On September 19 and 20, 2019, Ashley Weinstein-Carnes will be moderating portions of the 2019 ULI Fall Meeting in Washington, DC. During the program, attendees will engage in candid discussions with thought leaders on the most important topics and trends in real estate.
When the Owner Won’t or Can’t Sell: Alternative Real Estate Acquisition Methods
On September 12, 2019, Danna Kozerski will be speaking about alternative structures for acquisitions of real estate during an ACREL/ALI-CLE webinar. For more details, please click here.
Rise&Shine – An Event for the Advertising and Creative Services Communities
On October 10, 2019, Coblentz is hosting Rise&Shine, the 10th annual event for the advertising and creative services industries. The morning program is co-hosted with the American Association of Advertising Agencies and features notable speakers from advertising agencies and creative services firms that speak on a variety of topics of interest to the industry.
SPEAKERS:
Margaret Johnson
Chief Creative Officer & Partner, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Over the last five years Goodby, Silverstein & Partners has been one of the more successful ad agencies. With clients including BMW, Pepsi, Comcast/Xfinity, and Liberty Mutual, Margaret Johnson has been at the center of the agency’s success. This success is a result of several elements including a diverse management team, a wide range of personalities, and determined informality.Sarah Mehler
Chief Executive Officer, Left Field Labs
Over the last decade a new kind of marketing firm has emerged featuring design, technology, advocacy, and above all, social responsibility. Meet Sarah Mahler’s Southern California firm, Left Field Labs. With an array of clients including Disney, the Discovery Channel, Google, Uber, and Harvard University, Left Field Labs’ 100+ designers, strategists, fabricators, writers, and directors provide clients with storytelling combined with the creative use of emerging technologies while being mindful of the greater good, paying close attention its employees, and always asking “how does everyone feel?”Bob Hoffman
Chief Aggravation Officer, TypeAGroup + Author, The Ad Contrarian
Bob Hoffman has created advertising for McDonald’s, Toyota, Bank of the West, AT&T, Pepsi, and the list goes on. After selling his last agency, he wrote three best-selling books and publishes a Sunday morning blog that is keenly interesting, very funny, and puts in perspective all those ads inviting you to “join the conversation” about your washing machine. With invitations to speak and entertain around the world, we’re especially pleased to have Bob with us this anniversary year.Mark Figliulo
Founder, FIG
Over the years Rise&Shine has had a tradition of introducing new or start-up agencies from San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. In that tradition, we are pleased to introduce and welcome Mark Figliulo and FIG. With clients including Ketel One Vodka, Virgin Atlantic, CNN, and Vimeo, FIG is a small agency with a big resource format. Mark Figliulo will explain.Andrew Hall
Principal, Lumsden Partners
Andrew Hall is one of the preeminent financial advisors to the advertising and marketing community. As one of our more popular guests, Andrew Hall is reason alone for an early cup of coffee. He was the principal M&A advisor to WPP and Martin Sorrell for eight years as they built the world’s largest advertising holding company. Since leaving WPP, he has advised a wide range of advertising and marketing firms, including prominent independent ad agencies, design, strategy, and research firms.RSVP:
If you are interested in attending, please email events@coblentzlaw.com.
ABOUT RISE&SHINE:
Coblentz has enjoyed a close relationship with the advertising and creative services community for many years through our robust advertising practice, which advises clients on all aspects of working in the creative services space. Ten years ago, the firm first presented a morning event where industry leaders and visionaries could share their insights and experiences. Rise&Shine has been going strong ever since, and welcomes senior advertising executives and creatives from the U.S. and abroad at the annual event.
Rise&Shine over the years:
Equal Pay: Trends in Litigation, Emerging Legislation & Corporate Equity Initiatives
Fred Alvarez is presenting on “Equal Pay: Trends in Litigation, Emerging Legislation & Corporate Equity Initiatives” as part of the CLE in the City Series presented by the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice of the American Bar Association.
Emerging Issues in Music Copyrights
Jeff Knowles will be presenting on “Emerging Issues in Music Copyright” at Practicing Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Copyright Law in the Data Era 2019 program. For more details and to register, please click here.
Hot Topics and Transactions
Brandi Brown will be speaking on “Hot Topics and Transactions” at Practicing Law Institute’s Alcohol Law 2019 program. For more details and to register, please click here.
Survey of Significant 2018 Real Estate Cases
On January 30, 2019, Coblentz partner Cliff Yin will speak at the Bar Association of San Francisco’s program “Survey of Significant 2018 Real Estate Cases.” The program will cover significant 2018 real estate cases and laws affecting real property owners, sellers, buyers, brokers, borrowers, lenders, contractors and others. For more details, please click here.
2019 Legal Professional Educational Workshop
Francie Skaggs and Fred Crombie will be presenting at the 2019 Legal Professional Educational Workshop scheduled on February 2, 9 and 16 at San Francisco State’s Downtown Campus. Francie Skaggs, Education Chair of the San Francisco Legal Professionals Association, is coordinating the three-day event with San Francisco State University and will oversee the event all three days. On February 9, Francie will co-present with trial attorney Scott Herndon for the presentation “50 Days Before Trial: How to Get Ahead of the Curve,” and on February 16, she will co-present with Bethany Vasquez, General Counsel of Lyft, for the presentation “Motions for Summary Judgment.” On February 16, Fred Crombie will join a panel of court reporters and a retired judge, and he will provide a one-hour presentation on the “Deposition Process From an Attorney’s Point of View.”
Registration is required. Click here for full event information and registration.
GP Bullhound Technology Predictions 2019
On January 16, 2019, Coblentz hosted GP Bullhound’s Technology Predictions 2019 Research Roundtable. Peter Wang provided opening remarks, and GP Bullhound’s Alec Dafferner and Jonathan Cantwell presented the key findings of the report — ten trends they believe will define tech in 2019. For a copy of GP Bullhound’s Technology Trends 2019 report, please click here.
Coblentz Hosts Eighth Women in Conversation Program with Nell Scovell
On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Coblentz hosted its eighth Women in Conversation program. This year’s event featured Nell Scovell, television and magazine writer, producer, director and collaborator on the #1 New York Times bestseller Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, in conversation with Coblentz partner Charmaine Yu. Nell is the creator of the television series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and her TV writing credits include The Simpsons, Coach, Monk, Murphy Brown, Charmed, and NCIS. She was one of only a handful of women in late-night comedy as the second female writer ever hired for Late Night with David Letterman. She has contributed to Vanity Fair, Vogue, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
Coblentz’s women attorneys created Women in Conversation in 2009 as an event to bring together talented, inspiring, and influential women leaders in business, science, the arts, sports, politics, and the community. Women in Conversation allows us to share the stories of celebrated women with our firm clients, colleagues, and friends – women who are themselves at the highest levels in their own fields – in a conversational format.
Our past speakers include President of the National Academy of Sciences Marcia McNutt; President of the University of California system Janet Napolitano; legendary artist Linda Ronstadt; ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way; Olympic athlete and sports broadcaster Jessica Mendoza; entrepreneur and philanthropist Elinor “Nell” Newman; and film and theater actor Patricia Clarkson.