EMPLOYMENT LAW SEMINAR

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1 A D VA N C E R E G I S T R A T I O N D E A D L I N E : A P R I L 1 5, EMPLOYMENT LAW SEMINAR EXPERT SPEAKERS INCLUDING TWO FEDERAL JUDGES THE ASSOCIATE LEGAL COUNSEL OF THE EEOC IN-HOUSE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EMPLOYMENT TRIAL ATTORNEYS MAY 5 7, 2010 CAMELBACK INN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA REASONS TO ATTEND Hear Discuss Fid Lear Ear Get a year s worth of the key case authorities you eed to defed your cliets what federal judges idetify as attoreys most frequet ad costly bluders the risig tide of issues raised by the grayig of the workforce out what immigratio eforcemet actios your cliets will face ad how to deal with them effectively tried ad true techiques to get the most from discovery 14.5 hours of CLE, icludig 1 hour of ethics credit

2 DRI s 33rd aual Employmet Law Semiar is the defiitive semiar for employmet defese cousel, huma resource professioals, i-house cousel ad isurace idustry professioals. Always itesely practical ad accompaied by superior quality writte materials, the Employmet Law Semiar has become a must-atted for experieced practitioers, as well as those learig employmet law for the first time. Do t miss this opportuity to lear from some of the best practitioers ad professioals i the employmet area. Program Schedule 3 Semiar Sposors Semiar Schedule 6 Geeral Iformatio 7 Faculty Biographies 8 Membership Applicatio 11 Registratio Form 12 What You Will Lear Cara Chig-Seaha Program Chair Barbara A. O Coell Committee Chair The latest policy iitiatives ad eforcemet guidace from the EEOC S associate legal cousel Lida M. Lawso Law Istitute Preseted by DRI s Employmet Law Committee Firsthad observatios from a lead attorey ivolved i the Uited States Supreme Court s review of wage ad hour law i Dukes v. Wal-Mart A pael of federal judges views o tried ad true employmet litigatio strategies ad techiques Immigratio law compliace essetials Dealig with challeges employers face with geeratioal differeces i the workplace Litigatio avoidace ad early settlemet makig the most of ADR Effective maagemet of employee leaves of absece

3 May 5 7, P R O G R A M S C H E D U L E Wedesday, May 5, :00 p.m. Registratio 1:15 p.m. Welcome Barbara A. O Coell, Sweeey & Sheeha PC, Philadelphia, Pesylvaia 1:30 p.m. How to Maage Leaves of Absece Effectively Maagig employee leaves of absece has become icreasigly difficult, requirig a uderstadig of the iterplay betwee various federal ad state laws. This sessio will provide a overview of such laws, icludig the Family ad Medical Leave Act, Americas with Disabilities Act, ad Uiformed Services Employmet ad Reemploymet Rights Act, as well as state leave laws, offerig practical advice o how to avigate these laws i maagig employee attedace. Loie J. Williams, Jr., Quarles & Brady LLP, Phoeix, Arizoa 2:30 p.m. Hadbook Basics Come lear the basic compoets of a employee hadbook as well as emergig treds i best employmet policies. Attedees will receive a sample employee hadbook complete with suggested laguage for specific policies. Rebecca Bruch, Erickso Thorpe & Swaisto Ltd., Reo, Nevada 3:30 p.m. Refreshmet Break Sposored by Witherspoo Kelley 3:45 p.m. ERISA, COBRA ad Other Employmet Beefits Issues Geeral employmet law practitioers, as well as those specializig i these areas, will fid this sessio beeficial. A basic explaatio of ERISA, COBRA ad employee beefit laws will be covered, alog with a discussio of recet developmets i these areas. Tracy J. Va Steeburgh, Nila Johso Lewis PA, Mieapolis, Miesota 4:45 p.m. Adjour 6:00 p.m. Registratio 6:00 p.m. Networkig Receptio Sposored by Moye White LLP Thursday, May 6, 2010 Boardig Pass Kiosk Sposored by Bradley Arat Boult Cummigs LLP 7:00 a.m. Registratio 7:00 a.m. Cotietal Breakfast Sposored by Jackso Lewis LLP 7:00 a.m. First-Time Attedees Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Welcome ad Itroductio Lida M. Lawso, Meserve Mumper & Hughes LLP, Los Ageles, Califoria Barbara A. O Coell, Sweeey & Sheeha PC, Philadelphia, Pesylvaia Cara Chig-Seaha, Jackso Lewis LLP, Sa Fracisco, Califoria 8:15 a.m. Aual Employmet Law Update Joi us for this pereial favorite, a fast-paced summary of key labor ad employmet law decisios over the last year, ad arm yourself with the latest cases decided by the Uited States Supreme Court, the circuit courts of appeals ad the district courts. This sessio will also cover how to make the most of key employmet law decisios that are importat to employers. J. Al Latham, Jr., Paul Hastigs Jaofsky & Walker LLP, Los Ageles, Califoria 9:15 a.m. Ethics Goes to the Movies The Sequel This lively, etertaiig ad theatrical discussio of ethical dilemmas that ca uexpectedly arise i your practice is back by popular demad. Hear all you really eed to kow about ethics viewed from your movie seat. Larry J. Cohe, The Cohe Law Firm, Phoeix, Arizoa 10:15 a.m. Refreshmet Break Sposored by Kiesewetter Wise Kapla Prather PLC

4 4 Employmet Law Semiar 10:30 a.m. The EEOC: What s Next? The last 18 moths have see sigificat chages i the employmet law ladscape, icludig the passage of GINA, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ad the ADA Amedmets Act. Durig this time, the EEOC has bee equally busy pursuig policies ad ew guidace with a fresh emphasis. Hear from oe of the EEOC s top attoreys regardig recet EEOC iitiatives, recet ad pedig regulatios ad future areas of emphasis. Peggy R. Mastroiai, Uited States Equal Employmet Opportuity Commissio, Washigto, D.C. 11:30 a.m. Luch (o your ow) 12:45 p.m. Views from the Bech: A Judicial Perspective of Tried ad True Employmet Litigatio Strategies ad Techiques Joi our distiguished pael of judges as they discuss effective litigatio strategies, coverig fudametal (case themes, voir dire, opeig, direct, cross-examiatio ad closig) ad advaced litigatio techiques, emphasizig major bluders every employmet litigator should avoid. The Hoorable Maria H. Murguia, Uited States District Court, District of Arizoa, Phoeix, Arizoa The Hoorable James A. Teilborg, Uited States District Court, District of Arizoa, Phoeix, Arizoa 2:15 p.m. Refreshmet Break Sposored by Kiesewetter Wise Kapla Prather PLC CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Choose oe 45-miute sessio to atted) 2:30 p.m. Cocurret Sessio A: Beyod Title VII Issues of Iterest for Public Employers I additio to all of the potetial liability ad issues that private employers face, public etities must also be keely sesitive to a myriad of other issues whe creatig policies ad makig persoel decisios. This sessio offers a overview of those distict issues, icludig claims that ca be brought uder 42 U.S.C. Sectio 1983, ad the defeses ad immuities available to public employers. This promises to be a great itroductio or refresher for attoreys i this specialized practice area. Sara L. Hall, Memphis-Shelby Couty Airport Authority, Memphis, Teessee Cocurret Sessio B: Evolutio of a Employmet Case Part 1 I the Begiig This sessio will offer a practical look at wiig pre-litigatio strategies, icludig tactics ragig from respodig to admiistrative charges ad pre-lawsuit demads to the early phases of litigatio such as draftig wiig resposive pleadigs, icludig aswers ad motios to dismiss. Sidey R. Steiberg, Post & Schell PC, Philadelphia, Pesylvaia 3:25 p.m. Cocurret Sessio C: The Well Doe Iteral Ivestigatio The Gift That Keeps O Givig This presetatio is a practical look at the must-dos ad do ts of iteral ivestigatios, icludig witess iterviews, dealig with a ucooperative complaiat, makig the most of the Faragher v. City of Boca Rato ad Ellerth v. Burligto Idustries affirmative defese, ad the role of progressive disciplie. Mauree Moore, Lehigh Haso Ic., Irvig, Texas Cocurret Sessio D: Evolutio of a Employmet Case Part 2 The Black Hole of Discovery Discovery ca be the most expesive, cotetious ad protracted phase of litigatio. Joi us for a practical discussio that tackles recurrig issues such as how much is eough versus too much; the HR/ maagemet depositio; ad wagig e-discovery battles without breakig the bak, followed by a tactical discussio o coductig discovery to form the basis for wiig motios for summary judgmet. Sidey R. Steiberg, Post & Schell PC, Philadelphia, Pesylvaia

5 May 5 7, :20 p.m. Challeges Employers Face with Geeratioal Differeces i the Workplace The ecoomic crisis caused severe cuts i corporate budgets ad employmet, but diversity efforts must remai a priority to esure a egaged ad productive workforce. The Obama admiistratio has eacted or proposed umerous chages to legislatio, regulatios ad policies that impact corporate diversity efforts. I additio, oe cosequece of the recet ecoomic crisis is that the baby boomer geeratio is delayig retiremet; this sharpes potetial poits of coflict withi a geeratioally diverse workforce that iclude differig expectatios ad defiitios of workplace diversity particularly if youger workers perceive their advacemet opportuities beig limited by the failure of the older geeratio to leave the workforce. Weldo H. Latham, Jackso Lewis LLP, Washigto, D.C. 5:05 p.m. Adjour 5:15 p.m. Employmet Law Committee Meetig (ope to all) 6:00 p.m. Networkig Receptio 7:30 p.m. Die-Arouds Joi colleagues ad frieds at selected restaurats for dier (o your ow). More details o-site. Friday, May 7, 2010 Boardig Pass Kiosk Sposored by Bradley Arat Boult Cummigs LLP 7:15 a.m. Registratio 7:15 a.m. Cotietal Breakfast Sposored by Greeberg Traurig LLP 8:15 a.m. Aoucemets Cara Chig-Seaha, Jackso Lewis LLP, Sa Fracisco, Califoria 8:30 a.m. Dukes v. Wal-Mart ad The Fair Labor Stadards Act: There Is No Time Like Overtime Hear from a lead defese attorey from the ladmark case Dukes v. Wal-Mart about the evolutio of FLSA ad wage ad hour cases, icludig collective actios. This sessio will provide a overview of collective ad class actio strategies, cover some of the more commo issues arisig uder the FLSA (icludig exemptio, off-the-clock ad flex-time), ad provide practical advice for attoreys ad employers alike i dealig with these issues. Mark A. Perry, Gibso Du & Crutcher LLP, Washigto, D.C. 9:30 a.m. Gettig to Yes : Litigatio Avoidace ad Early Settlemet Makig the Most of ADR Lear strategies ad practices that employers ad their attoreys ca implemet to avoid litigatio, to make the case for early settlemet whe litigatio is uavoidable, ad to get the settlemet judge/mediator/ eutral o your side. Lear how to explore ad make the most of iformal ADR mechaisms. Bret Houk, Uited Parcel Service, Atlata, Georgia Claudette G. Wilso, Wilso Turer Kosmo LLP, Sa Diego, Califoria 10:30 a.m. Refreshmet Break Sposored by Shook Hardy & Baco LLP 10:45 a.m. Workplace Violece: Prevetig the Nightmare ad Copig with the Aftermath A leadig expert will recommed measures your cliets ca take to prevet workplace violece ad, if the uthikable happes, to help the victims of these tragedies move forward. April L. White, AT&T, St. Louis, Missouri 11:30 a.m. Immigratio Compliace Essetials for Employmet Law Practitioers Immigratio eforcemet iitiatives agaist employers icreased at both federal ad state levels i 2009, ad legislatures are placig icreasig burdes o employers to act as immigratio police. This sessio will provide a overview of issues relatig to the employmet of o-citize employees, icludig I-9 compliace, ew rules regardig the electroic verificatio of employmet authorizatio (E-Verify), how to hadle Social Security No-Match letters ad the latest updates regardig govermet eforcemet actios (raids ad audits). Hele L. Korad, McCadlish Holto PC, Richmod, Virgiia 12:30 p.m. Adjour

6 6 Employmet Law Semiar S E M I N A R S P O N S O R S S E M I N A R S C H E D U L E DRI wishes to thak our sposors for their support at this year s semiar! February 4 5 February March 4 5 March March March April 7 9 April April April April May 5 7 May Jue Jue September September 30 October 1 October Truckig Law Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV Medical Liability ad Health Care Law Arizoa Biltmore, Phoeix, AZ Strictly Retail Wydham Chicago, Chicago, IL Damages Vdara, Las Vegas, NV Toxic Torts ad Evirometal Law Sherato New Orleas, New Orleas, LA Sharig Success A Semiar for Wome Lawyers The Westi Kierlad, Scottsdale, AZ Product Liability Coferece The Veetia, Las Vegas, NV Isurace Coverage ad Claims IterCotietal Chicago, Chicago, IL Busiess Litigatio ad Itellectual Property Hilto New York, New York, NY Corporate Coduct: Emergig Sources of Crimial ad Civil Liability Across Europe for Corporatios ad Their Directors ad Officers Le Meridie, Lodo, Eglad Life, Health, Disability ad ERISA Claims Swissôtel Chicago, Chicago, IL Employmet Law Camelback I, Scottsdale, AZ Drug ad Medical Device Sa Fracisco Marriott, Sa Fracisco, CA Diversity for Success Swissôtel Chicago, Chicago, IL Youg Lawyers Ede Roc, Miami Beach, FL Nursig Home/ALF Litigatio Swissôtel Chicago, Chicago, IL Costructio Law Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV DRI Aual Meetig Sa Diego Marriott, Sa Diego, CA

7 May 5 7, G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N CLE Accreditatio This semiar has bee approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of Califoria i the amout of 14.5 hours, icludig 1 hour of ethics credit. Accreditatio has bee requested from every state with madatory cotiuig legal educatio (CLE) requiremets. Certificates of attedace will be provided to each attedee. Attedees are resposible for obtaiig CLE credits from their respective states. Credit availability ad requiremets vary from state to state; please check our website at for credit iformatio for your state. Registratio The registratio fee is $745 for members ad those who joi DRI whe registerig ad $875 for o-members. The registratio fee icludes CD-ROM course materials, cotietal breakfasts, refreshmet breaks ad etworkig receptios. If you wish to have your ame appear o the registratio list distributed at the coferece ad receive the CD-ROM course materials i advace, DRI must receive your registratio by April 15, 2010 (please allow 10 days for processig). Registratios received after April 15, 2010, will be processed o-site. Special Discouts The first ad secod registratios from the same firm or compay are subject to the fees outlied above. The registratio fee for additioal registrats from the same firm or compay is $695, regardless of membership status. All registratios must be received at the same time to receive the discout. Refud Policy The registratio fee is fully refudable for cacellatios received o or before April 15, Cacellatios received after April 15 ad o or before April 22, 2010, will receive a refud, less a $50 processig fee. Cacellatios made after April 22 will ot receive a refud, but the course materials o CD-ROM ad a $100 certificate good for ay DRI semiar withi the ext 12 moths will be issued. All cacellatios ad requests for refuds must be made i writig. Fax to DRI s Accoutig Departmet at All refuds will be mailed withi four weeks after the date of the coferece. Substitutios may be made at ay time without charge ad must be submitted i writig. Course Materials I order to better serve ad satisfy the umerous requests from our membership, DRI will mail the course materials to all registrats i CD-ROM format 12 days i advace of the semiar. You ca order additioal copies by checkig the appropriate box o the registratio form o the back of this brochure or orderig olie at Supplemetal Materials Recommeded supplemetal material for this semiar is Employmet Law Trial Tactics from DRI s Defese Library Series. Order your copy by checkig the appropriate box o the registratio form o the back of this brochure. You ca also view the etire list of DRI publicatios offerigs ad make purchases olie at Hotel Accommodatios A limited umber of discouted hotel rooms have bee made available at the Camelback I, 5402 East Licol Drive, Scottsdale, Arizoa For reservatios, cotact the hotel directly at Please metio DRI s Employmet Law Semiar to take advatage of the group rate of $199 Sigle/Double. The hotel block is limited ad rooms ad rates are available o a first-come, first-served basis. You must make reservatios by April 7, 2010, to be eligible for the group rate. Requests for reservatios made after April 7 are subject to room ad rate availability. Travel Discouts DRI offers discouted meetig fares o various major air carriers for DRI s Employmet Law Semiar attedees. To receive these discouts, please cotact Hobso Travel Ltd., DRI s official travel provider at As always, to obtai the lowest available fares, early bookig is recommeded. Flyers Sposored by Bullivat Houser Bailey PC Foresic JobStats Shook Hardy & Baco LLP See your attedee packet o-site for iformatio o these sposors. The tapig or recordig of DRI semiars is prohibited without the writte permissio of DRI. Speakers ad times may be subject to last-miute chages. DRI policy provides there will be o group fuctios sposored by others i coectio with its semiars.

8 8 Employmet Law Semiar FA C U LT Y Rebecca Bruch is a shareholder at Erickso Thorpe & Swaisto Ltd. i Reo, Nevada, where she practices prevetative ad defesive employmet law. She lectures o employmet-related topics ad authored the Nevada sectio of DRI s Employmet Law State-by- State Compedium. Ms. Bruch has authored/coauthored Preserve or Pay: New Federal Rules Madate Retetio of Electroic Data; Sexual Harassmet Traiig It s Not Optioal for Employers Ad Here s Why You Need to Take Care of It ad Employmet Issues ad Udocumeted Workers. She is presidet of the Norther Nevada Huma Resources Associatio. Cara Chig-Seaha is a parter at Jackso Lewis LLP i Sa Fracisco. She cousels ad defeds employers before the EEOC, DFEH, HCRC, DLSE ad Califoria s various state ad federal courts. She frequetly serves as traier, speaker or author/moderator o such topics as prevetig workplace harassmet, disability accommodatio, workplace ivestigatios, leaves of absece, maagig alcohol ad drug use, employee free speech issues, employee privacy, reductios i force, ad wiig discovery motio practice. Ms. Chig-Seaha is the program chair of this semiar ad a regular cotributor to The Job Descriptio. Larry J. Cohe, J.D., Ph.D., a certified specialist i ijury ad wrogful death litigatio for the Cohe Law Firm i Phoeix, focuses o serious medical ijury ad emotioal damages cases, icludig especially brai ijury claims. He is participatig i a post-doctoral program i cliical europsychology. Dr. Cohe has taught ad doe research at the Uiversity of Michiga School of Law ad served as adjuct faculty at the Arizoa School of Professioal Psychology. He teaches at the Sadra Day O Coor College of Law at Arizoa State Uiversity. Sara L. Hall is the vice presidet ad geeral cousel ad secretary to the board for the Memphis-Shelby Couty Airport Authority i Memphis, Teessee. Prior to joiig MSCAA, she was a mayoral/coucil appoitee for 10 years for the City of Memphis, durig which time she served as the city attorey, the director of the law divisio ad the City of Memphis director of huma resources. Ms. Hall was selected as oe of the Top Forty Uder 40 i the 2006 Memphis Busiess Joural. Bret Houk has represeted ad advised employers i all aspects of employmet law for more tha 20 years. From , he advised ad defeded a variety of cliets. Mr. Houk served as chief egotiator i labor egotiatios ad represeted maagemet i arbitratios ad ULP proceedigs. Sice 1998, he advised ad maaged outside lawyers as i-house cousel, first at Overite Trasportatio Compay ad the at Uited Parcel Service i Atlata, Georgia. He advises persoel resposible for admiisterig the compay s employee dispute resolutio process. Hele L. Korad is a parter i the immigratio practice group of McCadlish Holto PC i Richmod, Virgiia. She cocetrates o employmet-based ad professioal immigratio. Ms. Korad has guided umerous cliets through I-9 ad DOL audits, ad provides comprehesive I-9 ad E-Verify traiig. She speaks regularly o immigratio issues ad publishes updates for atioal busiess publicatios. Ms. Korad is listed i Best Lawyers i America, Virgiia s Legal Elite ad Super Lawyers. J. Al Latham, Jr., is a parter at Paul Hastigs Jaofsky & Walker LLP i Los Ageles. He was Presidet Reaga s appoitee to the Uited States Commissio o Civil Rights ad chief cousel to the NLRB. Mr. Latham has authored articles i the ABA joural, Litigatio, ad the Employee Relatios Law Joural. He teaches at the Uiversity of Souther Califoria Law School. He is listed i The Best Lawyers i America ad was amed oe of the five best labor lawyers by the Los Ageles Daily Joural i Weldo H. Latham is a parter i the Washigto, D.C., regio office of Jackso Lewis LLP, ad chair of the firm s corporate diversity couselig group. Mr. Latham represets Fortue 200 compaies, govermet agecies, large miority busiesses ad other complex orgaizatios o diversity, govermet relatios, crisis maagemet, complex workplace audits ad ivestigatios. He served as assistat geeral cousel, White House Office of Maagemet ad Budget durig the Ford admiistratio ad geeral deputy assistat secretary, Departmet of Housig ad Urba Developmet uder Presidet Carter. Mr. Latham is a adjuct professor at Georgetow Uiversity Law Ceter.

9 May 5 7, Lida M. Lawso is the maagig parter of the Los Ageles office of Meserve Mumper & Hughes LLP. Ms. Lawso represets isurace compaies i matters relatig to life, health ad disability coverage ad ERISA. She also represets maagemet i employmet-related litigatio ivolvig wrogful termiatio, sexual harassmet ad employmet discrimiatio. Ms. Lawso is curretly a member of DRI s Law Istitute, DRI s Employmet Law Committee, ad is a past chair of the Life, Health ad Disability Committee. Peggy R. Mastroiai serves as associate legal cousel of the Uited States Equal Employmet Opportuity Commissio i Washigto, D.C. Ms. Mastroiai is resposible for developig commissio guidace uder Title VII, the ADEA, the EPA ad the ADA, ad for providig advice for the commissio o a wide rage of substative issues ad admiistrative matters. She directed developmet of the Notices of Proposed Rulemakig o the ADA Amedmets Act of 2008 ad Title II of the Geetic Iformatio Nodiscrimiatio Act of I 2009, she was amed Federal Labor ad Employmet Attorey of the Year by the ABA. Mauree Moore is chief cousel-labor ad employmet for Lehigh Haso Ic. i Irvig, Texas, where she hadles all legal issues relatig to labor, employmet, beefits ad immigratio for its North America operatios. She supervises the labor relatios team, which is resposible for more tha 170 labor agreemets i the U.S. ad Caada. Ms. Moore has writte several books icludig Ivestigatig Employee Complaits, The ADA Compliace Maual for Employers ad Employmet Forms ad Policies. She has specialized i labor ad employmet law for more tha 20 years. The Hoorable Maria H. Murguia serves as a judge for the Uited States District Court for the District of Arizoa i Phoeix. She was appoited to the federal bech i Judge Murguia bega her career as a assistat district attorey, after which she joied the U.S. Attorey s Office as the assistat U.S. attorey for the District of Arizoa. She also served i the Executive Office for Uited States Attoreys (EOUSA), durig which she was cousel to the director s staff, pricipal deputy director ad executive director before her omiatio to the federal bech. Barbara A. O Coell is a parter with Sweeey & Sheeha PC i Philadelphia, Pesylvaia, ad Westmot, New Jersey, where she heads the firm s employmet practices group. Ms. O Coell represets cliets i wrogful discharge, civil rights, ERISA ad employmet discrimiatio cases, icludig those arisig uder the Americas with Disabilities Act, Title VII ad Pesylvaia ad New Jersey s atidiscrimiatio laws. She defeds Fortue 100 cliets i cases ivolvig product liability, mass torts, ad geeral ad professioal egligece. Ms. O Coell is chair of DRI s Employmet Law Committee. Mark A. Perry is a parter i the Washigto, D.C., office of Gibso Du & Crutcher LLP. Mr. Perry s practice focuses o complex commercial litigatio at the trial ad appellate levels. He has briefed hudreds ad argued dozes of cases i the Uited States Supreme Court, the federal courts of appeals ad state supreme courts. He has served as chief appellate cousel to several Fortue 100 compaies ad regularly represets cliets i class actios. Mr. Perry serves as a adjuct professor of law at Georgetow Uiversity Law Ceter. Sidey R. Steiberg is a parter i Post & Schell PC s labor ad employmet group ad employee relatios practice group i Philadelphia, Pesylvaia. His practice ivolves virtually all aspects of employee relatios, icludig litigatio defedig employers i federal ad state courts. He has represeted employers i all fields before federal, state ad local admiistrative agecies, icludig the EEOC, the DOL, the NLRB, ad i arbitratios. He is a columist for The Legal Itelligecer i Philadelphia ad a cotributor to Law.com. Mr. Steiberg was amed a Super Lawyer i 2005 ad The Hoorable James A. Teilborg was appoited as judge of the Uited States District Court for the District of Arizoa o October 13, I 2006, he was appoited to the Committee o Rules of Practice ad Procedure of the Judicial Coferece of the Uited States. Prior to his appoitmet, Judge Teilborg was a foudig parter of a Phoeix civil litigatio firm. He served o active duty with the Uited States Air Force while attedig udergraduate avigator traiig, ad retired from the Uited States Air Force Reserve after 31 years of service.

10 10 Employmet Law Semiar Tracy J. Va Steeburgh is a shareholder i the Mieapolis office of Nila Johso Lewis PA, where she practices i the areas of employmet law, ERISA ad product liability. She has defeded employmet discrimiatio cases i federal ad state court arisig uder Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA ad the FMLA. Ms. Va Steeburgh also regularly cousels ad advises cliets o employmet ad product liability issues. She is a fellow at the Litigatio Cousel of America, Trial Lawyer Hoorary Society. April L. White is the area maager i the Asset Protectio/Corporate Security Departmet at AT&T Commuicatios i St. Louis, Missouri. She has over 19 years of maagemet ivestigative experiece with a emphasis i employee ivestigatios, physical security, computer foresics, workplace violece, auditig, loss prevetio, quality assurace ad customer service. Ms. White is resposible for coductig ivestigatios ad iterviewig idividuals about potetial violatios of AT&T s Code of Busiess Coduct. She is a atioal workplace violece traier for the Telephoe Security Associatio ad the AT&T southwest regioal traier for Violece i the Workplace. Loie J. Williams, Jr., is a parter i the Phoeix office of Quarles & Brady LLP, focusig his practice o civil litigatio with a emphasis o employmetrelated matters. Mr. Williams represets employers ad maagers i all areas of labor relatios ad employmet law. A sigificat portio of his practice is devoted to the defese of wrogful discharge ad discrimiatio lawsuits. He has a extesive trial backgroud, has bee iducted ito the America College of Trial Lawyers, ad is listed i The Best Lawyers i America, Chambers USA ad Southwest Super Lawyers. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN DRI: A STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLE DRI is the largest iteratioal membership orgaizatio of attoreys defedig the iterests of busiess ad idividuals i civil litigatio. Diversity is a core value at DRI. Ideed, diversity is fudametal to the success of the orgaizatio, ad we seek out ad embrace the iumerable beefits ad cotributios that the perspectives, backgrouds, cultures, ad life experieces a diverse membership provides. Iclusiveess is the chief meas to icrease the diversity of DRI s membership ad leadership positios. DRI s members ad potetial leaders are ofte also members ad leaders of other defese orgaizatios. Accordigly, DRI ecourages all atioal, state, ad local defese orgaizatios to promote diversity ad iclusio i their membership ad leadership. Claudette G. Wilso, a parter with Wilso Turer Kosmo LLP i Sa Diego, leads the firm s employmet law practice group. Her litigatio practice, which spas 25 years, icludes wage ad hour class actios, wrogful termiatio, discrimiatio, harassmet ad trade secret violatios. Ms. Wilso regularly cousels employers ad busiesses of all sizes. She was featured i The Best Lawyers i America, desigated a Super Lawyer, ad chose as oe of the Top 10 Lawyers i Sa Diego Couty by Law ad Politics magazie.

11 Joi DRI ow ad register at the membership rate a $130 savigs! D R I M E M B E R S H I P A P P L I C AT I O N This applicatio/registratio form for first-time members oly all other registrats please use reverse side. MEMBER o Defese Attorey $235 USD/year CATEGORY o Govermet Attorey $160 USD/year o Youg Lawyer* $130 USD/year (admitted to the Bar for five years or less) o Law Studet $20 USD/year o Male o Female FORMAL NAME TITLE NAME (as you would like it to appear o badge) COMPANY/FIRM/LAW SCHOOL ADDRESS CITY STATE/PROVINCE ZIP/POST CODE COUNTRY TELEPHONE FAX Is this the first time you are attedig this DRI semiar? o Yes o No First time admitted to the Bar i (Law studets iclude expected STATE/PROVINCE MONTH/DAY/YEAR BAR NUMBER admissio date.) o I-house cousel (as defied below**) I am a member of a state or local defese orgaizatio. o Yes o No NAME OF ORGANIZATION PRIMARY AREA OF PRACTICE NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS IN YOUR FIRM OPTIONAL DRI is committed to the priciple of diversity i its membership ad leadership. Accordigly, applicats are ivited to idicate which oe of the followig may best describe them: o Africa America o Asia America o Hispaic o Native America o Caucasia o Other DATE OF BIRTH MONTH/DAY/YEAR REFERRED BY (ame of DRI member attorey, if applicable) To the extet that I egage i persoal ijury litigatio, I DO NOT, for the most part, represet plaitiffs. I have read the above ad hereby make applicatio for idividual membership. SIGNATURE REGISTRATION/APPLICATION FEES SEMINAR REGISTRATION: o $745 Member o $500 Govermet DRI Member o $0 Law Studet DRI Member MEMBERSHIP (Check Oe): o $235 Defese Attorey o $160 Govermet Attorey o $130* Youg Lawyer o $20 Law Studet TOTAL: PAYMENT METHOD o My check for (USD) is eclosed. o Please charge my o VISA o MASTERCARD o AMERICAN EXPRESS DATE (all applicatios must be siged ad dated) * Those eligible for Youg Lawyer membership will receive a certificate for oe free semiar whe they joi. ** I-house cousel is defied as a licesed attorey who is employed exclusively for a corporatio or other private sector orgaizatio for the purpose of providig legal represetatio ad cousel oly to that corporatio, its affiliates ad subsidiaries Employmet B CARD # EXP. DATE SIGNATURE (as it appears o card) Please remit paymet by MAIL to: Please remit paymet by COURIER to: DRI Eagle Way, Chicago, IL JP Morga Att: DRI # S. Dearbor 6th Floor, Chicago, IL PHONE (312) FAX (312) [email protected] WEB

12 EMPLOYMENT LAW SEMINAR MAY 5 7, 2010 For iclusio o the pre-registratio list ad to receive course materials i advace, register by April 15, FORMAL NAME NAME (as you would like it to appear o badge) PUBLICATIONS FOR PURCHASE COURSE MATERIALS (icluded i registratio fees) o Member: $75 o No-member: $95 COMPANY/FIRM/LAW SCHOOL ADDRESS TELEPHONE FAX SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS Employmet Law Trial Tactics CD-ROM o Member: $95 o No-member: $125 Are you a first-time attedee at this DRI semiar? o Yes o No HARD COPY o Member: $125 o No-member: $155 (Shippig charges will be added to each order. Illiois residets, please add 10.25% sales tax.) How may attoreys are i your firm? What is your primary area of practice? REGISTRATION FEES (icludes course materials) If joiig DRI to get the member rate, complete the form o the reverse side. o Member: $745 o No-member: $875 o Govermet DRI Member: $500 o Law Studet DRI Member: Free o Special Discout Price: $695 o (see brochure for eligibility) PAYMENT METHOD o My check for (USD) is eclosed. o Please charge my o VISA o MASTERCARD o AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD # Employmet EXP. DATE B SIGNATURE (as it appears o card)