Agenda 

Below you will find the summit agenda. You'll have plenty of time for some work and play! Check back for updates as we publish more details about the panels and as we add new panelists. Click HERE to download a copy of the agenda.

Monday, June 6    
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception  
     
Tuesday, June 7    
7:30 - 8:15 a.m. Breakfast  
8:15 - 8:30 a.m.  Welcome/Introductions Lea Morris & Lauren McGeever | Epiq
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Special Master Role-What it all means.

Randi Ellis | Randi Ellis LLC

Hon. Matthew Kennelly | United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Christopher Seeger | Seeger Weiss

Leslie Smith | Kirkland & Ellis

Sylvius von Saucken | Epiq

 

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Data analytics

Jaime Dodge | Director The Institute for Complex Litigations and Mass Claims Emory University School of Law

Adam Pulaski | Pulaski Kherher, PLLC

Judge David Proctor | United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama

Mikal Watts | Watts Guerra LLP

Julia Zousmer | King & Spalding

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break  
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Ediscovery issues in            Mass Tort MDLs

Daniel Garrie | JAMS

Honorable Leo Gordon | United States District Court of International Trade

Honorable Mary Scriven | United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

Jennifer Hoekstra | Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz PLLC

12:00 - 1:15 p.m  Lunch/ Keynote Speaker

Merril Hirsh | Executive Director Academy of Court-Appointed Masters

LaRuby May | Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Kim Adams | Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Crystal Utley | Epiq

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Business at the cabana Solera Cabanas. This is your chance to get some one-on-one time with Special Masters. Casual Dress.
7:00 p.m. Dinner on the Beach Reservation required. A communication will be sent to registered summit attendees prior to the event to confirm your reservation.
     
Wednesday, June 8    
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast  
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Special Masters: Anticipating, Evaluating and Navigating Game changing Developments.

(Preemption, Jurisdiction, Venue Options, Discovery Proportionality/ fee Shifting, LonePine, Multi-Plaintiff Trials and Remote Witnesses

Judge Glenn Norton, Ret. | Norton Dispute Resolution, LLC

John Driscoll | The Driscoll Law Firm

Patrick Luff | Luff Law Firm

Victoria Maniatis | Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC

David Selby | Bailey Glasser

Hunter Shkolnik | Napoli Shkolnik PLLC

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Mass Torts in Bankruptcy - Trends for the future

Deborah Greenspan | Blank Rome

Peter Kelso | Roux 

Corey Stern | Levy Konigsberg

Edward Neiger | ASK LLP

10:30 - 10:45 Break  
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Mass Tort Settlements

(*Ethics CLE Credit Given)

Ellen Reisman | Reisman Karron Greene LLP

Kenneth Zucker | Troutman Pepper

Sara Roitman | Dechert

Don Migliori | Motley Rice

Karen Beyea-Schroeder | Junnell Law

Caryn Papantonakis | Epiq

11:45 - 12:00 p.m. Closing/ Adjourn  

 

© 2022 Epiq. All rights reserved.