Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, July 24, 2019
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Shelly Sanford, Watts Guerra LLP, Austin, TX
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Mass Tort “Death Penalty” Issue – Preemption in a Post-Fosamax World
Hon. David R. Herndon (Ret.) , Herndon Resolution LLC, Edwardsville, IL
Nicholas J. Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm, APLC, San Diego
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Instructive Guidance for Navigating Today’s Mass Tort Landscape
Hon. David R. Herndon (Ret.) , Herndon Resolution LLC, Edwardsville, IL
Ellen K. Reisman, Reisman Karron Greene LLP, Washington, DC
Orran Brown, BrownGreer PLC, Richmond, VA
Professor Jaime L. Dodge, Director, The Institute for Complex Litigation and Mass Claims, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Litigation Update: HIV Drugs/Truvada and Valsartan
Brian Barr, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
Jack M. Rutherford, Rutherford Law, Los Angeles
Warren T. Burns, Burns Charest LLP, Dallas
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Legal Issues Impacting the Cannabis Industry
Moderator:
Shelly Sanford, Watts Guerra LLP, Austin, TX
Panelists:
Guy L. Watts II, Watts Guerra LLP, Austin, TX
Alicia O'Neill, Mauro, Archer, O’Neill, Washington, DC
Alexander Scherer, Co-Owner, Director of Business Development, Urbn Leaf, San Diego
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The Value of Data & Analysis in Mass Tort Marketing
Steve Nober, Founder/CEO, Consumer Attorney Marketing Group (CAMG), Woodland Hills, CA
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Settlement Issues for the Plaintiff and the Defense
Orran Brown, BrownGreer PLC, Richmond, VA
Bill Mulvey, Vice President, Garretson Resolution Group, Cincinnati
Adriane Theis, Reisman Karron Greene LLP, Washington, DC
1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Automotive MDLs – Preview of Tomorrow’s Arguments
Ryan McDevitt, Keller Rohrback Law Offices, LLP, Seattle
David R. Buchanan, Seeger Weiss, LLP, New York
Jonathan D. Boggs, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Charleston, WV
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
JUUL, E-Cigarettes & Vaping Litigation
Bradley D. Honnold, Goza & Honnold, LLC, Overland Park, KS
Brian Barr, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
Joseph VanZandt, Beasley Allen, Montgomery, AL
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
3M Combat Earplugs Hearing Protection – MDL Update
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
David R. Buchanan, Seeger Weiss, LLP, New York
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Litigating MDLs from A to Z
Jennifer Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Brenda S. Fulmer, Searcy Denney, West Palm Beach, FL
A.J. de Bartolomeo, Tadler Law LLP, San Francisco
Katherine E. Charonko, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Charleston, WV
Ginger Susman, Esq. , Executive Chairman, Archer Systems, LLC, Denver
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Rapid Fire Mass Tort Landscape Updates I
• Roundup
• PPI
• Mesh
• Xarelto
• Essure
• Water Contamination
Erin Copeland, Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, Houston
Joseph VanZandt, Beasley Allen, Montgomery, AL
Gale D. Pearson, Fears | Nachawati Law Firm, Minneapolis
Jennifer Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Data Breach Litigation: American Medical Collection Agency, LabCorp and First American Title
Tina Wolfson, Ahdoot & Wolfson, Los Angeles
Jean S. Martin, Morgan & Morgan, Tampa, FL
Laurence D. King, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, San Francisco
Sri Gupta, Senior Litigation Consultant, International Litigation Services, Inc. (ILS), Pensacola, FL
Todd S. Garber, Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, LLP, White Plains, NY
