Walt Metz Leadership Roles in ACC and Other CLE Programs Association of Corporate Counsel

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Testimonials “Walt was an active volunteer leader in ACC who had the ability to bring people together and organize as well as motivate other volunteers to get things accomplished. He is knowledgeable, articulate and well-regarded by his peers.” June 21, 2011

Fred Krebs, President, Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

“Walt has been a great leader in ACC for many years - on everything from our public interest work (such as pro bono and diversity projects) to substantive presentations that have helped in-house counsel do their jobs better. I've known him for far longer than our youthful features might belie (:-), and so I've had the pleasure of seeing him in action over time, in several working environments, and under all kinds of different pressures: he's a great executor and a wonderful person to work with ... ...Susan” July 15, 2010

Susan Hackett, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Association of Corporate Counsel

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National Litigation Committee

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Civil Justice Reform Initiative

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National Committee of the Year Award

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Basis of Committee Award

The application by the ACC Litigation Committee for Committee of the Year Award, Cited the following specific accomplishments:

• Successfully planned for and carried out two full days of the Litigation Tract of CLE Courses for the Annual Meeting

• Formulated and executed the Committee’s first plan of succession

• Established a Minority Outreach Committee

• Drafted for ACC Board Approval a Tort Reform Proposal

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Leadership in Continuing Legal Education

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ACC CLE Presentations

• American Corporate Counsel Association Annual Meeting Presentation: “Litigation Management Essentials for Small Law Departments” (Washington, D.C., October, 2000).

• American Corporate Counsel Association Board of Directors Meeting: Draft and Seek Approval of Litigation Committee Tort Reform Proposal (Denver, Colorado, July, 2000).

• American Corporate Counsel Association Annual Meeting Presentation: “A Claims Management Tool: Techniques To Limit The Impact Of Abusive Discovery Tactics Used Against Corporations In Negligence Actions” (San Diego, California, November, 1999).

• American Corporate Counsel Association Annual Meeting Presentation: “Thinking Like a Plaintiff: The Affirmative Defense of Litigation” (Washington, D.C., November, 1998). 8

Example ACC Program Listing

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Other CLE Presentations • Martindale-Hubbell Counsel to Counsel Forum: Litigation & Dispute

Resolution Management: Aligning Strategy, Budget and Support—Best Practices in Litigation Holds (Miami, Florida, May 13, 2010).

• Transportation Lawyers Association Regional Seminar on Transportation Law and Litigation: “Ethics: Reporting and Billing Practices—A Panel Presentation” (Chicago, Illinois, January, 2002).

• American Law Firm Association’s 9th Annual Transportation Law Seminar Presentation: “Evaluating the Catastrophic Injury Claim” (Rancho Mirage, California, April, 2001).

• American Law Firm Association’s 8th Annual Transportation Law Seminar Presentation: “Representing Motor Carriers in Parallel Criminal and Civil Proceedings” (New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2000).

• ATA Litigation Center 1999 Highway Accident Litigation Seminar: “Limiting the Impact of Abusive Discovery Tactics by Plaintiffs in Trucking Accident Cases” (Beaver Creek, Colorado, October 1999).

• Defense Research Institute (“DRI”) Annual Meeting Presentation: “Defense Counsel Practices and Procedures” (presentation to assembled national Werner defense panel members in San Francisco in October, 1998).

• American Law Firm Association’s 6th Annual Transportation Law Seminar Presentation: “Defense of Cumulative Fatigue Cases - The In-House Perspective” (Coral Gables, Florida, April, 1997).

• Council on Education in Management Seminar: “Handling Multi-State, Multi-Entity Workers’ Compensation Exposure” (Omaha, November, 1996).

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Leadership Development Institute

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ACC and Sears, Roebuck and Co.

During 2004 and 2005 Walt Metz initiated the Diversity Pipeline Project at Sears, in conjunction with ACC and The Street

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