Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, June 08, 2023
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Cocktail Reception
The Charleston Place
205 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Welcome Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Mirena and Company
Day 2, Friday, June 09, 2023
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
Breakfast Sponsored by Mirena and Company
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Introduction
Ed Bell, Founding Partner/CEO, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
Eric Romano, Romano Law Group, West Palm Beach, FL
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Data Collection & Water Modeling
Ed Bell, Founding Partner/CEO, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
Panel Includes Nationally Known Expert in the Field of Water Modeling and Environmental Analysis
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Legal Implications of the ATSDR Equipoise: The Causation Standard Contamination at Camp Lejeune and Its Health Effects
Moderator: Ed Bell, Founding Partner/CEO, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
Panel:
Patrick H. Telan, Telan, Meltz, Wallace & Eide, P.A., Maitland, FL
Rhon Jones, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL
Earl Ray Dorsey, M.D., David M. Levy Professor of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. -
Nationally Known in the Field of Neurology & Country’s Leading Scientist on Parkinson’s Disease
Panel also includes Nationally Known Expert in the Field of Epidemiology
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Toxicology and Exposure of Contaminants
Moderator: Ed Bell, Founding Partner/CEO, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
Panel:
Gregory A. Cade, Environmental Litigation Group P.C., Birmingham, AL
Panel also includes Nationally Known Expert in the Field of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch with Keynote
Mirena Umizaj, Mirena and Company, Winter Park, FL
Lunch Sponsored by Mirena and Company
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Case Structure and Organization of the Science
Moderator: Ed Bell, Founding Partner/CEO, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
Panel:
Kevin R. Dean, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC
Bill Williams, Owner, WISAT, Georgetown, SC
Eric Flynn, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
A Final Round Table Discussion: Strategy and Moving Forward
Moderators: Ed Bell, Founding Partner/CEO, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
Eric Romano, Romano Law Group, West Palm Beach, FL
All Speakers
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Administrative Filings — Current Status of the Claims
Aaron Jophlin, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Litigation Climate: Where Do We Stand?
Eric Flynn, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC