Confirmed Speakers

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

Hon. Beryl Anderson
Chief Magistrate Judge for DeKalb County
Atlanta, GA

Sharie Brown, Esq.
DLA Piper US LLP
Washington, DC

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

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

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

Paulette Dodson, Esq.
General Counsel, Sara Lee Corporation

Hon. Bernice Donald
U.S. Sixth Circuit
Memphis, TN

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

Holly Fujie, Esq.
Former State Bar President of California
Shareholder, Buchalter Nemer
Los Angeles, CA

Halima Horton, Esq.
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP
Atlanta, GA

Shymeka Hunter, Esq.
Corporate Counsel
WORLDPAY, INC.

Altomease R. Kennedy, Esq.
McKnight and Kennedy
Silver Spring, MD

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

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

Monique McWilliams, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
Eli Lilly & Company
Washington, DC

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

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

Auma Reggy, Esq.
Partner
Arnall Golden & Gregory
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

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

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

Honorable Anne Claire Williams
7th Cir. Judge
Founder of  Just the Beginning Foundation

awilliams@ca7.uscourts.gov

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

* denotes Keynote Speaker