Theodore L. Banks
Counsel
Ted Banks has successfully managed business and legal challenges over the course of a 30-year career, including at Kraft Foods, Inc. where he was Chief Counsel - Global Compliance after serving as Associate General Counsel with responsibility for antitrust, general litigation, corporate transactions, sales, legal computer applications, and public policy coordination.
Mr. Banks has extensive experience with corporate litigation, including responsibility for contested mergers, environmental contamination, advertising, insurance coverage, products liability, employment law, consumer protection, and packaging and recycling. He has a national reputation for work in antitrust and was an early proponent of corporate opt-out suits as plaintiff in antitrust litigation, such as Vitamin, Carbon Dioxide, Corrugated Container, Folding Carton, and Citric Acid Antitrust Litigation, recovering more than $100 million. Through his experience in all aspects of the food industry, Mr. Banks has deep familiarity with the regulatory frameworks and state and federal laws governing food manufacture, distribution, sales, and safety.
While at Kraft, Mr. Banks negotiated more than 50 major corporate transactions, including a $19 billion acquisition and an $8 billion IPO. He has advised a 5000 member corporate sales division on pricing, distribution and marketing issues. He developed a global corporate compliance program, including formulation of risk assessment, policy creation, and program development, as well as a records management system with design of document management, electronic discovery, legal hold systems and law department computer applications. He has negotiated numerous contracts for clients covering consulting services, outsourcing, litigation management, licensing, product supply, and contract manufacturing.
Mr. Banks has been a leader in bar and community organizations. He founded and served as first chair of the North Shore Compliance Officers' Roundtable, and is a member of the steering committee of the Chicago Regional Business Ethics Network. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Keep Chicago Beautiful and the Jewish National Fund, and served as a board member of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. He is also an active member of the American Bar Association, Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics, the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, and ARMA International.
Mr. Banks received his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Denver Journal of International Law & Policy and his B.A. from Beloit College.
Publications:
Treatises:
- Corporate Legal Compliance Handbook, Aspen Law & Business, with F. Banks (editor), 2002, supplements through 2009.
- Distribution Law for the Practitioner, Aspen Law & Business - Vol. I, Business & Litigation Aspects (1989, Supp. 1990-96), Vol. II, III, Antitrust Principles & Practice (1993, Supp. 1994-98) Second Edition (1999, Supplements through 2009)
Articles and Chapters:
Antitrust and Compliance:
- Possible Collusive Effects of Category Management, Antitrust Implications of Category Management, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (forthcoming)
- General Counsel as CCEO? Not an Obvious Answer, Compliance and Ethics Magazine (June 2009)
- Compliance in Times of Crisis, Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (April 2009)
- Compliance On-Screen, Compliance and Ethics Magazine (Oct. 2007, with G. Stavrou)
- Recent Trends in Internal Investigations, ACC Docket (April 2007, with S. Lassar and T. Giller), winner of Apex Award of Excellence for Feature Writing
- Getting Your Client Prepared for That Deal, 22 The Antitrust Counselor 3 (April 2005)
- The Pros & Cons of Using Computer-Based Training for Antitrust Compliance, Antitrust Compliance: Perspectives and Resources for Corporate Counselors, American Bar Assn. (2005)
- On-Line Antitrust Compliance Training (edited transcript), The Antitrust Source (Jan. 2004)
- Antitrust Liability for Category Management and Other New Merchandising Techniques: Have You Updated Your Counseling? The Antitrust Source 1 (March 2003)
- Are You Still Using the “Blunderbuss” Approach to Antitrust Compliance? ABA Corporate Counseling Report (Summer 2002)
- A Robinson-Patman Case Study, 10 Antitrust 11 (Summer 1996)
- On-Line Antitrust Forum Moderator, Counsel Connect (1993- 1998)
- Using Technology to Teach Effective Antitrust Compliance, 9 Antitrust 37 (Summer 1995)
legal management:
- What We Wish We Could Get from a Law Firm, Marketing Success Stories, American Bar Assn. (2004)
- Work Product and Attorney Client Privilege, with Murray Bring, in Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, West Publishing/American Corporate Counsel Association (2000)
- BMW of North America v. Gore: More Than Just a Car Case, BMW Car Club of America Roundel (June 1996)
- Making Your Corporate Law Department ‘Hot’, 6 Counselor’s Computer & Management Report 4 (Summer 1995)
- Orienting Outside Counsel, ABA Counselor’s Computer & Management Report (Fall 1992)
- Editor, Wage Assignments and Wage Deduction Orders in Illinois, Chicago Council of Lawyers (1978)
automation:
- I Hate Technology, Law Technology News (February 2009)
- Are You on Top of Your Electronic Communications? 1 In-House Practice & Management 8 (November 1997)
- Computers Can Help You to Manage Outside Counsel, 39 Prac. Law. 25 (September 1993)
- The Computer in the Corporate Law Department, in From Yellow Pads to Computer -- the Lawyer in Control, American Bar Association (1st ed. 1987; 2d ed. 1991)
- Time to Upgrade Your Setup? ABA Business Lawyer’s Computer News (Spring/Summer 1990)
- Is PBX for You? ABA Corporate Dispatch (Spring 1990)
- Communications: The Next Step for Law Department Automation, ABA Business Lawyer’s Computer News (Fall 1989)
- Laptops in the Air, ABA Corporate Dispatch (July 1989)
- Keeping Those Old PCs Alive, ABA Business Lawyer’s Computer News (Summer 1989)
- New Product Reviews, ABA Corporate Law Department User Group Newsletter (Spring 1988; Fall 1987)
- Making the Most of the Small or Solo Department, ABA Corporate Law Department Handbook (1987)
international:
- EC Competition Law: Commentary, 59 Antitrust L.J. 465 (1990)
- International Activities & Criminal Considerations Under U.S. Antitrust Laws, in International Criminal Law: A Guide to U.S. Practice and Procedure, Practicing Law Institute (1987)
- Book review: EC Law After 1992: A Practical Guide for Lawyers Outside the Community, 22 Denver J. Int. L. & Policy 541 (1994)
- International Antitrust Law in International Business Transactions, Clark Boardman & Co. (1st ed. 1981; 2d ed. 1982; 3d ed. 1984)[cited, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614, 634 n.18 (1985)]
- Task Force Report: The Antitrust Guide for International Operations Revisited, 54 Antitrust L.J. 839 (1985)[editor and section author]
- Review of Foreign Merger and Acquisition Laws, 52 Antitrust L.J. 965 (1984)[editor and section author]
- Current Developments in Foreign Antitrust, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (March 1984)
Representative Cases:
- Nash County Board of Education v. Biltmore Co., 640 F.2d 484 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 878 (1981) (res judicata)
- New York v. Kraft General Foods, Inc., 926 F. Supp. 321 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) (antitrust challenge of acquisition)
- Dart Industries v. Plunkett Co., 704 F.2d 496 (10th Cir. 1983) (distributor termination)
- Dairy King v. Kraft, Inc., 645 F. Supp. 126 (D. Md. 1986), aff’d., 851 F.2d 356 (4th Cir. 1988) (promotional allowances)
- Colombo, Inc. v. Dart & Kraft, Inc., 1981-2 Trade Cas. ¶ 64,409 (D. Mass. 1981) (promotional allowances)
- L.B.G. Distributors, Inc. v. Kraft, Inc., No. 77-193 (D. Ct. Nov. 20, 1980) (refusal to deal)
- Emhart Industries, Inc. v. Duracell International, Inc., 645 F. Supp. 549 (M.D. Tenn. 1987) (PCB contamination)
- White Consolidated Industries, Inc. v. Whirlpool Corp., 619 F. Supp. 1022 (N.D. Ohio. 1985), aff’d., 781 F.2d 1224 (6th Cir. 1986) (antitrust challenge to acquisition)
- Studiengesellschaft Kohle m.b.H. v. Dart Industries, Inc., Civ. A. No. 3952-CMW (D. Del. Aug. 13, 1987), aff’d., 862 F.2d 1564 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (patent infringement)
- United States v. Stringfellow, 661 F. Supp. 1053 (C.D. Cal. 1987) (Superfund)
- United States v. Carolawn Co., 698 F. Supp. 616 (D.S.C. 1987) (Superfund)
- Knevelbaard Dairies, Inc. v. Kraft Foods, Inc., 232 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2000) (antitrust – price fixing)
- Servais v. Kraft Foods, Inc., 252 Wis.2d 145, 643 N.W. 2d 92 (Wisc. 2002) (antitrust filed-rate doctrine)
- Dart Industries v. Commercial Union Insurance Co., 28 Cal. 4th 1059 (2002) (insurance coverage)
- TRW v. Dart Industries, No. 84 C 3049 (N.D. Ill. 1986) (disclaimer of warranty)
- Dart Industries DES Litigation (drug-related birth defects)
Bar and Community Activities:
- Coordinator, North Shore Compliance Officers’ Roundtable (2006-present)
- Board Member/Treasurer, Keep Chicago Beautiful (Keep America Beautiful Affiliate) (1987-present)
- Chamber of Commerce of the United States Antitrust Council (2006-present)
- Grocery Manufacturers of America, Trade Practices Committee (1992-present)
- ABA Antitrust Section, Canadian Sentencing Working Group (2008)
- President, Chicago Region, Jewish National Fund (2003-2007)
- Board Member, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (2001-2007)
- ABA TechShow, Corporate Track Coordinator (1997-2000)
- ABA Business Law Section, Corporate Counsel Committee, Technology Subcommittee Chair (1997-1999)
- ABA Law Practice Management Section, Chairman, Business Interest Group (1993-1998)
- Business Roundtable, Lawyers Antitrust Advisory Committee (1984-1998)
- Chairman, ABA Law Practice Management Section Corporate Law Department User Group (1986-1989, 1994-1996)
- Illinois Business Roundtable, Environmental Task Force (1990-1995)
- ABA Antitrust Section, Membership Chair (1989-1991)
- Corporate Division, Annual Meeting Committee (1986-1990)
- Young Lawyer Liaison to Section Council (1985-1989)
- Chairman, ABA National Institute on Distribution Law (December 1983; January 1986; February 1989)
- Program Chairman, BMW Car Club of America, Chicago Chapter (1983-1988)
- Member, Joint Task Force of ABA Antitrust and International Law Sections on Department of Justice Antitrust Guidelines for International Operations (1988)
- Chairman, ABA Antitrust Section, Subcommittee on Foreign Antitrust Laws (1981-1984)
- Member, Antitrust Section Task Force on Corporate Law Departments (1983)
- Chairman, Antitrust Committee, ABA Young Lawyers Division (1981-1983)
- Board of Advisors, Denver Journal of International Law & Policy
- Board of Editors, In-House Practice & Management
- Advisory Board, Amlaw Legal Tech Seminar
Speaking Engagements & Teaching:
compliance:
- Doing Ethical Business in Europe, Incisive Media General Counsel Conference (New York, June 2009)
- Implementing Antitrust Compliance Programs, PLI 50th Annual Antitrust Institute (Chicago, June 2009)
- Chairman, PLI Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute (Chicago, May 2009)
- Lecturer, Practical Issues in Business Law, Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, April 2009)
- In-House Counsel, Compliance Officers & Ethical and Practical Obligations, University of Denver Seminar, Corporate Collapse: Regulatory and Criminal Issues in Corporate America (Denver, April 2009)
- Corporate Governance That Works, University of Denver College of Law Masters Lecture (Denver, April 2009)
- Corporate Legal Compliance in 2009: Are You Ready to Deal with Today’s Risks? Aspen Publishers/Wolters Kluwer (Webcast, March 2009)
- Training and Communications, SCCE Compliance and Ethics Academy (Zurich, September 2008)
- Records Management Foundations, Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute (Chicago, September 2008)
- International Governance, Compliance & Ethics, ALM General Counsel Conference (New York, June 2008)
- Compliance and Ethics, The Economist General Counsel Seminar (San Francisco, May 2008)
- Chairman, PLI Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute (Chicago, May 2008)
- How You Can Make Every Employee Want to Do the Right Thing, Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics Midwest Regional Compliance Conference (Chicago, May 2008)
- Managing a Global Compliance Program, Ethical Corporation Anti-Corruption Summit USA (Chicago, April 2008)
- Global Compliance for Multi-National Corporations, Univ. of Denver College of Law (Denver, March 2008)
- Corporate Governance and Compliance, Univ. of Chicago Law School (Chicago, November 2007)
- Developing a Global Compliance Training Program, NIIT-Cognitive Arts Global Learning Leadership Summit (Evanston, November 2007)
- International Operations of U.S. Corporations, Univ. of Missouri School of Law (Columbia, October 2007)
- Compliance On-Screen, Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute (New Orleans, September 2007)
- Chairman, PLI Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute (Chicago, May 2007)
- Looking Beyond Health Care & Defense: Compliance Lessons from the Food Industry, Association of American Medical Colleges (Chicago, May 2007)
- Communicating the Compliance Message, PLI Advanced Corporate Compliance Workshop (September 2006, New York)
- Risk Assessments: The Why’s and How’s, PLI Corporate Compliance Institute (New York, June 2006)
- The Board, the Auditor & Management, Compliance Week (Wash. D.C., June 2006)
- Cross-Border and Global Compliance, PLI Corporate Compliance Institute (Chicago, May 2006)
- Compliance Dialogue, Compliance Week (Webcast, April 2006)
- Setting up an Effective Compliance & Ethics Program, Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (Los Angeles, November 2005)
- Ethics & Values for HR Professionals, Human Resources Management Assn. of Chicago (Schaumburg, September 2005)
- Global Compliance Programs, PLI Corporate Compliance Institute (Chicago, April 2005)
- Educating the Board on Compliance, PLI Corporate Compliance Institute (Santa Monica, April 2005)
- Compliance from a Multidisciplinary Perspective, Association of Corporate Counsel (San Diego, March 2005)
- Compliance After Sarbanes-Oxley, PLI Advanced Corporate Compliance Workshop (San Francisco, July 2004)
- Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Compliance, PLI Corporate Compliance Institute (Chicago, May 2004)
- Running an Effective Compliance Program, ACC Annual Meeting (San Francisco, October 2003)
- Developing Effective Compliance Programs, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Corporate Counsel Institute (Atlanta, December 2002)
- Corporate Compliance & Crisis Management, ABA Annual Meeting (Chicago, August 2001)
- Computer Based Training for Compliance, Amlaw Legal Tech (New York, January 2001)
- Technology for Compliance Programs, 10th Annual General Counsel Conference (New York, June 1998)
- Do Your Compliance Presentations Work? ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting (Washington, April 1998)
- Stuff You Can Do for Compliance, Price Waterhouse LegalTech (New York, January 1998)
- Technology for Corporate Compliance, Price Waterhouse LegalTech (Chicago, October 1997)
- Antitrust Compliance Made Easy, Antitrust 1998: Annual Briefing for Corporate Counsel (Washington, September 1997)
- Innovative Computer-Based Compliance Tools, ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting (Washington, April 1997)
- Corporate Compliance, American Bar Association TechShow (Chicago, March 1997)
- Effective Compliance Programs, Corporate Legal Times Antitrust Seminar (Washington, October 1996)
- Antitrust Compliance, Antitrust 1997: Annual Briefing for Corporate Counsel (Washington, October 1996 & March 1996)
- Effective Compliance Programs, Corporate Legal Times Antitrust Seminar (Washington, October 1995)
- Antitrust Compliance, Antitrust 1996: Briefing for Corporate Counsel (Washington, September & March 1995)· Making Your Compliance Programs More Effective, Securities Law Institute for Corporate Counsel (New York, October 1993)
antitrust:
- The Obama Administration and New Enforcement Risks, Incisive Media General Counsel Conference (New York, June 2009)
- Robinson-Patman Act, PLI 50th Annual Antitrust Institute (Chicago, June 2009)
- Distributorships: Property Right or Payment for Services, Academic Center for Law and Business (Tel Aviv, November 2008)
- Report from the Front Lines: Current Antitrust and Competition Policy Issues, Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting (Seattle, October 2008)
- Robinson-Patman Act, PLI 49th Annual Antitrust Institute (Chicago, June 2008)
- Two Years After Reeder-Simco: Is the Robinson-Patman Act Alive and Well? ABA Antitrust Section (Washington, March 2008)
- Retail Pricing After Leegin, Baker & McKenzie Antitrust Program (Chicago, September 2007)
- Creating an Effective Antitrust Compliance Program, ABA YLD Antitrust Committee Practicum Brown Bag (Teleconference, September 2007)
- Discrimination in Price and Promotions, PLI Antitrust Law Institute (Chicago, June 2007)
- Price Incentives and the Robinson-Patman Act, Foley & Lardner Distribution Institute (Milwaukee, May 2007)
- Fair Competition & Antitrust, The Conference Board Business Ethics and Compliance Conference (San Diego, March 2007; New York, April 2007)
- Antitrust Counseling, Chicago Bar Association (Chicago, February 2007)
- Antitrust Counseling, Ill. State Bar Assn. (Chicago, May 2006)
- Managing Antitrust Matters in the Modern Corporate Governance Era, ABA Antitrust Section (New York, May 2006)
- Designing an Antitrust Compliance Presentation That Works, Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (Chicago, September 2005)
- Trade and Professional Associations – Weighing the Risks and Benefits, ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting (Washington, April 2005)
- Discrimination in Price and Promotions, PLI Antitrust Law Institute (Chicago, May 2004)
- Promotional Allowances and Services – What Gives? And Who Gives Them? ABA Section of Antitrust Laws (Teleconference, April 2004)
- Analysis of Acquisitions, Loyola University School of Law (Chicago, December 2003)
- The Outer Limits of Price Agreements, ABA Antitrust Section Teleconference (November 2003); Fall Forum (Washington, September 2003)
- On-Line Antitrust Compliance Training, ABA Antitrust Section Corporate Counseling Committee (Teleconference, July 2003)
- Robinson-Patman Act Fundamentals, PLI Antitrust Law Institute (Chicago, May 2003)
- Category Management, Conference Board Antitrust Seminar (New York, March 2003)
- Distribution in 2002, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (Park City, February 2002)
- Robinson-Patman Act Fundaments, PLI Antitrust Law Institute (Chicago, May 2001)
- Resale Price Restraints, Distribution and B2B Exchanges, Gardner, Carton & Douglas Client Briefing (Chicago, February 2001)
- Distribution Agreements, Chicago Bar Association Antitrust Committee (Chicago, November 1999)
- Distribution: Customer and Supplier Agreements, Antitrust 2000: Annual Briefing for Corporate Counsel (Washington, September 1999)
- Antitrust Compliance, Antitrust 1999: Annual Briefing for Corporate Counsel (Washington, September 1998)
- Modern Antitrust Compliance Programs, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Corporate Counsel Institute (Atlanta, December 1996)
- Distribution Law Counseling, ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting (Washington, March 1996)
- Distribution Law and Antitrust, Conference Board Antitrust Seminar (New York, March 1996)
- The Politics of Antitrust in the EEC and US, Conference Board (New York, March 1996)
- Power Buyers Under the Robinson-Patman Act, ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting (Washington, April 1995)
- Antitrust Issues for the Grocery Industry, Grocery Manufacturers of America (Washington, September 1995)
- Is Anything Really Different?, Chicago Bar Association - Distribution Counseling in the Post-Kodak Era (Chicago, April 1995)
- State Enforcement of Federal Anti-Merger Law and the Nabisco Case, ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting (Washington, April 1995)
- Keeping Your Account-Specific Promotions Legal, Strategic Research Institute Marketing Seminar (Atlanta, March 1995)
- Keeping Your Account-Specific Promotions Legal, Strategic Research Institute Marketing Seminar (Chicago, November 1994)
- Antitrust Compliance Programs, Antitrust 1995 (Washington, October 1994)
- Exchanging Salary and Benefit Information, Chicago Bar Association, Legal Issues in Benchmarking (Chicago, October 1994)
- Effective Compliance Programs, Corporate Legal Times Antitrust Seminar (Washington, October 1994)
- Distribution Law and Antitrust, Conference Board Antitrust Seminar (New York, March 1994)
- How to Get Your Mergers Done, Corporate Legal Times Antitrust 1994 Seminar (New York, December 1993)
- Practical Considerations for Oversight and Analysis of Robinson-Patman Litigation Involving Availability and Meeting Competition, ABA Antitrust Section (Washington, March 1993)
- Distribution Pricing Issues, Conference Board Seminar on Antitrust Issues in Today's Economy (New York, March 1993)
- Limiting Price-Gouging and the Antitrust Laws, Grocery Manufacturers of America (Washington, September 1992)
- Program Chairman & Moderator, Antitrust Fundamentals, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (San Francisco, August 1992, Washington, April 1992)
- Managing the Distribution Relationship, Direct Selling Association (Palm Springs, June 1992)
- Program Chairman & Moderator, Antitrust Fundamentals, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (Washington, April 1991)
- Creative Market Definition in Merger Cases, Chicago Bar Association (Chicago, October 1990)
- The New EEC Merger Regulation, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (Chicago, August 1990)
- Program Chairman & Moderator, Antitrust Fundamentals, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (Chicago, December 1990; Washington, March 1990)
- Relevant Geographic Markets, 29th Annual PLI Advanced Antitrust Seminar: Mergers, Markets and Joint Ventures (Chicago, January 1990)
- Speaker and Program Chairman, Distribution Lawyering: Making Your Practice More Effective, ABA Seminar (Keystone, February 1989)
- ABA Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law & Practice Program on Department of Justice Guidelines for International Operations, ABA Annual Meeting (Toronto, August 1988)
- The Politics of Antitrust in the EEC and US, Conference Board Seminar on Antitrust Issues in Today's Economy (New York, March 1986)
- Program Chair and Speaker, ALI-ABA Course of Study/ABA National Institute on Distribution (Orlando, January 1986)
- Distribution of Products at Wholesale and Retail, ALI-ABA Course of Study, Speaker and Co-Chair (Chicago, December 1983)
- Current Developments in EEC Antitrust, Greater Cleveland International Lawyer's Group (Cleveland, November 1983)
- Termination Strategy, Chicago Bar Association Antitrust Seminar (Chicago, March 1980)
corporate / legal management:
- Establishing Yourself as an Invaluable Asset to the Company When Faced by Complex Litigation, ACI Managing Complex Litigation Forum (New York, February 2009)
- How Technology is Transforming the Practice of Law: What Law Firms Need to Know to Win the War for Clients, Legal Technology Exchange (Atlanta, October 2008)
- Legal Holds Made Simple, ALM Legal Tech West Conference (Los Angeles, June 2008)
- The Future of Data and its Impact on the Business-Legal Environment, ALM General Counsel Conference (New York, June 2008)
- Best Practices for Conducting Due Diligence, Incremental Advantage M&A Due Diligence Conference (San Francisco, March 2008)
- Winning the Beauty Pageant: Catching the Corporate Counsel’s Eye with Technology, ABA TechShow (Chicago, March 2008)
- Ethical Considerations Regarding the Use of Private Investigators, Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting (Chicago, October 2007)
- Globalization and the Impact on the Legal Industry, Key Note Address, Legal Tech (New York, January 2007)
- Implementing a Modern Records Management Compliance Program, Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (Chicago, September 2006)
- The New Era of Ethics and Privilege, Inside Counsel Strategic Business Management for the Corporate Legal Executive (New York, September 2006)
- Keynote Speaker: Maximizing Your Technology ROI by Sharing Your Expertise with Clients, Hildebrandt Institute Legal Technology Leadership Forum (New York, September 2006)
- Surviving the E-mail Avalanche, American Bar Association (Webcast, February 2006)
- Walking in the Client’s Shoes, Lexis-Nexis Martindale Hubbell (Webcast, January 2006)
- SEC Investigations, Huron Legal Executive Forum (Chicago, November 2005)
- Electronic Discovery from the Corporate Counsel’s Perspective, Navigant Consulting/Arnstein & Lehr (Chicago, November 2004)
- The Clients Speak: Best Practices in Litigation, American Lawyer Media Litigators and Leaders Summit (New York, October 2004)
- The Great Debate: What Makes a Winning Relationship? Martindale-Hubbell Super Forum (Washington, September 2004)
- Designing and Implementing Document Retention Programs, ALM General Counsel Conference (New York, June 2004)
- How – and How Not – to Woo a Business, Martindale-Hubbell Counsel-to-Counsel Forum (Chicago, June 2004)
- Adding Value to M&A Transactions, Association of Corporate Counsel (Chicago, May 2004)
- Designing and Implementing Document Retention Programs, Amlaw General Counsel Conference (San Diego, November 2003)
- Training and Records Management After Sarbanes-Oxley, American Lawyer LegalTech (Chicago, October 2003)
- Effective Corporate Governance Post-Enron and in a Sarbanes-Oxley World, Grocery Manufacturers of America (Washington, October 2003)
- Not Reinventing the Wheel: Knowledge Management for Corporate Legal Departments, Corporate Legal Times Superconference (Chicago, June 2003)
- Using Technology for Compliance Training/Using Technology to Manage Outside Counsel, American Lawyer Legal Tech (New York, January 2003)
- The Bottom Line: What Should be in Your Budget for 2003 and Beyond, American Lawyer LegalTech (Chicago, November 2002)
- E-Learning: How to Keep Lawyers on Top of Their Game, American Lawyer LegalTech (Chicago, November 2002)
- Managing Outside Counsel, ABA TechShow (Chicago, March 2002)
- Knowledge Management Lessons, ABA TechShow (Chicago, March 2002)
- Forensics and Corporate Policy, American Lawyer LegalTech (Chicago, November 2001)
- How Do You Set a Technology Strategy? American Lawyer LegalTech (Chicago, November 2001)
- E-Billing, Law Journal Seminars LegalTech (New York, September 2001)
- Selection of Outside Counsel, ABA Annual Meeting (Chicago, August 2001)
- Technology and Knowledge Management, 12th Annual General Counsel Conference (New York, June 2000)
- Information Technology and Ethical Considerations, Conference Board (New York, May 2000)
- Law Department Automation, American Bar Association TechShow (Chicago, March 2000)
- Outsourcing for In-House Counsel, American Bar Association TechShow (Chicago, March 2000)
- Litigation Management with Shared Technology, Mealey’s Attorney Fees Conference (Arlington, March 2000)
- The Future of the Legal Practice, Price Waterhouse Coopers Legal Tech (Chicago, November 1999)
- Joint Manufacturing Agreements, GMA Legal Conference (Washington, October 1999)
- Globalization and Marketing, Legal Marketing Association (Chicago, September 1999)
- Selecting a Patent Law Firm, Association of Patent Law Firms (Chicago, September 1999)
- Knowledge Management for the Attorney, 11th Annual General Counsel Conference (New York, June 1999)
- Winning with Technology, American Bar Association TechShow (Chicago, March 1999)
- Sharing Information, American Lawyer LegalTech (New York, September 1998)
- Planning Considerations for Law Department Intranets, Glasser Legal Works Corporate Counsel Technology Workshop (New York, May 1998)
- Electronic Communications and Legal Risk, North Shore Labor Counsel (Northbrook, May 1998)
- Communications and Workplans, Litigation Management Institute (Chicago, April 1998)
- A Legal Survey of the Year 2000 Problem, American Bar Association TechShow (Chicago, March 1998)
- Principles for Effective Intranet Design, American Bar Association TechShow (Chicago, March 1998)
- Food Law Compliance, Food & Drug Law Institute (Washington, February 1998)
- Managing Your Intranets, Law Journal Press (New York, September 1997)
- Using Technology to Manage Law Departments, North Shore General Counsel Assn. (Northbrook, May 1997)
- Legal Risks of E-Mail and Internet Use, Conference Board Council of Chief Legal Officers (Palm Springs, February 1997).
- Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel: Best Practices in Communications, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (New York, December 1996);
- Justifying Your Legal Budget, Price Waterhouse LegalTech (Chicago, November 1996)
- In-House Lawyers and the Internet, American Corporate Counsel Association (Chicago, June 1996)
- Automation for Corporate Law Departments, University of Texas Corporate Counsel Institute (Dallas and Houston, April 1996)
- Automating the Corporate Law Department, ABA Tech Show (Chicago, March 1996)
- Benchmarking Law Department Performance, Business Development Associates (Chicago, March 1996)
- Managing Outside Counsel, American Conference Institute (New York, February 1996)
- Multi-Media for Preventive Law, Price Waterhouse LegalTech (Chicago, November 1995)
- Using Technology to Support the Corporate Compliance Program, St. Louis Bar Association Technology Seminar (St. Louis, November 1995)
- Liability Avoidance Strategy, Product Distribution Institute (Chicago, October 1995)
- Ideas to Help the Electronic Lawyer, Price Waterhouse Legal Tech Program (Chicago, October 1995)
- Connecting with Clients, ABA Annual Meeting (Chicago, August 1995)
- Automating the Corporate Law Department, ABA Tech Show (Chicago, March 1995)
- Leveraging the New Technology, Corporate Legal Times Roundtable (Chicago, January 1995)
- Automating the Corporate Law Department, ABA Tech Show (Chicago, March 1994)
- The End of Pyramid-Based Profits, American Lawyer Surviving the ‘90s Sea Change (New York, November 1993)
- Ideas to Help the Electronic Lawyer, Price Waterhouse Legal Tech Program (Chicago, October 1993)
- Inside Counsel Perspectives, Sixth Law Practice Technology Roundtable (New York, October 1993)
- Co-Chair, Beyond Alternative Billing: Win-Win Relationships Between Inside and Outside Counsel, ABA Annual Meeting (New York, August 1993)
- Corporate Law Department Roundtable, ABA Law Practice Management Section TechShow (Chicago, March 1993)
- Managing Outside Counsel, ABA Law Practice Management Section (San Francisco, August 1992)
- Law Department Management, ABA Law Practice Management Section TechShow (Chicago, March 1992)
- Controlling Legal Costs, Price Waterhouse LegalTech Conference (Chicago, October 1991)
- Communicating with Clients, ABA Technology in the Law Practice Seminar (Chicago, March 1991)
- Law Department Trends and Automation, Price Waterhouse Legal Tech Seminar (New York, February 1991)
- Current Issues in Food Safety, Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation (Chicago, January 1991)
- Attorney Automation in the Law Department, Price Waterhouse Legal Tech Seminar (Chicago, October 1990)
- Law Department Management Techniques, ABA Section of Law Practice Management (Chicago, August 1990)
- Speaker and Program Chairman, Management for In-House Counsel--US and Canadian Perspectives, ABA Annual Meeting (Toronto, August 1988)
- Productivity with Networks, Price-Waterhouse Legal Tech Seminar (New York, February 1988)
- What Client Training Does a New Lawyer Really Need and Want?, ABA Section of Litigation (Chicago, October 1987)
- Speaker and Program Chairman, Recent Developments in Corporate Law Department Automation, ABA Annual Meeting (San Francisco, August 1987)
- Restrictive Covenants: An Overview, Law & Business, Inc. Seminar on Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants, and Other Safeguards (New York, June 1986)
- International Law Practice, University of Denver College of Law (Denver, April 1986)
- Automating the Corporate Law Department, Price Waterhouse Legal Tech Conference (Chicago, March 1983)
- Recent Developments in Transnational Business Transactions Lecturer, Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago, November 1981)
- International Law Practice, Northwestern University Law School (Chicago, 1980)
- In-House Law Practice, University of Denver College of Law (Denver, 1979)
- The Layman and the Law: What You Need to Know, Harper College (Palatine, 1977, 1978)
