ACC-WI 2025 Annual Conference & Meeting of Members

Please join us for the ACC-WI 2025 Annual Conference & Meeting of Members!

This 1.5 day event is specifically designed for in-house attorneys. Choose from 26 CLE sessions - including 3.0 Ethics credits. Our registration format allows you to customize your program schedule to fit your practice needs. Conference registration includes a one-night hotel stay (For Early Bird Registrations Only); continental breakfast, luncheon and keynote speaker, and cocktail reception on Thursday; hot breakfast buffet on Friday; and a variety of networking events and opportunities throughout the conference. All full-paid members enjoy free attendance at our Fall 2025 3.0 CLE Ethics Seminar. All CLE sessions will be submitted to the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners for CLE approval.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025

**Please note that this schedule is subject to change. While we request you select your preferred session below, you are welcome to attend any session during the conference.

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Registration Check-in and Continental Breakfast

PROGRAM SESSIONS

9:00 AM – 9:50 AM

• Informed, Organized & Transparent: Fiduciary Responsibility & Corporate Governance - Quarles & Brady LLP
• The Trump Card: How Tariffs & Global Politics Can Impact Your Supply Chain - Foley & Lardner LLP
• How Contracts Shape Litigation: A Litigator's Thoughts on Venue, Governing Law, & Arbitration Clauses - O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C.

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

• Nothing Personal? When Cybersecurity and Technology Failures Put Leadership at Legal Risk - Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
• DEI Under Fire: Legal Impact of Executive Orders on DEI Programs for Private Employers and Government Contractors - Husch Blackwell
• 2025 Trends & Issues in M&A - Dykema Gossett PLLC

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

• Top 10 Considerations When Improving Land - Stuart & Soberalski LLC
• Doing Deals, Marketing Products, Corporate & Marketing Websites, Human Resources: Did Anyone Run this by Legal? - Laffey, Leitner & Goode LLC
• Market Practice Differences in US and Europe - Walker Morris LLP

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE

Keynote Speaker - Late Night Lessons in Leadership: Lindsay Shookus, legendary Saturday Night Live producer

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

• A General Counsel's Guide to Mitigating Supply Chain Issues (Level 201) - Amundsen Davis
• Competing Fairly & Addressing Those Who Compete Unfairly – IP Issues & Opportunities in Addressing the Activities of Competitors - Boyle Fredrickson, S.C.
• Biometrics Outside Borders: Privacy Protection Acts & Wisconsin Businesses - Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

3:00 PM – 3:50 PM

• Managing Risk As In-House When Developing or Licensing a Product Incorporating Artificial Intelligence - DeWitt LLP
• Union Organizing - Buelow Vetter Buikema Olson & Vliet, LLC
• CARB Compliance and a Move to Zero Emissions: CARB, EPA, and Changing Administrations - Von Briesen & Roper, S.C.

4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

• Managing a Wisconsin ERD or EEOC Complaint & Investigation - Current Trends & Tips (200 Level) - Lindner & Marsack, S.C.
• International Business During Shifting Tides of Politics - Gowling WLG LLP
• Intellectual Property Valuation: Best Practices in Understanding IP Portfolios - Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025

8:00 AM- 9:00 AM - Hot Breakfast Buffet

PROGRAM SESSIONS

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

• Managing Litigation from an In-House Perspective - Gass Turek LLC (Ethics Credit Pending)
• Generative A.I. Just Turned (Terrible) Two: For Business, Now What? Apply Legal Tools for In-House - Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. (Ethics Credit Pending)
• How to Appeal Your Patent Case in the Federal Circuit - Perkins Coie LLP

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

• Affirmative Recovery Programs 101: How Legal Departments are Leveraging Litigation Assets to Generate Revenue - Burford Capital
• Multi-State Compliance - Navigating Different State Regulations and Laws: Wage & Hour, Non-Compete & Separation Agreements, State Drug Testing Compliance, & More - Ogletree Deakins(Ethics Credit Pending)
• Important Trends in Antitrust Law & Practice- Eimer Stahl LLP

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

• Pro Bono (Ethics Credit Pending)
• What Gets Measured, Gets Accomplished: DOJ’s Hot Topics in Compliance Program Development, Assessment, & Monitoring (101 Level) - FTI Consulting

NETWORKING EVENTS:

THURSDAY

5:00 - 7:00 PM Annual Conference Cocktail Reception - Enjoy appetizers, drinks, and camaraderie. Open to all attendees of the conference.

After the cocktail reception we have the following events: Please register for one or the other.

6:30 PM - Trivia Night - BATTLE OF THE BRAINS IS BACK! –Attendance is limited to 12 teams 8/per team. Pub food, drinks and prizes makes for a fun night of networking! Sponsored by Laffey, Leitner & Goode LLC.

7:00 PM - Paddock Club Dinner – Attendance is limited to 60. $80.00 per person.

FRIDAY MORNING & AFTERNOON

18-Hole Golf Scramble at Quit-Qui-Oc Golf Club - 12:30 p.m. A perfect day is only 18-holes away! Join us at Quit-Qui-Oc Golf Club for a fun, 18-hole golf scramble. Box lunch and sleeve of golf balls included! $80 per person.

Aspire Spa – 20% off all spa services for attendees.