Speakers / Authors:
Barry Alberts
Schiff Hardin LLP
Barry S. Alberts is a litigation partner in the Chicago law firm of Schiff Hardin LLP, where he began practicing following his graduation from the University of Chicago Law School in 1971. Concentrating his practice on general business litigation, he regularly represents corporations, corporate officers and directors, as well as lawyers and law firms, in a wide variety of litigation matters in both federal and state courts. He has represented lawyers and law firms in connection with professional liability claims, including actiona alleging maplpractice, breaches of fiduciary duties and ethical violations, as well as in tort actions alleging lawyers' participation in tax fraud, securities fraud, and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”).
Mr. Alberts has chaired the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation, as well as havign served as a chair fo the Section of Litigation's Trial Evidence Committee. He is a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches a course o n the law and the ethics governing lawyers titled “The Legal Profession,” and he has been a adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University Law School, where he as taught trial advocacy as well as legal ethics.
In addition to his law degree, Mr. Alberts earned a B.A. cum laude from Miami University in 1968. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. District Court fo the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Circuits.
Nathaniel L. Doliner
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Nathaniel L. Doliner is the Tampa office managing shareholder of Carlton Fields, P.A. Mr. Doliner practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and other aspects of corporate law. He has handled mergers and acquisitions in almost every industry. He is the vice-chair of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and Editor-in-Chief of The Business Lawyer. Mr. Doliner is a former chair of the Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions of the Business Law Section of the ABA. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report, published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA).
Mr. Doliner has lectured frequently at national and international institutes on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and joint ventures, including institutes sponsored by the American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel, Thompson West, The University of Texas School of Law, and the University of Miami School of Law. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities Law), and in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Mergers and Acquisitions).
Mr. Doliner is a member of the American Law Institute. He graduated in 1970 from The George Washington University and received his law degree in 1973 from Vanderbilt Law School. Mr. Doliner received a Masters of Law degree in taxation from the University of Florida Law School in 1977, and served as a visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Florida Law School from 1977 to 1978.
Simon Lorne
Millennium Partners, L.P.
Simon M. Lorne is vice chairman and chief legal officer of Millennium Management LLC (New York) with oversight responsibility for the compliance, legal and regulatory, and internal audit functions.
From 1999 to 2004, he was a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, which he had rejoined in 1999 after having previously been a partner in that firm. From 1996 to 1999, he was a managing director at Salomon Brothers/Salomon Smith Barney and Citigroup, where he had served in various positions with legal, internal audit and compliance responsibility. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Lorne was general counsel of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
Mr. Lorne received his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1970 and an A.B. cum laude from Occidental College in 1967. He is a co-director of Stanford Law School's Directors' College and serves as an adjunct member of the faculty of the NYU Law School and the NYU Stern School of Business. He also serves on the board of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Law and Economics and is a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford's Said School of Business.
Donna McCaffrey
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Donna McCaffrey is a Special Trial Counsel in the Litigation and Administrative Practice Group of the SEC's Office of the General Counsel. Ms. McCaffrey investigates and prosecutes attorney misconduct cases under SEC Rule of Practice 102(e) and Part 205 of the SEC's Part 205 Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys Appearing and Practicing Before the Commission in the Representation of an Issuer. Prior to joining the Office of the General Counsel she served as Associate General Counsel with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
Ms. McCaffrey has a B.A. in Economics from the Catholic University of America and a J.D. from the College of William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law. She was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1984.
Barry Alberts
Schiff Hardin LLP
Barry S. Alberts is a litigation partner in the Chicago law firm of Schiff Hardin LLP, where he began practicing following his graduation from the University of Chicago Law School in 1971. Concentrating his practice on general business litigation, he regularly represents corporations, corporate officers and directors, as well as lawyers and law firms, in a wide variety of litigation matters in both federal and state courts. He has represented lawyers and law firms in connection with professional liability claims, including actiona alleging maplpractice, breaches of fiduciary duties and ethical violations, as well as in tort actions alleging lawyers' participation in tax fraud, securities fraud, and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”).
Mr. Alberts has chaired the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation, as well as havign served as a chair fo the Section of Litigation's Trial Evidence Committee. He is a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches a course o n the law and the ethics governing lawyers titled “The Legal Profession,” and he has been a adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University Law School, where he as taught trial advocacy as well as legal ethics.
In addition to his law degree, Mr. Alberts earned a B.A. cum laude from Miami University in 1968. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. District Court fo the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Circuits.
Nathaniel L. Doliner
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Nathaniel L. Doliner is the Tampa office managing shareholder of Carlton Fields, P.A. Mr. Doliner practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and other aspects of corporate law. He has handled mergers and acquisitions in almost every industry. He is the vice-chair of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and Editor-in-Chief of The Business Lawyer. Mr. Doliner is a former chair of the Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions of the Business Law Section of the ABA. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report, published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA).
Mr. Doliner has lectured frequently at national and international institutes on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and joint ventures, including institutes sponsored by the American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel, Thompson West, The University of Texas School of Law, and the University of Miami School of Law. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities Law), and in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Mergers and Acquisitions).
Mr. Doliner is a member of the American Law Institute. He graduated in 1970 from The George Washington University and received his law degree in 1973 from Vanderbilt Law School. Mr. Doliner received a Masters of Law degree in taxation from the University of Florida Law School in 1977, and served as a visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Florida Law School from 1977 to 1978.
Simon Lorne
Millennium Partners, L.P.
Simon M. Lorne is vice chairman and chief legal officer of Millennium Management LLC (New York) with oversight responsibility for the compliance, legal and regulatory, and internal audit functions.
From 1999 to 2004, he was a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, which he had rejoined in 1999 after having previously been a partner in that firm. From 1996 to 1999, he was a managing director at Salomon Brothers/Salomon Smith Barney and Citigroup, where he had served in various positions with legal, internal audit and compliance responsibility. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Lorne was general counsel of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
Mr. Lorne received his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1970 and an A.B. cum laude from Occidental College in 1967. He is a co-director of Stanford Law School's Directors' College and serves as an adjunct member of the faculty of the NYU Law School and the NYU Stern School of Business. He also serves on the board of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Law and Economics and is a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford's Said School of Business.
Donna McCaffrey
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Donna McCaffrey is a Special Trial Counsel in the Litigation and Administrative Practice Group of the SEC's Office of the General Counsel. Ms. McCaffrey investigates and prosecutes attorney misconduct cases under SEC Rule of Practice 102(e) and Part 205 of the SEC's Part 205 Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys Appearing and Practicing Before the Commission in the Representation of an Issuer. Prior to joining the Office of the General Counsel she served as Associate General Counsel with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
Ms. McCaffrey has a B.A. in Economics from the Catholic University of America and a J.D. from the College of William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law. She was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1984.