Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, December 02, 2015
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Mark J. Geragos, Geragos & Geragos, Los Angeles
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Eric D. Holland, Holland Law Firm, St. Louis
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Volkswagen's Litigation History and Lessons "Not" Learned
• Stunning Revelation: Cars “Intentionally” Designed to Cheat Emission Tests
• What Did Volkswagen Know and When Did They Know It?
• The “Recall” Details: 11 Million Cars Impacted - Which Models?
• Environmental & Health Concerns
• EPA and the Pressure They Applied
• Volkswagen’s Admission of Guilt, Corporate Restructuring, and CEO Resignation
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Shean D. Williams, The Cochran Firm, Atlanta
Eric D. Holland, Holland Law Firm, St. Louis
Bryan F. Aylstock, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Emission System Design Requirements and Regulations and the Effect on Internal Combustion Engine Performance
Gerald J. Micklow, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
RICO and Additional Defendants, Including Bosch
Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Keller Rohrback, Seattle
Hunter J. Shkolnik, Napoli Shkolnik LLP, New York
Roland Tellis, Baron & Budd, P.C., Encino, CA
11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Environmental Impact and Health Implications
• The EPA’s Role
• Clean Air Act Violations
• Quantifying the Environmental Impact
Robin L. Greenwald, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
W. Daniel Miles III, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
H. Clay Barnett III, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
11:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
VW Extends Olive Branch: What Claims and Remedies are Available?
• Litigation Options
David Cates, Cates Mahoney LLC, Swansea, IL
Kevin Duck, Duck Law Firm, Lafayette, LA
Richard C. Dalton, Richard C. Dalton, LLC, Mandeville, LA
11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Governmental Claims: Options & What States are Out in Front
James D. Young, Morgan and Morgan, P.A., Jacksonville, FL
Joseph W. Steele, Siegfried & Jensen, Salt Lake City, UT
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Dealing with MDL’s and Parallel Universes
Moderator:
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Francis McGovern, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
Hon. Staci M. Yandle, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Benton, IL
Judge Marina Corodemus (Ret.), Corodemus & Corodemus, L.L.C., Iselin, NJ
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Patrick A. Juneau, Juneau David, Lafayette, LA
Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice, Mt. Pleasant, SC
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Mass Tort Marketing Best Practices
Steve Nober, President/CEO, Consumer Attorney Marketing Group, Woodland Hills, CA
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Keynote Speech
James Carville, Political Strategist, New Orleans
3:05 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.
Mass Tort Update: Bair Hugger, Volkswagen, Ashley Madison & INVOKANA
Michael Braunstein, The Braunstein Law Firm, PLLC, New York
Ben Gordon, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL
Christopher A. Seeger, Seeger Weiss, New York
James E. Cecchi, Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, P.C., Roseland, NJ
Richard D. McCune, McCuneWright, Redlands, CA
Adam M. Moskowitz, Kozyak Tropin Throckmorton, LLP, Miami
Anne Andrews, Andrews & Thornton, LLC, Irvine, CA
4:05 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.
Update on Current MDLs: Pinnacle Hip Implant, Benicar, Onglyza, Power Morcellator, Actos, FLQs, Zofran, Xarelto, Medtronic Infuse & Bard IVC
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Eric D. Holland, Holland Law Firm, St. Louis
Travis Lepicier, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL
Aimee H. Wagstaff, Andrus Wagstaff, Denver
Robert Mosier, The Sanders Firm, Irvine, CA
Timothy Clark, The Sanders Firm, Irvine, CA
5:05 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Accumulating and Examining Data
Nicholas D'Aquilla, Garretson Resolution Group, Cincinnati, OH