Advisory Board Meeting
Paris, Parkhotel Quellenhof Aachen
For Advisory Board Members Only
Advisory Board Meeting
Paris, Parkhotel Quellenhof Aachen
8:00a - 10:00a
Aachen Walking Tour
Aachen Walking Tour
10:15a - 12:00p
Meet in Lobby at 10:10am
Lunch
Bistro, Parkhotel Quellenhof Aachen
Lunch
Bistro, Parkhotel Quellenhof Aachen
12:00p - 1:30p
Welcome + Introductions
Lissabon
Breana Jackson
Legus International
Welcome + Introductions
Lissabon
1:30p - 1:45p
Breana Jackson
Vice President
Legus International
The 4 Day Work Week
Bianca M. Janßen
Daniel Hagelskamp & Kollegen Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater
The 4 Day Work Week
1:45p - 2:45p
Bianca M. Janßen
Attorney
Daniel Hagelskamp & Kollegen Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater
Studied law in Passau
Lawyer since 2005
Certified specialist for banking and capital market law
Specialist lawyer for tenancy and residential property law
Networking Break
Networking Break
2:45p - 3:00p
Leadership: Using Your Heart to Make it Work
Jim Lee
Leadership: Using Your Heart to Make it Work
3:00p - 4:00p
Jim Lee
Member and Guest Reception
Meet in Lobby at 5:45pm
15 minute walk
Member and Guest Reception
6:00p - 9:00p
Housekeeping
Parkhotel Quellenhof Aachen
Sandra Boyer
Legus International
Housekeeping
Parkhotel Quellenhof Aachen
9:00a - 9:15a
Sandra Boyer
President
Legus International
Law Firm Succession Planning
Jonathan Lai
Watanabe Ing
Eric Levine
Lindabury McCormick Estabrook & Cooper
Law Firm Succession Planning
9:15a - 10:15a
Case studies and recommendations in succession planning for the management of law firms and the transition of clients to
other attorneys
Jonathan Lai
Partner
Watanabe Ing
After joining Watanabe Ing LLP in 1995, Jonathan Lai became a partner in 2003. He became the firm’s Managing Partner in 2020. Jonathan also co-manages the Creditors’ Rights practice area and co-manages the Business Law and Governance practice area. His legal practice focuses on creditors’ rights, business law, foreclosure, bankruptcy, collections and loan workouts. Jonathan also practices in the area of real estate and commercial litigation. Through his leadership, the Creditors’ Rights practice area has represented the seven largest banks in Hawaii, six of the eight largest Oahu-based federal credit unions and a number of other financial institutions throughout the country. His diverse client base also includes non-profit organizations and businesses ranging from single member LLCs to foreign corporations. Jonathan represented an international syndicate of lenders in the $300+ million foreclosure of the former Ritz Carlton Residences at Kapalua Bay. He has also represented other lenders in shopping center, commercial and hotel foreclosures and bankruptcies throughout the state.
Eric Levine
Lindabury McCormick Estabrook & Cooper
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”.
Networking Break
Networking Break
10:15a - 10:30p
Roundtable Discussion of Hot Topics
Al Domanskis
Boodell & Domanskis
Roundtable Discussion of Hot Topics
10:30a - 12:00p
Al Domanskis
Boodell & Domanskis
Alexander R. Domanskis has represented corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and individuals in acquisitions and sales, financing, and general business planning for over forty-five years. He has had significant experience in real estate, including financing in 20 states across the nation, in downtown Chicago and suburban office buildings in Illinois, as well as the representation of scores of developers and municipalities in leasing and zoning matters. He also provides estate and succession planning for his clients.
Al was the court appointed administrator of a $200 million settlement fund in the Folding Carton Antitrust Litigation. He has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association in connection with real estate and business disputes since 1987. Al also acts as an attorney for various not-for-profits throughout the country.
In 1977, Al began his career as a Law Clerk to Judge Edwin A. Robson of the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In 1979, Al joined the law firm of Ross & Hardies as an associate and was named partner in the law firm in 1985. From March 1987 through December 1990, Al was jointly associated with Ross & Hardies and with Intercounty Title Company of Illinois, a title insurance agent with real estate, financial and credit reporting subsidiaries. In January 1991, Al returned to the full time private practice of law with Ross & Hardies. In April 1994, Al left his partnership at Ross & Hardies to become a partner with Shaw Gussis & Domanskis which became known as Shaw Gussis Domanskis Fishman & Glantz. In April 2002, Al joined in establishing Boodell & Domanskis, LLC.
Lunch
Lunch
12:00p - 1:30p
Best Practices for Successful Interviewing
John Gould
Russell-Cooke Solicitors
Best Practices for Successful Interviewing
1:30p - 2:30p
John Gould
Russell-Cooke Solicitors
John's area of particular expertise is regulation and public law. He specialises in the analysis and solution of complex regulatory problems, advising regulators, government departments, law enforcement agencies, charities and statutory & professional bodies.
One of John's particular areas of interest is complex financial schemes. He has played a leading part in investigations relating to investment, tax and pension schemes, international financial frauds, money laundering, organised criminality and the corruption of public officials. He has been appointed as an 'expert person' under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), a court appointed partnership receiver and a court appointed supervisor of search and freezing orders. He has advised and served as an expert witness for, among others, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the Magistrates Association (MA) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in a variety of courts and tribunals including the Old Bailey. He holds rights of audience in the higher civil courts.
John provides advice on and drafts legal structures, statutory powers, royal charters and professional rules. He is Board Solicitor to the Architects Registration Board. He prepares independent reports for organisations where things have gone wrong including on governance and related issues. He has advised more than 40 sets of barristers' chambers on structures, mergers, dissolutions and disputes, and has advised in relation to political donations and expenses at the highest level. Many of his cases have attracted significant media interest. He often advises and reports in relation to situations which involve both legal and reputational issues for organisations.
John has long-standing experience of issues relating to legal practice, including advising many solicitors and well known practices on a variety of important issues.
John has led the senior management team at Russell-Cooke for more than 25 years. During that time Russell-Cooke has grown in turnover terms from less than £1 million to more than £40 million, with more than 220 lawyers and a nationally significant reputation in many specialist areas of law.
Networking Break
Networking Break
2:30p - 2:45p
M&A in Germany
M&A in Germany
2:45p - 3:30p
TBA
TBA
3:30p - 4:15p
Member and Guest Reception at DH&K Offices
Meet in lobby at 5:25pm
Member and Guest Reception at DH&K Offices
6:00p - 8:00p
Optional Excursion: Tri Point Tour
Meet in Lobby at 8:45am
Optional Excursion: Tri Point Tour
9:00a - 4:30p
Being so close to The Netherlands and Belgium, we are going to take the group to the tri-point of the three countries, Vaalserberg. We will celebrate being in three places at once and then enjoy the sights sounds and tastes of Cologne. We are putting together at a lunch at a local brewery, a tour at the famous cathedral and then have some free time in the city. We anticipate being back in Aachen by 4:30pm.