Plan on joining us for a special joint meeting with the NJ Corporate Compliance Roundtable. Our members and guests are gathering for a great evening of networking and an excellent RIM educational presentation at a favorite location, Honeywell International's Learning Center in Morristown, NJ. This meeting is not one to be missed.

About the Presentation

We know that the appropriate preservation and management of company records is vital to protecting an organization’s confidential information and ensuring its compliance with the law. However, sometimes the task is easier said than done, especially when it comes to electronic data, which can sometimes seem a bit overwhelming. This program will focus on ways companies can effectively manage their electronic records, not only on a daily basis, but also when faced with a government investigation or lawsuit. The program will include a panel and open discussion, lead by Jessica M. Wilde  and Christopher M. Santomassimo of Nicoll Davis & Spinella LLP and Larry Samilow of Update Legal.

About the Presenters 

Christopher M. Santomassimo is a Partner at Nicoll Davis & Spinella LLP in Paramus, New Jersey. He leads ND&S’ Business Counseling and Compliance & Corporate Governance Teams, where he brings his extensive experience, including as a current General Counsel and a Chief Compliance Officer, to assist companies with a wide range of legal and business issues. He specializes in ethics and compliance counseling; corporate investigations; complex tort, products liability and business litigation; product safety and risk management programs; employment law and litigation; and general corporate matters. He has served for several years as the General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of Agfa Corporation, a multinational manufacturing and technology company, where he continues to be responsible for all aspects of the company’s portfolio of legal and compliance matters. Prior to joining Agfa, Chris was the first Senior Counsel & Director of Risk Management for a global consumer electronics manufacturer, where he developed the company’s first corporate compliance program and managed an extensive array of product safety programs, product recalls, ethics-and-compliance work, and litigation. Chris has created and administered ethics-and-compliance programs and all of their components “from the ground up,” and conducted related investigations. His in-house experience is preceded by a dozen years of litigation experience at top national and regional law firms, representing large and small manufacturers in products liability, toxic tort, environmental and commercial litigation. 

Jessica M. Wilde is an Associate Attorney on ND&S’ Litigation and Compliance & Corporate Governance Teams. She has experience handling ethics and regulatory compliance matters, as well as experience in various areas of general litigation, including: commercial landlord/tenant; contracts; commercial debt collections; consumer fraud; construction; and corporate dissolutions. Jessica has experience creating and implementing corporate compliance programs and policies for various companies in a wide range of industries and markets.

Larry Samilow has been advising Corporations and Law firms for over 20 years on the best ways to maximize results and ROI for government investigations, subpoenas and discovery. He's starting working for Update Legal in 1997, when it had one office and one brand, and is part of the Management team that has helped the company grow to 11 offices and three additional brands: Update Discovery, Update Discovery "ONE," and TrialGraphix. Larry has a national practice and is the Partner in Update's New Jersey office.

Peter Brannigan has been working with companies and Law Firms to help them address their Document Management needs.  He is the president of Ardmore Consulting with a wide experience in helping customers develop a strategy for taking control of their documents.  He also specializes in the technologies needed to implement a solid document management system.  He works along other professionals as part of a team to draw up a compliance strategy, with a particular focus on the technology aspects that can make the strategy become a reality.  Peter is based in New Jersey but provides services to customers across the USA.