2024 Speakers

NHTSA Keynote Address

Stephen Hench

Senior Trial Attorney
US Department of Transportation, NHTSA

Judicial Perspectives

Hon. David Lawson

US District Court Judge
Eastern District of Michigan

Hon. Jose Linares (Ret.)

Partner, McCarter & English
US District Court Chief Judge, District of New Jersey

2024 Conference Co-Chairs

Antony Klapper

Deputy General Counsel
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Michael Gallub

Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Allison Shue

Assistant General Counsel
Toyota North America

Advisory Board

Michael Carroll

Director, Associate General Counsel
Subaru of America Inc

Brian Kapatkin

Assistant General Counsel, Automotive Product Regulatory & Litigation
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Brittany Wilson

Corporate Counsel - Litigation
Mercedes-Benz USA

Speaker Faculty

Andrew Bloomer

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

David Bonelli

Partner
Venable LLP

Michael Cooney

Member
Dykema Gossett PLLC

Christopher Dalton

Shareholder, Class Actions Practice Group Leader
Buchanan

James Denvil

Partner, Global Regulatory
Hogan Lovells

Nicholas Faenza

Senior Managing Engineer
Exponent

Basheer Ghorayeb

Managing Counsel, Business Litigation and Warranty/Lemon Law
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Jay Goldbaum

Deputy General Counsel
The Shyft Group

Steven Grey

Chief Counsel - Product Legal
Isuzu North America Corporation

Ryan Harrington

Principal
Exponent

Stephen Hench

Senior Trial Attorney
US Department of Transportation, NHTSA

Christie L. Iannetta

Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Leah R. Imbrogno

Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Nicholas C. Johnson

Senior Counsel, Breach of Warranty & Single Incidents
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Michelle La Count

Project Director, Client Services
Epiq Global

Carlos Lazatin

Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Michael Mallow

Managing Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Matthew Marmolejo

Partner
Mayer Brown

Ryan McCarthy

Deputy General Counsel, Product Litigation
Tesla

Beth Mykytiuk

Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory
Zoox

Chris Nalevanko

General Counsel
Zoox

Jeff Patterson

Partner
Bowman and Brooke LLP

Allan Pixton

Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Terri Reiskin

Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

David Rice

Partner
Squire Patton Boggs

Daniel​ Rustmann

Co‑Chair, Global Automotive Practice
Butzel

Justin Savage

Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

Jacqueline Seidel

Partner
King & Spalding LLP

Robert Shields

Partner
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

Emily Tait

Partner
Jones Day

Neal Walters

Partner
Ballard Spahr

Steven Wernikoff

Partner
Co-Leader, Data Privacy and Cyber Security Group
Co-Leader Autonomous Vehicles Group
Honigman LLP