
Since 2006, the Masters Conference has brought together experts and leading professionals from law firms, corporations and the bench to discuss strategies, practices and resources for managing the information lifecycle. The Masters Conference is an intimate forum where legal industry professionals can share, collaborate and obtain master knowledge of the most relevant topics in the legal industry today. By limiting attendance, the Masters Conference is meant to be an exclusive opportunity to learn and network with the top legal professionals in the industry without battling large crowds and an overwhelming vendor hall. The Masters Conference offers other educational events, including its Masters Series for Legal Professionals, in various cities and via webinar.  For additional information on the Masters Conference, please visit http://www.themastersconference.com.

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Since 2006, the Masters Conference has brought together experts and leading professionals from law firms, corporations and the bench to discuss strategies, practices and resources for managing the information life cycle.