Midwinter Meeting St. Regis Monarch Beach Dana Point, California April 1-5, 2008

On behalf of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, we invite you to join us for our 2008 Midwinter Meeting in beautiful Dana Point, California, April 1 through April 5.

Our ERR Committee meetings are known for their innovative and comprehensive CLE-accredited programs, featuring the expert perspectives of all sectors of the labor and employment bar: management, individual employee, union, government and in-house counsel. We also pride ourselves on our friendly culture, the warm welcome we give newcomers, and many opportunities we offer for networking, socializing and recreation.

Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned veteran, you will learn and profit from our Midwinter Meeting. This year, we will again offer an optional full day program in Employment Litigation Skills Training, in which you’ll learn how to effectively represent your plaintiff or management clients in court. (This program, which takes place on April 1, requires a separate registration.) Over the next four days, we will present over twenty programs covering virtually every aspect of the developing relationships and conflicts between employers and employees: from the competing rights of religion, privacy and free speech in the workplace, to the fallout from outsourcing and leased employees, to evidentiary issues arising from electronically stored information, to hot topics in employment arbitration, to how lawyers can be most effective in examining witnesses before a jury. You’ll also learn how to represent your client when a non-competition agreement lands in court, what every employment lawyer should know about ERISA, how to use or defend against expert witnesses on unconscious bias in employment discrimination cases, and how to deal with “equal opportunity” abusers and bullying in the workplace—and many other cutting-edge issues.

The Midwinter Meeting also offers a special half-day program for in-house counsel, introductory programs in employment rights and responsibilities and non-compete agreements, and many opportunities to learn from judges, government officials, and your colleagues.

The Midwinter Meeting registration fee is $495 for Section of Labor & Employment Law members and $575 for non-Section members. A discounted registration fee of $450 is available for “Early Bird” registration (prior to January 4, 2008). First- Time Attendees, Law Students, Government Agency and Non-Profit Employees may register for $325. The registration fees cover the Tuesday Reception, Wednesday Welcome Reception and Friday Reception & Dinner, as well as all meeting materials, continental breakfasts and refreshment breaks during the meeting. The guest/spouse registration fee of $125 ( $50 for children 12-18) includes all evening events.

You are encouraged to register on-line. You also may register by filling out the attached registration form and returning it with your payment by March 21 to the Section office. Registration fees are refundable, less a $50 administrative fee, for cancellations received in the Section Office by March 21, 2008.

We have negotiated special group rates at the St. Regis Monarch Beach of $295 for Garden/Resort View Rooms, $365 for Pool View Rooms and $385 for Ocean View Rooms. The reservation deadline for the group rate is February 29, 2008. If necessary, cancellations must be made 7 days prior to the scheduled day of arrival to avoid a one-night cancellation charge. Reservations may be made by calling the hotel at 949-234-3200. Be sure to mention you are attending the “ABA Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting” to receive the group rates.

Airfare discounts are available on American Airlines when calling the ABA’s preferred travel agency, Travelocity Business at 866/321-8403. Please note that the discounts are not available via the airline websites.

The St. Regis Resort, Monarch Beach is equidistant from Los Angeles and San Diego and is strategically located for easy accessibility from several airports: Orange County/John Wayne (SNA)–20 miles; Los Angeles International (LAX)–60 miles; San Diego International (SAN)–68 miles; Long Beach/Daugherty Field (LGB)– 40 miles. Group rates have been negotiated with Hertz for our meeting. Call Hertz’s toll-free reservation number at 800/654-2240 and mention CV#026W0011 for details.

Sea of Love

| Gold Level |

• Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC
• Morrison & Foerster LLP
• Proskauer Rose LLP
• Saul Ewing LLP
• Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA

I Get Around

| Silver Level |

• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
• Clausen Miller P.C.
• Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLC
• Flaster/Greenberg P.C.
• Fulbright and Jaworski
• Heenan Blaikie LLP
• Outten & Golden LLP
• Schiff Hardin LLP
• Scott Dukes & Geisler, P.C.
• Seyfarth Shaw
• Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Dock of the Bay

| Bronze Level |

• Asher Gittler Greenfield & D'Alba
• Beranbaum Menken Ben-Asher & Bierman LLP
• Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
• Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather, PLC
• Stoel Rives LLP
• Thompson Coburn LLP 

If you are new to our Committee, we hope you’ll come see for yourself the opportunities to learn from experts in the field, meet employment law practitioners from around the country and the world, and be welcomed into what we call our friendly ERR Family. If you’ve been to our meetings before, we hope you won’t miss this one.

We look forward to seeing you in April!

Margaret Angelucci Union & Employee Co-Chair	Jonathan Ben-Asher Employee Co-Chair	Mark N. Mallery Employer Co-Chair