An experienced trial attorney, Cassirer’s varied litigation practice has included many business, banking, insurance, real estate, employment and professional liability matters. She has had substantial experience in securities fraud class actions, breach of contract, qui tam, fraud, and valuation actions. She has counseled companies experiencing financial difficulties and has represented various financial institutions, including foreign and domestic banks, seeking to restructure debt. In the area of professional liability, she has defended professional liability claims against actuaries, attorneys and consultants. Cassirer served as Receiver for Starr & Co., LLC. and Starr Investment Advisors, LLC in the SEC v. Kenneth Ira Starr matter, and has served as the Chapter 11 Trustee in a complex bankruptcy case, The Estate of David Schick (1996—2004) which generated various litigations and reported decisions. She has also represented a number of creditors in a number of bankruptcy cases.

Jane Ginns is a Director with the Pollack Badawi Group, LLC, one of the country’s premier attorney search firms. She previously worked at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., where she assisted survivors in obtaining compensation for their suffering during the Holocaust. Jane began her career as a commercial litigation attorney with firms in New York and Chicago. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and The George Washington University Law School. Fortunate to have arrived in the United States as a child refugee from the former Soviet Union, Jane is actively involved with causes involving refugees, immigration and international affairs. She serves on the Board of Directors of HIAS and on the International Advisory Council of the International Crisis Group.

Prior to joining CLS, Dean Greenberg-Kobrin worked at Arnold & Porter LLP, where her practice focused on international corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, sovereign debt issuances and financial institutions. In her role as Dean of Students, Greenberg-Kobrin oversees the Office of Student Affairs, which is responsible for student life and events, academic counseling, judicial clerkships and judicial outreach and programming, student journals, student organizations and other student-related matters.

Gilbert Hoover oversees legal compliance at Shubert, the largest Broadway theatre operator which also provides ticketing services through Telecharge. Prior to joining Shubert, Hoover was a commercial litigator at Troutman Sanders. He is a graduate of Emory Law School, Harvard College and the High School of Music & Art.

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Samuel Witten has an extensive background in international law, the development and implementation of corporate compliance programs, international dispute settlement, and international law enforcement cooperation. Before joining Arnold & Porter LLP, he served in the US Department of State for 22 years, including 19 years in the Office of the Legal Adviser where he was Deputy Legal Adviser from 2001-2007. He also held several senior foreign policy positions, including Acting Assistant Secretary of State, where he managed the State Department’s international refugee assistance programs and the resettlement of refugees into the United States. Witten helps companies develop and implement compliance programs and corrective actions related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption legislation. He has supervised compliance reviews under the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR). He advises companies on issues of corporate social responsibility. He also represents domestic and international clients in litigation and arbitrations and in domestic enforcement and regulatory matters. His practice also includes economic sanctions and issues relating to international law enforcement cooperation and public international law. Witten is on the Board of Governors of the Washington Foreign Law Society, a nonprofit group that advances the understanding of international law and foreign affairs, and served as its President from 2010-2013. He is the co-chairman of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law and serves on the Board of Advocates of Human Right First.

Mary K Young is one of the only legal industry strategists and marketing experts who bring a demonstrated track record of corporate strategy and branding success to her work developing and implementing strategic growth plans for law firms. Her experience spans the disciplines of strategic planning, market research, and branding. She is known for her insightful analysis, drive for tangible results and leading through collaboration. Since she joined Zeughauser Group in 2006, leading law firms have come to rely on her skills as a strategist who can craft powerful growth plans and branding programs that resonate with law firm clients. Young established her reputation as a legal innovator during her tenure as chief marketing officer of Howrey LLP from 2000-2006. Partnering with firm leadership, she was instrumental in the firm’s strategic planning initiatives and the integration of a major merger partner. She developed and launched new positioning and advertising for the firm and led the development of its new corporate identity. Between 2001 and 2004, as Howrey extended its footprint to London, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Paris, Young developed and implemented the strategic growth plans for each of those offices. Earlier in her career, Young spent several years as a management consultant in Washington, D.C. She received her M.B.A. in 1987 and spent ten years at Kraft Foods in Glenview, IL, where she developed and implemented profit and revenue growth strategies for some of the company’s most important products, including Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese, Kraft Grated Parmesan, and Kraft Singles. As Category Business Director for Kraft Singles, Young led a team of 50 professionals and had strategy, revenue, and profit growth responsibility for the $870 million revenue business. She returned to Washington, D.C., in 1997 to serve as Senior Vice President of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States where she was responsible for developing industry-wide strategy and positioning for the $34 billion distilled spirits industry. Young holds an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and an A.B. from Vassar College.