Mealeys - The Role of Paralegals in Mass Tort Litigation
Venue: The Westin Chicago River North
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Event Date/Time: Mar 08, 2004 | End Date/Time: Mar 09, 2004 |
Description
Monday, March 8, 2004
8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome & Introductory Remarks and Review of Mock Fact Pattern
Eileen P. Kavanagh, Litchfield Cavo
9:15 The Future is Now: E-Filing in U.S. and State Courts
Scott Wetzel, Esq., LexisNexis File & Serve
10:00 The Future is Now: Electronic Discovery Issues
10:45 Morning Break
11:00 Medical Records: How to Obtain, Decipher and Use Them
Doreen James Wise, CEO, Medical Research Consultants
Paula Schenck, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
12:30 Lunch Break - On Your Own
2:00 Obtaining Your Client's Documents
3:00 Afternoon Break
3:15 Getting It Together - Systematic Document Organization
Gordon Sellers, PhD, Paralegal, McDermott Will & Emery
Additional speaker to be announced
4:15 Computer Tools, Skills and Short Cuts
5:00 Adjourn
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Effective Use of Paralegals in Communications with Outside Counsel
Thomas M. Crawford, Litchfield Cavo
9:45 Working with the Insurance Company
Carli Fish, Esq., Associate, Cozen O'Connor
10:30 Morning Break
10:45 Appropriate Utilization of Discovered Documents
11:15 A Paralegal's Role Part II - Trial Organization
Plaintiff Paralegal: Jean Casserly, Legal Assistant, Propes & Kaveny
Defense paralegal: Sandra Antczak, Litigation Adminisrator, Schiff Hardin & Waite
12:00 Adjourn