Co-Chairs: |
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Gary McConnell
VP & Assistant General Counsel
Bayer |
Jean Holloway
VP & Deputy General Counsel
Medtronic - Cardiology |
Keynote Speaker: |
Ralph S. Tyler
Chief Counsel
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
The Honorable John G. Heyburn II
Chairman
U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation |
Judges: |
W. Royal Furgeson, Jr.
JPML Multidistrict Panel Judge
United States District Court
Northern District of Texas |
Judge David A. Katz
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio |
Chief Judge David R. Herndon
United States District Court
Southern District of Illinois |
Hon. John R. Tunheim
U.S. Dist. Co., D. Minnesota |
Hon. Sandra Mazer Moss
Coordinating Judge, Complex Litigation Center
Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia |
Speakers:: |
J. Christopher Allen, Jr.
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP (Boston, MA) |
Keri L. Arnold
Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP (New York, NY) |
Valli F. Baldassano
Executive V.P. &
Chief Compliance Officer
Cephalon (Frazer, PA) |
Andrew T. Bayman
Partner
King & Spalding LLP (Atlanta, GA) |
Mary-Alice Barrett
Senior Counsel - Litigation
Hoffmann-La Roche (Nutley, NJ) |
Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
Partner
Barlit Beck H erman Palenchar
& Scott LLP (Chicago, IL) |
Melissa Foster Bird
Partner
Nelson Mullins LLP (Huntington, W. VA.) |
Jerry G. Bradford
Associate General Counsel
Alcon Laboratories, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) |
Michael K. Brown
Partner
Reed Smith LLP (Los Angeles, CA) |
Michael P. Bruyere
Partner
Fields H owell LLP (Atlanta, GA) |
Abigail M. Butler
Partner
Baker & Daniels LLP (Fort Wayne, IN) |
Steven Casey
Partner
Balch & Bingham LLP (Birmingham, AL) |
Mark S. Cheffo
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
(New York, NY) |
Richard Clay
Partner
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP (Louisville, KY) |
Lori G. Cohen
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP (Atlanta, GA) |
Halli D. Cohn
Partner
King & Spalding LLP (Atlanta, GA) |
Greg Dadika
Assistant General Counsel, Litigation
C.R. Bard (Murray H ill, NJ) |
William B. Dodero
Senior Counsel
Bayer (Wayne, NJ) |
James Doran
Partner
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
(Nashville, TN) |
David L. Douglass
Partner
Shook H ardy LLP (Washington, D.C) |
David E. Dukes
Partner
Nelson Mullins LLP (Columbia, S.C.) |
Mary Eaton
Partner
Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
(New York, NY) |
Lauren Freeman-Bosworth
Legal Director
Merck and Co., Inc. (Kenilworth, NJ) |
W. Royal Furgeson, Jr.
JPML Multidistrict Panel Judge
United States District Court
Northern District of Texas |
Christopher L. Gaenzle
Assistant General Counsel
Pfizer Inc. |
Charlene Gallagher
Industry Representative, Advisory
Commission for Childhood Vaccines
Former Senior Division Counsel
for Vaccines
Wyeth/Pfizer (Berwyn, PA) |
Patrick L. Gibson
Assistant Counsel
Office of General Counsel
Merck & Co., Inc. (Kenilworth, NJ) |
Kelly Falconer Goldberg
Corporate Counsel
Pfizer Inc. (New York, NY) |
Stephen B. Harris
Life Sciences Casualty Manager
Chubb & Son
(Whitehouse Station, NJ) |
Chief Judge David R. Herndon
United States District Court
Southern District of Illinois |
Hon. John G. Heyburn II
Chairman
United States Judicial Panel
on Multidistrict Litigation |
.Michael X. Imbroscio
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
(Washington, DC) |
Jerry Jabbour
Senior V. P., Head of Global Legal Affairs & U.S. General Counsel
Wockhardt (Parsippany, NJ) |
Christy Jones
Partner
Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada
PLLC (Jackson, MS) |
The Honorable David A. Katz
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio |
Christopher M. Keefer
Corporate Counsel and Director
Biomet (Warsaw, IN) |
Matthew Keenan
Partner
Shook H ardy LLP (Kansas City, MO) |
Katharine R. Latimer
Partner
Hollingsworth LLP (Washington, DC) |
John P. Lavelle, Jr.
Partner
Morgan Lewis LLP (Philadelphia, PA) |
Joseph Leghorn
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP (Boston, MA) |
| Diane E. Lifton
Partner
Hughes H ubbard & Reed LLP
(New York, NY) |
Mary-Olga Lovett
Co-Managing Shareholder
Houston Office
Greenberg Traurig LLP (Houston, TX) |
Patricia Lowry
Partner
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
(West Palm Beach, FL) |
Fred T. Magaziner
Partner
Dechert LLP (Philadelphia, PA) |
Lisa Martinez-Wolmart
Legal Director, Litigation
Merck & Co., Inc. (Kenilworth, NJ) |
Jason D. Maxwell
Vice President &
Associate General Counsel–Litigation
Cardinal Health (McGaw Park, IL ) |
Monique Hunt McWilliams
Assistant General Counsel
Eli Lilly and Company
(Indianapolis, IN) |
The Honorable Sandra Mazer Moss
Coordinating Judge, Complex Litigation
Center, Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia |
George Ng
Senior Corporate Counsel
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Irvine, CA) |
Sarah M. Padgitt
Senior Counsel
Baxter H ealthcare Corporation
(Deerfield, IL). |
Michael Panagrossi
Associate General Counsel
Purdue Pharma (Stamford, CT) |
Robb Patryk
Partner
Hughes H ubbard & Reed LLP
(New York, NY) |
Marla S. Persky
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
(Ridgefield, CT) |
Stephen S. Phillips
Special Counsel
Medtronic, Inc. (Fridley, MN) |
Marc A. Polk
Associate General Counsel/Litigation
Covidien (Mansfield, MA) |
Christine M. Riley
Litigation Counsel
Taro Pharmaceuticals (Hawthorne, NY) |
Daniel L. Ring
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP (Chicago, IL) |
Dave Rogers
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young LLP (Dallas, TX) |
David N. Royster
Assistant General Counsel,
Global Business, Litigation & Risk
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (Warsaw, IN) |
Teresa Cotton Santos
Assistant General Counsel Litigation
Eli Lilly & Company (Indianapolis, IN) |
William A. Scharff Jr.
Vice-President
Assistant General Counsel
Chief Litigation Counsel
Allergan Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
Kim M. Schmid
Managing Partner, Minneapolis
Bowman and Brooke LLP
(Minneapolis, MN) |
Paul W. Schmidt
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP (Washington, DC) |
Rene L. Siemens
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
(Los Angeles, CA) |
Richard W. Silbert
Vice President
Associate General Counsel
Purdue Pharma L.P. (Stamford, CT) |
Daniel Torpey
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP (Dallas, TX) |
Hon. John R. Tunheim
U.S. District Court
District of Minnesota |
Ralph S. Tyler
Chief Counsel
FDA (Rockville, MD) |
Sonia M. Valdes
Assistant Vice President Life Sciences
Chubb & Son (Warren, NJ) |
Erica Visokey
Assistant Counsel
Stryker (Mahwah, NJ) |
James W. Weller
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP (Jericho, NY) |
David Wise
V.P. & General Counsel
Cyberonics (Houston, TX) |