Federal Bar Association, Tampa Bay Chapter - Staying in the Game: Be a Champion

Heather Brock, Shareholder in the firm's Labor & Employment section and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, will speak at the Federal Bar Association, Tampa Bay Chapter's kickoff of its "Staying the Game: Be a Champion" program, designed to help retain women and diverse lawyers in the profession.

Judicial Panel to include:

• The Honorable Julie Sneed (moderator)
  United States Magistrate Judge, Middle District of Florida
• The Honorable Virginia M. Hernandez Covington
  United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida
• The Honorable Darren D. Farfante
  Circuit Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Florida
• The Honorable Charlene Honeywell
  United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida
• The Honorable Anthony Porcelli
  United States Magistrate Judge, Middle District of Florida
• The Honorable Mary S. Scriven
  United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida

Practitioner Panel to include:

• Jacqueline Simms-Petredis (moderator)
  President, Tampa Bay Chapter, FBA
  Partner, Burr & Forman, LLP
• Heather B. Brock
  Shareholder and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C.
• Kelly Lefferts
  U.S. General Counsel and Secretary, Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.
• Carol LoCicero
  Founding Partner, Thomas & LoCicero, PL
• Maria Chapa Lopez
  United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida
• Merriann M. Metz
  Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
• Dawn Siler-Nixon
  Partner & Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Partner, Ford & Harrison, LLP
• Jennifer M. Voss
  Tampa Managing Partner, Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P