Affiliations and Memberships

LMI is pleased to again sponsor the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)’s Corporate Counsel College, to be held April 25-26, 2013, at The Ritz-Carlton in Chicago, Illinois. This year marks LMI’s third consecutive College sponsorship.

The 2013 College, entitled “Staying Ahead in a Continually Changing Corporate World,” features a Keynote Address from Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, as well as timely presentations on hot topics affecting the in-house/outside counsel community.

For more information, please visit www.iadclaw.org.

On April 24-26, 2013, LMI will be attending the American Bar Association (ABA)’s Section of Litigation Annual Conference at the JW Marriott hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

LMI is looking forward to the event as this is THE ABA conference for litigators, and features over 70 programs offering tips and tactics for handling current practical and topical issues. Multiple networking opportunities are also presented, particularly through individual sub-committees – look for LMI at the Mass Torts and Women Advocate Committee dinners on Thursday evening, as well as at various receptions and meetings throughout the conference.

For more information please visit www.ambar.org/sac2013.

LMI will return to the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 22^nd Annual Spring CLE Meeting, hosted by the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), Toxic Torts and Environmental Law and Corporate Counsel Committees. This year’s conference is entitled “Fuel, Food, Fibers and More: Blazing New Trails in the Desert Sun,” and will be held April 4-6, 2013, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Sessions will include presentations from corporate counsel, as well as attorneys from both the plaintiff and defense bar, and will feature topics relating to environment, energy, and toxic torts, including: hot topics in energy, food liability, asbestos litigation and emerging torts, and mediation in mass tort cases.

Following the numerous instructive sessions, attendees will also enjoy abundant networking opportunities, including a golf tournament and a guided hike, as well as a more traditional conference dinner and cocktail reception.

To learn more about this and other ABA events, visit the ABA website at: http://www.americanbar.org/aba.html.