Nineteen Chief Legal Officers To Share Expertise at New York State Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Institute

Nineteen Chief Legal Officers To Share Expertise at New York State Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Institute

10.24.2023

By Rebecca Melnitsky

The chief legal officers of 19 prominent companies — including Citigroup, Nasdaq, NBCUniversal, Ford Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mastercard, The Bank of New York Mellon, KPMG, New York Life Insurance and The New York Times Company — will discuss the ethics of new technologies, the essentials of data privacy and the key to minimizing risk at the New York State Bar Association’s 10^th Corporate Counsel Institute.

“The speakers for this year’s Corporate Counsel Institute are in a class of their own,” said Richard Lewis, president of the New York State Bar Association. “This all-star lineup of panelists will discuss the pressing issues facing corporate counsel including protecting data, issuing political statements, eliminating bias and reducing the cost of corporate legal services.”

The keynote topic will be “The Many and Ongoing Chapters of the Silicon Valley Bank Failure.” Other panelists will discuss the “Ethics and Privilege Issues That Confront Inside and Outside Corporate Counsel,” “How to Maximize the Value and Reduce the Cost of Corporate Legal Services,” and “Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.”

The event will take place on Nov. 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the offices of Kelley Drye & Warren at 3 World Trade Center 175 Greenwich St. in New York City. It will also be streamed online. To register, click here.

The prominent speakers include:

• Michele Bradley, lead counsel, employment, Airbnb.
• Diane M. Brayton, executive vice president and general counsel, The New York Times Company.
• Nishka Chandrasoma, vice president, chief legal officer and secretary, Ford Foundation.
• Brian S. Chevlin, senior vice president and general counsel, Pernod Ricard USA.
• Marcy S. Cohen, managing director and general counsel, ING Financial Services.
• Sheila K. Davidson, executive vice president and chief legal officer, New York Life Insurance Company.
• John L. Douglas, senior executive vice president and chief legal, risk and compliance officer, TIAA.
• Taryn Filo, vice president & employment counsel, Brown Brothers Harriman.
• Amanda Fugazy, partner, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole.
• Pierre M. Gentin, chief legal officer, McKinsey & Company.
• José Ramón González, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, Equitable Holdings.
• Kendall Handler, executive vice president and chief legal officer, IAC.
• Kimberley D. Harris, executive vice president and general counsel, NBCUniversal Media.
• Marshall S. Huebner, partner and co-head of restructuring at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
• Sandra Leung, executive vice president and general counsel, Bristol-Myers Squibb.
• Andrew S. Levine, executive vice president and general counsel, SL Green Realty.
• J. Kevin McCarthy, senior executive vice president and general counsel, The Bank of New York Mellon.
• Brent McIntosh, general counsel and corporate secretary, Citigroup.
• Dennis P. McNamara, executive vice president, general counsel, Oppenheimer Holdings.
• Aisha Oliver-Staley, general counsel and corporate secretary, New York University.
• Tonya T. Robinson, vice chair and general counsel, KPMG.
• Yanai Z. Siegel, corporate counsel, planning & development, Appliance Dealer’s Cooperative.
• My Chi To, executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, Voya Financial.
• Theodore Tomita III, chief information security officer, RiskQ.
• Vicki Walcott Edim, senior managing counsel, global employment law at Mastercard.
• John Zecca, executive vice president and global chief legal officer, Nasdaq.