The panel will be moderated by ABA Journal reporters Stephanie Francis Ward and Rachel Zahorsky and includes Mark Chandler, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Cisco Systems; Patrick Daugherty, a partner at Foley & Lardner; Buckmaster “Buck” de Wolf, senior counsel, litigation and legal policy at General Electric Co.; Emery K Harlan, partner of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan and co-founder of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF); Mary-Christine “M.C.” Sungaila, a partner at Horvitz & Levy; and Paul Williams, a partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon.
The panel will discuss:
- Who is using alternative billing?
- How is it working for those that are using it?
- For those that are not using it, why not?
For more information or to listen to the live chat on April 5, 2010, visit the ABA Journal Web site.
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