Rainmakers: Born or Bred?

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1 You are invited to the next Quarterly Event! Join us for a dynamic discussion on the topic Rainmakers: Born or Bred? DETAILS Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 12:15 2:00 p.m. EDT Clifford Chance US LLP 31 West 52nd Street, 4th Floor, Conference Room NOP, New York, NY Clifford Chance has graciously offered to provide lunch to the attendees. TOPIC DESCRIPTION Rainmakers: Born or Bred? The legal profession has been training attorneys on the tactics of bringing in business for years. A groundbreaking study, however, suggests that these lessons do not differentiate individuals who are successful at developing clients from their more service-oriented colleagues. At this event, we will share the results of this study, examine how law firms can make meaningful and significant changes to their lawyer training programs, and provide perspectives and insights from in-house counsel and leading law firm partners on the key characteristics that lead to the development of a significant book of business. Attendees will leave the event, armed with action steps and inspiration to apply these learnings to become more successful at business development. REGISTRATION Please R.S.V.P. by clicking here. The first event was in November The first event for anyone who wants to attend is free with no commitment to join. If you've previously attended Flex-Time Lawyers LLC events or been a Flex-Time Lawyers LLC member before November 2010, your attendance at your first event is still free. Once you attend or have attended your first program for free as of November 2010 or later, you can purchase a $150 membership fee that will cover your attendance for four consecutive events, including the first free one you attended. Or, you can pick and choose the events you want to attend for a $50 fee per event. Law firms and companies also purchase corporate memberships to enable one or more different representatives to attend each event. For attendance, individual or corporate membership inquiries, please Renee Newell. MODERATOR Deborah Epstein Henry is an internationally recognized expert, consultant and public speaker on the future of the legal profession, new legal models, women and work/life balance. She is the author of LAW & REORDER, the #1 best-selling ABA Flagship book for Debbie s second book, which she has co-authored, FINDING BLISS: Innovative Legal Models for Happy Clients & Happy Lawyers, is currently the #1 best-selling ABA Flagship non-fiction book for She is President of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a firm she founded in the late 1990s, providing consulting, training and speaking services in the U.S. and abroad. Debbie s firm is well known for running Best Law Firms for Women with Working Mother. She is also a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Bliss Lawyers, a firm that employs high caliber lawyers to work on engagements for in-house legal department and law firm clients. Debbie has developed a network of over 10,000 lawyers and garnered visibility from The New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and The National Law Journal, among many others. She is the recipient of numerous awards including being named a Philadelphia Business Journal Women of Distinction. Debbie donates her time to a number of non-profits, including the Forum of Executive Women, the Task Force for Talent Innovation and the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession. Debbie received her B.A. from Yale and her J.D. cum laude from Brooklyn Law School. She clerked for a federal judge in New York and is a former practicing litigator. A native New Yorker, Debbie lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband and three sons.

2 FEATURED SPEAKER Patricia Gillette is actively involved in national projects focusing on the retention of women in the legal industry. She has become one of the most sought after keynote speakers on these issues and her thought provoking articles have been widely published in state and national publications. In recognition of her work to advance women in the profession, she has received the 2014 ABA Golden Hammer Award for her efforts in promoting diversity in the profession, the 2013 Fay Stender Award from the California Women Lawyers Association, the Transformational Leadership Award as one of the Top Woman Rainmakers in 2012, and the San Francisco Bar Association Award of Merit. Pat is the co-founder of the Opt-In Project, a 2006 nationwide initiative that focused on changing the structure of law firms to increase the retention and advancement of women in the profession. She served as a Commissioner on the ABA Commission for Women in the Profession, she co-chairs the San Francisco Bar Association's No Glass Ceiling Initiative, and she is a member of the ABA's Gender Equity Task Force. Pat is also on the Board of Direct Women, a non-profit organization dedicated to placing women attorneys on boards of public companies. She is a member of the Austin Consortium, a national group of women thought leaders and she serves on the board of Legal Momentum. Pat raised her two sons with her husband of 40 years in Kensington, California. She is actively involved in her community and currently serves her town as an elected official. PANELISTS Jean Molino earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from New York University in 1972, graduating cum laude. She earned a Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin in 1973, after which she attended the New York University School of Law, graduating with a JD in Following law school, Jean joined the Legal Department of Suburban Propane Gas Corporation, a publicly-traded diversified energy company, as a staff attorney. There she focused on labor relations, corporate, and regulatory matters. She was elected General Counsel of the company in Jean left Suburban Propane in 1985 and joined McKinsey and Company as its first General Counsel. Jean now oversees a staff of approximately 40 lawyers and 25 contract professionals and paralegals located in 15 offices around the world. In addition to building and leading the Legal Department, Jean has served on various committees and task forces at McKinsey, mostly focusing on risk management, conflict management, personnel matters, partner compensation, and governance. Jean joined the NYU School of Law Board of Trustees in 2013 and is also on the Board of Directors of The Convergence Center for Policy Resolution in Washington, DC. Convergence is a not-for-profit organization that brings together key stakeholder groups whose cooperation is needed to find broadly supportable and enduring solutions to national issues. Jean and her husband, Greg Smith, a fine arts dealer and publisher, live in Short Hills, New Jersey. They have two sons. Jennifer C. DeMarco is a partner in the Banking and Finance practice of Clifford Chance specializing in financial restructuring and bankruptcy. Jennifer primarily represents financial institutions in US and international debt restructurings and financial transactions including in connection with debtor-in-possession financings. Complementary to her corporate restructuring experience, she is also an experienced bankruptcy court litigator, having appeared in bankruptcy courts throughout the US. Some of Jennifer s representative matters include: Representation of Ocwen Financial Corporation and affiliates in connection with the successful $3 billion purchase of the mortgage servicing business of Residential Funding Corp.; representation of major financial institutions in large Chapter 11 cases and restructurings including Lehman Brothers, American Airlines, General Motors, Adelphia Communications Corp., Dynegy Corp., MBIA, and Enron Corp. among many others. Jennifer is listed in Who s Who in American Law, Who s Who of American Women and Legal 500 US. She received a JD from Fordham University School of Law and a BA from Lafayette College. John Howitt is a partner in Clifford Chance s US Banking & Finance Group and Co-Head of its US Asset Finance Practice. John focuses his practice on aircraft finance, including secured loans, finance and leveraged lease transactions, operating leases, new and used aircraft purchases, sales and sale-leasebacks, securitizations, restructurings and manufacturer support arrangements. He also has considerable experience in bank and private placement credit transactions. John served as a foreign lawyer in Tokyo, and has given seminars on such topics as operating leases, subordinated debt, commitment letters, and loan documentation. He is a recognized leading lawyer in aviation finance and in equipment finance generally, ranked in Band 1 in both practice areas in the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions of Chambers USA. John s world-wide commitment to client service was recognized in 2010 with his being honored with the ISO Client Service Award for Asset Finance. He has also been named in the International Who s Who of Aviation Lawyers, Legal 500 s Leading Lawyers - Asset Finance and Leasing, Legal Media Group's Best of the Best, the Superlawyers and in The Best Lawyers in America, among others. John received his BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he also received his JD. He was a member of the Order of the Coif and the UCLA Law Review.

3 CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP INVOICE Name and Title of Contact Street Address Contact s Address Contact s Telephone Options (Check One): Yes, we want to be eligible to attend 4 consecutive programs of beginning May 20, We will send the following # of in-person representatives:* 1 representative = $450 2 representatives = $650 3 representatives = $ representatives = $2,000 4 Consecutive Program Fee: $ check made payable to Flex-Time Lawyers LLC *Note: Receipt ed upon receipt of check. This membership does not include Webcast or videoconference participation.

4 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP INVOICE Name of Member Address Address Telephone Description: Annual Fee: Annual Membership Fee 4 Consecutive Programs Beginning May 20, 2015 $ check made payable to Flex-Time Lawyers LLC Receipt provided at the program upon request

5 SINGLE PROGRAM INVOICE Name of Member Address Address Telephone Description: Annual Fee: Meeting Fee 1 Networking Group Meeting May 20, 2015 $50.00 check made payable to Flex-Time Lawyers LLC Receipt given at next program attended