Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, January 29, 2025
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
D. Todd Mathews, Bailey Glasser LLP, St. Louis
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Report from the Leadership Development Committee
Moderator: Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Miriam Fresco Agrait, Rubenstein Law, Miami
Ava Cavaco, Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn, Minneapolis
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Depo Provera: Epidemiology, History of the Drug and Case Criteria
Moderator: Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Tracy A. Finken Magnotta, Anapol Weiss, Philadelphia
Chris Paulos, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
Carmen S. Scott, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Depo Provera: What is a Meningioma and How Injured is My Client?
Moderator: Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Douglass A. Kreis, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Brendan A. McDonough, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ
Ashleigh Raso, Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn, Minneapolis
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Depo Provera: The JPML Landscape –– Parties, Authorized Generic Liability, Design Defect Epidemiology, History of the Drug and Case Criteria
Moderator: Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Brandon D. Henry, Wagstaff & Cartmell, Kansas City, MO
Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Wendy R. Fleishman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York
Caleb Seeley, Seeger Weiss LLP, Ridgefield Park, NJ
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch with Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker: Kelly Hyman, The Hyman Law Firm, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Discovery Disputes: How to End the Meet and Confer
Moderator: Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
W. Roger Smith III, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Ashleigh Raso, Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn, Minneapolis
J.J. Snidow, Keller Postman LLC, Washington, DC
Avery Halfon, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Mass Tort Litigation: 30,000 FT View
• Hair Relaxer Products
• Social Media
• NEC
• Exactech
• Sex Abuse
Moderator: D. Todd Mathews, Bailey Glasser LLP, St. Louis
Hair Relaxer:
Katie Mitchell, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
NEC:
Caitlyn Prichard Miller, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Paraguard:
Kristen M. Hermiz, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Exactech:
Jason S. Goldstein, Parker Waichman LLP, New York
Sexual Abuse:
Mary Liu, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
When Mass Meets Class (Action): Collaboration or Competing Ideas?
Moderator: D. Todd Mathews, Bailey Glasser LLP, St. Louis
Marlene Goldenberg, Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn, Washington, DC
Kiley Grombacher, Bradley/Grombacher LLP, Westlake Village, CA
Layne Hilton, Meyer Wilson, New Orleans
3:30 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Los Angeles Wildfires – Caused by Utilities’ Equipment?
Mikal C. Watts, Watts Law Firm LLP, Dorado, Puerto Rico
3:55 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Write Like Your Brief Will be Appealed One Day
Moderator: D. Todd Mathews, Bailey Glasser LLP, St. Louis
Justin Presnal, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, College Station, TX
Alyson Steele Beridon, HSGLaW, Cincinnati
Danae Benton, The Cochran Firm, Dallas
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Oxbryta: Beyond the Science
Moderator: D. Todd Mathews, Bailey Glasser LLP, St. Louis
Caitlyn Prichard Miller, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis, & Overholtz PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Laura J. Baughman, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Laura K. Stemkowski, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC