Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, September 19, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Overview and Welcome by Conference Co-Chairs
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Kenneth M. Seeger, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
Brian J. Devine, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxenberg, New York
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Metal-on-Metal Designs and Background
• Local and Systemic Injuries Caused By Metal-on-Metal Hips
Brian J. Devine, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
FDA Advisory Panel Hearing on Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA
Srivatsa V. Gupta, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA
Paul R. Cordella, The Lanier Law Firm, New York
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
US Regulatory Failure – Misguided Application of Preemption Doctrine
Kenneth M. Seeger, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
David R. Buchanan, Seeger Weiss, New York
10:35 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Systemic Injuries and Carcinogenicity Associated With Excessive Cobalt and Chrome Exposure: The State of the Evolving Science
Hunter J. Shkolnik, Napoli, Bern, Ripka, Shkolnik, LLP, New York
10:55 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
How Hip Registry Data is Used and Abused
Lawrence J. Gornick, Kaiser Gornick LLP, San Francisco
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Negotiating Reasonable and Useful Plaintiff and Defendant Fact Sheets
Michelle L. Kranz, Zoll, Kranz & Borgess, Toledo, OH
11:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Hip Intake Screening: Case Development for a Client with a Hip Problem
Daniel C. Burke, Parker Waichman LLP, New York
Margaret M. Metzinger, Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., LPA, Cleveland
C. Michael Bollinger, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA
11:50 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
JPML Process – How and what to advocate
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch - Technology: Your Friend in the Courtroom and Avoiding Self-Inflicted Wounds
Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
Lunch Sponsored by Anapol Schwartz, Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., LPA,
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault and Parker | Waichman LLP
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Background of Biomet M2a
Thomas R. Anapol, Anapol Schwartz, Philadelphia
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Past Biomet Litigation and Discovery
John David Hart, The Law Offices of John David Hart, Fort Worth, TX
Peter Samberg, Weitz & Luxenberg, New York
2:15 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Dealing with the Rules at the Front End: Privilege Protocols and Meaningful Logs
• Actos and Pinnacle Exemplar Orders
Stacy Hauer, Johnson//Becker PLLC, Minneapolis
2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
DePuy Pinnacle Litigation
Justin Presnal, Fisher, Boyd, Brown & Huguenard, LLP, Houston
3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Zimmer Durom
Wendy R. Fleishman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York
3:20 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
DePuy ASR Litigation
Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxenberg, New York
Kenneth M. Seeger, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
3:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Wright Conserve
Helen E. Zukin, Kiesel, Boucher, Larson, LLP, Beverly Hills, CA
4:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Smith and Nephew
Ben Gordon, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Stryker Rejuvinate
C. Calvin Warriner III, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA, West Palm Beach, FL
Anne Andrews, Andrews Thorton, Irvine, CA
Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxenberg, New York
