MPC Symposium 2026 // Cooley // Global Law Firm

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Managing risk at a leading law firm means anticipating issues before they become claims and effectively responding to claims when they do arise. Join MPC for a practical symposium led by premier lawyer liability defense counsel on common malpractice, disciplinary and defense risks – and strategies to reduce exposure.

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	Ten Ways Even the World’s Best Law Firms Can Get into a Jam – Featuring John K. Villa of Williams & Connolly Even the finest law firms face serious malpractice claims but many, if not most, of such claims are intrinsically different from the distribution of claims that are reported in profession-wide surveys, and/or derive from problems that are unique to large, full-service law firms handling very large and fast-moving matters. This presentation attempts to reverse-engineer decades of defending major (more than $50 million) claims experience to identify these claims and their causes and suggest preventive measures that could reduce their frequency. If time is available, it will also identify new arguments that have become ‘hot button’ issues for plaintiffs’ malpractice lawyers and actions law firm defense counsel should consider in the first 24 hours after a claim is asserted or, even if not asserted, is recognized by the firm.
	Mediation Strategy for the Big Cases – featuring Kevin S. Rosen and Casey J. McCracken of Gibson Dunn High-stakes law firm defense cases present unique strategy challenges for mediation. Presenters from Gibson Dunn explain the strategy considerations throughout the entire mediation process from whether, with whom, when and how to mediate through post-mediation discussions, with emphasis on strategies that have proved successful in large cases.
	Lessons Learned from Being a Lawyer’s Lawyer: Top Ten Tips for Managing & Mitigating Risk – featuring John Storino and April Otterberg of Jenner & Block This program will review fact patterns that can – and often do – lead to disciplinary, sanctions, malpractice and other types of claims against lawyers. The program will focus on why certain scenarios and activities present greater risk to lawyers and their firms, as well as the practical steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of a claim and to minimize its severity if one arises.

Ten Ways Even the World’s Best Law Firms Can Get into a Jam – Featuring John K. Villa of Williams & Connolly

Even the finest law firms face serious malpractice claims but many, if not most, of such claims are intrinsically different from the distribution of claims that are reported in profession-wide surveys, and/or derive from problems that are unique to large, full-service law firms handling very large and fast-moving matters. This presentation attempts to reverse-engineer decades of defending major (more than $50 million) claims experience to identify these claims and their causes and suggest preventive measures that could reduce their frequency. If time is available, it will also identify new arguments that have become ‘hot button’ issues for plaintiffs’ malpractice lawyers and actions law firm defense counsel should consider in the first 24 hours after a claim is asserted or, even if not asserted, is recognized by the firm.

Mediation Strategy for the Big Cases – featuring Kevin S. Rosen and Casey J. McCracken of Gibson Dunn

High-stakes law firm defense cases present unique strategy challenges for mediation. Presenters from Gibson Dunn explain the strategy considerations throughout the entire mediation process from whether, with whom, when and how to mediate through post-mediation discussions, with emphasis on strategies that have proved successful in large cases.

Lessons Learned from Being a Lawyer’s Lawyer: Top Ten Tips for Managing & Mitigating Risk – featuring John Storino and April Otterberg of Jenner & Block

This program will review fact patterns that can – and often do – lead to disciplinary, sanctions, malpractice and other types of claims against lawyers. The program will focus on why certain scenarios and activities present greater risk to lawyers and their firms, as well as the practical steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of a claim and to minimize its severity if one arises.

MPC Symposium 2026

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