Terralex Conference
Wiring Your Practice for the 21st Century
LAWYERS from around the globe will convene this month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 11th annual General Meeting of TerraLex, a network of independent international law firms.
TerraLex 11th annual General Meeting, hosted by Xavier, Bernardes, Bragança. Sociedade de Advogados. Hotel Inter-Continental, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH
"Wiring Your Practice for the 21st Century" Law Practice Management Seminar
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Welcome
Charles McCallum, partner, Warner Norcross & Judd L.L.P., Michigan. Program co-chair.
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Opening Plenary Session: "Future Net" How Technology Is Changing the Profession
Monica Bay, editor-in-chief, Law Technology News.
10:45 am - 11:30 am
"Tools & Techniques Tango"
Todd Miller, corporate litigation partner, Holland & Hart, Colorado.
11:30 am-12:30 pm
"The Right Connections"
John Tredennick, CEO, CaseShare Systems and litigation partner, Holland & Hart, Colorado.
12:30 pm-1:30 pm
Luncheon Discussion "Ask Mr. Wizard"
MODERATOR: Charles McCallum, partner, Warner Norcross & Judd, Michigan, and program co-chair.
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
"Power Systems"
Curt Canfield, head of technology practice, Hildebrandt International.
2:30 pm-3:15 pm
"Road Warriors"
Todd Miller, commercial litigation partner Holland & Hart, Colorado.
3:15 pm-4:15 pm
Closing Plenary Session "Getting There from Here" Doing Business on the Web
Warren Cabral, head of intellectual property and information technology practice, Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Question/Answer Period Summing Up
MODERATOR: Professor Marc Huybrechts, Huybrechts, Engels, Craen & Partners, Belgium and program co-chair.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH
Practice Group Break Out Sessions
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Practice Group & Committee Leaders Meeting
9:45 am -11:30 am
Practice Groups I
Corporate, Educational Exchange, Environmental, Labor and Employment Law, Trade and Competition
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Practice Groups II
Arbitration/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking, Insurance, Law Practice Management, Tax.
1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Practice Groups III
Insolvency/Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Hi-Tech/Venture Capital, Maritime, Marketing.
3:00 pm- 5:00 pm
Caribbean/Latin American Regional Session
PANEL: Mora Bolaños & Asociados, Costa Rica; Carrillo y Asociados, Guatemala; Hueck, Manzanares, Ortega & Sanchez, Nicaragua; Morgan & Morgan, Panama.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28TH
TerraLex Annual General Meeting
9:00 am-9:30 am
Opening of the Terralex Annual Meeting Welcoming Remarks
Remarks by Robert Paul, chairman of TerraLex; Roberto Liesegang, partner; and Horacio Bernardes Neto, partner, Xavier, Bernardes, Bragança, XBB
9:45 am-10:45 am
Keynote Address
Brazilian Justice Minister, H.E. Mr. José Gregori
11:00 am-12:30 pm
Working Successfully with In-House Corporate Counsel
Norman K. Clark and Lisa M. Walker Johnson Principals, Altman Weil, Inc.
12:30 pm-2:00 pm
Delegate Lunch at Hotel
2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Doing Business in the Mercosur
Host Firm Program Panel and Q & A Session
SUNDAY, APRIL 29TH
9:00 am-12:00 pm
Plenary Session
TerraLex Business Program
* Report of Practice Groups
* TerraLex Financial Report
* TerraLex Update
* Election of Directors
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