Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, September 28, 2023
1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
Introduction
Leigh O’Dell, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
1:05 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.
Status Post-Bankruptcy – Back in Action in the MDL & State Courts
Leigh O’Dell, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
Richard Golomb, Golomb Spirt Grunfeld, Philadelphia
1:25 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
New Johnson & Johnson Bad Actors
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
1:50 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Decades of Profits over Safety
Rudie R. Soileau Jr., Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South, Lake Charles, LA
James F. Green, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
Ted Meadows, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Richard Golomb, Golomb Spirt Grunfeld, Philadelphia
R. Allen Smith Jr., The Smith Law Firm PLLC, Ridgeland, MS
2:40 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Evidence Supporting Causation Is Only Getting Stronger
Christopher V. Tisi, Levin Papantonio Rafferty, Pensacola, FL
Leigh O’Dell, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
David Dearing, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Common Legal and Procedural Issues
Laurence S. Berman, Levin, Sedran & Berman LLP, Philadelphia
Daniel R. Lapinski, Motley Rice LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ
3:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bankruptcy Appeal
David J. Molton, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York
Jonathan S. Massey, Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, DC