Conference Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday, July 27, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome By Co-Chairs
Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Keller Rohrback Law Offices LLP, Seattle
Ken Seeger, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
Brian Devine, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Volkswagen Update
Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Keller Rohrback Law Offices LLP, Seattle
Christopher A. Seeger, Seeger Weiss, New York
Derek W. Loeser, Keller Rohrback Law Offices LLP, Seattle
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Claims and Notices, Part I
Jeanne C. Finegan, APR, President, Heffler Claims Group LLC, Portland, OR
A.J. De Bartolomeo, Girard Gibbs LLP, Oakland, CA
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Claims, Closure and Their Consequences, Part II
Professor Jaime L. Dodge, Director, The Institute for Complex Litigation and Mass Claims, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta
Cathy Yanni, JAMS, San Francisco
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Environmental Cases
• Porter Ranch
• Bullseye Glass in Portland, OR
Amy Williams-Derry, Keller Rohrback Law Offices LLP, Seattle
Pete Kaufman, Panish, Shea & Boyle, LLP, Los Angeles
Mariana Aroditis, Kiesel Law LLP, Beverly Hills, CA
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Settlements in Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation
Moderator:
Cathy Yanni, JAMS, San Francisco
Hon. Catherine Shaffer, Washington Superior Court, King County, Seattle
Hon. Richard Kramer (Ret.), JAMS, San Francisco
Sean P. Fahey, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia
Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Keller Rohrback Law Offices LLP, Seattle
Stephen M. Rummage, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle
Corrie J. Yackulic, Corrie Yackulic Law Firm LLC, Seattle
Henry G. Garrard III, Blasingame Burch Garrard Ashley PC, Athens, GA
Stuart M. Gordon, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, San Francisco
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Marketing Performance Analysis
Steve Nober, CEO, Consumer Attorney Marketing Group (CAMG), Woodland Hills, CA
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
State of Preemption in Drug Cases: Levine, Mensing and Beyond
Jennifer M. Hoekstra, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Lafayette, LA
Robert J. Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm, San Diego
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Karen Barth Menzies, Gibbs Law Group, Los Angeles
Neil D. Overholtz, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
Kathryn Forgie, Andrus Wagstaff, Denver
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Multi-Plaintiff Trials
Brian Devine, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Women’s Health Litigation
• Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer
• Essure
• Taxotere
Danielle Ward Mason, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
W. Wylie Blair, Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, LLC, St. Louis
Kyle Bachus, Bachus & Schanker, LLC, Denver
Darin Schanker, Bachus & Schanker, LLC, Denver
Ben Gordon, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Hip and Knee Implant Litigation Update
• Pinnacle, Biomet and Others
• Stryker, NexGen and ASR
Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York
Brian Devine, Seeger Salvas LLP, San Francisco
C. Calvin Warriner III, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, West Palm Beach, FL
Richard J. Arsenault, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Heart Injuries: Onglyza and FLQs
• What are the Newest Medical Developments?
Timothy Clark, The Sanders Firm, Irvine, CA
Nathan C. Bess, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Networking Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Keller Rohrback
