Speaking Engagements Archives - SIDEMAN & BANCROFT LLP

March 2021 Anna Chang Talks Esports with Alt Legal
February 2021 Kelly McCarthy and Lyndsey Heaton on “Diversity and inclusion in IP” panel for Managing IP’s International Women’s Leadership Forum
January 2021 Jay Weill joins the Federal Bar Association’s “Practice & Procedure Roundtable – Update on Criminal Tax Enforcement Matters”
January 2021 Monica Mazzei interviewed for the “Divorce and Your Money” podcast
November 2020 Anna Chang co-presents “Brand Protection Basics for Esports” for the Esports Bar Association
September 2020 Lyndsey Heaton moderates “Law and Motion in the New Normal” panel for BASF
January 2020 Travis Thompson joins panel at The Second Annual UCI – A. Lavar Taylor Tax Symposium
January 2020 Travis Thompson joins panel on “The Ethical Challenges Posed by the Use of Predictive Case Analytics in Tax” at the ABA Tax Mid-Year Meeting
November 2019 Monica Mazzei interviewed for Bloomberg Law podcast, “Even Millennials With No Assets Want Prenups”
November 2019 Steven Katz joins “Men: An Essential Part of the Diversity Solution” panel at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bar
October 2019 Wendy Tice-Wallner presents “HR 2020 – Navigating Hot Topics in a New Era” for the California State Club Association
October 2019 Travis Thompson joins panel on “Dissolving Cannabis Banking Barriers with Cryptocurrency” for BASF
October 2019 Travis Thompson speaks at the ABA Tax Section Fall Meeting
October 2019 Richard Nelson Moderates Panel at the 2019 International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference
September 2019 Kirsten Wolff presents “State Income Taxation of Trusts: Kaestner, Wayfair, and California Issues to Watch” for the San Francisco Tax Club
August 2019 Lyndsey Heaton joins panel on “Women in Tech” for the Queen’s Bench Bar Association
August 2019 Sam Berrin discusses “The Status of Hemp and CBD in the Wake of the 2018 Farm Bill” at BASF event
May 2019 Beatrice Martinet joins panel at INTA’s 2019 Annual Meeting
May 2019 Travis Thompson speaks at the 2019 ABA Tax Section May Meeting
May 2019 Jay Weill on “Criminal Tax Investigations” for the Sacramento Bar Association’s 2019 Tax Law Symposium
May 2019 James Shore joins panel at the IACC Spring Conference “Welcome to the Revolution: Fighting Fakes in the 21st Century”
April 2019 Kelly McCarthy and Erica Brand Portnoy present “Brand Protection and Counterfeiting: So Many Bad Guys, So Little Time” for the 2019 Legal & Regulatory Conference of the Personal Care Products Council
April 2019 James Shore joins panel discussion on “Vendor Management and the Alignment of Legal Service Delivery” for The Masters Conference: Bridge The Gap Between Legal And Data
April 2019 Sideman & Bancroft is honored to welcome Trademark Commissioner Denison and Deputy Commissioner Marsh from the USPTO for a discussion around trademark issues and the USPTO practices
February 2019 Sandra Price presents “Recent Developments in Trusts & Estates” for the San Francisco Paralegal Association
January 2019 Beatrice Martinet discusses”How to Protect Your Company’s Intellectual Property Across Borders: Strategies and Best Practices” for the French-American Chamber of Commerce
December 2018 Travis Thompson on “What Everyone Needs To Know About Cryptocurrency” at the 35th National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and Eighth Annual National Institute on Tax Controversy
December 2018 Anna Chang joins panel discussions at the Asian American Bar Association’s Junior Attorneys Workshop
November 2018 Travis Thompson moderates ABA panel, “The IRS’s Modern Use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Tax Enforcement”
November 2018 Ian Boyd moderates panel at INTA’s annual Leadership Meeting
November 2018 Travis Thompson joins Bloomberg BNA’s Talking Tax podcast discussing “How the IRS is Using AI and Big Data”
October 2018 Wendy Tice-Wallner discusses the Dynamex decision at the California State Club Association’s annual meeting
October 2018 Erica Brand Portnoy joins BASF panel “IP BYTES: Hot Topics in Trademark Law”
October 2018 Peter Colosi and Michael Hewitt present “Knock (It) Off!: Protecting Brands in Online Markets” to the CalCPA
September 2018 Kirsten Wolff speaks at the APAG West Inaugural Seminar
September 2018 Travis Thompson moderates panel on “The IRS’s Modern Use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Tax Enforcement” for the ABA
September 2018 David Bancroft joins the Northern District Historical Society special presentation “The Patricia Hearst Trial: The Local Lawyers Remember”
September 2018 Erica Brand Portnoy joins “Trademark Enforcement and Criminality” panel for the SFIPLA Annual Seminar
September 2018 James Shore moderates panel at the 2018 International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property Crime Conference: Combatting the Global Crime Wave of Illicit Trade
August 2018 Peter Colosi and Michael Hewitt on “Knock (It) Off!: Protecting Brands in Online Markets” for BASF Panel
June 2018 Travis Thompson joins “Careers in Tax Panel” presentation at Golden Gate University School of Law
June 2018 Sideman & Bancroft Presents “Intellectual Property 101 for Manufacturers: Trademark and Copyrights to Protect Your Brand” for SFMade
May 2018 Zachary Alinder and Richard Nelson on “Alternative Fee Arrangements & the End of the Billable Hour” for BASF panel
May 2018 Kelly McCarthy and Erica Portnoy discuss counterfeit and gray marketing issues in “Welcome to the Jungle” at the 2018 Legal & Regulatory Conference of the Personal Care Products Council
April 2018 Kirsten Wolff presents “Charitable Lead Trusts Demystified” at the Conference on Charitable Giving 2018
December 2017 Sandra Price presents “Aging Parents: Are You Prepared?” for The Council of Business Advisors
October 2017 Zachary Alinder moderates BASF panel, “Amicus Briefing on the Front Line”
September 2017 Kirsten Wolff presents “Charitable Lead Trusts: Fundamentals and Planning Opportunities” at the Northern California Planned Giving Council’s Planning in Practice & Luncheon Event
June 2017 Sideman & Bancroft hosts a National Cannabis Bar Association Roundtable: California’s Draft Medical Cannabis Regulations
May 2017 Steve Katz on “Setting the Record Straight: How (and How Not) to Build a Record at All Stages of a Tax Matter” for the Fourth Annual Young Tax Lawyers Conference
May 2017 Beatrice Martinet moderates a panel discussion at INTA’s 138th Annual Meeting
May 2017 Beatrice Martinet joins panel discussion “Speed Networking 101” for INTA’s Career Development Day
May 2017 Monica Mazzei and Anne Freeman host “A Marriage Roundtable for Women” at Sideman & Bancroft
May 2017 Kelly McCarthy and Jill Feinberg discuss “You Wanna Call It What?? Effective Clearance Strategies for Product, Shade and Fragrance Names in the Personal Care Industry” at the Personal Care Products Council’s May Conference
February 2017 Sideman & Bancroft hosts the 2017 AGMA Americas Winter Conference
February 2017 Sandra Price speaks on “Recent Developments in Estate Planning and Probate” for the San Francisco Paralegal Association
February 2017 Monica Mazzei speaks about”Marital Agreements: Why Do Them?” for the CalCPA East Bay International Tax Committee on Marital Agreements and Co-Habitation Agreements
January 2017 Sideman & Bancroft to host Brand Protection Institute
December 2016 Polly Dinkel and Kelly McCarthy present “Can You Say That? Comparative Advertising and Trademark Usage in the Personal Care Industry” for The Personal Care Products Council
November 2016 Beatrice Martinet and Richard Nelson discuss “A Global Approach to Grey Market Issues: Solutions and Remedies in Europe and in the US” in a California State Bar webinar
November 2016 Ellen Kahn co-presents “Understanding The New Proposed 2704(B) Regulations” for the Jewish Community Federation’s Professional Advisors Network
October 2016 James Shore joins panel on Brand Protection and ROI for the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition’s Fall Conference
September 2016 James Shore moderates panel at the 2016 International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property Crime Conference
May 2016 Kelly McCarthy and Rick Nelson present “The Two Towers Of Evil: Fighting Gray Market And Counterfeiting In The Personal Care Industry” at The Personal Care Products Council’s 2016 Legal and Regulatory Conference
April 2016 Sandra Price joins seminar panel on “Drafting and Designing Revocable Trusts” for Mentor Legal Drafting
February 2016 Ellen Kahn joins panel “A Discussion on the Ever Changing Practice of Law” at the State Bar’s Twenty-Fourth Annual Estate & Gift Tax Conference
February 2016 Sandra Price speaks about “Recent Developments in Estates and Trusts” for the San Francisco Paralegal Association
December 2015 Kelly McCarthy joins panel discussion for INTA webcast, “The XX Factor: Women and Trademark Law”
November 2015 Sandra Price presents “Aging Parents: Are You Prepared?” at the the Council of Business Advisors
November 2015 Wendy Tice-Wallner joins panel discussion on “Navigating the Potential Attorney Error” for annual Pilot Legis Member conference
November 2015 Jay Weill joins panel discussion on “Civil and Criminal Employment Tax Enforcement” at the 2015 Meeting of the California Tax Bar
November 2015 Beatrice Martinet discusses ISP liability in Europe and in the U.S. for Internet Law students at Emory Law School
October 2015 Sandy Price presents “Transferring Assets at Death: Do You Really Need a Probate?” for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, Attorney Training
August 2015 Monica Potter discusses “Pre‐Marital Agreements – Why Do Them?” at an upcoming SF International Tax Committee presentation
June 2015 James Shore joins panel on “Brand Protection and IP Crime 2020 – Getting Ahead of the Curve” at the 2015 UL Brand Protection Conference
March 2015 Allyson Fair discusses “One Problem, Many Views: Reconciling Advice of Employment, Intellectual Property and Other Counsel” at the 2015 ABA National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law
December 2014 Foreign Income and Account Reporting, International Tax Conference
November 2014 Beatrice Martinet discusses ISP liability in Europe and in the US for Internet Law students at Emory Law School
November 2014 Kelly McCarthy discusses “Developing an Effective Anti-Counterfeiting Program” in a webinar for the Commercial Law WebAdvisor
October 2014 Kelly McCarthy and Beatrice Martinet speak at the “IP Issues in the Food and Beverage Industries” conference in Napa
August 2014 Jay Weill, Steve Katz and Emily Kingston discuss the Latest on the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program & IRS Investigations of Offshore Accounts for CalCPA
July 2014 Béatrice Martinet speaks on ” ISP Liability: trends and best practices in Europe and the United States” at the European American Chamber of Commerce conference
November 2013 Monica Mazzei speaks at the Family Law Conference of the CalCPA Education Foundation
November 2013 Erica Brand Portnoy speaks about the “Expense Fraud Lifecycle – Intake, Investigation, Prosecution” at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
June 2013 Diana Richmond and Monica Mazzei speak about “Emerging Hot Topics and Trends Affecting Pre and Post Marital Agreements” at the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists’ meeting
May 2013 Jay Weill, Emily Kingston and Steven Katz speak at the San Francisco Estate Planning Council on “Litigating Against the IRS – Views from the Front Lines”
February 2013 Monica Mazzei speaks on “Advising Your Clients Before, During and After Their Divorce” at the Financial Planning Association of San Francisco
October 2012 Ellen Kahn, Diana Richmond and Raquel Sefton present “Til Death or Divorce: Cross-Over Issues for Estate Planners and Family Law Counsel”
October 2012 Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Social Media and the Law” at the West Coast General Counsel Conference
September 2012 Jeffrey Hallam presents “Calling the Cops: Making Criminal Referrals and Working with Law Enforcement Agencies” to the Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel
June 2012 Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Social Media and the Law” at the Bar Association of San Francisco
May 2012 Polly Dinkel, Kelly McCarthy and Alisa Won speak at the ACC event “Essentials for Start-Ups: A Legal Toolkit for In-House Counsel”
March 2012 Constance Yu and Louis Feuchtbaum speak on “Investigating and Handling Counterfeit Trafficking Cases” at the International Investigations conference
January 2012 Sandra Price presents “Do You Really Need a Probate?” to the AIDS Legal Referral Panel
November 2011 Sideman & Bancroft sponsors the “First Annual Estate Planning Advisor Seminar” from the San Francisco Estate Planning Council and the Golden Gate University School of Law
November 2011 Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Online Counterfeiting” at the General Counsel Conference West Coast
October 2011 The Sideman & Bancroft Breakfast Briefing Series: “Premarital Agreements: Why Do Them?”
June 2011 Kelly McCarthy speaks at the NAMWOLF Regional Meeting on “The Ethics of the Internet and Social Media for In-House and Outside Counsel”
May 2011 Sandra Price presents “Fundamentals of Estate Planning”
May 2011 Hilary Pierce and Raquel Sefton Present “Cross-Over Topics in Trusts & Estates and Family Law: Is Your Pre-Nuptial Agreement Valid? How About Your Transmutation/Marital Property Agreement?”
March 2011 Kelly McCarthy presents a webinar on “Social Media in California” via the Employer Resource Institute
March 2011 Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Brand Portfolio Development, Enforcement Strategies and Related Acquisitions in the Digital Marketplace” at the San Francisco Intellectual Property Association
February 2011 Kelly McCarthy speaks at the INTA World Trademark Workshop in Brussels
January 2011 Kelly McCarthy presents “Social Media and the Law” at The Recorder’s Roundtable

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