Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, March 02, 2018
7:30 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs and Opening Remarks
Paulina do Amaral, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Jayne Conroy, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, New York
Shelly Sanford, Watts | Guerra LLP, Austin, TX
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
A Journalist’s Perspective on the Opioid Problem
Julia Lurie, Mother Jones, San Francisco
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Who are the Entity Plaintiffs and What are the Causation Theories?
Moderator: Paulina do Amaral, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Mikal C. Watts, Watts Guerra LLP, San Antonio
Tommy Fibich, Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, Houston
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
State Court Opioid Litigation Updates & Liability Theories
Mark P. Robinson Jr. , Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Shayna E. Sacks, Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, New York
Rhon Jones, Beasley Allen, Montgomery, AL
Mike Gallagher, The Gallagher Law Firm, LLC, Houston
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
MDL 2804: Litigation Update
Steven Skikos, Skikos, Crawford, Skikos & Joseph, LLP, San Francisco
Paul J. Hanly Jr. , Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, New York
Paulina do Amaral, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
Jeff Gaddy, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Insurance and Bankruptcy Issues in Opioid Litigation
Barry I. Buchman, Haynes and Boone, Washington, DC
Carla Green, Haynes and Boone, Dallas
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch with Keynote Speaker: The Opioid Crisis Trends in Recovery
Introduction by Melissa L. Stewart, Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP, New York
Bob Forrest, VH1’s Celebrity Rehab Addiction Specialist, Program Founder, Alo House Recovery Centers, Malibu, CA
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The Case for Distributor Liability
Moderator: Shelly Sanford, Watts Guerra LLP, Austin, TX
Erin Nowell, Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC, Dallas
Reagan E. Bradford, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Damage Theories for Governmental Entities and Hospitals
Jayne Conroy, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, New York
David McMullan, Barrett Law Group, P.A., Lexington, MS
Aimee H. Wagstaff, Andrus Wagstaff, Denver
Shelly Sanford, Watts | Guerra LLP, Austin, TX
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Theories for Approaching Class Actions and Individual Actions on Opioid Over-Prescription Cases
Mark P. Chalos, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN
James D. Young, Morgan & Morgan, PA, Jacksonville, FL
A.J. de Bartolomeo, Gibbs Law Group LLP, Oakland, CA
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Theories For Abatement of a Public Nuisance
Derek W. Loeser, Keller Rohrback Law Offices LLP, Seattle
Anne Andrews, Andrews and Thornton, Irvine, CA
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Generational Issues and Addiction Health Services Approaches to Substance Abuse Disorder for Veterans, Youth, Adults, Neo-Nates and the Elderly
Greg Williams, M.A., Facing Addiction, Danbury, CT
John M. Restaino, D.P.M., J.D., M.P.H. , Senior Of-Counsel Attorney, Sanders Phillips Grossman, Denver
Kimber Falkinburg, PRS-S, Founder and Director, Spread Hope Like Fire
Anna Lembke, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry and Psychology-Adult), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA