Speakers
Chair

Cari K. Dawson
Partner
Alston & Bird (Atlanta, GA)
Speakers

Mark Antalik
Managing Director
BDO USA LLP (Boston, MA)

Daniel J. Arnett
Founding Partner
Arnett Law Group, LLC (Chicago, IL)

Cameron Azari
Vice-President Director of Hilsoft Notifications
Epiq Systems (Portland, OR)

Thomas P. Branigan
Managing Partner
Bowman and Brooke LLP (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

Sarah Bruno
Partner
Arent Fox (San Francisco, CA)

Jeffrey A. Cohen
Shareholder
Carlton Fields, P.A. (Miami, FL)

Jeffrey M. Croasdell
Director
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin, & Robb, P.A. (Albuquerque, NM)

Todd A. Croftchik
Managing Counsel – Product Liability
Toyota Legal One c/o Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

H. Paul Efstratis
Partner
LeClairRyan (San Francisco, CA)

Christopher Ekren
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Sony Electronics (San Diego, CA)

Cheryl A. Falvey
Partner
Crowell & Moring (Washington, DC)

Rick Fuentes, Ph.D.
Founding Partner
R&D Strategic Solutions (Atlanta, GA)

Michael B. Gallub
Member
Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C. (New York, NY)

Jacqueline Glassman
Partner
King & Spalding LLP (Washington, DC)

Matthew A. Goldberg
Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US) (Philadelphia, PA)

Timothy H. Goodman
Shareholder
Babst Calland (Washington, DC)

Ryan J. Harrington, M.E.
Principal
Exponent (Natick, MA)

Spencer P. Hugret
Partner
Gordon & Rees LLP (San Francisco, CA)
Glenn A. Jackson
Counsel, Product Litigation
General Motors Company (Detroit, MI)

Hon. Young B. Kim
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, IL)

Antony Klapper
Deputy General Counsel, Product Liability & Regulatory
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc (Herndon, VA)

Elizabeth Vanis McNulty
Partner
Taylor | Anderson LLP (Irvine, CA)

Jason D. Menges
Assistant General Counsel and Director - Legal
Nissan North America, Inc. (Franklin, TN)

Anthony J. Monaco
Partner
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP (Chicago, IL)

Katherine Halpin Moor
Counsel, Autonomous and Transportation Services
General Motors (Herndon, VA)
Mitchell P. Morinec
Shareholder
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. (Chicago, IL)

The Honorable Stephen J. Murphy‚ III
Judge
U.S. Dist. Ct., Eastern District of Michigan

Elizabeth Mykytiuk
Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory & Litigation
Volkswagen Group of America (Herndon, VA)
Christopher Perry
Acting Deputy Assistant General Counsel
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Washington, DC)

David M. Rice
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs (San Francisco, CA)

Anthony J. Sbarra
Shareholder
Hermes, Netburn, O’Connor & Spearing, P.C. (Boston, MA)

Kevin C. Schiferl
Member
Frost Brown Todd (Indianapolis, IN)

Robert A. Shields
Partner
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP (San Diego, CA)

Steven D. Smelser
Partner
Yukevich Cavanaugh (Los Angeles, CA)

Clarke Sturge
Partner
Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A (Miami, FL)

Thomas N. Vanderford Jr.
Associate General Counsel Executive Director, Litigation
Hyundai Motor America (Fountain Valley, CA)

Jenna Aira-Ventrella, CEDS
National Leader, Global Forensic Technology Services
Technology and Business Transformation Services
BDO USA LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Neal Walters
Product Liability Practice Group Leader
Ballard Spahr LLP (Cherry Hill, NJ)

Steven M. Wernikoff
Partner
Honigman LLP (Chicago, IL)

Michael J. Wiggins
Partner
McDonald Toole Wiggins, P.A. (Orlando, FL)

Paul A. Williams
Partner
Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Kansas City, MO)
