Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, February 21, 2014
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
Breakfast Sponsored by Priority-One/Veritext
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
John C. Garde, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, Red Bank, NJ
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Review of Motion Decisions of Judge Leblon and the New Jersey Appellate Division and Supreme Court
Leslie Ellis Lombardy, O´Toole Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu, LLC, Verona, NJ
Arnold C. Lakind, Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, & Blader, P.C., Lawrenceville, NJ
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Update on New Claims Based on Non-Traditional Exposures
Moshe Maimon, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, Lawrence, NJ
Paul Watson, CIH, CSP, CET, CMC, Northeast US Industrial Hygiene Manager, Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH), LLC, Albany, NY
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lung Cancer Claims
• Smoking Lung Cancer Cases: What Does it Take to Get to a Jury? What Does it Take to Defend Cases With and Without Asbestosis?
• Medical Issues Update on Research and Epidemiology Regarding ‘Synergy’
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
James C. Long Jr., Belluck & Fox, New York
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Question and Answer Panel on Pretrial Practice in Middlesex County
Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, Esq., Special Master, Middlesex County Courthouse, New Brunswick, NJ
Joel Clark, McGivney & Kluger, P.C., Florham Park, NJ
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Update on Bankruptcy Issues Affecting Mass Tort Litigation
Lynne M. Kizis, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, NJ
Karen Stanzione, Reilly, Janiczek & McDevitt, P.C., Merchantville, NJ
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Ethics in Mass Tort Litigation
Nora J. Grimbergen, Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP, New Brunswick, NJ
H. Lockwood (Chip) Miller III, Goldberg Segalla, Princeton, NJ
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
What Every Plaintiff Lawyer Should Know About the Problems Encountered by Defense Counsel in Settlement
Leonard F. Feldman, Weitz & Luxenberg, Cherry Hill, NJ
Jeffrey Kluger, McGivney & Kluger, P.C., Florham Park, NJ