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<font size ="3">Monday, September 29, 2003</font>
7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 Introduction and Opening Remarks
Michael Drumke, Schiff Hardin & Waite
Esther Berezofsky, Willams Cuker & Berezofsky
8:45 Effective Management of Toxic Tort Litigation
Margaret Byrne, Swanson Martin & Bell
Additional speakers to be announced
9:30 Procedural Issues
PLAINTIFF PERSPECTIVE: Speaker to be announced
DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE: Michael Pratt, Pepper Hamilton
JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE: Hon. Louis Bechtle, former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn
10:15 Morning Break
10:30 Emerging Areas of Toxic Tort Litigation - Keeping up with the Trends
James Messer, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner & Proctor
John McMeekin, Rawle & Henderson
Additional speakers to be announced
11:30 Understanding the Concerns of the Plaintiff Client
Seth Lesser, The Law Offices of Gene Locks
12:00 Luncheon and Keynote Address - Tort Reform
1:30 Understanding the Concerns of the Corporate Client
Cynthia Antonucci, Harris Beach
Additional speaker to be announced
2:00 Corporate Witnesses and Corporate Discovery
Matthew Fischer, Schiff Hardin & Waite
2:30 Records, Documents & E-Discovery
James Gordon, Vice President Global Information Technology, Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations
Jonathan Redgrave, Jones Day
3:30 Afternoon Break
3:45 Ethics Presentation - Multi-client Representations
Janet MacDonell, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles
Additional speaker to be announced
4:45 Insurance Primer - Coverage
POLICYHOLDER PERSPECTIVE: Matthew Jacobs, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
CARRIER PERSPECTIVE: Speaker to be announced
5:30 Networking Reception
"Finals to the Firm" - Everything You Need to Know to Survive at a Law Firm
Raymond Millien, Piper Rudnick
Calvin Gladney, Real Estate Counsel, BRIDGE Housing Corporation
<font size = "3">Tuesday, September 30, 2003</font>
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 The Admissibility of Scientific and Medical Evidence
MODERATORS: Esther Berezovsky and Mike Drumke
Peter Barrett, M.D., Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine & New England Medical Center
Howard Sandler, MD, President, Sandler Occupational Medicine
Ronald Gots, MD, PhD, International Center for Toxicology & Medicine
David Cugell, Bazley Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School
Additional speakers to be announced
10:30 Morning Break
10:45 Identifying and Preparing Your Experts - Panel and Mock Direct & Cross Examination
PLAINTIFF PERSPECTIVE: Benjamin Shein, Shein Law Center
DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE: Stephen Imbriglia, Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson
EXPERT: Howard Sandler, MD, President, Sandler Occupational Medicine
12:30 Adjourn
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