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GOAL is led and supported by experienced attorneys and senior leaders around the world. GOAL will prove to be the fountainhead of groundbreaking ideas and will also help in the successful execution of the law-firm and corporate business plans. The pioneers in this field pledge their support by assuring their complete involvement in mentorship, planning strategies, identifying the scope for outsourcing, assessing resource requirements and facilitating maximum utilization of the current internet bandwidth, which is crucial to the success of a business.
Richard C. Wingate
Vice President and General Counsel
LG Electronics Inc.
USA
Richard's brief biography
Richard Wingate’s career has primarily been as a Corporate Generalist with extensive in-house experience at international Fortune 500 companies. Emphasis on Commercial Contracts, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Logistics, Product Liability, Advertising, Human Resources, e-Commerce and Distribution.
Richard is currently Vice -President and Regional General Counsel for LG’s North American Operations, headquartered at LG Electronics U.S.A, Inc’s offices in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. “Rick” began building that Legal Department in 2004. Rick led the establishment of the Legal Department policies and procedures for all American operations, including all U.S. Litigation, Antitrust and other Compliance Training, Regulatory Compliance and general Contract Process and Management..
Prior to his appointment at LGE, Rick was Senior Counsel at Sony Electronics Inc. from 1985 to 2004. His responsibilities included Litigation Management, Contracts, Licensing and the Antitrust counseling and training for the Business & Professional Products Group and Consumer Sales Division. Prior to that, Rick worked in the reinsurance industry as Counsel at Pan Atlantic Group in White Plains, NY and for Chevron USA in New Orleans & Perth Amboy, NJ.
Vicken Bayramian
Senior Legal Counsel
Metinvest International SA
Switzerland
Vicken's brief biography
Vicken B Bayramian is the General Counsel of Metinvest International SA, a Swiss major steel, iron ore and commodities trading company, part of the Metinvest Group.
He is a graduate of the Sorbonne University in Paris with an LLM from Suffolk University in Boston.
Metinvest International SA sells over 15 Million MT of commodities in 75 Countries worldwide and has offices in 15 Countries with a turnover of 8 billion Dollars in 2011.
Lucy Endel Bassli
Sr. Attorney, Legal & Corporate Affairs
Microsoft Corporation
USA
Lucy's brief biography
Lucy joined the legal department of Microsoft in 2004, providing legal support to the central procurement organization. Her support for procurement grew beyond that organization, to now advising on procurement transactions globally and across all lines of business at Microsoft. In recent years, she has focused extensively on complex and global outsourcing contracts. Lucy has gained firsthand experience in outsourcing by engaging an outsourced legal services provider to assist her with her high-volume contract transactions. She has negotiated strategic outsourcing contracts in the areas of legal services, finance and operations, and IT, among others.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Lucy practiced law at Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP in Seattle, WA, specializing in commercial transactions and commercial bankruptcy. Lucy received her J.D and BA from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, where she grew up, but has been living in the Seattle area since completing her education. She is a licensed member of the Washington and Texas state bar associations.
David Talley
Global Counsel
Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd.
Japan
David's brief biography
David works as a Global Counsel for Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd. and is an expert of Strategic Planning, Development, and Implementation of Legal Services for Global Enterprise. He follows proactive and creative approach to identifying and meeting objectives, focusing on solutions that effectively balance time, quality and cost. He is expert in leveraging technologies to improve communications and deliver consistent solutions across the group. He had Advised and Counseled to the Board, Executive, and Operational Levels of the Enterprise. His goal is to develop and support the truly global enterprise.
David specializes in Group and Global Governance, Compliance and Networking; M&A; Corporate Restructuring; International Joint Ventures, Alliances, Strategic OEM Relationships; Global Agreements; Complex Negotiation.
Evelyn Sullen Smith
General Counsel – Americas
Mettler-Toledo, LLC
USA
Evelyn's brief biography
Evelyn Sullen Smith is the General Counsel—Americas and Secretary of Mettler-Toledo, LLC, the world’s largest manufacturer of precision weighing systems and measurement instrumentation. Evelyn manages the legal affairs for the North American sales and marketing operations, including corporate governance, employment, commercial and government contracting, and litigation management. Prior to joining Mettler-Toledo, Evelyn was corporate counsel at Volkswagen of America, Inc., an associate of Clark Hill PLC, a trial attorney of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and law clerk to the Honorable Denise Page Hood, U.S. District Court (E.D. Michigan).
Evelyn has a B.S. in Public Affairs Management from Michigan State University and her J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law. Evelyn is also an adjunct professor of Capital University Law School and sits several boards including Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority, Columbus City Schools’ Neighborhood School Development Partnership, and the Corporate Counsel Women of Color’s Advisory Board.
In 2011, she received the Diversity Champion Award given by the Ohio Diversity Council and in 2012 she was awarded the Dent-Murphy Trailblazer Award given by Michigan State University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association. Evelyn is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Columbus Alumnae Chapter. She resides in Westerville, Ohio with husband, Jason, and daughters Mikaili and Tori.
Deepak Malhotra
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer and Global Counsel
Fusion Universal
United Kingdom
Deepak's brief biography
Deepak Malhotra is one of the most recognised international General Counsel. He currently serves as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer for a leading technology business Fusion Universal, with offices in London, Mumbai, Sydney and Tanzania. He has worked in industry since 1998, with positions at The Gillette Company, and then as Vice President for AB-InBev, one of the world's 5 largest consumer goods companies. He also served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Constellation Brands Inc, where he was responsible for Europe and Australia. Prior to working in-house, Deepak worked for the law firms BLP and SNR Denton. Deepak has worked in the UK and Belgium.
Deepak sits on the Editorial Board of the 'Law Firm Managing Partner' journal, and is an Advisory Board member of Global Leaders in Law, and also Chairs its think-tank. This group represents 1,600 General Counsel around the world. He is also a past Chairman of the Law Society's Commerce & Industry London region, and has served on the Boards of 'Rethinking Legal Services' and the Law Society Charity. He has been recognised by the 'In-House Lawyer' journal as one of the top thoughts leaders of the legal profession and his legal team won Global Legal Team of the Year Award at the Legal Week Awards 2005.
Deepak's experience includes substantial legal outsourcing, and setting up global and European legal panels since 2005. He has been quoted extensively in the Financial Times, the Times and the legal press on outsourcing, value in legal services and pricing.
Gregory L. Wilkinson, Esq.
In-House Counsel
Act 1 Group, Inc.
USA
Gregory's brief biography
Greg Wilkinson serves as the In-House Counsel to the ACT 1 Group, Inc., which is the largest minority/woman-owned provider of contingent labor in North America. He is also a licensed Solicitor in the United Kingdom and handles the bulk of the ACT 1 Group’s legal needs in the U.K. and abroad.
Gregory is responsible for managing a large amount of complex transactional work. In this role, he reviews proposed service contacts between the ACT 1 Group and its customers to ensure that the ACT 1 Group obtains the most favorable terms possible while not stifling the flow of business. He is often required to negotiate directly with senior executives at Fortune 1000 companies and their attorneys. A single contract could result in tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars per year in sales.
Gregory’s experience with intellectual property (“IP”) law also supports the efforts of the organization as a major source of income comes from customers’ use of the ACT 1 Group’s proprietary software. Therefore, significant time is spent handling software licensing agreements and underlying rights.
As In-House Counsel, Gregory also oversees the litigation of a number of larger ACT 1 Group bankruptcy creditor claims. In this role, Gregory is required to manage the creditor claim from the initial filing through the final judgment. During this process, he often maintains contact with the debtor, other creditors, and their attorneys to work toward the largest possible payment of the claim.
Gregory has dealt with several of the ACT 1 Group’s corporate governance issues, with significant involvement in the creation of new start-up ventures (both foreign and domestic). This includes the creation of the corporate entity, start-up operations, and follow-up on issues. Further, he advises on ownership agreements and corporate structuring.
Daniel H. Vaswani
Chief Counsel
Kagu9, Inc.
USA
Daniel's brief biography
Daniel H. Vaswani is Chief Counsel at Kagu9, Inc. Kagu9 provides export, import, and international distribution services to American manufacturers and produces raw goods. As Kagu9’s lead counsel, Daniel is responsible for fulfilling Kagu9’s broad legal needs. He primarily deals with commercial transactions, including buy/sell, intellectual property licensing, and services agreements. As a company that focuses on building relationships between American companies and international buyers, Daniel understands the laws and customs of Kagu9’s buyer countries as they relate to commercial transactions and intellectual property. Daniel is responsible for Kagu9’s domestic and international privacy initiatives, copyrights and trademarks, and employment agreements. Daniel also ensures that Kagu9 is in compliance with all domestic and international regulatory provisions.
Before joining Kagu9, Daniel served as Associate Counsel at Ungerlaw P.C., D.B.A. eMinutes.com. eMinutes exclusively provides corporate governance, entity formation, maintenance, restructuring, and dissolution services. While at eMinutes, Daniel was primarily responsible for providing advice and counsel to clients seeking to form or dissolve entities. At eMinutes, Daniel formed upwards of 40 corporations and limited liability companies and assisted in the dissolution and winding-down of at least 20 entities.
Daniel obtained his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. While at Loyola, Daniel defended indigent youths in criminal proceedings as a Certified Law Student for the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy. Daniel also served as the President of the South Asian Law Student Association from 2008-2010, and served as the Law Student Liaison between the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California and law schools in the greater Los Angeles area.
Daniel obtained his B.A. in both Political Science and History with highest departmental and college honors from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
George Romanik
Principal
O'Shea Getz P.C.
USA
George's brief biography
George J. Romanik counsels clients in a full range of intellectual property matters with a focus on intellectual property portfolio development, patent prosecution and litigation, intellectual property and technology transactional and licensing matters, trademark prosecution, and trade secret protection.
George was previously Intellectual Property Counsel for the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies Corporation (UTC). Earlier George held the same position at UTC's subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation and patent attorney positions at Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Research Center, and UTC's Corporate Headquarters. During his UTC career, George managed a number of significant litigations to successful conclusions. Mr. Romanik has spoken widely at intellectual property conferences, including conferences sponsored by the American Bar Association and Frost & Sullivan. During law school, George served as Managing Editor for the Connecticut Law Review. Before attending law school, George was a process engineer for Mobil Oil Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey and Joliet, Illinois.
William Belt
Team Leader of the Discovery Solutions Practice team
LeClairRyan
USA
William's brief biography
William Belt is the Team Leader of the Discovery Solutions Practice team at LeClairRyan. His team provides technology and legal advice to help clients comply with court rules governing electronic discovery in small, medium and large cases that involve electronic discovery. Mr. Belt has worked on large electronic discovery projects in numerous mass tort and complex commercial cases including the Exxon Valdez, MTBE, EMF, Latex Gloves, and Medical Insurance Hospital Discount litigation, as well as intellectual property and employment cases. He has also helped clients respond to FTC, SEC and Department of Justice investigations.
William provides guidance to clients preparing electronic and document retention policies as well as litigation hold policies. William has developed policies and practices that comply with document retention rules and regulations, privacy and security laws, and the 2006 Supreme Court rules governing electronic discovery. Prior to joining the Discovery Solutions Group, he worked with a team of attorneys as national coordinating trial counsel in EMF litigation, latex medical glove litigation, and MTBE litigation. William was recognized by the National Law Journal, the flagship publication of the Litigation Services Network, as defense counsel for one of the "Top 10 Defense Wins for 2002", and was recognized by the American Bar Association for his work on the Exxon Valdez litigation.
Legal Experience
- 2005 – 2008: Founded electronic discovery practice – created team of technical specialists to run hardware and software applications for compliant, effective, and cost efficient electronic discovery practice
- 1998 – 2005: Member of Mass Tort Team – Served as National Coordinating Counsel with team of lawyers on Latex, MTBE
- 1989 – 1998: Litigation Attorney – Mass Tort, Commercial, Products Liability, FELA, and Insurance Defense
Memberships and Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute: Technology and Electronic Discovery Committees
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Distinctions
- Recognized by the American Bar Association for work on issues related to the Exxon Valdez litigation
- Recognized by the National Law Journal, the flagship publication of the Litigation Services Network, as defense counsel for one of the "Top 10 Defense Wins for 2002"
James P. Duffy
Managing Partner
Berg and Duffy LLP
USA
James's brief biography
James P. Duffy is the current managing partner of the Firm, its Senior Partner, and the partner in charge of the Firm's Monaco Office that he founded in 1986. He primarily focuses on international corporate and financial transactions. James is also very active in bar association matters, currently serving as Chair of the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association. James is a frequent author and lecturer on international legal topics.
James has been a member of the New York Bar since 1968. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law, New York City. James is also admitted to a number of Federal Courts, including the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. James's early legal experience included an appointment by US Senator Jacob K. Javits, who was then the Senior Senator for New York, as Counsel and Staff Director to the Republican members of the United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Washington, DC, and service as an associate at the Wall Street law firm of Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York City.
James is a founding member and a past Chair of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association and a permanent member of the Section’s Executive Committee. James was a founding member of Berg and Duffy, a small multi-office law firm that specialized in international business, banking, and financial transactions. James is currently engaged in private practice in New York specializing in those same areas. James is active in New York State Bar Association activities and is a frequent speaker on international legal topics. James is based in New York, but, during his legal career, he has founded a number of foreign branch offices for his law firm and has lived for periods of time in Europe and Latin America in connection with the management of those offices.
Dirk Thomas
Principal
McKool Smith
USA
Dirk's brief biography
Dirk Thomas is a principal in McKool Smith’s Washington, DC office. McKool Smith has more than 100 attorneys in Dallas, Austin, Marshall, New York, and Washington D.C., handling commercial, intellectual property and white collar litigation for national and international clients. The firm is recognized as one of the premier trial law firms in the United States, having earned significant courtroom victories for clients such as American Airlines, Ericsson, Electronic Data Systems, Medtronic Inc., and Sony Ericsson.
Dirk practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on cases involving computer technology, telephony and communications systems, refinery and manufacturing products and processes, and medical devices and procedures. In addition to his impressive trial record, Dirk also represents clients in appellate matters before the Federal Circuit. Prior to joining McKool Smith he was co-chair of Dewey & LeBoeuf's Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Dirk also served as lead trial counsel in a patent case against technology giant Dell on behalf of a small European computer company, Tulip Computers. That case, tried to a jury in the District of Delaware, resulted in a $49.5 million recovery for Tulip on a patent that was no longer practiced by either party.
Dirk received his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland and J.D. from George Washington University Law School. In addition to his responsibilities for McKool Smith, Dirk serves as an active member in various bar associations: American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association and Licensing Executives Society.
Mark Ross
Vice President – Legal Solutions
Integreon Managed Solutions
USA
Mark's brief biography
Mark Ross is an experienced UK litigation solicitor and former partner at high profile UK law firm Underwoods Solicitors.
Mark’s involvement in legal outsourcing dates back to January 2004 when Underwoods became the first UK law firm to outsource legal work to a lower cost common law jurisdiction. Chambers Guide refers to Underwoods as “a pioneer of legal offshoring”.
Mark moved to Los Angeles in 2006 as Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at a niche LPO before joining Integreon in November 2009. Mark is a recognized authority and thought leader in the field of legal outsourcing. He has been published by, and interviewed for, numerous mainstream and legal publications, including the New York Times, TIME magazine, the UK Law Society Gazette, and the ABA’s Law Practice Management. Mark is the former Chair of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ Legal Outsourcing Chapter.
Mark is a recognized expert on the Ethics of Legal Outsourcing, and has written numerous articles and widely acclaimed White Papers dealing with the subject. He developed the first State Bar approved MCLE Ethics course, provided by a legal outsourcing company, on the ethical implications of outsourcing legal work.
Mark’s experience in the field of legal outsourcing is such that he has been invited to address the American Bar Association, UK Law Society, the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority and the International Bar Association.
Mark has also been invited to speak as a leading authority on legal outsourcing at conferences run by prestigious organizations including: Financial Times, U.C. Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Center for the Legal Profession, Practicing Law Institute, and American Lawyer.
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