Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, July 29, 2015
7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
Sponsored by International Litigation Services (ILS)
8:15 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.
Welcome by Chair
Kenneth M. Seeger, Seeger • Salvas LLP, San Francisco
8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
Zofran Litigation
Gregory Spizer, Anapol Schwartz, Philadelphia
Rachel Abrams, Levin Simes, San Francisco
Amy Eskin, Levin Simes, LLP, San Francisco
8:50 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Risperdal Litigation Update
Daniel S. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
9:20 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Zimmer NexGen Knee Litigation Update
• Summary of Device Design and Defect
• Update on MDL Litigation
• Ongoing Case Selection Criteria
Daniel R. Lapinski, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., Woodbridge, NJ
9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Refreshment Break Sponsored by Consumer Attorney Marketing Group
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Benicar (Olmesartan) Litigation
Lexi J. Hazam, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
10:20 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Zimmer Persona Knee Litigation
David L. Rosenband, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Contaminated Endoscope Litigation
• The Liability and Medicine of the Endoscope Litigation
• The Olympus Q180V Duodenoscope and Highly Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections
• Reported Outbreaks in the U.S.
Kevin R. Boyle, Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, Los Angeles
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Fluoroquinolone (FLQ) Litigation
R. Jason Richards, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Keynote Address
Michael A. Kelly, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, San Francisco
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Settling Mass Tort Litigation
Hon. Richard A. Kramer, California Superior Court, San Francisco County, San Francisco
Cathy Yanni, JAMS, San Francisco
Stuart M. Gordon, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, San Francisco
Michael F. Healy, Sedgwick LLP, San Francisco
Mark P. Robinson Jr., Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
State-Federal Cooperation
Steven J. Skikos, Skikos Crawford Skikos & Joseph, San Francisco
Khaldoun A. Baghdadi, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, San Francisco
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Morcellator Litigation Update
Rebecca B. King, Tracey & Fox, Houston
Anne Andrews, Andrews & Thornton, Irvine, CA
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Bair Hugger Infection Litigation
Gabriel A. Assaad, Kennedy Hodges LLP, Houston
Daniel Nigh, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL
4:15 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
C.R. Bard and Cook Medical IVC Litigation Update
Ramon Rossi Lopez, Lopez McHugh, LLP, Newport Beach, CA
Troy Alexander Brenes, Lopez McHugh LLP, Newport Beach, CA
4:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
DePuy Pinnacle Litigation Update
Kenneth M. Seeger, Seeger • Salvas LLP, San Francisco
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Medtronic InFuse Litigation Update
Nicholas J. Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm, San Diego
Robert J. Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm, San Diego
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Networking Cocktail Reception is Sponsored by Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
