New Beginnings: Is There Life After In-House Land (ACCA Event in Los Angeles 7/23/08)

• Posted by Geoff Gussis on June 2nd, 2008


• Filed in Events

Mark you calendars for a great event sponsored by ACCA’s SoCal chapter on July 23rd in Los Angeles at the Luxe Hotel. The event will kick off with a panel presentation titled “Count Me Out: In-House Attorneys Who Have Pursued Other Careers”, which will be moderated by Stuart L. Pardau, Esq., Associate General Counsel, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Panelists:

Pamela Samuels Young, Esq., Managing Counsel, Labor and Employment Law, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.
(writer of legal thrillers)

Jeryl Bowers, Esq., Partner, K&L Gates
Joe Craciun, Esq.,
General Counsel, Money Mailer
(amateur comedian and ordained minister)

Rabbi Dov Fischer, Esq.,
Spiritual Leader of Young
Israel of Orange County and Adjunct Professor of Law at
Loyola Law School

The event will also feature a presentation by Sean Carter, Esq., Humorist at Law, Lawpsided Seminars, titled “LAWghter is the Best Medicine”. Substance abuse is no laughing matter. Lawyers suffer among the highest rates of alcoholism and drug addiction. We need to practice other means to reduce and avoid stress. Sean will help us find the lighter side of life and identify the classic warning signs of substance abuse and inform us of ways to help our colleagues get help.

Interested? Visit the ACCA website for more information.