KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

TUESDAY, MAY 20

SAM ZELL
Chairman and CEO  
Tribune Company

Sam Zell’s investments span industries and continents, and include interests in media, finance, energy, transportation, communications and real estate. He serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tribune Company a role that he assumed in December2007 after financing the sale of the public company to a private Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Mr. Zell also maintains substantial interests in, and is the chairman of, five public companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

JEFFREY TOOBIN   
Senior Analyst, CNN
Staff Writer,
The New Yorker
Best-Selling Author

A high-profile senior analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin is one of the country’s most esteemed experts on politics, media and the law. The author of critically acclaimed New York Times best sellers, Toobin’s 2007 book The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, delves into the historical, political and personal inner workings of the Supreme Court and its justices to reveal the inside story of one of America’s most mysterious and powerful institutions.

KEYNOTE PANEL

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21

Sharing the Vision: Strategies, Risks and Opportunities

Today's in-house counsel are mission critical to a company's success and prosperity.  Join this roundtable of General Counsel from some of the most admired companies in the world as they discuss how they manage risk, achieve results and deliver enduring value to their organizations.  This free flowing discussion will feature highly successful corporate law department best practices, programs and processes. 

Deidra D. Gold
Executive Vice President  &
General Counsel
Wolters Kluwer
North American
Shared Services

Carla R. Michelotti
Executive Vice President/ General Counsel &
Director of Government Affairs
Leo Burnett Company, Inc.

Robert S. Osborne
Group Vice President &
General Counsel
General Motors Corporation