Global Justice Forum 2013

The Global Justice Forum

October 10-11, 2013

For the past seven years, the Global Justice Forum has brought together more than 200 participants from 30 countries on six continents. This year the Forum is presented by Robert L. Lieff and the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University.

Panels of experts will discuss "Misrepresentation By Financial Intermediaries: The Case of Subprime Mortgage-Backed Securities," "Private Indices in the Public Services: The Case of Libor," "Protecting Workplace Standards in the Global Supply Chain," and "Prosecuting Cross-Border Cyber Crime." Non-transitional NYS CLE credit is available for this event.

Speakers

Columbia Business School

Daniel Awrey

University Lecturer in Law & Finance and Fellow of Linacre College: Oxford University

Daniel Awrey

University Lecturer in Law & Finance and Fellow of Linacre College

Oxford University

Columbia Business School

Mark Barenberg

Isador and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program on Labor Law and Policy: Columbia Law School

Mark Barenberg

Isador and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program on Labor Law and Policy

Columbia Law School

Columbia Business School

Andrew Verstein

Assistant Professor of Law: Wake Forest University

Andrew Verstein

Assistant Professor of Law

Wake Forest University

Columbia Business School

Austin Berglas

Assistant Special Agent in Charge: Federal Bureau of Investigation for Cyber

Austin Berglas

Assistant Special Agent in Charge

Federal Bureau of Investigation for Cyber

Columbia Business School

Philip Bobbitt

Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence and Director: Center for National Security Law, Columbia Law School

Philip Bobbitt

Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence and Director

Center for National Security Law, Columbia Law School

Columbia Business School

James Brudney

Professor of Law: Fordham University

James Brudney

Professor of Law

Fordham University

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John C. Coffee Jr.

Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law

John C. Coffee Jr.

Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law

A prolific scholar, sought-after speaker, and frequent news commentator, John C. Coffee Jr. is active in several fields and is a recognized leading authority on securities law, corporate governance, white collar crime, complex litigation, and class actions.

Coffee has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a Life Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute and the American Bar Foundation. He has also been repeatedly listed by the National Law Journal on its annual list of The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.

Columbia Business School

Luke Dembosky

Deputy Chief for Litigation, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section: U.S. Department of Justice

Luke Dembosky

Deputy Chief for Litigation, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section

U.S. Department of Justice

Columbia Business School

Allen Ferrell

Harvey Greenfield Professor of Securities Law: Harvard Law School

Allen Ferrell

Harvey Greenfield Professor of Securities Law

Harvard Law School

Columbia Business School

Steven Fineman

Managing Partner: Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Steven Fineman

Managing Partner

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Columbia Business School

William Frey

CEO: Greenwich Financial Services

William Frey

CEO

Greenwich Financial Services

Columbia Business School

Michael Gass

Practice Group Leader, Securities Litigation & Corporate Governance Group and Co-chairs the Major Comercial Litigation Group: Choat Hall & Stewart LLP

Michael Gass

Practice Group Leader, Securities Litigation & Corporate Governance Group and Co-chairs the Major Comercial Litigation Group

Choat Hall & Stewart LLP

Columbia Business School

Judith Germano

Senior Fellow, NYU Law School Center on Law & Security, and Founding Member: GermanoLawLLC

Judith Germano

Senior Fellow, NYU Law School Center on Law & Security, and Founding Member

GermanoLawLLC

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Jeffrey N. Gordon

Co-Director: Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University

Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law: Columbia Law School

Jeffrey N. Gordon

Co-Director

Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University

Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

The co-director of Columbia Law School’s Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Jeffrey N.

Jesse Greene

Executive in Residence: Executives in Residence Program

Areas of Advising:: U.S Tax and Energy Policy, Corporate Governance and Strategy, Risk Management, Education, Development of Leadership Skills

Jesse Greene

Executive in Residence

Executives in Residence Program

Areas of Advising:

U.S Tax and Energy Policy, Corporate Governance and Strategy, Risk Management, Education, Development of Leadership Skills

Jesse J. Greene, Jr. retired from IBM as VP Financial Management and Chief Financial Risk Officer in 2010. There he was responsible for the identification, assessment and monitoring of financial risks of the corporation, and the company's Enterprise Risk Management program. Mr. Greene began his career at IBM in 1971, and has held a broad range of positions in IBM as an engineer, tax attorney, and financial executive. In 1994, Mr. Greene left IBM to join Eastman Kodak as Treasurer, VP Finance, acting CFO and Senior VP, Strategy and Information Technology.

Columbia Business School

Harold Hongju Koh

Sterling Professor of International Law, Yale Law School and Scholar in Residence: Columbia Law School

Harold Hongju Koh

Sterling Professor of International Law, Yale Law School and Scholar in Residence

Columbia Law School

Columbia Business School

Benjamin Liebman

Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law: Director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies

Benjamin Liebman

Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law

Director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies

Columbia Business School

Robert Lieff

Of Counsel: Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Robert Lieff

Of Counsel

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Christopher Mayer

Christopher Mayer

Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate: Finance Division

Co-Director: Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate

Christopher Mayer

Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate

Finance Division

Co-Director

Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate

Christopher Mayer is the Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate at Columbia Business School. His research explores a variety of topics in real estate and financial markets, including housing cycles, mortgage markets, debt securitization, and commercial real estate valuation. Dr. Mayer is also CEO of Longbridge Financial, an innovative reverse mortgage company focused on delivering responsible home equity products to older Americans to help finance retirement.

Columbia Business School

Scott Nova

Executive Director: Worker Rights Consortium

Scott Nova

Executive Director

Worker Rights Consortium

Tomasz Piskorski

Tomasz Piskorski

Edward S. Gordon Professor of Real Estate: Finance Division

Tomasz Piskorski

Edward S. Gordon Professor of Real Estate

Finance Division

Tomasz Piskorski is the Edward S. Gordon Professor of Real Estate in the Finance Division at Columbia Business School. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and serves on the Academic Research Council of the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute. Professor Piskorski earned a M.S. in Mathematics from New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University Stern School of Business.