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