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Misty is a trusted advisor and strategic problem solver with over 20 years’ experience advising clients on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She currently serves as Senior Counsel at Texas Instruments, where she is responsible for management and oversight of legal compliance for all global benefit plans as the company’s sole benefits attorney. She counsels senior management on critical legal concerns and strategy with a keen focus on meeting goals for hiring, engaging, and retaining great talent and creating cultures where employees can thrive.

Prior to going in-house in 2021, Misty was a partner at a boutique firm and worked at several global law firms. She has an established record of guiding clients through complex regulatory challenges, with a pragmatic, business-minded approach. Her experience includes defending complex benefit litigation matters and collaborating with corporate governance, finance, treasury, and payroll on a wide variety of concerns. She also partners with colleagues on privacy, cybersecurity, employment, tax, and other matters, pairing versatility with her ability to relate well with all levels of management and employees. Misty currently serves as a Co-Lead for Legal LoVE, the DEI Committee for TI’s Law Department and the lead for an initiative to scale the company’s HR Legal function.

Misty earned her J.D. at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and her B.A. in Economics from Millsaps College, in Jackson, Mississippi. She started her career in Washington D.C., and now lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, son, and daughter. She enjoys travel, reading, watching college football, and listening to podcasts.

Meghan Riley is Managing Associate General Counsel for Verizon. As part of the Global Network and Technology Legal Group, Meghan advises the engineers deploying and operating Verizon's best-in-class network on a broad range of legal issues, negotiates network infrastructure agreements, oversees regulatory compliance, and works on various legislative and policy initiatives. Meghan serves as a committee member on Verizon’s Legal, & Security Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, develops professional advancement and leadership programming, and is a vocal advocate for workplace policies and cultures that advance women and caregivers.

Meghan previously worked as an associate attorney in Quarles & Brady LLP’s Labor & Employment Group. She began her legal career litigating insurance matters at Cremer, Kopon, Shaughnessy & Spina, LLC, in Chicago. Meghan has also served as an adjunct professor for The John Marshall Law School’s Local Government Clinic, where she taught civil litigation skills and legal ethics.

Meghan received her law degree, magna cum laude, from University of Illinois Chicago Law School, where she was an editor of The UIC Law Review. She studied dance and English literature at the University of Iowa.

Carolyn Burbrink is the Senior Counsel at Uber and the manager of a dynamic team in an exciting, fast-paced safety and insurance litigation environment. She oversees claims and litigated matters throughout the central region of the US and all of Canada. Carolyn also supports Uber's international team overseeing APAC claims, litigation and business.

Melissa Seiler is Assistant General Counsel at Core Spaces. In this role, she advises on all of Core’s legal matters, with a focus on real estate transactions and financings. Melissa has also served as counsel for boberdoo.com and was a partner at international law firm Greenberg Traurig.

She earned her J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Barnard College.

Gina Passarella is editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer. She has covered the business of law for her entire career, first as a reporter and special projects editor with The Legal Intelligencer in Pennsylvania and then as senior editor for business of law in ALM's global newsroom. She took over as editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer in January 2017.