Marian Cover Dockery, Esq.
President/Founder of LIWOCA
Managing Member, Marian Dockery & Associates LLC
Atlanta, GA

Hon. Berryl Anderson
Chief Magistrate Judge for DeKalb County
Decatur, GA

Ruthe Catolico Ashley, Esq.
President
Diversity Matters
Rocklin, CA

Paulette Brown, Esq.
Partner
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Madison, NJ

Sharie Brown, Esq.
Co-Chair, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
Anti-Corruption and Corporate Compliance Practice
DLA Piper US LLP
Washington, DC

Sonja N. Brown, Esq.
Assistant Solicitor-General
Community Prosecutor
Office of the DeKalb County Solicitor General
Decatur, GA

Marla Butler, Esq.
Partner
Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
New York, NY

JaDawnya C. Butler, Esq.
Zone 4 Community Prosecutor
Assistant District Attorney
Office of The Fulton County District Attorney
Atlanta, GA

Denise R. Cade, Esq.*
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
SunCoke Energy, Inc.
Lisle, IL

Christina E. Campbell, Esq.
Founder
The Campbell Law Practice, LLC
Atlanta, GA

Sandra S. Cho, Esq.
Partner
Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LLP
Atlanta, GA

Andrea A. Coleman
Founder
New South Communications, LLC
Atlanta, GA

Morgan Craven, Esq.
Attorney
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.
San Antonio, TX

Shamita D. Etienne-Cummings, Esq.
Partner
White & Case LLP
Washington, D.C.

Derric Crowther, Esq.
Managing Partner
Crowther Law Firm, P.C.
Atlanta, GA

Chandra C. Davis, Esq.
Trial Attorney
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Atlanta, GA

Cari K. Dawson, Esq.
Partner
Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, GA

Naeha Dixit, Esq.
Assistant Attorney
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4
Atlanta. GA

Philippa V. Ellis, Esq.
Partner
Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP
LIWOCA Vice Chair
Atlanta, GA

Hon. Brenda F. Harbin-Forte
Alameda County Superior Court
Hayward, CA

Vanya Francis
Certified Yoga Instructor
Co-Founder of Om Point Yoga
Atlanta, GA

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Esq.
Partner
SUTHERLAND
Atlanta, GA

Sheryl E. Harrison, Esq.
Associate Dean of Students
Vice Chair of the Admissions Committee Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
Atlanta, GA

Sheila Hawkins,PhD, LPC,NCC
Atlanta, GA

Halima Horton, Esq.
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP
Atlanta, GA

Shymeka Hunter, Esq.
Corporate Counsel
WorldPay US, Inc.
Atlanta, GA

Joyce C. Irons, Ph.D., LPC, NCC
Psychologist,
Professional Counsel
Clarity Psychological Group, LLC
Atlanta GA

Altomease R. Kennedy, Esq.
Partner
McKnight &  Kennedy LLC
Silver Spring, MD

Sonjui L. Kumar, Esq.
Founding Partner
Kumar, Prabhu, Patel & Banerjee, LLC
Atlanta, GA

Isabella Lee, Esq.
Senior Associate
Ford & Harrison LLP
Atlanta, GA

Denise Lewis, Esq.
Partner
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Detroit, MI

Fredrick H.L. McClure, Esq.
Partner
DLA Piper USA LLP
Tampa, FL

Jamala McFadden, Esq.
Counsel, Sutherland
President of GABWA
Atlanta, GA

Reginald McGahee, Esq.
Assistant Dean/Dean of Admissions
Howard University School of Law
Washington, DC

Hon. Carla Wong McMillian
Judge, State Court of Fayette County
Atlanta,GA

Monique Hunt McWilliams, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
Corporate Litigation
Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis, IN

Karen Salas-Morales, Esq.
Partner
K & L Gates
Miami, FL

Hon. Alia Moses
U.S. District Court
Western District of Texas
Del Rio, TX

Alison R. Nelson, Esq.
Managing Counsel
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, MI

Tamika Nordstrom, Esq.
Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Atlanta, GA

Cassandra Ogden, Esq.
Executive Director
Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)
Washington, DC

Kelly DeGraffenreid Organ, M.D.
Area Chief of Ambulatory Medicine
Co-chair of the African-American Business Resource Group
Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta, GA

Jackie K. Park, Esq.
Partner
DLA Piper US LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Smeeta Ramarathnam, Esq.
Chief of Staff to Commissioner Aguilar
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC

Auma Reggy, Esq.
Partner
Arnall Golden & Gregory
Atlanta, GA

Natosha Reid Rice, Esq.
Associate General Counsel,
Real Estate and Finance
Habitat for Humanity International
Atlanta, GA

Saundra Maass-Robinson, M.D.
Associate Medical Director
United Health Group
Atlanta, GA

Diana Sen, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Latino Justice and President of the National Hispanic Bar
New York, NY

Jane E. Smith, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Leadership Center of Spelman College
Office of Public Relations/Communications
Atlanta, GA

Farah Spainhour, Esq.
Chief Counsel
RelayHealth Connectivity & Managed Solutions at McKesson Provider Technologies
Atlanta, GA

Lovita Tandy, Esq.
Vice-President
Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys

Visiting Associate Professor of Law
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
Atlanta, GA

Anita Wallace Thomas, Esq.
Partner, Nelson Mullins
Former GABWA President
Atlanta, GA

Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Esq.*
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Walgreen Company
Deerfield, IL

Trishanda L. Treadwell, Esq.
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs
Partner
Atlanta, GA

Virginia Wadsworth, Esq.
Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, APCO
President of Georgia ACC
Norcross, GA

Patricia J. Villareal, Esq.
Partner
Jones Day
Dallas, TX

Hon. Daphne M. Walker
Chief Magistrate Judge –
Clayton County, Georgia
Jonesboro, GA

Hon. Ann Claire Williams*
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Founder of Just the Beginning Foundation
Chicago, IL

Cassandra A. Williams, Esq.
Senior Associate
Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP
Atlanta, GA

Leslie Richards-Yellen, Esq.
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Chicago,IL

Joy White, Esq.
Solo Practitioner
The White Law Group LLC
Atlanta, GA

* denotes Keynote Speaker