Former White House Counsel Gregory Craig and Ambassador Philip Lader to Keynote InsideCounsel's SuperConference

CHICAGO, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- InsideCounsel magazine, the leading monthly business publication for general counsel and in-house legal executives, today announced that Gregory Craig, Partner at Skadden, Arps and former White House Counsel, and Philip Lader, Partner at Nelson Mullins and former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, have been added as keynote speakers at the 2010 SuperConference in Chicago, IL, May 25-26, 2010.  

Widely regarded to be among the nation's most accomplished and respected attorneys, the two legal luminaries will round out the event's superstar cast of keynote speakers, which include Gibson, Dunn Partner and former US Solicitor General Theodore Olson, Ford Motor Company's General Counsel & Group Vice President, David G. Leitch, Proctor & Gamble's Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Deborah Platt Majoras, and Allstate Insurance Company's SVP, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Michele Coleman Mayes.  

Mr. Craig will provide the event's day two keynote address and Ambassador Lader will moderate the day one corporate governance keynote panel featuring Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins and Edward Snyder, Dean of University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

"We are delighted that Mr. Craig will deliver a keynote address at the 10th Annual SuperConference and are certain our attendees will benefit from the unique perspective that comes with his extraordinary range of public policy and international experience," said Sheila Brennan, Program Director, InsideCounsel magazine.  "We are also deeply honored that Ambassador Philip Lader has agreed to moderate our keynote panel on corporate governance.  Because of his roles as Chairman of WPP Group plc and founder and host of Renaissance Weekends, he is singularly qualified to moderate this important discussion and we anticipate it will be a very interesting experience for SuperConference attendees."

Developed by InsideCounsel's editorial staff, an esteemed in-house legal Advisory Board, and leading conference producer, Summit Live Events, the 10th Annual SuperConference is the premier event for corporate legal executives seeking the latest tools, techniques, trends, and analysis on the most pressing issues in law. Annually attracting over 400 in-house counsel from Fortune 500 companies, the conference will provide attendees with the opportunity to earn up to 12 CLE credits and will feature over 20 interactive sessions including Doing Business in Brazil: Opportunities and Challenges; Social Media Best Practices for Companies; and Fighting the Tide: Navigating White Collar Criminal Investigations and Prosecution.

Attendees will also have access to the conference's exhibit hall, featuring the latest products, services, and tools from conference sponsors and exhibitors such as Autonomy and LexisNexis, among others.

For more information about SuperConference, including a complete program agenda, registration information, and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.icsuperconference.com.  

About InsideCounsel

Headquartered in Chicago, InsideCounsel (www.insidecounsel.com) is the premier monthly business publication for general counsel and in-house counsel executives. Launched in 1991 as Corporate Legal Times, InsideCounsel is the oldest monthly magazine published specifically for in-house counsel. With an audited circulation of 40,000, the magazine covers critical business and strategy information for corporate legal departments and regularly reports on corporate governance and compliance, litigation, labor and employment, and intellectual property.

About Summit Live Events

Summit Live Events, a division of Summit Business Media (www.sbmedia.com), produces a number of highly successful conferences for the Insurance, Banking, Legal, Professional Services, and Mining and Natural Resources Investment industries. Leveraging the expertise and reach of our publications, reference and data divisions, in addition to years of experience hosting events in each field, our events deliver timely, cutting-edge content backed by world-class execution, top industry speakers and attention to detail. Each event is carefully-designed to create and share knowledge on business practices, compliance issues, industry trends, economic forecasts, investment strategies, and other critical issues impacting the business operations of our target audiences – all aimed to strengthen their personal or company's performance.

SOURCE InsideCounsel