Washington Events

The Vorys Cincinnati office hosted a labor and employment seminar on April 21st, 2022. Vorys attorneys discussed pressing employment issues related to the ADA, workers compensation and more.

Tom McDonald, a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office and a former U.S Ambassador to Zimbabwe, participated in a virtual event for the Council on Foreign Relations titled "The 2022 Olympics: Spotlight on China."

Vorys Partners Mike Messinger, Laura Geyer and Khaled Shami hosted a webinar which will examined how to scope ongoing R&D and flag pertinent intellectual property (IP).

Vorys attorneys hosted a webinar to discuss the OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which requires certain private-sector companies to regularly test non-vaccinated employees.

In this webinar, we explored what legal teams and brand managers should consider when expanding into a new sales channel – whether online D2C or brick-and-mortar.

Vorys attorneys returned for a Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar on September 30, 2021.  They presented the most timely and relevant topics as businesses and organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Tom McDonald, a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office and a former U.S Ambassador to Zimbabwe, participated in a Fellows' Book Launch Series Guest Event for the Council on Foreign Relations titled "Awakening—#MeToo and the Global Fight for Women’s Rights."

Vorys attorneys conducted a presentation at the NRF Retail Law Summit 2021 titled "Ecommerce: Legal Issues Tangled in the Web."

Vorys attorneys returned to host the Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

Vorys attorneys returned to host the Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar on Thursday, March 18, 2021.

Tom McDonald, a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office and a former U.S Ambassador to Zimbabwe, participated in a Virtual Corporate Meeting for the Council on Foreign Relations titled "Vaccine Inequality and the Global Economic Recovery."

Vorys attorneys Bill Oldach and Aaron M. Williams hosted a complimentary webinar in which they discussed upcoming cases which will shape the contours of copyright, trademark, and patent law.

Vorys attorneys returned to host the Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar on Thursday, January 14, 2021.

Vorys attorneys returned to host the Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar on Thursday, October 8, 2020.

Anthony Venturino participated in a panel session on substantive & procedural patent harmonization at the AIPPI World Congress Online.

Tom McDonald, a former U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe, partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office and leader the firm’s administrative and regulatory law, and governmental policy practice, introduced U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Minister of the Economy of Morocco Mohamed Benchaaboun at a Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) event on September 23.

Vorys attorneys returned to host the Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar on Thursday, August 13, 2020.

In this Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar, Vorys attorneys presented the most timely and relevant topics as businesses and organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In this Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar, Vorys attorneys presented the most timely and relevant topics as businesses and organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In this Vorys On Call: Coronavirus webinar, Vorys attorneys presented the most timely and relevant topics as businesses and organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In this ninth weekly edition of our weekly COVID-19 webinar, Vorys attorneys continued to focus on the legal and business issues related to the return to the workplace.

In this eighth weekly edition of our weekly COVID-19 webinar, Vorys attorneys continued to focus on the legal and business issues related to the return to the workplace.

In this edition of our weekly COVID-19 webinar, Vorys attorneys again focused their remarks solely on the legal and business issues related to the eventual return to the workplace.

Pam Bresnahan, a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, co-presented a webinar titled “The New Ethics of Working Remotely: Cybersecurity and Other Risks” on June 10, 2020.

The sixth installment of Vorys' multi-disciplinary webinar series on the various business and legal implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) took place on Thursday, April 23, 2020.

The fourth installment of our weekly multi-disciplinary webinar series on the various business and legal implications of COVID-19 took place on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Vorys health care attorneys discussed common questions about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various health care regulatory issues in a webinar on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

Vorys attorneys representing various practice areas and disciplines came together to share their considerations as businesses navigate the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar on March 26, 2020. This was the second webinar on this topic.

On Thursday, March 19, 2020, a team of Vorys attorneys representing various practice areas and disciplines will came together to share their considerations as businesses navigate these turbulent times. 

Vorys Partner Tom McDonald spoke at a Council on Foreign Relations seminar titled, “Turbulence in Energy Markets” on March 17, 2020.

Vorys Partner Tom McDonald introduced Minnesota United States Senator Tina Smith at the 2020 Annual University of Minnesota Capitol Hill Reception on March 9, 2020.

Vince Lombardozzi, an associate in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, spoke on a panel of a trademark prosecution class at his alma mater, University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California, on February 27, 2020.

Vorys Partner Tom McDonald participated in a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Conference Call: Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan on February 19, 2020.

Vorys Partner Kelly Bissinger was a panelist at the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and affordable housing presentation on February 5, 2020.

Vorys Attorneys Ken Rubin and Mallory Duncan gave a presentation titled, “Merchant Lawsuits Against Visa and Mastercard” on January 14, 2020.

Kathleen Burtschi, of counsel in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, was a panelist at the Healthcare Mortgagee Advisory Council (HMAC) Conference on June 13, 2019.

Vorys Partner Anthony Venturino spoke at the IP5 Heads of Office with the Industry IP5 in Incheon, Korea on June 12, 2019.

Vorys Attorneys Mallory Duncan and Ken Rubin spoke at the CBUS 2019 Retail Re-Thought Conference on June 5, 2019.

Tom McDonald, partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, attended Foreign Affairs LIVE with George Packer on June 6, 2019.

Vorys Partner, Tom McDonald, presented at the University of Cincinnati College of Law event, “Law and Business in Sub-Saharan Africa,” on April 9, 2019.

Vorys Partner, Pam Bresnahan presented at the TechLaw Institute 2019: The Digital Evolution in New York on March 28, 2019.

Vorys Partner, Pam Bresnahan presented at an American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education Webinar (ALI-CLE) on March 22, 2019.

Vorys attorney Ken West presented at the ABA/IPT Advanced Property Tax Seminar on March 14, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

On February 14, Tom McDonald, a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office, moderated the roundtable discussion on the importance of diverse voices in California politics at the State Capitol.

Vorys Partners Kelly Bissinger and Joseph Mann, along with co-founder of EquityPlus Avram Fecher, hosted a webinar entitled, “Federal Qualified Opportunity Zones” on February 6, 2019.

Vorys partner Jackie Ford and associate Alex Bluebond presented Sexual Harassment: What Companies Should Know in the #MeToo Era on February 7, 2018.

Vorys hosted the webinar, Year in Review: Our Top IP Developments of 2017 on January 31, 2018. Iona Kaiser, Bill Oldach, Tanya Curcio and Laura Geyer from the Vorys IP team presented.

On May 17, 2017, Vorys Of Counsel Linda Mendel spoke at the American Bar Association’s Tax Section 2017 May Meeting.

Vorys Partner Pam Bresnahan was a moderator for the panel “Recent Developments on Client Confidentiality and Related Topics” hosted by the American Bar Association on June 16, 2016.

Vorys Partner Pam Bresnahan was a moderator at the National Legal Malpractice Conference hosted by the American Bar Association on April 29, 2016.

Vorys Partner Anthony Venturino was a speaker at the United States Patent and Trademark Office Biotech/Pharm/Chemical Customer Partnership (BCP) Meeting on April 26, 2016.

Vorys attorney Liz Simon participated in a panel titled “Social Media Law Firm Marketing: A Review of Ethics Guidance Opinions,” hosted by the American Bar Association on April 13, 2016.

Vorys attorney Liz Simon presented at the Insurance Law Coverage Conference hosted by the American Bar Association on March 5, 2016.

Several Vorys attorneys will be speakers at the Ohio Economic Development Incentives Conference on February 12, 2016.

Vorys partners Ken Rubin and Sean Purcell presented at the Ohio State Bar Association Annual Convention on May 1, 2014 on the topic of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance and investigations.