Webinar: Interview with Confidence – Expert Guidance for FBA Members Moving Beyond Federal Service

**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**

At the Federal Bar Association, we understand the unique challenges and opportunities that come with federal government service. If you are recently separated—or anticipating separation—from federal employment, you may find that interviewing is a skill you haven’t practiced in some time.

This exclusive webinar is designed to help FBA members master the art of interviewing and confidently navigate a career transition. Learn how to craft compelling responses to the most challenging interview questions tailored to your legal and government background.

*No CLE is anticipated for this program.

Presented by the Professional Development Committee, International Law Section, Younger Lawyers Division, Federal Career Services Division, DC Bar, Committee on Advancing the Legal Profession, Law Student Division, and FormerGov.com

Presenters

Ashley Akers, President of the DC Chapter and senior counsel at Holland & Knight

Ashley Akers is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight’s Tysons office. Ms. Akers’ practice focuses on government enforcement actions, internal investigations and complex civil litigation, and she has extensive experience handling complex litigation in civil and criminal matters.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Akers served as a senior trial counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division and as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. After joining the Civil Division through the Attorney General’s honors program, she led high-stakes litigation cases across multiple federal courts, serving as first chair in numerous trials. Ms. Akers managed all aspects of pre-trial litigation, including taking and defending depositions, arguing dispositive motions on a broad range of procedural and substantive issues and conducting written discovery. She also led dozens of large-scale commercial fraud investigations and worked closely with federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

In addition to her civil practice, Ms. Akers has investigated and tried a range of federal criminal cases, including those involving the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), conspiracy, wire fraud, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, assault, witness tampering, obstruction of justice and domestic terrorism. She has managed complex e-discovery in highly sensitive cases and presented cases to federal grand juries. Ms. Akers has also handled international trade matters, including litigating before the U.S. Court of International Trade, and leading a high-priority DOJ task force to combat international trade fraud. She is an accomplished appellate lawyer who has argued 26 cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Akers is a faculty lecturer at the DOJ’s Trial Advocacy Seminar, one of the department’s premier training courses, and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, widely recognized as the leading organization for training lawyers in courtroom advocacy. She also regularly trained federal agents, attorneys and agency personnel across the executive branch on a wide range of topics, including fraud investigations and litigation best practices.

Prior to joining the DOJ, Ms. Akers clerked for the Honorable N. Randy Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

While in law school, Ms. Akers was on the executive board of the Kansas Law Review and was honored as a national moot court champion and recipient of multiple academic and leadership honors.

Shauna C. Bryce, Founder and managing principal of Bryce Legal and a career coach dedicated to supporting displaced federal employees

Shauna C. Bryce helps lawyers be successful, fulfilled, and happy.  She is the CEO and Chief Coach at Bryce Legal, a boutique offering best-in-class career services for attorneys – now with 1100+ client testimonials.  A graduate of Harvard Law School and Johns Hopkins with 25+ years in law and legal hiring, Shauna is a widely recognized coach and leader in executive and leadership development, professional development, career development, career transition, recruiting, hiring, professional branding, and outplacement.  In addition to her coaching, Shauna’s been a Chief Legal Talent Officer and Chief Diversity Officer of a multinational law firm, and a practicing lawyer in both law firms and in-house.

Joe Stimac, the founder and president of AccuHire Corporation, founder of www.InterviewReady.com, and dedicated to supporting displaced federal employees

Since 1999, Joe Stimac, the founder and president of AccuHire Corporation, has led the company’s mission to revolutionize employee selection, engagement, and retention. Under his leadership, AccuHire has trained over 22,000 hiring managers at organizations ranging from startups to global employers to learn to conduct structured job interviews and make hiring decisions based on demonstrated past performance.

Joe is also the founder of www.InterviewReady.com, an online platform that helps job seekers avoid job search pitfalls and convert interviews into job offers. The program features advice from former advisors at Harvard, MIT, and Duke career centers.

Interview Ready includes Interview Builder, a database of interview questions that helps job seekers quickly assemble a set of position-specific interview questions to find their best story, practice their answers out loud, and land job offers. Each question provides clues on what the interviewer is seeking and tips for identifying their strongest example.

Nathan Stump, Vice President for the Seventh Circuit and a partner at plaintiffs’ firm Schlichter Bogard LLC.

Nathan Stump is a partner at Schlichter Bogard LLP, a mid-sized plaintiffs’ firm in St. Louis. His practice focuses on complex federal class action litigation. Before joining the firm, Nathan served for over 14 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, where he handled an array of criminal and civil cases. He began his legal career at large law firms in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Nathan is also a founding member of the Southern District of Illinois chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He recently stepped down as chapter president and now serves as the Seventh Circuit Vice President for FBA National.

• Registration Fees
  • FBA Member: $0
  • Nonmember: $0

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