HarrisMartin’s Xarelto Remand Work-Up and Trial Update Conference

Conference Agenda

Day 1, Tuesday, June 12, 2018

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs

Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Andy Birchfield, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL


8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Overview of Xarelto Litigation, Bellwether Trials, and Remand Process

Andy Birchfield, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Michael M. Weinkowitz, Levin Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia


9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Xarelto Failure-to-Warn Theories, Part I

Brian Barr, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL


10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Xarelto Failure-to-Warn Theories, Part II

Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL


10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Design Defect Theories

Bradley D. Honnold, Goza & Honnold, L.L.C., Leawood, KS
E. Samuel Geisler, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL


11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Winning in Trial

Ned McWilliams, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
Gary J. Douglas, Douglas & London, New York


12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch

1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Pradaxa Trial Update

• Recent Trials
• Future Trials
• Federal and State Court venues
C. Andrew Childers, Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC, Atlanta
Neal L. Moskow, Ury & Moskow, LLC, Fairfield, CT


1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Plaintiff Depositions, Sales Rep Depositions, and Marketing Considerations

Joseph VanZandt, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Michael M. Weinkowitz, Levin Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia


2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Using MDL Centrality in Xarelto

Jacob S. Woody, BrownGreer, Richmond, VA


3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Learned Intermediary Doctrine

Gerald E. Meunier, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C., New Orleans


3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Xarelto Failure-to-Warn Theories, Part III

Emily C. Jeffcott, The Lambert Firm, PLC, New Orleans
Ned McWilliams, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL


4:00 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.
Key Pre-Trial Orders

Leonard Davis, Herman Herman & Katz, L.L.C., New Orleans


4:25 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Questions & Answers

Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Andy Birchfield, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL


5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception

Networking Cocktail Reception is Sponsored by Garretson Resolution Group.

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