Calendar

WAPA will hold / has held its annual conference at the following locations:
    June 6, 2008 – New York, NY
    August 28, 2009 – San Francisco, CA
    October 14-15, 2010 – Minneapolis, MN
    To find out more about things to do in Minneapolis, click here.

WAPA 2010 Conference Schedule

WAPA 2010 will be held at The Grand Hotel in Minneapolis, MN.
The Conference Schedule is listed below. Times and events are subject to change:

Thursday, October 14

12:00PM to 1:00PM	Registration & Lunch
1:00PM to 2:30PM	Women & Power: How To Get It, How Not to Lose It by Dr. Arin Reeves, The Athens Group
2:30PM to 3:00PM	Break
3:00PM to 4:45PM	Breakout Networking Session & Roundtable on Topical Issues Group A - Under 10 years' experience Group B - Over 10 years' experience
5:00PM	Cocktail Party Zahtar The Grand Hotel - 2nd floor

Friday, October 15

8:30AM to 9:00AM	Breakfast & Registration
9:00AM to 9:45AM	Planning for Trial From Day One of Your Case - Gretchen Nelson (Partner, Kreindler & Kreindler LLP) - Jennie Anderson (Partner, Andrus Anderson LLP) - Hon. Judge Mayeron (District of Minnesota)
9:45AM to 10:30AM	ESI at Trial: How Do You Get It Into Evidence? - Sherry Harris (Former E-Discovery Advisor at Hunton Williams) - Megan Jones (Partner, Hausfeld LLP)
10:30AM to 10:45AM	Break
10:45AM to 11:30AM	Experts at Trial: Daubert and Other Trial Hurdles - Renae Steiner (Partner, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C.) - Dr. Russell W. Mangum, III (Vice President & Director, Nathan Associates Inc.)
11:30AM to 1:00 PM	Keynote Address by Wendy H. Waszmer (Counsel to Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney) Wendy H. Waszmer serves as Counsel to Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In this role, she assists the Assistant Attorney General, the Chief-of-Staff, and the Deputy Assistant Attorneys General with matters relating to criminal and civil enforcement of federal antitrust laws. Ms. Waszmer joined the Antitrust Division in April 2009 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Ms. Waszmer handled all stages of affirmative and defensive civil litigation involving United States, its agencies, and federal officers. Earlier in her career, Ms. Waszmer worked in private practice as an associate in the Antitrust / Litigation Group at Hogan & Hartson, LLP, in Washington D.C. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard J. Leon, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
1:00PM to 2:00PM	What's New in Trial Technology
2:00PM to 2:30PM	Break
2:30PM to 3:30PM	How to Prepare for The Big Event: Trial (The Last 90 Days) - Kathryn Hoek (Partner, Susman Godfrey L.L.P.) - Jessica Grant (Partner, Pearson Simon Warshaw Penny LLP) - Tana Lin (Partner, Keller Rohrback)
3:45PM to 4:45PM	Judge's Panel: "Lessons Learned" - Hon. Judge Ann Montgomery (District of Minnesota) - More to be announced

Philanthropy

This year, WAPA members are being asked to participate in the
Pink Envelope Project, which grants wishes, including memory-making events, for men and women who are losing their battle with metastatic breast cancer.