HarrisMartin's Webinar Series: Hair Straightener Litigation

Conference Agenda

Day 1, Tuesday, November 22, 2022

1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
Intro and Welcome by Co-Chairs

Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann, DiCello Levitt, Birmingham, AL
Ben Crump, Ben Crump Law, Tallahassee, FL


1:05 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
The History of Hair Relaxers – The Story

LaRuby May, May Jung LLP, Washington, DC


1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.
Background on Relaxers and the Corporations That Make Them

Chelsie Green, Levin Papantonio Rafferty, Pensacola, FL
Larry R. Rogers Jr., Power Rogers LLP, Chicago


1:25 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
Regulations at Play

Timothy Becker, Johnson // Becker, PLLC, St. Paul, MN
C. Andrew Childers, Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC, Atlanta


1:40 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Marketing in Mass Tort Litigation

Steve Nober, Founder and CEO, Consumer Attorney Marketing Group (CAMG), Woodland Hills, CA


1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The Science - Covering Endocrine Disruption and Uterine Cancer

Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann, DiCello Levitt, Birmingham, AL
Jayne Conroy, Simmons Hanly Conroy, New York
Gregory A. Cade, Environmental Litigation Group P.C., Birmingham, AL
Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Russ Abney, Watts Guerra LLP, San Antonio


2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Prior Litigation and Governmental Action

Richard W. Schulte, Wright & Schulte, LLC, Vandalia, OH


2:40 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
The Marketing Story

Marlon E. Kimpson, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Ben Crump, Ben Crump Law, Tallahassee, FL
Jackalyn A. Olinger Rochelle, Bailey & Glasser LLP, St. Louis


2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Intake Criteria

Larry Taylor, The Cochran Firm, Dallas