Friday, October 20

4:00PM - 6:30PM

Diversity Committee(Tax) & Young Lawyers (Tax & RPPT)
Tax Diversity Chair:  Walter Burford, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Atlanta, GA
Tax Young Lawyers Forum Chair:  Allen D. Madison, Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, Washington, DC
RPPT Young Lawyers Network Chair:  Hugh F. Drake, Brown Hay & Stephens LLP, Springfield, IL

4:00pm             Making Partner: What Every Young Lawyer Needs to Know.  The panel will discuss what young lawyers must do in order to become a partner with a firm.  The panel will focus on what senior partners look for in associates and what young lawyers can do to make themselves stand out above the rest. Moderator: Robb A. Longman, Joseph Greenwald & Laake, PA, Greenbelt, MD.  Panelist: Pamela Olson, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC; Hugh F. Drake, Brown Hay & Stephens LLP, Springfield, IL; John R. Maxfield, Holland and Hart LLP, Denver, CO.

5:30pm             Networking Reception.
Sponsored by: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP