Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, March 27, 2014
7:30 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
Howard E. Jarvis, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN
Kirk T. Hartley, LSP Group LLC
Theodore P. Ray, ExxonMobil Corporation, Houston
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Daubert and the Admissibility of Gene Expression Testing
Howard E. Jarvis, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN
E. Paige Sensenbrenner, Adams and Reese, LLP, New Orleans
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Application of Genomics and Genetic Technologies in Toxic Tort Litigation
Len van Zyl, Ph.D., CEO and CSO, ArrayXpress, Inc., Raleigh, NC
Michael Zapata III, Executive Chairman, ArrayXpress, Inc., Raleigh, NC
Kimberly A. Martin, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Charleston, WV
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Asbestos Medicine
Emanuel Rubin, M.D., Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Philadelphia
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Use of Genomic Research and Data in Toxic Tort Causation Claims
Steve C. Gold, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Law Clinic, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, NJ
Herschel Hobson, Ph.D., Hobson & Bradley, Beaumont, TX
Kirk Hartley, LSP Group LLC, Chicago
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ethics: The Medical and Legal Implications of Gene Testing
D. Mark Jackson, Bassi Edlin Huie & Blum LLP, San Francisco
John B. Sullivan, M.D., MBA, Medical Toxicology & Environmental Health, President Health Effects Group, Tucson, AZ
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
MicroRNAs in Mesothelioma and other Malignancies
E. Robert Wassman, M.D., FAAP, FACMG, Rosetta Genomics Inc., Philadelphia
Steven Miller, Rosetta Genomics Inc., Philadelphia
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Epidemiology
• Solvent vs. Radiation
David G. Hoel, Ph.D., Exponent Inc., Alexandria, VA
Michael Baker, Strong Pipkin Bissel & Ledyard LLP, Beaumont, TX
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Toxicogenomics: Occupational and Environmental Exposures
Carla J. Kinslow, Ph.D., Environ, Houston
Dean T. Howell, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Linking DNA Signatures to Litigation Strategies
Allan Feingold, M.D., FRCP(c), FCCP, Feingold Medical Legal, Miami
Kirk T. Hartley, LSP Group LLC, Chicago