2022 Speakers
Esteemed Co-Chairs
Mary-Alice Barrett
Associate General Counsel
Genentech (Little Falls, NJ)
Donald LeGower
Assistant General Counsel - Litigation and Government Investigations
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Lora Spencer
Principal Litigation & Investigations Counsel
Medtronic (Minneapolis, MN)
Renowned Jurists
Honorable Rex Burlison
Circuit Judge
22nd Judicial Circuit of MO
Honorable Karen K. Caldwell
Chief Judge
U.S. District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Chair
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) (Lexington, KY)
Hon. Brian H. May
Circuit Judge, Division 1
St. Louis County Circuit Court
Judge Robin Rosenberg
District Judge
U.S. District Court, S.D. of Florida
Chair, Civil Rules Advisory Committee
Chair, MDL Rules Subcommittee
Honorable Nancy J. Rosenstengel
Chief Judge
U.S. District Court, S.D. Illinois (East St. Louis, IL)
In-House Counsel
Mary-Alice Barrett
Associate General Counsel
Genentech (Little Falls, NJ)
Adam Bassing
Head of Global Litigation
UCB, Inc.
Candace Camarata
Associate General Counsel
Becton, Dickinson and Company (New York, NY)
Bill Childs
Assistant General Counsel, Litigation
3M (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Greg A. Dadika
Vice-President, Litigation, Governmental Investigations, and Risk Management
Boehringer Ingelheim (Ridgefield, CT)
Sandra Di lorio
Senior Litigation Counsel
Endo
Sarah Heineman
Senior Assistant General Counsel, Global Litigation
Bayer (Piitsburgh, PA)
Christiana Jacxsens
Corporate Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Head of Investigations and Litigation
B. Braun Medical (Atlanta, GA)
Marcela Kirberger
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Elanco
Amy Todd Klug
Associate General Counsel, Litigation & Corporate Operations, Legal Affairs
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Donald LeGower
Assistant General Counsel - Litigation and Government Investigations
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Sarah Padgitt
Associate General Counsel
Baxter (Chicago, IL)
Zane Riester
Senior Counsel
Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ)
Lora Spencer
Principal Litigation & Investigations Counsel
Medtronic (Minneapolis, MN)
Brennan Torregrossa
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Litigation
GSK (Philadelphia, PA)
Justin Witzmann
Senior Litigation Counsel
Nuvasive (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm Attorneys
Eric Alexander
Partner
Reed Smith LLP
Alana Bassin
Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Andrew T. (Andy) Bayman
Partner
King & Spalding LLP (Atlanta, GA)
Michelle M. Bufano
Partner
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (New York, NY)
Christopher G. Campbell
Partner
Chair, Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice
DLA Piper (Atlanta, GA)
Christopher Carton
Managing Partner
Bowman & Brooke LLP (New Brunswick, NJ)
Paul J. (PJ) Cosgrove
Partner | Co-Group Leader, Product Liability
Ulmer & Berne LLP (Cincinnati, OH)
Timothy Daniels
Partner
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC (New Orleans, LA)
Sharon Desh
Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP (Chicago, IL)
Jan Dodd
Shareholder
Carlton Fields (Los Angeles, CA)
Marcella Ducca
Co-Chair, Atlanta Products Liability Litigation Group
Greenberg Traurig LLP (Atlanta, GA)
Sean P. Fahey
Partner | Leader, Health Sciences Litigation Practice Group
Troutman Pepper (Philadelphia, PA)
Wendy West Feinstein
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Pittsburgh, PA)
David Ferrera
Partner
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP (Boston, MA)
Kristen Fournier
Partner
King & Spalding LLP (New York, NY)
Sabrina Gallo
Partner
Greenberg Traurig LLP, (Miami, FL)
John Galvin
Partner
Thompson Coburn LLP (St. Louis, MO)
Ruben Gonzalez
Attorney
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Chicago, IL)
Jessica Grant
Partner
Morrison Foerster LLP
Jacqueline Harrington
Partner
Dechert LLP (New York, NY)
Tripp Haston
Partner
Bradley (Birmingham, AL)
Michael Hecht
Partner
Venable (Baltimore, MD)
Tim Hudson
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Dallas, TX)
Nilda Isidro
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP (New York, NY)
Christine Kain
Partner
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Minneapolis, MN)
Andrew Kaplan
Partner
Crowell & Moring (Washington, DC)
Matthew Kelly
Shareholder
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney (Chicago, IL)
Thomas Kurland
Counsel
Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP (New York, NY)
Paul LaFata
Partner
Dechert LLP
John P. Lavelle, Jr.
Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (Philadelphia, PA)
Robin Linley
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Toronto, ON)
Robyn Maguire
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Kimberly Martin
Partner
Bradley (Huntsville, AL)
Stephen J. McConnell
Partner
Reed Smith LLP
Susanna Moldoveanu
Attorney
Butler Snow LLP (Memphis, TN)
Julie Park
Partner
Morrison Foerster LLP (San Diego, CA)
Megan Rodgers
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP (Palo Alto, CA)
Courtney Saleski
Partner
DLA Piper
Robert Simpson
Managing Partner
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP (Hartford, CT)
David N. Sneed
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP (Washington, DC)
Jennifer Stevenson
Partner
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP (Kansas City, MO)
Charlotte Taylor
Partner
Jones Day
Amy Vanni
Partner
McCarter & English LLP (Philadelphia, PA)
Davis Walsh
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP (Richmond, VA)
Grant Worden
Partner
Torys LLP (Toronto, ON)
Mary Young
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Minneapolis, MN)
Consultancies
Megan Pizor
General Counsel
Litigation Management, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, OH)
