Speakers

2018 Spring Conference Speakers

THURSDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Congressman Mike Gallagher Representative Wisconsin 8th District

THURSDAY NIGHT DINNER SPEAKER

Ann Marie Buerkle CPSC Acting Chairman

FRIDAY GUEST SPEAKERS - CONFIRMED

Hugh Hewitt
Acclaimed Radio Talk Show Host, The Hugh Hewitt Show; Host, MSNBC's Hugh Hewitt; Political Analyst and Contributor, NBC News and MSNBC; Lawyer; Professor; and Author

Paul Begala
Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

Innovations in Efficiently Managing Class Action Litigation

Jessica Saunders Eichel, Esq. Combe Incorporated

Moderator Megan L. Pizor Litigation Management, Inc.

Stephen G. Strauss, Esq. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Sonya S. Virant Litigation Management, Inc.

Inside the Supreme Court

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Esq. Solicitor General under President Obama Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Moderator Kenneth S. Geller, Esq. Mayer Brown LLP

Andrew J. Pincus, Esq. Mayer Brown LLP

Nicole A. Saharsky, Esq. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Kannon K. Shanmugam, Esq. Williams & Connolly LLP

Hot Issues in Autonomous Vehicles and Products

Dale G. Markland, Esq. Markland Hanley

Thomas N. Vanderford, Jr., Esq. Hyundai Motor America

Nicholas J. Wittner, Esq. Dykema Gossett PLLC

Crisis Management in the Electronics World—Samsung

Timothy L. Mullin, Jr., Esq. Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Kevin C. White, Ph.D. Exponent

Crisis Management in the Lead Paint Litigation—California Style

John W. Lebold, Esq. The Sherwin-Williams Company

Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr., Esq. Jones Day

Crisis Management in the Automotive Industry

Kyle H. Dreyer, Esq. Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP

Wendy D. May, Esq. Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP

Statistical Origins of the Opioid Crisis

Robin Cantor, Ph.D. Berkeley Research Group

Crisis Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry—Opioid Litigation

Moderator Gary A. Wolensky, Esq. Buchalter

Markus Green, Esq. Pfizer Inc.

Jake Sargent Senior Vice President Smith & Company

Crisis Management in the ATV Industry -  Rhino Litigation

Paul G. Cereghini, Esq. Bowman and Brooke LLP

Friday Breakouts (I)

Autonomous Vehicles and Products Action Group

Edward A. Gray, Esq. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Thomas J. Sweeney, Esq. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Christopher C. Spencer, Esq. Spencer Shuford LLP

Erika Z. Jones, Esq. Mayer Brown LLP

Wayne Mitchell Stericycle ExpertSolutions

Cyber-Liability Action Group

Thomas E. Rice, Esq Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, L.L.C.

Consumer Products

Robert Kaye CPSC

Chris Harvey Stericyle ExpertSolutions

Elizabeth V. McNulty, Esq. Taylor Anderson LLP

Friday Breakouts (II)

Life Sciences Breakout

Danielle Gentin Stock, Esq. Purdue Pharma L.P.

Max C. Heerman, Esq. Medtronic

Connie A. Matteo, Esq. Pfizer Inc.

Stephen C. Matthews, Esq. DLA Piper US LLP

Trial of the Future Part II

Lori G. Cohen, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Craig L. Winterman, Esq. Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C.