HOW LEGAL EMPLOYERS CAN LEVERAGE & ACCESS UNTAPPED TALENT TO FILL GAPS & MINIMIZE COSTS IN A DOWN MARKET

This program welcomes legal employer representatives and lawyers-in-transition to hear about creative methods being used by employers to identify and fill gaps in expertise and perform spillover work. We will discuss how to transition new and temporary employees into a fragmented workforce; the economic benefits to employers in recruiting back re-entry talent; ways to use flexible and reduced-hour scheduling and telecommuting to save money, minimize layoffs and maximize productivity; and how to manage talent effectively to minimize burnout, anxiety and low morale.

8:30 a.m. – Registration & Refreshments

9 :00 a.m. – Opening Remarks

Deborah Epstein Henry
Founder/President, Flex-Time Lawyers LLC

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Panel I: Filling Talent Gaps

Moderator:
Lauren Wachtler
Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Chair, Committee for Lawyers in Transition, NYSBA

Panelists:
Suzanne Lovett
Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Kelly Hoey
Manager of Alumni Programs, White & Case LLP

Susan Raridon Lambreth
Vice President, Hildebrandt

Salila Yohn
VP Attorney Development, Axiom

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 12 :00 – Panel 2: Economic Benefits of Reduced Hours and Alternative Scheduling

Moderator :
Deborah Epstein Henry
Founder/President, Flex-Time Lawyers LLC

Panelists:
Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Joey Silberfein
Career Guidance Manager, Ropes & Gray LLP

Joanne Sternlieb
Founder, Law Offices of Joanne R. Sternlieb and Counsel, Barton Barton & Plotkin LLP

Lesley Rosenthal
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Co-sponsored by the Committee on Lawyers in Transition, New York State Bar Association

Registration is necessary. The fee is $15 for members (either City Bar and/or State Bar), $25 for non- members. To register, please go to http://www.nycbar.org:80/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1118.