MASS TORTS MADE PERFECT
April 22 & 23, 2010

Thursday, April 22

7:00 to 8:00am Continental Breakfast/Registration Ballroom
8:00 to 9:00am Think Bigger…Expand Your Practice Around The World Mike Papantonio & Kerry Kennedy
9:00 to 10:00am

Asbestos Part I:

Helping Meso Claimants As Part Of Your Practice 

Perry Weitz & Rob Gordon
10:00 to 10:30am Pfizer's Most Unpfortunate Pfailures: How HRT Plaintiffs Scored Major Trial Verdicts Through Killer Cross-Examination And Damage Anchors Tobi Millrood
10:30 to 10:45am Coffee Break Exhibit Hall
10:45 to 11:15am Technology In Persuasion of the Pharmaceutical Case Howard Nations
11:15 to 12:15pm Lawyers Making a Real Difference
2009 Hall of Fame Inductees
Morris Dees, Fred Levin & Bobby Lee Cook
12:30 to 2:15pm

Luncheon featuring guest speaker

Known as "A Messenger to Mankind" and a powerful voice for human rights. His personal experience of the holocaust and gifts as a storyteller and teacher motivate him as a defender of human rights and peace throughout the world.
(Introduction by RFK Center for Human Rights Founder, Kerry Kennedy)

The American Trial Lawyer 2010 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honoring Phil Corboy, Richard Haynes, Russ Herman, Paul Luvera, & JB Spence

Elie Wiesel
2:30 to 3:00pm The Liability of Generic Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Pete Kaufman
3:00 to 3:30pm

Persuasion Is Not A Talent—It Is A Science

Cognitive science is unlocking the mysteries of persuasion for trial attorneys. Mastering these skills is a necessity in the courtroom.

Rex Parris
3:30 to 4:15pm Yaz, Yazmin and Ocella—Deceptive Contraceptives
(Understanding The Case Against Drospirenone)
Mark Robinson, Seth Katz & Tim O'Brien
4:15 to 5:30pm Chinese Drywall: Corrosive, Smelly, And Still Hanging Around—News From the Trial Front Richard Serpe, Chris Seeger, Russ Herman, Gerald Meunier & Ben Gordon
5:30 to 7:30pm Cocktail Party for you and a guest, featuring a performance
by the "Alley Cats" (Opening music act for Jay Leno's Vegas show)
Exhibit Hall

Friday, April 23

8:00 to 8:30am Continental Breakfast Exhibit Hall
8:30 to 9:30am

The Pedal to the Metal: Accelerating Toyota Recall Litigation

(Panel Discussion)

Scott Weinstein, 

Tim Howard, Seth Katz, Danny Becnel, Kim Evers Andrew Meyer, &

Martin Jaffe 

9:30 to 10:30am "The State of The Art"—Spotting and Avoiding Professional Responsibility Issues In Settlements (consolidated MDL,
firm-by-firm, and single event)

Matt Garretson

& Joe DiNardo

10:30 to 11:30am

Asbestos Part II:

How To Handle The Meso Claimant

Perry Weitz & Arthur Luxenberg
11:30 to 12:00pm Settlement…A Judge's Perspective: "Help Me Help You" Judge Peter Polos
12:00 to 1:30pm

Mass Tort Updates:
-Accutane
-Gadolinium
-Pain Pumps
-Securities
-Digitek: Defendants Hiding the Details, An MDL Update  

-Avandia

-Paxil

 
Bill Cash
Troy Rafferty
Irwin Levin
Peter Mougey
Harry Bell, Jr.

TBA

Adam Peavy