3 Days in Vegas, representing over 450 Law Firms, covering 50 Mass Torts Topics
Day 1
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
Day 2
Thursday, April 27th, 2017
Day 3
Friday, April 28th, 2017
7:00 am
Latour 5, 6 & 7
Continental Breakfast
co-sponsored by Counsel Financial
Moderators for Today’s Sessions
Chase Givens
David Haynes
Expanding Your Single Event Practice with Mass Tort Cases
Chad Mance
Richard Shapiro
Understanding How New Top Level Domains Affect Your Online Marketing Strategy & Branding
Lou Andreozzi
Carl Jaeckel
Running Your Law Firm Like a Business: Your Roadmap to Success
Noah H. Kushlefsky
Ari Kornhaber
David Eisbrouch
Smarter Law Firm Marketing in 2017
Eric Bersano
Financing Options for Your Mass Torts Practice
Joseph DiNardo
Building Your Firm into a National Powerhouse
Javier A. Lopez
Mike Papantonio
Financing Your Practice in the Most Cost Effective Way
Jarret Prussin
10:20 am
Exhibit Hall
Morning Break
co-sponsored by Counsel Financial
The Value of Building a Successful Companion Practice
Warren Levenbaum
12:30 pm
Latour 5, 6 & 7
Networking Luncheon
co-sponsored by Counsel Financial
Staying Ahead of the Competition
James Laura, Jr.
Annesley DeGaris
The Power of Performance
Adam Warren
Tips and Updates on Lien-Related Issues Affecting Your Mass Tort Settlements
William C. Mulvey
Ginger Susman
MDLOnline: How you collaborate and coordinate with litigants beyond your firm is being revolutionized
Jennifer Alpert
Edward Bell
4:45 pm
Lafleur 1
Gender Partnership Networking Reception
co-sponsored by Ankura Consulting
4:45 pm
Margaux 2
First-Time Attendees Networking Forum and Reception
co-hosted by Levin Papantonio & Janet Jenner & Suggs
6:00 pm
XS Nightclub at Encore
Opening Night Gala – XS Nightclub at Encore
Photo I.D. Required for Admittance to the Club. co-sponsored by the Relion Group
7:30 am
Exhibit Hall
Registration and Continental Breakfast
co-sponsored by Consumer Attorney Marketing Group
Moderators for Today’s Sessions
Sindhu S. Daniel
Aimee Wagstaff
Chris Paulos
Elizabeth Graham
Survival Lessons from Apollo 13
Linda Lipsen
Mark Lanier
Mike Papantonio
Invokana Update – Kidney & Heart Damage
Michael London
Dana Hantack
Tim O’Brien
10:30 am
Exhibit Hall
Abilify Update – Compulsive Behaviors
Marlene Goldenberg
Kristian Rasmussen
Tara Sutton
Troy Rafferty
Nexium and Prilosec Litigation – Kidney Failure
Andrew McGraw
Sindhu S. Daniel
Paul Pennock
The Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame Meets the Judiciary – Do Great Minds Think Alike?
Randi S. Ellis
Michelle Parfitt
Hon. David Herndon
Hon. Daniel Stack (Ret.)
Michael Burg
Mike Papantonio
12:15 pm
Latour Ballroom
Luncheon and Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Ceremony
co-sponsored by Gacovino & Lake/Persist
IVC Filters – Making the Case Against Bard & Cook
Matthew Lopez
Julia Reed Zaic
Ben Martin
Matt Schultz
Ramon Rossi Lopez
Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Heads – Recall
Walter Kelley
Ben Gordon
Genevieve Zimmerman
Kimberly Dougherty
3:15 pm
Exhibit Hall
The Changing Paradigm of Mass Torts
Justin Browne
Breakout Session – Smith & Nephew BHR Hip Implant Litigation Update
Alex C. Davis
Robert Jenner
Genevieve Zimmerman
Talcum Powder Litigation – Ovarian Cancer
Michelle Parfitt
Leigh O’Dell
Richard Golomb
Break-Out Session: Hernia Mesh Litigation
Adam Evans
Todd Mathews
Jonathan D. Orent
David N. Lefkowitz
James Matthews, III
Seth Katz
Brian Ketterer
Robert Price
4:00 pm
Fosamax: Shifting the Preemption Paradigm
Kirk J. Goza
Taxotere Litigation – Permanent Hair Loss
David Miceli
Dawn Barrios
Darin Schanker
Kyle Bachus
Karen Barth Menzies
Christopher Coffin
Ben Gordon
Essure Litigation – Puncturing of the Uterus & Fallopian Tubes
Erin Copeland
Kimberly Dougherty
Cocktail Reception in the Exhibit Hall, followed by Comedy Performance by Jeff Foxworthy, with Open Bar
co-sponsored by Scorpion
Jeff Foxworthy
7:30 am
Exhibit Hall
Continental Breakfast
co-sponsored by Consumer Attorney Marketing Group
Women in Leadership Breakfast – Open to all Attendees
Discussion of the Emory University School of Law Complex Litigation Institute’s Next Generation Rising Stars Conference Take-Aways, including Diversity in MDLs co-sponsored by Grant & Eisenhofer
Dana J. Alvaré
Jaime Dodge
Hon. Marina Corodemus (Ret.)
8:30 am
Lafite Ballroom
Bair Hugger – Surgical Infections
Michael Sacchet
Gabriel Assaad
David Hodges
Daniel Nigh
Ben Gordon
Genevieve Zimmerman
Benicar Litigation Update – Sprue-Like Enteropathy
Adam Slater
Daniel Nigh
Rayna Kessler
Whistleblower Claims: How to Expand Your Practice (2.0 Hour Special Session)
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Tyler Hudson
Tony Munter
Adam B. Wolf
Troy Bouk
Joe Peiffer
Peter Mougey
Chris Paulos
Hernia Mesh Litigation
Anne Andrews
Doug Kreis
James Matthews, III
Seth Katz
Robert Price
10:15 am
Exhibit Hall
Morning Break – Bloody Marys & Mimosas Bar
co-sponsored by Filevine
Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler Systems – Surgical Infections
Kate E. Jaycox
Daniel Nigh
Ethics in Mass Torts & Complex Litigation
Jaime Dodge
Hon. Marina Corodemus (Ret.)
Zofran Litigation – Birth Defects
Tobi Millrood
Eliquis & Xarelto – Severe Bleeding
Alexandra Boone
Break-Out Session: Defective Consumer Products Litigation
Melissa W. Wolchansky
Ben Gordon
Daniel Bryson
Mass Tort Counter-Terrorism Cases vs. International Banks & Money Launderers
David TeSelle
Gavriel Mairone
Chris Paulos
Projects That Are Emerging or Wrapping Up – The Latest News
Emerging Orthopedic Implant Litigations | Fluoroqinolones: Levaquin, Cipro & Avelox | Mirena IUD – Pseudotumor Cerebri Litigation | Monsanto Roundup | St. Jude Defibrillators | St. Louis Mass Tort Update: Dockets &... Read More
Martin Crump
Pete Miller
John Restaino
Yvonne M. Flaherty
Aimee Wagstaff
Mark Niemeyer
Robert Jenner
Larry Jones
Henry Garrard
2:45 pm
