HarrisMartin's Pesticide Litigation Conference: A Plaintiff's Approach to Winning Pesticide Cases

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Registration

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Welcome by Co-Chairs

Aimee Wagstaff, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver
Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI
Edward Wallace, Wallace Miller, Chicago

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Roundup - Panel: Is This Tort Still Going On?!?

• Roundup 101: Who are the Plaintiffs and Why Are they Suing?
• Status of the Current Litigation – The MDL and State Courts Venues
• The Hardeman Appeal – Solicitor General & SCOTUS Update
• Where Can We File New Cases

Moderator: Aimee Wagstaff, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver
Panel: Jennifer A. Moore, Moore Law Group, Louisville, KY
R. Brent Wisner, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, Los Angeles
David J. Dickens, The Miller Firm, LLC, Orange, VA
Mark R. Niemeyer, Niemeyer, Grebel & Kruse, St. Louis
Tara King, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Roundup - Experts – The Intersection of General and Specific Causation Issues

Kathryn M. Forgie, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver
Jonathan D. Orent, Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI
Tim Jackson, Wallace Miller, Chicago

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Marketing for Mass Tort Litigation Claims

Steve Nober, President & CEO, Consumer Attorney Marketing Group (CAMG), Woodland Hills, CA

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

Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Roundup - Current Status of Trials – Has the Tide Changed?

• Monsanto’s Recent Trial Victories: Erza Clark & Donnetta Stephens
• What We Have Learned – New Trial Themes

Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI
Edward Wallace, Wallace Miller, Chicago
Jennifer A. Moore, Moore Law Group, Louisville, KY

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Roundup - New Defendants and the Philadelphia MTP

• Considerations for New Case Acquisition
• Case Criteria for New Case Acquisition

Aimee Wagstaff, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver
Priscilla E. Jimenez, Kline & Specter, Philadelphia

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Sponsored by CAMG

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

ParaWHAT? Is this Roundup 2.0 or Something Different?

• Paraquat 101: Who are the Plaintiffs and Why are They Suing: A Primer on Parkinson’s Disease
• Who Are the Defendants and What Did (Or Didn’t)They Do?

Aimee Wagstaff, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver
Debbie Pritts BSHIM, RN, LNCC, Legal Nurse Consultant, Wallace Miller, Chicago
Yvonne M. Flaherty, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Paraquat - Status of the Current Litigation

• The MDL and State Courts
• Preemption and Other Legal Hurdles

Moderator: Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI

Madeleine Brumley, Wagstaff Law Firm, Lafayette, LA
Sarah T. Hansel, Motley Rice LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ
Mark Miller, Wallace Miller, Chicago
Chad Finley, TorHoerman Law, LLC, St. Louis
Jan Durrani, Levin Papantonio Rafferty, Pensacola, FL

2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Paraquat - Experts – A Review of the Epidemiology and Causation Questions in Paraquat Trials

Jonathan D. Orent, Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI
Kathryn M. Forgie, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver
David J. Dickens, The Miller Firm, LLC, Orange, VA

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Paraquat - Settlement Considerations in Pesticide Cases – How to Settle When There is Little Chance for Finality

Moderator: Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick, Motley Rice LLC, Providence, RI

Panel: Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Aimee Wagstaff, Wagstaff Law Firm, Denver

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Networking Cocktail Reception

Sponsored by Motley Rice LLC, Wallace Miller, and Wagstaff Law Firm.