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2016/2017 Phase One – A Global Presence
(g) Speakers
Thought leaders and executives who help dissect complex and interlinked forces
transforming economies, industries, and global issues for AILFN conferences.
Amar Sarwal Amar Sarwal, Vice President and Chief Legal Strategist - Association of Corporate Counsel
(ACC) Member of ACC Executive Team, reporting to its President & CEO. Associate General
Counsel - Association of Corporate Counsel; General Litigation Counsel - United States Chamber
of Commerce; Principal - DC Appeals; Associate - Jones Day; Judicial Law Clerk United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Judicial Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Western
District of Louisiana; University of Michigan Law School, Doctor of Law (JD)
Kevin Arnold, CEO Nexia. Kevin is responsible for the leadership, strategic development and
operational management of a global network of accounting and consulting firms. Nexia
International member firms operate in 115 countries with over 600 offices and 28,000
professional and support staff generating aggregate fee revenues of US$ 3,207bn.
Stephen Blundell, Head of Acritas Advisors, Acritas. Steve has been one of the leaders in consulting to
professional firms for more than a decade. Having worked originally for Deloitte and PwC, Steve
was one of three founders of Gracechurch Consulting in 2001. He then formed Redstone in 2014
to provide an international management consultancy for professional firms in all parts of the
world.
Dominic Carman, Writer and Journalist, Legal Week. Described by Legal Week as ‘a leading legal
journalist, researcher and author’, I execute bespoke projects for international law firms and
investment banks. I also contribute to Legal Week, Legal Business, the Sunday Times, Guardian,
Telegraph, Daily Mail, and the Times, where I was a regular feature writer for several years.
Mark A. Cohen, Esq., CEO and Founder, Legal Mosaic, High-level, hands-on experience in many
different areas of the legal ecosystem. This has included turns as a civil trial lawyer of “bet the
company” cases; BigLaw partner; Founder and Managing Partner of a multi-city national
litigation boutique firm; Federally Appointed Receiver of an international aviation parts business
with operations on 4 continents; early adapter of legal technology; co-Founder of Clearspire, a
groundbreaking “two-company model” law firm/legal service provider; Distinguished Lecturer of Law at
Georgetown; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation
Distinguished Fellow; Forbes columnist; and international speaker. CEO of LegalMosaic, a repository for
my thought leadership content, and a legal consulting business. I am also the Chair of the Advisory Board
and Chief Strategy Officer at Elevate Legal Services.
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(g) Speakers
Thought leaders and executives who help dissect complex and interlinked forces
transforming economies, industries, and global issues for AILFN conferences.
Amar Sarwal Amar Sarwal, Vice President and Chief Legal Strategist - Association of Corporate Counsel
(ACC) Member of ACC Executive Team, reporting to its President & CEO. Associate General
Counsel - Association of Corporate Counsel; General Litigation Counsel - United States Chamber
of Commerce; Principal - DC Appeals; Associate - Jones Day; Judicial Law Clerk United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Judicial Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Western
District of Louisiana; University of Michigan Law School, Doctor of Law (JD)
Kevin Arnold, CEO Nexia. Kevin is responsible for the leadership, strategic development and
operational management of a global network of accounting and consulting firms. Nexia
International member firms operate in 115 countries with over 600 offices and 28,000
professional and support staff generating aggregate fee revenues of US$ 3,207bn.
Stephen Blundell, Head of Acritas Advisors, Acritas. Steve has been one of the leaders in consulting to
professional firms for more than a decade. Having worked originally for Deloitte and PwC, Steve
was one of three founders of Gracechurch Consulting in 2001. He then formed Redstone in 2014
to provide an international management consultancy for professional firms in all parts of the
world.
Dominic Carman, Writer and Journalist, Legal Week. Described by Legal Week as ‘a leading legal
journalist, researcher and author’, I execute bespoke projects for international law firms and
investment banks. I also contribute to Legal Week, Legal Business, the Sunday Times, Guardian,
Telegraph, Daily Mail, and the Times, where I was a regular feature writer for several years.
Mark A. Cohen, Esq., CEO and Founder, Legal Mosaic, High-level, hands-on experience in many
different areas of the legal ecosystem. This has included turns as a civil trial lawyer of “bet the
company” cases; BigLaw partner; Founder and Managing Partner of a multi-city national
litigation boutique firm; Federally Appointed Receiver of an international aviation parts business
with operations on 4 continents; early adapter of legal technology; co-Founder of Clearspire, a
groundbreaking “two-company model” law firm/legal service provider; Distinguished Lecturer of Law at
Georgetown; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation
Distinguished Fellow; Forbes columnist; and international speaker. CEO of LegalMosaic, a repository for
my thought leadership content, and a legal consulting business. I am also the Chair of the Advisory Board
and Chief Strategy Officer at Elevate Legal Services.
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