Planning Committee

Section Chair, 2010-11
Salli A. Swartz • Phillips Giraud Naud & Swartz • Paris, France

Meeting Co-Chairs
Alexander B. Blumrosen • Bernard-Hertz-Béjot • Paris, France
Robert F. Brodegaard • Brodegaard & Simone LLC • New York, New York, USA
Ronald A. Cass • Cass & Associates, PC • Great Falls, Virginia, USA
Jean-Claude Rivalland • Allen & Overy LLP • Paris, France
Bernard Vatier • Vatier & Associés • Paris, France

Honorary Host Committee
Francois-Henri Briard • Delaporte, Briard & Trichet • Paris, France
Carolyn B. Lamm • White & Case LLP • Washington, DC, USA
Pierre Raoul-Duval • Gide Loyrette Nouel • Paris, France
Stephen N. Zack • Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP • Miami, Florida, USA

Steering Committee
William R. Black • BAE Systems • Santa Clara, California, USA
Gabrielle M. Buckley • Vedder Price P.C. • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Isabella D. Bunn • University of Oxford Regent’s Park College • Oxford, United Kingdom
Michael Burke • Williams Mullen • Washington, DC, USA
Ingrid Busson • Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank • New York, New York, USA
Yee Wah Chin • Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti LLP • New York, New York, USA
Harvey Jay Cohen • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Susan J. Cohen • Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Don S. DeAmicis • Ropes & Gray LLP • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jessica L. Darraby • The Art Law Firm • Los Angeles, California, USA
Meyer Eisenberg • Columbia Law School and Willamette University College of Law • Washington, DC
Deborah Enix-Ross • Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP • New York, New York, USA
Adam Farlow • Baker & McKenzie LLP • London, United Kingdom
Madeleine Giansanti Cag • Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC • New York, New York, USA
Audrey B. Lamb • American Bar Association Section of International Law • Washington, DC, USA
Barton Legum • Salans LLP • Paris, France
Christian Lundgren • Kromann Reumert • Copenhagen, Denmark
Robert Piret • ESCP Europe • Paris, France
R. Duane Propst • American Bar Association Section of International Law • Washington, DC, USA
Par Remnelid • Advokatfirman Vinge KB • Malmo, Sweden
Roberto Reyes-Gaskin • Jones Day • Paris, France
Steven M. Richman • Duane Morris LLP • Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Marcos Rios • Carey y Cia, Ltda. • Santiago, Chile
Sara P. Sandford • Garvey Schubert Barer • Seattle, Washington, USA
Lisa J. Savitt • Crowell & Moring LLP • Washington, DC, USA
Fiona A. Schaeffer • Jones Day • New York, New York, USA
Allin C. Seward • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP • Paris, France
Jessica L. Smith • American Bar Association Section of International Law • Washington, DC, USA
William M. Snyder • Pech de Laclause & Associés • Paris, France
Louise Ellen Teitz • Roger Williams University School of Law • Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Sandy Tronier • Discovery Consultants • New York, New York
Claire Webb • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP • New York, New York, USA

Sponsorship Committee
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Michael H. Byowitz • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz • New York, New York
Linda R. Crane • The John Marshall Law School • Chicago, Illinois, USA
John C. Dickey • Greenberg Traurig, LLP • Dallas, Texas, USA
Madeleine Giansanti Cag • Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC • New York, New York, USA
Marissa Nicole Golden-Pont • Allen & Overy LLP • Paris, France
Derrick Howard • Appalachian School of Law • Grundy, Virginia, USA
Barton Legum • Salans LLP • Paris, France
Carol Mawn • Paris, France
Gail Negbaur • Air Liquide • Paris, France
Eliot Norman • Williams Mullen • Richmond, Virginia, USA
John Piret • Newbury Piret & Company, Inc. • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Piret • ESCP Europe • Paris, France
Roberto Reyes-Gaskin • Jones Day • Paris, France
Fiona A. Schaeffer • Jones Day • New York, New York, USA
Allin C. Seward • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP • Paris, France
William M. Snyder • Pech de Laclause & Associés • Paris, France
Priti Suri • PSA, Legal Counsellors • New Delhi, India
Sandy Tronier • Discovery Consultants • New York, New York
Annet van Hooft • Jones Day • Paris, France
Alexander S. Vesselinovitch • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Claire Webb • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP • New York, New York, USA

Track Coordinators
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
William R. Black • BAE Systems • Santa Clara, California, USA
Robert F. Brodegaard • Brodegaard & Simone LLC • New York, New York, USA
Hans-Michael Giesen • Görg • Berlin, Germany
William P. Johnson • University of North Dakota School of Law • Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Lelia Mooney • Partners for Democratic Change • Washington, DC, USA
Sebastien Savage • Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fiona A. Schaeffer • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP • New York, New York, USA
Claire Webb • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP • New York, New York, USA

Program Review Group
(and also members of the Planning Committee)
Judge Robert Alsdorf • Alsdorf Dispute Resolution • Seattle, Washington, USA
Louraine C. Arkfeld • Tempe Municipal Court • Tempe, Arizona, USA
Adejoke Babington-Ashaye • International Criminal Court • The Hague, The Netherlands
David Beddow • O’Melveny & Myers LLP • Washington, DC, USA
Gretchen C. Bellamy • Smith Anderson • Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
William R. Black • BAE Systems • Santa Clara, California, USA
Lorraine M. Brennan • CPR Institute / International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution • New York, New York, USA
Susan J. Brushaber • Law Office of Susan J. Brushaber, P.C. • Denver, Colorado, USA
Ingrid Busson • Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank • New York, New York, USA
Bayo Callender • Michigan Supreme Court • Lansing, Michigan, USA
Guillermo S. Christensen • Paris, France
Harvey Jay Cohen • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Susan J. Cohen • Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Patrick Del Duca • Zuber & Taillieu LLP • Los Angeles, California, USA
Philippe Despres • Gide Loyrette Nouel • Paris, France
Theodore Edelman • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP • New York, New York, USA
Deborah Enix-Ross • Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP • New York, New York, USA
Inbal Faibish • Rosenberg, Keren-Polak & Co., Advocates • Zurich, Switzerland
C.Elisia Frazier • Pooler, Georgia, USA
Susanna K. Fuchsbrunner • Sibeth • Frankfurt, Germany
Hans-Michael Giesen • Görg • Berlin, Germany
Leslie A. “Les” Glick • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP • Washington, DC, USA
Carlos Gonzalez • Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP • Miami, Florida, USA
Norman L. Greene • Schoeman Updike & Kaufman LLP • New York, New York, USA
Piper Hendricks • World Organization for Human Rights USA • Washington, DC, USA
Peter M. Hosinski • Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffy LLP • New York, New York, USA
William P. Johnson • University of North Dakota School of Law • Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Regina B. Jones • Schlumberger • Paris, France
Christopher B. Kende • Cozen O’Connor • New York, New York, USA
Alan M. Koral • Vedder Price P.C. • New York, New York, USA
Barton Legum • Salans LLP • Paris, France
Christian Lundgren • Kromann Reumert • Copenhagen, Denmark
Barbara G. Madonik • Unicom Communication Consultants Inc. • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael L. Martinez • Crowell & Moring LLP • Washington, DC, USA
Nancy Matos • Baker & McKenzie LLP • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter H. Matson • Law Offices of Peter H. Matson • Madliena, Malta
Carol Mawn • Paris, France
Lelia Mooney • Partners for Democratic Change • Washington, DC, USA
Victor S. Mroczka • Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP • Washington, DC, USA
Carrie Newton-Lyons • The University of Akron School of Law • Alexandria, Virginia
Kevin O’Gorman • Fulbright & Jaworski LLP • Houston, Texas, USA
Lara O'Neill • HOPE Public Interest Resource Center • University of Miami School of Law • Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Michael Ostrove • Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP • Paris, France
Fabian Pal • Fowler White Burnett, P.A. • Miami, Florida, USA
Joseph L. Raia • Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. • Miami, Florida, USA
Anders Etgen Reitz • Magnusson Advokatfirma • Copenhagen, Denmark
Par Remnelid • Advokatfirman Vinge KB • Malmo, Sweden
Steven M. Richman • Duane Morris LLP • Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Raquel A. Rodriguez • McDermott Will & Emery LLP • Miami, Florida, USA
Sebastien Savage • Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fiona A. Schaeffer • Jones Day • New York, New York, USA
Ekaterina Schoenefeld • Schoenefeld Law Firm LLC • Princeton, New Jersey, USA
David A. Schwartz • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz • New York, New York, USA
Terry A. Selzer • Stampe, Haume & Hasselriis Advokater • Copenhagen, Denmark
Stuart Shroff • Aberdeen Realty Holdings Ltd. • New York, New York, USA
Nancy Kaymar Stafford • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
David P. Stewart • Georgetown University Law Center • Washington, DC, USA
Marcela B. “Marcy” Stras • Cozen O'Connor • Washington, DC, USA
Annet van Hooft • Jones Day • Paris, France
Lindsey Wagner • Stetson University College of Law • Gulfport, Florida, USA
Sandy Walker • Renzenberger, Inc. • Lenexa, Kansas, USA
Laura Young • The Advocates for Human Rights • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Planning Committee
Thierry Aballea • LMBE Avocats • Paris, France
Olivier Andre • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph Aragonés • K&L Gates LLP • Paris, France
Duarte de Athayde • Abreu Advogados • Lisbon, Portugal
Margaret M. Ayres • Davis Polk & Wardwell • Washington, DC, USA
Chris Baker • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP • Paris, France
Jean Claude Beaujour • Hobson • Paris, France
Philip M. Berkowitz • Nixon Peabody LLP • New York, New York, USA
Regis Bernard • Kahn & Associés • Paris, France
Paul Bishop • Winston & Strawn LLP • Paris, France
Marcelo Bombau • M. & M. Bomchil Abogados • Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stéphane Bonifassi • Lebray & Associés • Paris, France
Bradford Alexander Boyd • Cass Business School • Miami, Florida, USA
Jacques Buhart • Herbert Smith LLP • Paris, France
Michael H. Byowitz • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz • New York, New York
Jean Castelain • Granrut Associés • Paris, France
Peter Castellon • Baker & McKenzie LLP • London, United Kingdom
Xavier Chabeuf • Paris, France
Stella Chabrol-Huber • Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP • Paris, France
Ayman Chahine • BNP Paribas • Paris, France
M. David Coffman • Coffman Legal, PLLC • Seattle, Washington, USA
Antoine Colonna d’Istria • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP • Paris, France
Coralie Colson • Total • Paris, France
Arnaud de la Cotardière • Linklaters • Paris, France
Jean-François Court • Arjil • Paris, France
Marina Cousté • Howrey LLP • Paris, France
Linda R. Crane • The John Marshall Law School • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jean-Luc Cuadrado • DLA Piper • Paris, France
Stephen Denyer • Allen & Overy LLP • Frankfurt, Germany
Olivier Diaz • Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier • Paris, France
John C. Dickey • Greenberg Traurig, LLP • Dallas, Texas, USA
Russell W. Dombrow • Syracuse, New York, USA
Frédérique Dupuis-Touboul • Bird & Bird • Paris, France
Patrick Dziewolski • Bredin Prat • Paris, France
Fred Einbinder • Alstom • Paris, France
Charles E. Engeman • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. • St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Gilles Entraygues • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP • Paris, France
Nuria Bové Espinalt • Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira • Paris, France
Nathalie Meyer Fabre • Meyer Fabre • Paris, France
Régis Fabre • Baker & McKenzie LLP • Paris, France
Thomas Forschbach • Latham & Watkins LLP • Paris, France
Alain de Foucaud • Taylor Wessing • Paris, France
Isabel Franco • Demarest & Almeida Advogados • São Paulo, Brazil
Hervé Gabadou • Courtois Lebel • Paris, France
Emmanuel Gaillard • Shearman & Sterling LLP • Paris, France
Dominique de la Garanderie • La Garanderie & Associés • Paris, France
Juliana Garcia • Acritas • New York, New York, USA
Mireille Garolla • Paris, France
Douglas Glucroft • Nixon Peabody LLP • Paris, France
Marissa Nicole Golden-Pont • Allen & Overy LLP • Paris, France
Caroline Gorse-Combalat • Embassy of the United States • Paris, France
Ben Griffith • Griffith & Griffith Law Offices • Cleveland, Mississippi, USA
Bernard Grinspan • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher • Paris, France
Klaus Günther • Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte • Cologne, Germany
Fabienne Haas • August & Debouzy • Paris, France
Philippe Hameau • Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP • Paris, France
Bruce Horowitz • Paz Horowitz, Abogados • Quito, Ecuador
Derrick Howard • Appalachian School of Law • Grundy, Virginia, USA
Gary C. Huie • University of Marne-la-Vallee • Paris, France
Daniel Hurstel • Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP • Paris, France
Paul-Albert Iweins • Taylor Wessing • Paris, France
Xavier Jaspar • Mayer Brown International LLP • Paris, France
Aurélie Kahn • New York University School of Law • New York, New York, USA
Daniel Kahn • Kahn & Associés • Paris, France
Marilyn J. Kaman • Fourth Judicial District Court, Hennepin County District Court • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Pierre Kirch • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP • Paris, France
James M. Klotz • Miller Thomson LLP • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marielle Koppenol-Laforce • Houthoff Buruma • Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Marc-Olivier Langlois • Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP • Paris, France
Maïté Lavrilleux • Kahn & Associés • Paris, France
François Lelap • White & Case LLP • Paris, France
Stéphane Lemarchand • Bird & Bird • Paris, France
Bruno Leurent • Winston & Strawn LLP • Paris, France
Jean Leygonie • Morgan Lewis • Paris, France
Robert Loef • Noerr LLP • New York, New York, USA
John Lowe • Qioptiq • Paris, France
Alexander Marquardt • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP • Paris, France
Laurent Martinet • Jones Day • Paris, France
Malcolm S. McNeil • Fox Rothschild LLP • Los Angeles, California, USA
Jean-François Mercadier • Norton Rose LLP • Paris, France
Christopher Mesnooh • Field Fisher Waterhouse • Paris, France
Laetitia de Montalivet • International Chamber of Commerce Institute of World Business Law • Paris, France
Janet H. Moore • International Lawyer Coach • Houston, Texas, USA
Daniel Marín Moreno • Gomez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados • Barcelona, Spain
Gail Negbaur • Air Liquide • Paris, France
Eliot Norman • Williams Mullen • Richmond, Virginia, USA
Sarah Oliver • SJ Berwin LLP • Paris, France
Olufunmi “Funmi” Oluyede • TRLPLAW • Lagos, Nigeria
Gordon J. Orenbuch • Paris, France
Reda Oulamine • Oulamine Law Group • Casablanca, Morocco
Charles-Henri de Pardieu • De Pardieu & Associés • Paris, France
Leela L. Patel • White & Case LLP • Paris, France
George Paterson • Norton Rose LLP • Paris, France
Louise Patry • Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Catherine Pawluch • Davis LLP • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jose Alves Pereira • Alves Pereira, Teixeira de Sousa & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, R.L. • Lisbon, Portugal
Roxane Peyser • Maurgood LLC • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
George Pinkham • SJ Berwin LLP • Paris, France
John Piret • Newbury Piret & Company, Inc. • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Andrew Plump • Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier • Paris, France
William Lane Porter • Lane Porter Public Health Law Consulting • Washington, DC
Philippe Portier • JeantetAssociés • Paris, France
Jean-François Prat • Bredin Prat • Paris, France
Ignacio J. Randle • Estudio Randle • Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kenneth N. Rashbaum • Rashbaum Associates, LLC • New York, New York, USA
Yves Repiquet • JeantetAssociés • Paris, France
Mark Richardson • Franklin • Paris, France
Jacque-Antoine Robert • Simmons & Simmons • Paris, France
Jose Rosell • Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP • Paris, France
Luis Roth • Linklaters
Catherine Saint Geniest • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP • Paris, France
Hedwin Salmen-Navarro • Salmen Navarro & Associates • New York, New York, USA
Dennis Schneider • LexisNexis • New Providence, New Jersey, USA
Pierre Servan-Schreiber • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP • Paris, France
Eric Schwartz • King & Spalding LLP • Paris, France
Claude Serra • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP • Paris, France
Joel Simon • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP • Paris, France
Hernan Slemenson • Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal • Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nathalie Soisson • Total • Paris, France
Michael Spadea • Barclays Wealth • London, United Kingdom
Delia Spitzer • Proskauer Rose LLP • Paris, France
Walter Stuber • Walter Stuber Consultoria Juridica • São Paulo, Brazil
Priti Suri • PSA, Legal Counsellors • New Delhi, India
Pierre-Sébastien Thill • Francis Lefebvre • Paris, France
Philippe Thomas • Hogan Lovells International LLP • Paris, France
William Torchiana • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP • Paris, France
Thierry Touchais • The International Polar Foundation • Brussels, Belgium
Bob Treuhold • Shearman & Sterling LLP • Paris, France
Nicole Van Ranst • Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners • Brussels, Belgium
Carlos Velazquez de Leon • Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. • Monterrey, Mexico
M. Catherine Vernon • Formica Corporation • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Alexander S. Vesselinovitch • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Justin D. Vineberg • Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Patrick Vovan • Vovan & Associés • Paris, France
Yves Wehrli • Clifford Chance • Paris, France
Jeremy West • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) • Paris, France
Els Wind • VanDoorne • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mark E. Wojcik • The John Marshall Law School • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Philippe Xavier-Bender • Gide Loyrette Nouel • Paris, France

The listing of the Planning Committee was compiled as accurately as possible from Section records.  If we have omitted your name or have it listed incorrectly, we sincerely apologize.