Speakers
Alexander J. Passantino

Alexander J. Passantino

Mr. Alexander J. Passantino is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Seyfarth Shaw. He previously served as the Deputy and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor,

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Anitra Goodman Royster

Anitra Goodman Royster is an associate in Alston + Bird's Litigation & Trial Practice Group, where her practice focuses on complex commercial and financial services litigation and the defense of class actions.

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Ashley Gillihan

Avant Resources Speaker Ashley GillihanAshley Gillihan is counsel in the Atlanta office of Alston and Bird and a member of the firm's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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Bernard J. (Bud) Bobber

Bernard J. ("Bud") Bobber is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. Although he maintains his office in Milwaukee, Mr. Bobber represents employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the country in all areas of employment law, with particular focus on wage and hour, trade secrets/noncompete, employee benefits and employment discrimination matters.

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Brenda Hampel
Avant Resources Speaker Brenda HampelBrenda is co-owner of Connect the Dots Consulting, which specializes in developing and implementing a variety of business solutions,
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Carmen N. Couden

Carmen N. Couden is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice and Automotive Industry Team. As part of her practice, Ms. Couden represents employers in investigatory proceedings before state agencies and in legal actions in federal and state court.

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Danielle Urban

Danielle Urban is a partner in the Denver office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP.

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David M. Kozak

David M. Kozak is a Shareholder in Buchalter Nemer's Corporate Practice Group in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Dr. Joni E. Johnston

Avant Resources Speaker Dr. Joni JohnstonDr. Joni E. Johnston is the founder and CEO of WorkRelationships, a corporate training and consulting company specializing in workplace

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Dr. Susan Strauss

Dr. Susan Strauss is a national and international speaker, trainer, consultant and a recognized expert on harassment.

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Erika Lamont
Avant Resources Speaker Erika LamontErika is co-owner of Connect the Dots Consulting, which specializes in developing and implementing a variety of business solutions,
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Gavin Appleby

Gavin Appleby advises and represents employers in a broad course of employment law matters.  He has significant experience in union avoidance, defending union campaigns, handling arbitrations and mediations, and conducting collective bargaining. 

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James W. Satterfield

Avant Resources Speaker James W. SatterfieldJames W. Satterfield, President/Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder of Firestorm Solutions, LLC, Atlanta, GA This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Jennifer Sandberg
Avant Resources Speaker Jennifer SandbergJennifer Sandberg is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips LLP. She represents management in all areas of labor and employment 
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Jim Carolan

Mr. Carolan has over twenty years of experience working with clients in designing
their estate plans, including planning for non-citizen clients and assets outside the
United States. He is currently responsible for administering trusts for a variety of high net worth clients and institutions across the United States.

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Jim Sheldon-Dean

Jim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC, a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982, providing information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to a variety of health care providers, businesses, universities, small and large hospitals, urban and rural mental health and social service agencies, health insurance plans, and health care business associates.

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John H. Douglas

Avant Resources Speaker John H. DouglasJohn H. Douglas is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment, Appellate, Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution and

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Kate Borten

Kate Borten, president of The Marblehead Group, provides expertise in security, privacy, and health IT from over 20 years inside the healthcare industry.

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Kevin Herring

Avant Resources Speaker Kevin HerringKevin Herring is President of Ascent Management Consulting and co-author of Practical Guide for Internal Consultants, a groundbreaking set of tools for human resources, accounting, information technology and other staff functions.

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Kim Vance

Avant Resources Speaker Kim VanceKim Vance is a shareholder in the Labor & Employment Department at Baker Donelson's Nashville office. She has more than 20 years of experience representing management in

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Les Rosen

Lester S. Rosen is an attorney at law and President of Employment Screening Resources, a national background screening company located in California that has been accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS).

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Mark Floyd

Avant Resources Speaker Mark FloydMark Floyd has more than 28 years of experience in labor and employment matters. He has acted as a private practitioner and in-house counsel representing public and private employers in a wide variety of industries. 

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Melissa Fleischer
Avant Resources Speaker Melissa FleischerMelissa Fleischer is an employment law attorney with many years experience. She is President and Founder of HR Learning Center LLC.
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Michelle Sherman

Michelle Sherman is a former partner at Sheppard Mullin who took one year away to be a Los Angeles County Assistant Public Defender where she further sharpened her trial skills and won all her jury trials.

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R. Brent Ballow

Avant Resources Speaker R. Brent Ballow

R. Brent Ballow has over 20 years of legal experience in the area of labor and employee relations matters. He has successfully negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements, regularly gives advice on the administration of those agreements, and has been responsible for over 60 representation or decertification elections.

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Robin Bond
Avant Resources Speaker Robin BondAttorney Robin Bond is managing partner and founder of Transition Strategies, LLC, an employment law firm.
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Ron Brand

Ron Brand is a partner in the Irvine office and a member of Fisher and Phillip's Employee Defection and Trade Secrets Practice Group. His practice is focused on defending employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. Ron also has substantial experience in unfair competition and trade secrets litigation.

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Saundra L.M. Riley

Saundra L. M. Riley is an attorney at the Mountain View, California, office of Fenwick & West, LLP.

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Tom Olivo

Avant Resources Speaker Tom OlivoTom Olivo is the President of Success Profiles, Inc. (SPI), and the Founding Partner of Healthcare Performance Solutions (HPS). Success Profiles specializes in organizational performance

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Wes Pruett

Wes Pruett is owner of HR Advisors, a consulting practice that helps clients align their business and employees to create successful outcomes and excellent work environments.

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Amy Newbanks Letke, SPHR

Amy Newbanks Letke is Founder & CEO of Integrity HR, a human resource consulting firm in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Arshad Chowdhury

Arshad Chowdhury is the CEO and founder of ClearGears, where he drives product development and operations.

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Ben Seigel

Benjamin Seigel is a Shareholder in Buchalter Nemer's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Seigel has represented numerous types of interests in bankruptcy cases throughout the country.

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Bob Chaput

Avant Resources Speaker Bob ChaputBob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, online data backup and recovery, disaster recovery and data protection services firm.

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Brian Faughnan

Avant Resources Speaker Brian Faughnan

Brian is a partner in the Memphis office of Adams and Reese LLP, which has thirteen offices located across six states and Washington, D.C.

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Daniel J. McCoy
Avant Resources Speaker Daniel J. McCoyMr. McCoy, a partner in Fenwick & West LLP, emphasizes employment litigation and counseling for employers throughout California.
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David Freeman

David H. Freeman, J.D., has helped thousands of lawyers become better rainmakers and leaders in over 120 firms world-wide (with over 50 firms in the AmLaw 200) over the past 17 years.

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David S. Sanders

David S. Sanders is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is co-chair of the firm's Transactional & Securities Practice and co-chair of the Trade Secret/Noncompete Specialty Practice.

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Dr. S. David Bernstein

Dr. Avant Resources Speakers - S. David BernsteinS. David Bernstein is an expert in Threat Assessment and Corporate Risk Management. 

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Edwin G. Foulke, Jr

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr is a partner with Fisher & Phillips LLP, a leading national labor and employment law firm. Mr. Foulke is co-chair of the firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group in its Atlanta, Georgia office. Prior to joining Fisher & Phillips, Mr. Foulke was the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. Named by President George W. Bush to head OSHA, he served from April 2006 to November 2008.

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Garrett Wasny

Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC (Certified Management Consultant), CITP (Certified International Trade Professional) is an award-winning author, speaker and professional development consultant (and former management consultant for Price Waterhouse) in Vancouver, Canada.

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Howard Mavity

Howard A. Mavity is a partner with Fisher & Phillips LLP and as Co-Chairman of the Firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group oversees attorneys in 22 offices. Howard is a graduate of both the undergraduate and law schools of Vanderbilt University.

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Jennifer McClure
Avant Resources Speaker Jennifer McClureJennifer McClure is President of Unbridled Talent, LLC a Cincinnati based consulting firm providing services to clients in the areas
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Jennifer Seda

Jennifer Seda is an attorney with Jackson Lewis LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Affirmative Action Practice Group in the firm’s Denver office.

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Jim Rembach

Jim Rembach is the Chief Spokesman of Beyond Morale Online Employee Engagement System.

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Joe Shelton

Avant Resources Speaker Joe SheltonJoe Shelton is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher and Phillips. His practice focuses on the defense of employment discrimination claims in trial and appellate

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Jon Groetzinger


Jon Groetzinger is a Visiting Professor of Law and Director of China Programs at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. He teaches courses in International Business Transactions, International Trade and Development, Business Associations and Doing Business in the U.S.

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Kevin Carroll

Kevin Carroll is a professional speaker, trainer and facilitator. His passion is helping his clients think creatively and communicate persuasively. In other words, he teaches people how to be better problem solvers and how to get their message across clearly, concisely, and confidently.

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Kim Thompson

Kim Thompson is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher and Phillips, and she serves as the chair of the firm's Global Immigration Practice Group. Kim's practice focuses on immigration and nationality law; she began practicing in this area in 1990.

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Kimberly Medlock

Kimberly Medlock, speaker, trainer, coach and author of “What NOT To Do At the Office” is known as the productivity expert. She is the CPO of Productive Matters.

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Marcia L. Miller, E.A.

Marcia Miller is President and Owner of Financial Horizons, Inc. She is an enrolled agent entitled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. For 30 years, Marcia worked in Accounting, Tax and Management Consulting in South Florida for a practice with emphasis on representing small business owners in all aspects of taxes, employment &  labor issues, pensions, estate planning as well as federal, state (nationwide) and foreign mandatory reporting.

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Matthew P. McGuire

Matthew McGuire is a partner in Alston + Bird's Litigation & Trial Practice Group, where his practice focuses on complex commercial and financial services litigation, and the defense of class actions nation-wide.  He has been acknowledged by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation (2007-2011).

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Michelle Dunn

An internationally-known expert on the topic of credit and collections Michelle Dunn is a leading authority on starting a collection agency, she is a columnist and the author of an award winning book on the topic as well as 12 other books on credit and debt collection.

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Phillip B. Wilson

Avant Resources Speaker Phillip B. WilsonPhillip B. Wilson, president and general counsel of Labor Relations Institute, is a nationally recognized expert on labor relations and the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Robert A. Willner

Robert A. Willner is a Shareholder in Buchalter Nemer's Bank and Finance Practice Group in Los Angeles. His clients include national, regional and community banks, commercial finance companies, equipment leasing companies, factors and other financial institutions.

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Rodger Graves

Rodger Graves is president and owner of Jubilation Retirement Services, Inc. He is an Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA) entitled to represent qualified plans before the Internal Revenue Service,

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Sarah Hawk

Sarah Hawk is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher and Phillips, and she serves as the chair of the firm's Global Immigration Practice Group.

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Stephen Fairley

Stephen Fairley is a nationally recognized law firm marketing expert and has helped more than 7,000 attorneys from hundreds of law firms across the country to discover the secrets of generating more referrals and filling their practice.

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Wally Hauck

Wally Hauck holds a doctorate in organizational leadership from Warren National University, a Master of Business Administration in finance from Iona College, and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.

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