Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, March 17, 2017
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Mark P. Robinson Jr., Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Helen E. Zukin, Kiesel Law, Beverly Hills, CA
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
History of Talc Litigation
Henry G. Garrard III, Blasingame Burch Garrard Ashley PC, Athens, GA
Patrick H. Garrard, Blasingame Burch Garrard Ashley PC, Athens, GA
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Epidemiology and Mechanism
Mark P. Robinson Jr., Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Migration
Cynthia L. Garber, Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Talcum Powder Multidistrict Litigation and St. Louis Cases
Leigh O'Dell, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Talc Composition and Pathology
David P. Dearing, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
11:20 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
California Litigation Update: Case Management Orders
Helen E. Zukin, Kiesel Law, Beverly Hills, CA
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Risk Factors
Melanie Meneses Palmer, Kiesel Law, Beverly Hills, CA
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Document Review, Written Discovery & Protective Orders
Raymond P. Boucher, Boucher LLP, Woodland Hills, CA
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
How to Take an In Extremis Deposition
Shannon M. Lukei, Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Refreshment Break Sponsored by Baker Realtime Worldwide Reporting & Video Services
2:45 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
FDA-Related Issues
Brian D. Chase, Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys, Newport Beach, CA
3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Ovarian Cancer, Stage, Grade & Histology
Nicole K. H. Maldonado, Baum Hedlund, Los Angeles
3:30 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Protective Factors
Keith D. Griffin, Girardi | Keese, Los Angeles
Melisa Rosadini, Girardi | Keese, Los Angeles
3:55 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Foreign and Domestic Regulatory Issues
Jennifer Lenze, Lenze Moss, PLC, Manhattan Beach, CA
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
National Cancer Institute, National Toxicology Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, International Agency for Research on Cancer
Mary Alexander, Mary Alexander & Associates, P.C., San Francisco
Meghan E. McCormick, Levin Simes, San Francisco