THE QUEST FOR WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN LEGAL PRACTICE:
THE ESSENTIAL CHALLENGE AND THE PATH TO INTEGRATION

In this two-part interactive discussion, presenters and facilitators will share issues related to work-life balance in the legal profession. The first part of this discussion will explore time and task management challenges, examining cultural differences and opposing perspectives. The second session will provide strategies, ideas, and best practices for integrating work and life in ways that achieve both personal satisfaction and professional success. Participants will also discuss firm practices that can be implemented to eliminate bias toward women who choose reduced hours for childcare or personal needs, as well as policies that can be adopted to provide more options for women to stay in the workforce.

MODERATOR:

Varya Simpson, Of Counsel
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, United States
Varya Simpson is a member of Sonnenschein’s Corporate Practice focusing on corporate finance and trust matters. She has extensive experience representing domestic and international financial institutions, including private investment funds, in a wide range of complex debt and securities transactions. MORE>

PRESENTERS:


Mimi H. Justice, Partner
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, United States
Mimi Justice is a partner in Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP (“Deloitte FAS”). Ms. Justice leads global teams in performing royalty investigations. She also provides expert testimony and consulting services involving financial, accounting and economic analyses related to complex business disputes and transactions. MORE>

Susan G. Manch, Principal
Shannon & Manch, LLP, United States
Susan Manch is a principal in the consulting firm of Shannon & Manch. Her practice focuses on lawyer development, helping legal employers build comprehensive approaches to developing talent. Ms. Manch helps firms identify key issues and set goals that mesh with a strategic plan and guides them in the development and implementation of practical solutions. MORE>

FACILITATORS:

Juliet Blanch, Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP, United Kingdom
Juliet Blanch is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery UK. She is head of the International Dispute Resolution Group, where she represents clients across a range of industry sectors. The disputes in which she has acted have brought her before institutional and ad hoc tribunals in a number of jurisdictions and involved a variety of governing laws. MORE>

Jenny Kim, Senior Associate
Miller & Chevalier Chartered, United States
Jenny Kim specializes in government contracts, government ethics, corporate compliance reviews and training, campaign finance/lobbying laws, and international trade. Prior to joining Miller & Chevalier, she served as a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow and worked for 15 months in the White House Office of Counsel to the President as an ethics advisor and in the Missile Defense Agency. MORE>

Cherie S. Raidy, Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP, United States
Cherie Raidy is a member of Foley & Lardner’s Real Estate, Finance & Financial Institutions, Transactional & Securities, Public Finance, and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice Groups, and the Golf & Resort Industry Team. She works with financial institution clients on a variety of representations, including consumer financial litigation and class actions, and mortgage lending litigation cases. MORE>

Sitpah Selvaratnam, Partner
Tommy Thomas, Malaysia
Sitpah Selvaratnam is a partner at Tommy Thomas where she focuses on commercial and shipping litigation and disputes. Ms. Selvaratnam represents diverse Malaysian and foreign corporations and commercial interests including shipowners, commodity traders, port operators, protection and indemnity clubs, insurers, and financial institutions. MORE>

Priti Suri, Proprietor
Priti Suri & Associates Legal Counsellors, India
With a general corporate background, Priti Suri has two decades of experience in three continents in commercial law, M&A, and a variety of cross-border transactions. She has acted as lead counsel, representing start-ups and conglomerates with deal values ranging from US $10 million to US $900 million. She has authored two books on open source and FDI. MORE>

WBLC RECEPTION ORGANIZERS:

Lilly S. Kim, Counsel
Reed Smith LLP, United States
Lilly Kim has extensive experience in a range of corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity offerings, securities regulation, venture capital financing, joint ventures, licensing arrangements, and general corporate matters. Her clients include companies in various fields, including technology, health care, food, and apparel. MORE>

Wena Poon, Associate
Reed Smith LLP, United States
Wena Poon has significant experience advising clients on a broad range of corporate, securities and investment management matters, with a particular emphasis on high value multi-country transactions. She has advised a wide range of market participants in the securities industry, having represented issuers and underwriters on the "sell side" and hedge funds and proprietary traders on the "buy side". MORE>

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