Conference Agenda
Day 1, Friday, March 01, 2024
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
Breakfast Sponsored by Priority-One/Veritext
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome by Co-Chairs
Joel R. Clark, McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Florham Park, NJ
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
John C. Garde, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Update from the Special Master - State of the Docket
Special Master Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, New Jersey Superior Court, Middlesex County, New Brunswick, NJ
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
Joel R. Clark, McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Florham Park, NJ
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Electronic Filing
Brenda C. Sherman, McCarter English, Paralegal, Newark, NJ
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
Moderator: David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
Panel:
Neidra Wilson, Meirowitz & Wasserberg, Philadelphia
Jeffrey M. Pollock, Fox Rothschild LLP, Princeton, NJ
Michelle Cappuccio, Reilly, McDevitt & Henrich, P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ
Melissa Silverman, PHR, HR Manager, Weitz & Luxenberg PC, New York
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Case Law Changes
Andrew J. Kornblau, Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford P.C., Philadelphia
Dennis M. Geier, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP, New York
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Update on Technology in Mass Tort Litigation
Joel R. Clark, McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C., Florham Park, NJ
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
Christopher M. Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Red Bank, NJ
John C. Garde, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Current Status - Experts and Rule 104
• Content of Expert Reports
• Cross Examination
Gillian Fisher, McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, Florham Park, NJ
Amber R. Long, Levy Konigsberg LLP, New York
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Update on Genetic Testing
Roy F. Viola Jr. , Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Florham Park, NJ
Cameron Alan Boyd, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Ethics
John C. Garde, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
Lynne M. Kizis, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., Woodbridge, NJ
Marie Louise Ianniello-Occhigrossi, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York