Friday,
June 8, 2007
10:30 AM - 5:00 PM Annual SCAPAL Golf Tournament Salt
Creek
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Welcome
Reception/Awards Ceremony The
Green
Welcome
Remarks at 7:30 p.m.
9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Shuttles
to Downtown San Diego’s
Gaslamp District
Saturday, June 9, 2007
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast Lounge
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Exhibitors
8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Registration
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Welcome Remarks; Plenary Session #1 Lounge
Speakers:
Marty Lorenzo, NAPABA Regional Governor
Helen Kim, NAPABA
President-elect
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM Breakout Session I
• The
Judicial Appointment Process Sunset
Moderator: Erika Hiramatsu, Former Commissioner,
State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation
Speakers: Hon. Elwood Lui (Ret.), former appellate
court justice; Partner, Jones Day
Hon.
Kenneth K. So, Assistant Presiding Judge, San Diego County
Superior Court
William
Kopeny, Chair, State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation
• Does
the Glass Ceiling Need Polishing? Legal
Impediments to Gender Equality Pacific
Moderator: Hon. Patricia Yim Cowett, San Diego County
Superior Court
Speakers: Rita Gunasekaran, Partner, Haight, Brown
& Bonesteel, LLP
Lisa
Ikemoto, Professor, University of California
Davis School
of Law
Carol C.
Lam, Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel, QUALCOMM
Debra
Wong Yang, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• It’s
Raining Money – How to be a Successful Rainmaker Point
Loma
Moderator: Helen Kim, Partner, Baker Hostetler
Speakers: Joan Haratani, Partner, Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP
Curtis
Mo, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering
Hale & Dorr LLP
Brian
Sun, Partner, Jones Day
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Breakout Sessions II
• My
Path To Judicial Appointment: Recent Individual
State & Federal Experiences
Sunset
Moderator: Hon. Lillian Y. Lim, Superior Court, San Diego County
Speakers: Hon. Dana Makoto Sabraw, Judge, US
District Court for the Southern District of California
Hon.
George Howping Wu, Judge, US District Court for the Central District of California
Hon.
Kathryn Doi Todd, Associate Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal
Hon.
Steven C. Suzukawa, Associate Justice, 2nd
District Court of Appeal
Hon.
Lawrence Cho, Judge, Superior Court, Los
Angeles County
• A
Balancing Act: How to Achieve a Work/Life Balance Pacific
Moderator: Rupa Singh, Associate, McKenna Long &
Aldridge LLP
Speakers: Christine Elliott, Life Coach and Author
Nina L.
Pan, Life Coach
Amar
Thakur, Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
• How
to Run the In-House Track Point
Loma
Moderator: Jerrilyn T. Malana, Shareholder, Littler
Mendelson PC
Speakers: David Y. Otsuka, Senior Counsel, Wells
Fargo & Company Law Department
Natasha
Price, Associate General Counsel, Litigation Division, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bettina
W. Yip, Counsel, Labor & Employment, AT&T
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Networking
Lunch; Plenary Session #2 Lounge
• The
Path to Diversity
Moderator: Sean T. Carter, Diversity Manager, DLA Piper
Speakers: Ruthe Ashley, CalPERS; Chair, State Bar Diversity
Pipeline Task Force
P. Alex
Vasquez, Associate General Counsel, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
1:40 PM - 3:00 PM Breakout Session III
• A
Conversation with Sharon Majors-Lewis, Sunset
Gov.
Schwarzenegger’s Judicial Appointments Secretary
Moderator: Hon. Patricia Yim Cowett, San Diego County
Superior Court
Speaker: Judicial
Appointments Secretary Sharon Majors-Lewis
• Losing
Ground: Retention of APIAs in the Law Pacific
Moderator: Vivian Thoreen, Associate, Luce, Forward,
Hamilton & Scripps LLP
Speakers: Paul S. Park, President and General
Counsel, Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
Ekwan
Rhow, Principal, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg
Jae
Yi, Shareholder, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller
• What
Keeps General Counsel Awake at Night Point
Loma
Moderator: Marty Lorenzo, Partner, DLA Piper
Speakers: Javade Chaudhri, Executive Vice President
and General Counsel, Sempra Energy
Alan K.
Tse, General Counsel, LG Electronics MobileComm USA
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM Breakout Session IV
• The
Path to Partnership – Making Partner Sunset
Moderator: Kenji Funahashi, Partner, Baker &
McKenzie
Speakers: Christopher Glos, Partner, Kutak Rock LLP
Harumi
Hata, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Brian
M. Wong, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
• Finding
Your Role in Politics and Civic Leadership:
A View From Insiders Pacific
Moderator: Julie D. Soo, Staff Counsel, California
Department of Insurance; State Chairperson,
California Democratic
Party Asian Pacific Islander Caucus
Speakers: Rachelle Chong, Commissioner, California Public
Utilities Commission
Judy Chu, Vice Chair, Board of Equalization; former
Assemblymember
Courtni Pugh, Presidential Campaign Strategist and Labor
Organizer
Alberto
Torrico, California
State Assemblymember
Bill Wong, Bill Wong LLC, former Chief of Staff, California
State Assemblymember
Judy
Chu
• A
Question of Life or Death, Closing Argument in a Capital Case Point
Loma
Speaker: Daniel Mangarin, Chief Trial Deputy, Multiple
Conflicts Office, San Diego
County
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Networking
Cocktail Reception Bali Hai
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Dinner
Bali Hai
Keynote Speaker: Associate Justice Ming W. Chin, California Supreme Court
Pan Asian
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