Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, November 01, 2012
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration
1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Roger C. Denton, Schlichter Bogard & Denton, LLP, St. Louis
Tor Hoerman, TorHoerman Law LLC, Edwardsville, IL
1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
State of the Pradaxa Litigation: MDL Formation, Case Management Orders, Common Benefit Fees, and Foreign Defendants
Mikal C. Watts, Watts Guerra Craft LLP, San Antonio
1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
Science, Causation, and Epidemiology
Ned McWilliams, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL
2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Intake: How to Evaluate Pradaxa Cases
Lara J. Say, Douglas & London, New York
Ryan L. Thompson, Watts Guerra Craft LLP, San Antonio
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Southern District of Illinois: How and When to File Your Pradaxa Case and an Update on Discovery
Steven D. Davis, TorHoerman Law LLC, Edwardsville, IL
Megan McBride Vanderbeek, Schlichter Bogard & Denton, LLP, St. Louis
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Boehringer Ingelheim’s Marketing Strategy for Pradaxa
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, Pensacola, FL
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
NuvaRing Update
Roger C. Denton, Schlichter Bogard & Denton, LLP, St. Louis
Megan McBride Vanderbeek, Schlichter Bogard & Denton, LLP, St. Louis
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Lien Resolution in Mass Torts – How Recent Changes Affect Pradaxa and Other Projects
Ginger Susman, Providio MediSolutions, Greenwood Village, CO
Robert Marcino, Providio MediSolutions, Greenwood Village, CO
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Cory, Watson, Crowder & DeGaris and Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC
