Alumni

Corporate Law Symposium

Friday, Mar. 7, 2025
8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

UC College of Law 
2925 Campus Green Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45221

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Cincinnati Law’s annual symposium provides an opportunity for scholars, regulators, practitioners, alumni and law students from across the country to exchange ideas, debate issues and discuss ongoing research and scholarship on current topics in this field.

First held in 1988, the symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Cincinnati Law Review. We bring leading experts to campus to discuss topics that present both intellectual and practical challenges to lawyers and businesspeople. 

Stay tuned for more details and to register.

Registration and Networking Breakfast
8-9 a.m.        

Welcome
9-9:10 a.m.

Keynote Address from Jennifer Pahlka, Former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Author of Recoding America (2023)
9:10-10 a.m.    

Loper Bright & Friends – Good for Business or Chaos Coming?
10-11 a.m.   

Panelists:
Jennifer Pahlka, Former US Deputy Chief Technology Officer
Susan Whaley ’99, Chief Legal Officer, Procter & Gamble
John Applegate, James L. Calamaras, Professor of Law, Indiana University*
Art McMahon, Partner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister
Thad Driscoll ’08, EHS Senior Counsel at GE Aerospace 

Break
11:10-11:15 a.m.

Must Corporate Fiduciaries take the Opportunity Afforded by Corner Post to Challenge Regulations?
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.   

Panelists:
Bridget Dooling, Assistant Professor of Law, Ohio State University
Stephen Ewald ’91, ’94, GC, Medpace
(Invited)
Beth Naylor, Partner, Frost, Brown & Todd

Lunch
12:15-1:15 p.m.    

Environmental Regulation after Ohio v. EPA
1:15-2:15 p.m.

Panelists:
Bradford Mank, Helmer Professor of Law, Cincinnati Law*
Keith Bradley, Partner, Squire, Patton Boggs
David Altman, President, Altman Newman

Break
2:15-2:30 p.m.         

The Future of SEC Enforcement after Jarkesy
2:30-3:30 p.m. 

Panelists:
David Stoelting ’90, Senior Trial Counsel, SEC*
David Lavan, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl
Scott Young, Partner, Thompson Hine
Lynn Bai, Professor of Law, Cincinnati Law       

Closing Remarks
3:30-3:35 p.m.

Reception
3:35-5:30 p.m.

*An application is pending for CLE hours in Ohio and Kentucky.