HarrisMartin's MDL Conference

Conference Agenda

Day 1, Wednesday, March 27, 2024

7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs

Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Kimberly Lambert Adams, Levin Papantonio Rafferty, Pensacola, FL


9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Human Trafficking Litigation Against Hotels: The Last Four Years

Kimberly Lambert Adams, Levin Papantonio Rafferty, Pensacola, FL
Steven C. Babin, Babin Law, LLC, Columbus, OH
Annie McAdams, Annie McAdams PC, Houston


9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Counter-Terrorism Litigation: The Current Landscape

Moderator: Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Jodi Westbrook Flowers, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Tab Turner, Turner & Associates, P.A., Miramar Beach, FL
Amanda Fox Perry, Fox McKenna, PLLC, Washington, DC


10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Generative AI and New Strategies for Mass Tort Discovery

Drew Lewis, CS DISCO, Chattanooga, TN
Jonathan Wiley, CS DISCO, Tallahassee, FL


10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Hair Relaxer: Litigation, Updates and Case Criteria

Vanessa Harris Gross, Wagstaff & Cartmell, Kansas City, MO
Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Temitope O. Leyimu, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC


11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Heavy Metal Baby Food/Lead in Applesauce Litigation

R. Brent Wisner, Wisner Baum, Los Angeles
Kim Channick, Walsh Law, Washington, DC
Nicholas V. Williams, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC


12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Human Trafficking Litigation: Representing Survivors

Moderator: Kimberly Lambert Adams, Levin Papantonio Rafferty, Pensacola, FL

Kim Dougherty, Justice Law Collaborative, LLC, North Easton, MA
Jennifer El-Kadi, Babin Law, LLC, Columbus, OH


2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Uber Litigation

Kimberly Lambert Adams, Levin Papantonio Rafferty, Pensacola, FL
Tiffany R. Ellis, Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane & Conway, LLP, Detroit
Ellyn Hurd, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, New York
Alexandra Walsh, Walsh Law, Washington, DC


2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Ozempic: Litigation Updates, Defendants and Case Criteria

Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Sara O. Couch, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Bradley D. Honnold, Goza & Honnold, Overland Park, KS
Sarah Ruane, Wagstaff & Cartmell, Kansas City, MO
Mike Daly, Pogust Goodhead, Philadelphia
Nicole M. Lovett, Morgan and Morgan, P.A., Orlando, FL


3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:40 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Film, Not Tablets, and Other Things to Know About the Suboxone Litigation

Moderator: Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Trent Miracle, Flint Cooper, LLC, Edwardsville, IL
Timothy Becker, Johnson // Becker, PLLC, St. Paul, MN
Ashlie Case Sletvold, Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane & Conway, LLP, New Orleans


4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Updates on MDLs: 3M Earplugs, Paragard, Social Media, Paraquat, Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Infant Formula & Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Dockets

3M Earplugs:
Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL

Paragard:
Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Social Media:
Grace P. Chandler, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Paraquat:
Chelsea L. Monroe, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Infant Formula:
Timothy Becker, Johnson // Becker, PLLC, St. Paul, MN

Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF):
T. David Hoyle, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC


5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception