Conference Agenda
Day 1, Tuesday, April 30, 2019
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Litigation Overview
Co-Chair R. Allen Smith Jr., The Smith Law Firm, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Multidistrict Litigation Update
• Including Status of Daubert Discovery
• How to File and Maintain a Case in the MDL
Co-Chair Leigh O'Dell, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
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. - 11:15 a.m.
J&J Response to Stock Drop
Carmen S. Scott, Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Rachel Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, New York
Rudie R. Soileau Jr., Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South, LLP, Lake Charles, LA
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Recent Congressional Activity
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Co-Chair Leigh O'Dell, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Science Update
Margaret Thompson, M.D., JD, MPAFF, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
John Restaino, The Sanders Law Firm, Denver
Cynthia L. Garber, Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
David Dearing, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Imerys Bankruptcy
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
James F. Green, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
D. Todd Mathews, Gori Julian & Associates, P.C., Edwardsville, IL
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Mesothelioma Claims Associated with Talcum Powder
Sharon Zinns, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Edward R. Ulloa, Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP, Los Angeles
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
Rachel Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, New York
W. Christopher Swett, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
State Court Venues - Update
Pennsylvania
Nancy J. Winkler, Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., Philadelphia
Georgia & St. Louis
Danielle Ward Mason, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Florida & New Jersey
David Dearing, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Illinois
John J. Driscoll, The Driscoll Firm, P.C., St. Louis
California
Cynthia L. Garber, Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., Newport Beach, CA