Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, November 28, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
Sponsored by The Garden City Group Inc.(GCG)
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome by Chair
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
DePuy ASR and Pinnacle
Larry P. Boyd, Fisher, Boyd, Brown & Huguenard, LLP, Houston
Justin Presnal, Fisher, Boyd, Brown & Huguenard, LLP, Houston
Jayne Conroy, Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher & Hayes LLP, New York
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Actos
Stephanie O'Connor, Douglas & London, New York
Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Bard IVC Filter
Nicholas J. Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm, San Diego
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Biomet/Stryker
Thomas R. Anapol, Anapol Schwartz, Philadelphia
Margaret M. Metzinger, Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli CO., LPA, Cleveland
C. Calvin Warriner III, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA, West Palm Beach, FL
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Transvaginal Mesh and Zoloft MDL Updates
Harry F. Bell Jr., The Bell Law Firm PLLC, Charleston, WV
Karen Barth Menzies, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Pradaxa
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, Pensacola, FL
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch - Keynote Speakers
Kenneth Starr, President, Baylor University, Waco, TX
W. Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Meningitis Litigation
Anne Andrews, Andrews Thornton, Irvine, CA
Douglass A. Kreis, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, Pensacola, FL
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Special Master’s Role in MDLs
Judge Ed Kinkeade, United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas
Judge James M. Stanton, Andrews Kurth LLP, Dallas
Stephen J. Harburg, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Mirena IUD
Dawn M. Chmielewski, Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli CO., LPA, Cleveland
Matthew J. McCauley, Parker Waichman, LLP, New York
Carmen S. Scott, Motley Rice, Mount Pleasant, SC
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Coding, Concept Searching and New Frontiers for Electronically Stored Information
Jerrold S. Parker, Parker Waichman, LLP, New York
Joseph Thorpe, International Litigation Services (ILS), Aliso Viejo, CA
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Primer on Privilege Logs
LaToya Jones-Burrell, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA
Stacy Hauer, Johnson//Becker PLLC, Minneapolis
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Making Persuasive MDL Arguments
C. Michael Bollinger, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA
Todd Campbell, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA