Senior Partners and In-House Counsel from Top Law Firms and Corporations Will Speak at "Raising the Bar" in Century City

Business Wire, June 7, 2008

Speakers Include Steptoe & Johnson; Weston Benshoof; Major, Lindsey & Africa; Jeffer, Mangels; Interchange Group; Liner Yankelevitz; Nossaman; Manatt; Silver & Freedman and Northrop Grumman

LOS ANGELES -- Third graph, third sentence of release should read: Registration information is available at: www.centurycitycc.com or by calling 310-553-2222 (sted Registration information is available at: www.centurycitycc.com or by calling 310.55.2222).

The corrected release reads:

SENIOR PARTNERS AND IN-HOUSE COUNSEL FROM TOP LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS WILL SPEAK AT "RAISING THE BAR" IN CENTURY CITY

Speakers Include Steptoe & Johnson; Weston Benshoof; Major, Lindsey & Africa; Jeffer, Mangels; Interchange Group; Liner Yankelevitz; Nossaman; Manatt; Silver & Freedman and Northrop Grumman

The Law & Business Council of the Century City Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Century City Bar Association is presenting a program entitled "Raising the Bar" at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on Thursday, June 19th. The half day program will focus on strategies for growing a profitable and rewarding law practice.

"This is one of our signature events," said Carol A. Sloan of the Century City Chamber of Commerce. "The level of expertise and insight that will be available to the attendees is extremely high and this should be of interest to anyone involved in law firms."

Sponsors of the event include Info2Extreme, UBS, Lawdragon and the Century City Bar Association, Rhumbline Companies and the Stuart F. Cooper Company. Tickets for the event cost &75.00 for Chamber members with advance reservations and $95.00 for non-members and at the door. Registration information is available at: www.centurycitycc.com or by calling 310-553-2222.

This practice development forum will offer 1 hour of "Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession" MCLE Credit provided by our co-sponsor, The Century City Bar Association, which is approved by the State Bar of California as a provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) for attorneys.

Event Schedule:

Networking & Breakfast Buffet 8:00-9:00 am

Business Expo 8:00 am-12:00 pm

Session #1 9:00-9:50 am
Retention & Promotion of Women and Minorities
Moderator: Robin L. Itkin, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
Panelists: Katessa C. Davis, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP
Lisa M. Gilford, Weston Benshoof Rochefort
Rubalcava MacCuish, LLP
Paul Williams, Major, Lindsey & Africa

Session #2 10:05-10:55 am
Bridging the Generational Divide
Moderator: Katrina Dewy, Lawdragon, Inc.
Panelists: William F. Capps, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP
Amy Hirsh Robinson, Interchange Group
Marcia W. Wasserman, Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP
Paul H. Irving, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Session #3 11:10 am-12:00 pm
Strategies for Client Development & Expansion
Moderator: Mark Garcia, Consultant
Panelists: Randall J. Sunshine, Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine &
Regenstreif LLP
Beth A. Schroeder, Silver & Freedman
Cynthia Thompson, Northrop Grumman
Exhibitor Raffle 12:00 pm