MCCA Town Halls
MCCA hosts 60-minute Town Halls to connect with our members, sponsors, and prospective members and introduce experts and special guest speakers to discuss pressing issues regarding diversity, inclusion, and equity in the legal profession.
The 2022 Town Halls were held virtually via Zoom to maximize our community’s experience.
Please visit our YouTube channel to watch our 2020 Town Halls.
For more information, please contact events@mcca.com.
2022 Town Hall Dates


METRICS & ACCOUNTABILITY: KEY FACTORS TO DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE DEI STRATEGY FOR GREATER IMPACT
Friday, March 25, 2022: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET
The past 20 months have brought a sea change in how we communicate and work. Some companies started to report diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) data and others pushed back citing privacy and the burdensome nature of collecting and reporting on DEI. What those companies who are resisting should consider is the positive impact they can have by learning about their data, leveraging the analysis to do things differently, and/or to lead the systemic change for the better.
This year more than ever before, there will be more proposals from shareholders requesting disclosures. Inevitably those demands on corporations will mean third-party service providers such as law firms will need to disclose how they are implementing sustainable DEI strategies to achieve maximum impact.
During our Town Hall, we will discuss some of the challenges of collecting data, implementing changes based on data analysis, and how to develop sustainable long-term strategies for greater impact. If you are one of the many companies and/or firms who would like to learn how MCCA members, Verizon, General Motors, and VMware addressed the challenges of data collection, reporting, analysis, and implementation to achieve positive results, please join our panel of experts who will provide guidance and answer your questions.
MCCA is proud to partner with these three forward-thinking companies, who were the initial signatories to our law firm diversity scorecard, the first of its kind to establish a DEI standard for law firms.
SPEAKERS

Áine Lyons
Senior Vice President
& Deputy General Counsel,
Global Legal Service,
Operations and Privacy,
VMware

Julie Hines
VP – Innovation and Strategic
Business Operations,
Verizon

Myron Lloyd
Attorney, Lead Counsel,
Global Information Technology,
General Motors
2021 TOWN HALL DATES

Thank you for your participation in our 2021 Town Halls!
We look forward to your participation and hearing from you in 2022!
Tuesday, March 30, 2021: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST
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Thursday, October 7, 2021: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST
Thursday, December 16, 2021: 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EST
2020 TOWN HALL DATES

Thank you for your participation in our 2020 Town Halls!
Tuesday, March 10, 2020: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. EST
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. EST
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST
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Áine Lyons
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Legal Service, Operations and Privacy,
VMware
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Áine Lyons is a SVP and Deputy General Counsel who leads Global Legal Operations and Privacy at VMware. She also serves as the Chief of Staff to VMware’s General Counsel. Working with the Legal Team and the business, she drives legal operational excellence through scalable innovation. VMware Legal has 230 team members based in 36 countries globally supporting a $10 billion + business that is enabling customers to accelerate their digital transformation. VMware Legal is a diverse multidisciplinary team of fearless legal innovators who harness the power of their difference to develop solutions that mitigate risk while still pursuing business objectives in an ever-changing global environment. Áine has over 20 years of experience managing legal and cross-functional teams, predominately in fast-moving technology companies.
A founding member of the Women@VMware POD and a VMinclusion Strategy Council member for five years, Aine helped shape VMware’s DEI strategy. She is an executive sponsor and member of the ESG Council and is passionate about operationalizing ESG to drive greater purpose and impact. She is on the board of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), which she co-founded, and is the CLOC Europe Lead, driving industry change and legal eco-system connection. The Financial Times named Áine the 2019 “Legal Intrapreneur of the Year” for her transformation efforts, and her team has won multiple awards for operational excellence and driving industry change in how legal services are delivered.

Julie Hines
VP – Innovation and Strategic Business Operations,
Verizon
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As Chief of Staff to the GC and CAO of Verizon, Julie Hines anticipates the needs of the departments allowing him to focus on the top priority issues in the company. She also serves as the VP of Innovation and Strategic Business Operations, leading the operational teams across Sourcing, Supply Chain, Real Estate, Security, Cybersecurity, Legal and Public Policy to drive operational excellence and effectiveness.
Prior to her current role, she held various leadership roles within Verizon Media including leading the integration of legacy AOL and Yahoo legal teams to form Verizon Media legal team, leading the spin-off of AOL from Time Warner and creating and managing a streamlined Board of Director process to allow the Board to best fulfill its obligation of governance to execute against the corporate goals.
Julie joined AOL in 2003 and has served in a wide variety of leadership positions including Vice President, Business Development, Vice President Technical Support and Strategic Initiatives, and Vice President of New Revenue.
Before joining AOL, Hines worked in many diverse management positions for General Electric and Sears, Roebuck, and Co. She has an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a BS in Marketing from Bradley University.

Myron Lloyd
Attorney, Lead Counsel – Global Information Technology,
General Motors
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Myron serves as Lead Counsel, Global Information Technology at General Motors. In this role, he sits on the leadership team of the Global Chief Information Officer and oversees the IT Legal Department that supports over 7000 GM information technology professionals. His department drafts and negotiates complex agreements involving software licensing and development, data sharing, and software/platform/infrastructure-as-a-service. His team is also responsible for advising on information security, open-source and other strategic technology-related matters.
Prior to his current role, Myron served as General Counsel of GM Middle East Operations (“MEO”) where he led the MEO Legal Team, served as a member of the MEO Executive Team and was responsible for all aspects of the business from a legal perspective. Before that, Myron was in the role of IP and Business Unit Counsel for General Motors Research & Development where is he was the lead attorney for GM’s Chief Technology Officer.
Myron devotes a significant amount of time to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession as well as charitable causes including pro-bono law clinics and social action initiatives. He serves as GM Executive Liaison to the National Urban League and Board Member of the Urban League of Detroit and Southeast Michigan. As a member of GM’s acclaimed Legal Staff Diversity Engagement Team, Myron works closely with GM’s Legal Staff and Strategic Law Partner firms in advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. In this role, he also ensures alignment of Legal Staff diversity programs with GM’s corporate diversity programs as a member of GM’s corporate One DEI Team.
Educational Background:
Myron earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 1998. In 2003, he earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Wayne State University. Myron is licensed to practice law in the state of Michigan and is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He’s also a Certified Information Privacy Technologist with the International Association of Privacy Professionals.