Monday, March 22, 2004



8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast



9:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks

Michael Williams, Williams Dailey O'Leary Craine & Love

Barry Hill, Hill Toriseva & Williams



9:15 Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra

David Miceli, Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles



10:00 Medical Devices: New Litigation in 2003

Mary Williams, Hill Toriseva & Williams

James Capretz, Capretz & Associates



11:00 Morning Break



11:15 Hormone Therapy: Prempro and Beyond

Tobias Millrood, Schiffrin & Barroway

Zoe Littlepage, Littlepage & Associates



12:00 Remicade and Enbrel

Cindi Anne Solomon, Motley Rice



12:30 Networking Luncheon



1:45 New Drug Litigation: When To Get Involved, When Not To, and Why?

Sol Weiss, Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley



2:20 Accutane

Michael Ryan, Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee



2:45 Afternoon Break



3:00 Ethics in Mass Tort Marketing and Mass Tort Settlements

James Sokolove, Law Office of James Sokolove

Matthew Garretson, The Garretson Law Firm and Little Meyers Garretson & Associates



4:00 Zicam - Why Are All these People Losing Their Senses of Smell and Taste

James Szaller, Brown & Szaller



4:30 Serzone

Carl Frankovitch, Frankovitch Anetakis Colantonio & Simon



4:55 Avandia

Speakers to be announced



5:15 Networking Reception



Tuesday, March 23, 2004



8:00 Continental Breakfast



8:30 Mature Litigation Updates from the Leaders

PPA: Leslie O'Leary, Williams Dailey O'Leary Craine & Love

Ephedra: Anne Andrews, Andrews & Thornton

Thimerosal: C. Andrew Waters, Waters & Kraus
Breast Implants: Leslie Bryan, Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles & Devine

Baycol: Charles Zimmerman, Zimmerman Reed

Fen Phen: Kip Petroff, Petroff & Associates



10:00 Morning Break



10:15 Use of Adverse Event Reports and Medical Literature To Establish General Causation

John Restaino, Lopez Hodes Restaino Milman & Skikos



11:00 Zyprexa

Amy Eskin, Hersh & Hersh



11:30 The Impact of FDA Actions On Claims and Defenses In Emerging Prescription Drug Litigation

Edward Parr, Herman Mathis Casey Kitchens & Gerel



12:00 Adjourn