Speakers confirmed to date for The 2009 Drug and Medical Device Litigation Faculty include:

Distinguished Co-Chairs:

Bradley E. Lerman
Sr. Vice President and Associate GC – Litigation
PFIZER INC (New York, NY)

Lisbeth Warren
Assistant General Counsel, Offi ce of General Counsel
JOHNSON & JOHNSON (New Brunswick, NJ)

Faculty:

Ted Acosta
Americas Leader – Life Sciences and Corporate Compliance
Ernst & Young

J. Christopher Allen, Jr.
Attorney
NIXON PEABODY LLP (Boston, MA)

John R. Allison
Assistant General Counsel
3M COMPANY (St. Paul, MN)

Eric Anielak      
Partner 
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Kansas City, MO)

Chris Anschuetz
Vice President Technology
MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(MEDITECH) INC. (Westwood, MA)

Patricia A. Barbieri
Legal Director, Employment & Litigation
DAIICHI SANKYO, INC. (Parsippany, NJ)

Andrew Bayman

Andrew T. Bayman       
Partner 
King & Spalding  (Atlanta, GA)

The Honorable Mark I. Bernstein
Judge  
Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia, PA)

Jerry G. Bradford
Associate General Counsel
ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)

The Honorable Ruben Castillo   
United States District Judge     
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, IL)

Randall L. Christian       
Partner 
Clark Thomas & Winters (Austin,TX)

Lori G. Cohen   
Shareholder     
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Atlanta, GA)

J. Gordon Cooney, Jr.
Partner
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

The Honorable Denise L. Cote   
United States District Judge     
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (New York, NY)

Joyce A. Cowan
Partner
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (Washington, DC)

Howard Cyr, III
Senior Corporate Counsel-Litigation
Wyeth (Collegeville, PA)

Sheila Anne Denton
Legal, Executive Director
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORP. (Ridgefield, CT)

Jan Dodd        
Partner 
Kaye Scholer LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Brian Eckman

Brian Eckman
Litigation Counsel
Bausch & Lomb Inc (Rochester, NY)

John Egan       
Partner 
Rubin and Rudman LLP (Boston, MA)

Lisa M. Floro
Counsel
BAYER CORPORATION (Pittsburgh, PA)

The Honorable Donovan W. Frank         
United States District Judge     
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN)

Hope S. Freiwald          
Partner 
Dechert LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

John C. Garde
Partner
McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP (Newark, NJ)

Perry S. Goldman
Vice President, Legal Affairs
ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC. (South San Francisco, CA)

The Honorable James S. Gwin
United States District Judge
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO (Cleveland, OH)

Terry Hackett
Partner
KERNS, FROST & PEARLMAN, LLC (Chicago, IL)

Christopher R. Hall
Partner
SAUL EWING LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

Mark Herrmann
Partner
Jones Day (Chicago, IL)

Wendy Hufford
Executive Vice President & Chief Litigation Counsel
CARDINAL HEALTH, INC. (Dublin, OH)

Michael X. Imbroscio
Partner 
Covington & Burling LLP (Washington, DC)

Kelly Harris Jerkovich   
Corporate Counsel       
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (Parsippany, NJ)

Christopher M. Keefer
Corporate Counsel and Director, Risk Management/Insurance
Biomet, Inc. (Warsaw, IN)

Alan Klein
Partner
DUANE MORRIS LLP (Philadelphia, PA)

Brian J. Leddin
Associate General Counsel, Compliance and Litigation
C. R. Bard, Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ)

Michelle R. Mangrum    
Partner 
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Washington, DC)

Connie  Matteo 
Corporate Counsel       
Wyeth (Madison, NJ)

Monique Hunt McWilliams
Counsel, Corporate Litigation
Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, IN)

Douglas B. Miner
Associate Litigation Counsel
MYLAN INC. (Canonsburg, PA)

Paulette J. Morgan     
Counsel
Nixon Peabody LLP

Susan Mussell
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC. (Eden Prairie, MN)

Kathleen O'Connor       
Partner 
Dechert LLP (New York, NY)

Thomas Packer
Partner
GORDON & REES LLP (San Francisco, CA/Portland, OR)

Kathleen Patterson
Partner
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP (San Francisco, CA)
Kimberly S. Penner
Partner
PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP (New York, NY)
Andrea Roberts Pierson
Partner
BAKER & DANIELS LLP (Indianapolis, IN)

Timothy Pratt    
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel          
Boston Scientific (Natick, MA)

Vivian M. Quinn
Partner
NIXON PEABODY LLP (Buffalo, NY)

Kevin Quinley, CPCU
Vice President, Risk Services
BERKLEY LIFE SCIENCES, LLC (Woodbridge, VA)
Jonathan M. Redgrave
Partner
NIXON PEABODY LLP (Washington, DC)

Janet Richardson         
Senior Managing Attorney         
Abbott Medical Optics, Inc. (Santa Ana, CA)

Teresa Cotton Santos   
Assistant General Counsel        
Eli Lilly & Company (Indianapolis, IN)

Ryan T. Scarborough
Partner
WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP (Washington, DC)

William Scarff, Jr.
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Chief Litigation Counsel
Allergan, Inc. (Irvine, CA)

Paul W. Schmidt
Partner 
Covington & Burling LLP (Washington, DC)

Richard Silbert
Vice President, Associate General Counsel
Purdue Pharma L.P. (Stamford, CT)

Jason Steinhart
Senior Director & Assistant General Counsel, US Litigation         
sanofi-aventis US (Bridgewater, NJ)

Dennis P. Stolle           
Partner 
Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Indianapolis, IN)

Anthony P. Tinari          
Senior Vice President and General Counsel       
ConvaTec Inc. (Skillman, NJ)

The Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat
United States Circuit Judge
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 11TH CIRCUIT (Jacksonville, FL)

Daniel T. Torpey
Partner
Ernst & Young

Lana Varney     
Partner 
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (Austin, TX)

Erica Visokey
Assistant Counsel
Stryker (Mahwah, NJ)

Linda Willett

Linda A. Willett
Partner 
Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold (New York, NY)

The Honorable Randy Wilson    
Judge  
Harris County District Court (Houston, TX)