Perkins Coie Webinar

Optimizing Your Summer and Future Employment Opportunities Summer jobs have been interrupted this year for countless students as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, shelter-at-home orders, and the resulting economic impact on many legal employers. If your summer employment plans have changed, fallen through, or never materialized, there is still much you can do to optimize your summer and your future employment opportunities. This program is designed to focus on you and your options. Our speakers will offer you concrete advice on how you can use your time this summer to become the “preferred candidate” employers describe in their job postings.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PT 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. MT 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET Online Webinar Registered guests will receive a confirmation email with login instructions. RSVP today. Questions? Please contact William French via email.

SPEAKERS Mike Gotham | Director of Recruiting & Retention | San Francisco As Director of Legal Recruiting, Mike oversees law student and associate recruiting for the firm’s 17 U.S. offices. He is a past president of NALP, served on the NALP Board of Directors and chaired multiple NALP committees and task forces. Mike was director of the Career Planning Office at the University of Washington School of Law, his alma mater, for five years. Mike’s experience in all areas of recruiting gives him insight into the legal job markets nationally and in different regions across the country.

Katie Monin | Senior Attorney Recruiting Manager | Seattle Katie Monin oversees all law student, lateral associate and counsel hiring for the Seattle and Bellevue offices. She has been at the firm for six years; prior to joining Perkins Coie, Katie practiced law with a large national New York law firm. She supports the Seattle Hiring, Summer Associate and Diversity Committees, as well as the firmwide Associate & Counsel Committee. She is the current president of SALRA (Seattle Area Legal Recruiting Administrators) and is a member of NALP and SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management). Katie earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Justin Moon | Partner | Seattle Justin Moon is the current co-chair of the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice group. His practice focuses on complex intellectual property and technology transactions, licensing and services agreements. In particular, he counsels some the world’s largest technology companies on a wide range of cloud computing arrangements, from infrastructure to applications, and advises on issues involving public, private and hybrid cloud solutions, risk allocation, and privacy and data security obligations. Justin served as the Seattle office hiring partner and chair of the Seattle Hiring Committee from 2017-2019. Justin is a member of the firmwide Strategic Diversity Committee as well as the Seattle office Diversity Committee. Justin regularly speaks with and mentors law students on professional development topics and does pro bono work with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. Justin joined the firm as a summer associate in 2004.

Gwendolyn Williamson | Partner | Washington, D.C. Gwen Williamson is a partner in the Investment Management group in the Washington, D.C. office. Her practice focuses on the asset management industry and she represents registered investment companies and their independent directors, as well as investment advisers, family offices and nonprofit organizations. Gwen currently serves on the firm’s Associate & Counsel Evaluation Committee and co-chairs the firm’s LGBTQ+ affinity group. She is also a member of the Washington, D.C. Diversity & Inclusion and Pro Bono Committees. Gwen serves on the Editorial Board of the Investment Lawyer and frequently writes on governance and compliance issues. Her most recent article focused on social impact investing. Gwen also maintains an active governance-focused pro bono practice.