Welcome and Introductions
Sandra Boyer
Legus International
Breana Jackson
Legus International
Hans-Rudolf Wild
Manuel Inderbitzin
Welcome and Introductions
9:00a - 9:30a
Sandra Boyer
President
Legus International
Breana Jackson
Executive Director
Legus International
Hans-Rudolf Wild
Manuel Inderbitzin
Schweiger Team Presentation
Marriott Zurich
Schweiger Team Presentation
Marriott Zurich
9:30a - 10:30a
Schweiger Advokatur/Notariat
http://www.schweigerlaw.ch
Specialties: Corporate Law, Full Notary Services
Law firm in the city of Zug which covers most service areas for domestic and international corporate and private clients.
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
10:30a - 10:45a
GDPR
Marriott Zurich
Niels Dahl-Nielsen
CO:PLAY
GDPR
Marriott Zurich
10:45a - 11:45a
Niels Dahl-Nielsen
Lawyer
CO:PLAY
Niels specialises in advising on data protection, IT, compliance and corporate law. Niels advises both Danish and international companies on structuring and implementing compliance programmes in a wide range of disciplines.
Member Awards Ceremony
Marriott Zurich
Member Awards Ceremony
Marriott Zurich
11:45a - 12:00p
Networking Lunch
Marriott Zurich
Networking Lunch
Marriott Zurich
12:00p - 1:30p
Mentoring, How do we do it?
Sandra Boyer
Legus International
Mentoring, How do we do it?
1:30p - 2:15p
With over thirty years of experience, Sandy steps out of her presidential role and into this workshop to help our law firm leaders understand what it means to have an effective mentorship program within your firm and the benefits of it long term implementation.
Sandra Boyer
President
Legus International
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
2:15p - 2:30p
But How Do We Mentor When There's Remote Work?
Sandra Boyer
Legus International
But How Do We Mentor When There's Remote Work?
2:30p - 3:00p
Sometimes coming up with the mentoring program is the easy part and when it starts to be implemented, law firm leadership finds the many challenges that may come along with it. In the past two years, one of the main roadblocks we are hearing is remote work. Sandy will dive into how to keep your program alive and thriving even with a mixed location staff.
Sandra Boyer
President
Legus International
Member and Guest Reception
Meeting in lobby at 3:40pm
7 minute walk to train station
Member and Guest Reception
4:30p - 6:30p
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
9:00a - 9:05a
Young Lawyers Survey Review
Young Lawyers Survey Review
9:05a - 9:30a
Creating The Ideal Law Firm: Part 1
Marriott Zurich
Breana Jackson
Legus International
Creating The Ideal Law Firm: Part 1
Marriott Zurich
9:30a - 10:30a
If money, time and people were all in your control, what does the perfect law firm look like? In this workshop, we will work in groups to answer some fundamental business questions and brainstorm what we are aiming towards in our law firms.
Breana Jackson
Executive Director
Legus International
Breana has a degree in Leadership from Central Michigan University. She has conducted hundreds of hours of leadership based training. Additionally, she has trained employees at the Detroit Pistons and URBN.
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
10:30a - 10:45a
Creating The Ideal Law Firm: Part 2
Marriott Zurich
Breana Jackson
Legus International
Creating The Ideal Law Firm: Part 2
Marriott Zurich
10:45a - 12:00p
This workshop is a continuation of the early morning workshop. At this point we've identified what our perfect law firm might look like. Now we dive into what challenges may come and how we can neutralize them.
Breana Jackson
Executive Director
Legus International
Breana has a degree in Leadership from Central Michigan University. She has conducted hundreds of hours of leadership based training. Additionally, she has trained employees at the Detroit Pistons and URBN.
Networking Lunch
Marriott Zurich
Networking Lunch
Marriott Zurich
12:00p - 1:30p
Succession Planning - What Happens Next?
Marriott Zurich
Eric Levine
Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C.
Ira Lipton
Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney
Dirk Lange
Koster Advocaten
Succession Planning - What Happens Next?
Marriott Zurich
1:30p - 3:00p
Eric Levine
Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C.
Eric Levine is President of the Firm and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Eric concentrates his practice in commercial, probate and general litigation. His trial and dispute resolution experience encompasses a wide variety of matters, including cybersecurity & data privacy, insurance defense and coverage, contract matters, commercial real estate and construction litigation matters.
Mr. Levine is Co-Chair of Lindabury’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice and assists businesses in the creation of their internal cyber-breach response team. He advises corporations and their executives on mitigating the impact of cyber-breaches and counsels on the regulatory reporting and client / customer notification responsibilities after breaches occur. Eric is a faculty presenter in the Rutgers’ Mini-MBA: Data Driven Management Course where he instructs aspiring managers from any industry, vertical or business function to institute data-driven strategies. An accomplished litigator with trial experience in both state and federal courts, Eric works with corporations to defend cyber-related claims.
He has appeared before the Superior Court of New Jersey at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as before the Office of Administrative Law, the Department of Labor, and the Public Employment Relations Commission. His reported decisions include In the Matter of the Adoption of a Child by E.T. and T.T., which clarified the distinction between a law guardian and a guardian ad litem, while holding that N.J.S.A 9:3-53 does not preclude an award of attorneys’ fee to either, even if the wrong form of counsel is appointed.
As labor counsel, Eric has significant experience in contract negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations before New Jersey Public Employee Relations Commission labor arbitrators. He has also lectured before the NJ State PBA on topics including collective bargaining and interest arbitration. He also has extensive experience in commercial real estate, including related litigation, foreclosures and lease negotiations.
Eric is a graduate of the Richard J. Hughes American Inn of Court. Following law school, he served a one-year judicial clerkship with the Honorable Harry A. Margolis, P.J.S.C., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division - General Equity Part. He is also a former Notes and Comments Editor of The Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal. He is a frequently appointed by the Courts to act as counsel for incapacitated individuals in guardianship matters and on estate administration and probate litigation disputes. Eric also serves as a panelist for the Union County New Jersey Probate Early Settlement Panel.
Eric currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Victoria Condominium and Adams Square Condominium Associations. In addition; Eric serves as a Trustee on the Board of The United Way of Greater Union County. Eric also sits on the Westfield advisory board for the Alternative Press, an on-line daily periodical servicing various towns throughout New Jersey in addition to serving as Trustee to Central Jersey Legal Services.
In 2006, Eric was included in the New Jersey Law Journal “40 Under 40” list and in 2007 Eric was included in the NJBIZ list as one of its “40 Under 40”.
The Best Lawyers in America,© Commercial Litigation (2023);
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Super Lawyers© General Litigation (2020-2022);
Rising Star – General Litigation (2008-2010);
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ROI-NJ "Influencers Power List: Technology" (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
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Ira Lipton
Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney
Ira J. Lipton, a partner of the firm, has been litigating cases in federal and state trial and appellate courts for over 30 years. His practice is focused on complex commercial litigation, construction disputes, employment, and the representation of public agencies. Mr. Lipton has represented the firm’s clients in a wide range of matters, including cases involving lending agreements, investments, limited liability companies and partnerships, construction contracts, the uniform commercial code, unfair competition, and non-solicitation and non-compete agreements.
Mr. Lipton has also represented employers in litigation arising under federal and state anti-discrimination and retaliation laws, and he has represented many public agencies and officials in the areas of civil rights, the First Amendment, labor and employment, construction, and proceedings challenging governmental determinations and policies. Mr. Lipton recently led a team of HNRK attorneys representing New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a $300 million litigation against a national defense contractor over the development and installation of a high technology, software-based security system for the region’s mass transit system, culminating in a five-week trial in the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Lipton joined HNRK in 2001. Prior to joining HNRK, Mr. Lipton served as a Senior Counsel for litigation for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department, where he was Assistant Chief in the General Litigation Division. During his tenure in public service, Mr. Lipton successfully argued Westinghouse v. New York City Transit Authority, 82 N.Y.2d 47 (1993), which resulted in a landmark decision upholding the alternative dispute resolution procedure contained in the MTA’s construction contracts. Mr. Lipton also successfully argued Rogers v. New York City Transit Authority, 87 N.Y.2d 692 (1997), a leading First Amendment case where the Court established parameters for speech activities in public transportation facilities.
Mr. Lipton is a graduate of Skidmore College (B.A. History, Phi Beta Kappa) and the Brooklyn Law School. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where he has taught a seminar on pretrial litigation and the discovery process. He is the author of “The Effects of Westinghouse on Construction Industry Suits,” New York Law Journal, p. 1, col. 1, December 10, 1993; and The Dependable Bank v. Aldrich: Case File (National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2004). In October 2015, Mr. Lipton presented on “What Public Safety Officials Need to Know About Technology Contracts & Disputes” at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials’ (APCO) Atlantic Conference. Mr. Lipton is a member of the Bar Association of the City of New York and is currently serving on the Association’s Committee on Government Ethics, and heads the Committee’s working group on local government ethics.
Dirk Lange
Koster Advocaten
Dirk Lange is a specialist in corporate law, with a focus on shareholder disputes. His interest in companies and business management has always been great. In the five years before joining Köster, Dirk worked for a niche firm that mainly deals with corporate law. There he gained a lot of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate litigation and commercial litigation.
He has also litigated extensively before the Enterprise Chamber. The Enterprise Chamber not only assesses a dispute between two parties, but also involves the interests of the company and other parties involved in the dispute. That complexity is challenging and very interesting from an intellectual point of view, says Dirk: “You operate in a completely different spectrum: strategy is of decisive importance. Because of my experience I understand the process and I can use it to the maximum in the interest of the client.”
Dirk Lange has been working at Köster since early 2017. While studying Private Law, he worked for various financial institutions. After graduating in 2009, he started as a lawyer and curator. Until the end of 2016, he was associated with the office De Breij Evers Boon. Dirk is a member of the Corporate Litigation Association and the Dutch Association for Procedural Law. In 2014 he completed the Grotius specialization course in Company and Business Law .
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
Networking Break
Marriott Zurich
3:00p - 3:15p
Retirement, How Do We Help Transition Our Lawyers?
Marriott Zurich
Retirement, How Do We Help Transition Our Lawyers?
Marriott Zurich
3:15p - 4:00p
It's a subject that brings a lot of weight. How do we effectively transition our seasoned lawyers while making them still feel valued? We will explore how to help support them as they go through major life change.
Member and Guest Social Event
Meet in lobby at 5:30pm
20 minute riverside walk to dinner
Member and Guest Social Event
6:00p - 9:00p
Join us for dinner at Kantorei, a local restaurant off of the beaten tourist path. If weather is good, dinner will be outside.
Excursion to Mount Rigi and Lucerne
Excursion to Mount Rigi and Lucerne
Join us on an excursion to Mount Rigi and Lucerne. See the amazing views at the top of Mount Rigi, adventure with us on a cogwheel train and cable car then take a boat trip to Lucerne where you will be able to explore on your own before heading back to Zurich.
This will be an all day (approximately 9 hour) trip. You will not be able to fly out on Saturday if you join.