CONFERENCES

Milbank partners have been speakers at diversity conferences and programs.

Caroline Walther-Meade made the introductory remarks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum (MITEF) symposium entitled “We Can All Learn A Thing Or Two From Women:  Learning The Secrets Of Successful Women Entrepreneurs In A Down Economy”, May 2009.

Debra Alligood White introduced keynote speaker Donna Brazil at the Harvard Law School Black Law Students Association Annual Spring Conference, “The Fierce Urgency of Now:  Effecting Change at Home and Across the Globe”,  March 2009.

Abi Raval spoke at the 2009 North American South Asian Law Students Association’s (NASALSA) meeting on a panel entitled, “Issues in Bankruptcy Law”, February 2009.

Linda Dakin-Grimm served as a panelist for “The Effective Negotiating Skills for Women Lawyers Teleconference”, February 2009.

Firm Chairman, Mel M. Immergut, has spoken at a number of conferences: 

• Speaking as a panelist at the Women In Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF.) Topic: Leveraging your Career in an Uncertain Economy, June 2008.
• Speaking at the Managing Partner and General Counsel Summit – Progress, Success and Achievement for Women in Law, May 2004
• Moderating the Managing Partner and General Counsel Roundtable Discussion of the Business Case for Diversity, hosted by the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Minorities in the Profession, May 2004
• Speaking as a panelist at the ABA Conference, Diversity in the Legal Profession: Opening the Pipeline, October 2003.