Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, October 03, 2019
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
Howard E. Jarvis, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN
Eric Williams, Williams Law Office LLC, Metairie, LA
Chad D. Mountain, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Philadelphia
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Toxic Torts and What You Need to Know in 2019
Larry R. Cohan, Anapol Weiss, Philadelphia
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
In-House Perspectives: Managing the Solvents Docket and Meeting the Challenges of the Discovery Process and Its Abuse
Larry J. Chilton, Chilton Yambert Porter LLP, Chicago
Holly Harris, Chevron Products Company, San Ramon, CA
Catherine Pyune McEldowney, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE
Matt Oglesby, Senior Counsel, Phillips 66, Houston
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Recent Developments in Epidemiology and Causation
Allison L. Stock, Ph.D., Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., Houston
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
The Ever-Expanding Docket and Future Trends in Benzene and Toxic Tort Litigation
Howard E. Jarvis, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN
Eric Williams, Williams Law Office LLC, Metairie, LA
Chad D. Mountain, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Philadelphia
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
How to Litigate, Evaluate, and Try Fundamental Issues in a Benzene Case
• Disease Subtypes, IH Data and Cancer Data
Keith Patton, Patton Law, P.C., Albuquerque, NM
Rey S. Yang, YANG, A Professional Law Corporation, Pasadena, CA
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Causation and Gasoline Science: A Discussion of the Recent Cases including Parker, Castellow, Henrickson, Lewis and Burst
Robert P. Scott, Blank Rome LLP, Houston
Keith Patton, Patton Law, P.C., Albuquerque, NM
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Honored in the Breach: The Ethical Lawyer in a World of Hacking
D. Mark Jackson, Bassi Edlin Huie & Blum LLP, San Francisco
Tanya Tyer Smitherman, Henry, Oddo, Austin & Fletcher, P.C., Dallas
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
State of Toxic Tort Litigation in Pennsylvania and Louisiana
Jared B. Shafer, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Philadelphia
Erin Wedge Latuso, Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP, New Orleans