Presentation on the leadership roles held by Walt Metz in the Association of Corporate Counsel ("ACC")

1. Walt Metz
Leadership
Roles in ACC
and Other CLE
Programs
Association of Corporate Counsel
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2. Testimonials
“Walt was an active volunteer leader in ACC who had the
ability to bring people together and organize as well as
motivate other volunteers to get things accomplished. He
is knowledgeable, articulate and well-regarded by his
peers.” June 21, 2011
Fred Krebs, President, Association of Corporate Counsel
(ACC)
“Walt has been a great leader in ACC for many years - on
everything from our public interest work (such as pro
bono and diversity projects) to substantive presentations
that have helped in-house counsel do their jobs better.
I've known him for far longer than our youthful features
might belie (:-), and so I've had the pleasure of seeing him
in action over time, in several working environments, and
under all kinds of different pressures: he's a great
executor and a wonderful person to work with ...
...Susan” July 15, 2010
Susan Hackett, Senior Vice President and General
Counsel, Association of Corporate Counsel
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3. National Litigation
Committee
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4. Civil Justice
Reform Initiative
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5. National Committee of
the Year Award
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6. Basis of
Committee Award
The application by the ACC Litigation
Committee for Committee of the Year Award,
Cited the following specific accomplishments:
• Successfully planned for and carried out two
full days of the Litigation Tract of CLE Courses
for the Annual Meeting
• Formulated and executed the Committee’s
first plan of succession
• Established a Minority Outreach Committee
• Drafted for ACC Board Approval a Tort Reform
Proposal
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7. Leadership in
Continuing Legal
Education
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8. ACC CLE Presentations
• American Corporate Counsel Association Annual
Meeting Presentation: “Litigation Management
Essentials for Small Law Departments”
(Washington, D.C., October, 2000).
• American Corporate Counsel Association Board of
Directors Meeting: Draft and Seek Approval of
Litigation Committee Tort Reform Proposal
(Denver, Colorado, July, 2000).
• American Corporate Counsel Association Annual
Meeting Presentation: “A Claims Management
Tool: Techniques To Limit The Impact Of Abusive
Discovery Tactics Used Against Corporations In
Negligence Actions” (San Diego, California,
November, 1999).
• American Corporate Counsel Association Annual
Meeting Presentation: “Thinking Like a Plaintiff:
The Affirmative Defense of Litigation”
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9. Example ACC
Program Listing
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10. Other CLE
Presentations
• Martindale-Hubbell Counsel to Counsel Forum: Litigation & Dispute
Resolution Management: Aligning Strategy, Budget and Support—Best
Practices in Litigation Holds (Miami, Florida, May 13, 2010).
• Transportation Lawyers Association Regional Seminar on Transportation
Law and Litigation: “Ethics: Reporting and Billing Practices—A Panel
Presentation” (Chicago, Illinois, January, 2002).
• American Law Firm Association’s 9th Annual Transportation Law
Seminar Presentation: “Evaluating the Catastrophic Injury Claim”
(Rancho Mirage, California, April, 2001).
• American Law Firm Association’s 8th Annual Transportation Law
Seminar Presentation: “Representing Motor Carriers in Parallel
Criminal and Civil Proceedings” (New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2000).
• ATA Litigation Center 1999 Highway Accident Litigation Seminar:
“Limiting the Impact of Abusive Discovery Tactics by Plaintiffs in
Trucking Accident Cases” (Beaver Creek, Colorado, October 1999).
• Defense Research Institute (“DRI”) Annual Meeting Presentation:
“Defense Counsel Practices and Procedures” (presentation to
assembled national Werner defense panel members in San Francisco in
October, 1998).
• American Law Firm Association’s 6th Annual Transportation Law
Seminar Presentation: “Defense of Cumulative Fatigue Cases - The In-
House Perspective” (Coral Gables, Florida, April, 1997).
• Council on Education in Management Seminar: “Handling Multi-State,
Multi-Entity Workers’ Compensation Exposure” (Omaha, November,
1996).
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11. Leadership
Development
Institute
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13. In
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14. ACC and Sears,
Roebuck and Co.
During 2004 and 2005
Walt Metz initiated the
Diversity Pipeline
Project at Sears, in
conjunction with ACC
and The Street
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