ALEXANDER C.B. BARNARD is Director & Counsel at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. He serves as Head of Employment Litigation for the Americas Region for Credit Suisse, based in New York. He has represented Credit Suisse as lead counsel in hundreds of mediations, arbitrations and court cases over the past decade. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in early 2007, Mr. Barnard practiced with the law firm of Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. Mr. Barnard is a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar graduate of Columbia Law School and he speaks regularly on developments in litigation and employment law.