Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, November 02, 2018
7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Litigation Overview
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Geology of Talc – Talc, Asbestos and Heavy Metals
Carmen S. Scott, Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
General Causation & Specific Causation – Comparing and Contrasting the Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer Cases
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
David Dearing, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Paul L. Knobbe, Goldberg Segalla, St. Louis
Rachel Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, New York
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Refreshment Break is Sponsored by Baker Realtime Worldwide Court Reporting & Video.
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
The Liability Cases Against Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc – Comparing and Contrasting Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer Cases
Co-Chair R. Allen Smith Jr., The Smith Law Firm, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS
John D. Cosmich, Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Jackson, MS
Jim Kramer, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, New York
Sharon Zinns, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Case Specific Discovery and Trial Presentation - Comparing and Contrasting the Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer Cases
Danielle Ward Mason, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Edward R. Ulloa, Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Los Angeles
Allyson Romani, Shrader & Associates, Edwardsville, IL
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Multidistrict Litigation Update
• Including Status of Daubert Discovery
• How to File and Maintain a Case in the MDL
Richard Golomb, Golomb & Honik, P.C., Philadelphia
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
The Ingham Trial – Presentation of an Asbestos Inhalation Ovarian Cancer Case
Lee Cirsch, The Lanier Law Firm, Los Angeles
Rachel Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, New York
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
New Jersey State Court Update
• Including an Update on the Status of Appeals
Richard Golomb, Golomb & Honik, P.C., Philadelphia
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Missouri and Illinois Update – Status of Appeals and Future Trials, Including a Discussion of the Fox, Ristesund, Giannecchini, Daniels, Slemp and Blaes Appeals, and How BMS has Impacted the Litigation in Missouri and Illinois
W. Wylie Blair, OnderLaw, LLC, St. Louis
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania State Court Update
Nancy J. Winkler, Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., Philadelphia
5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Florida State Court Update
John J. Uustal, Kelley/Uustal, Fort Lauderdale, FL