Conference Co-Chairs

Akure Paradis

Deputy General Counsel
CareSource

Archana Rajendra

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Health Alliance Plan, Henry Ford Health

Speaker Faculty

Rachel Alexander

Partner
Wiley Rein LLP

Brett Barnett

Partner
McGuireWoods LLP

Elizabeth M. Bock

Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Devin Cohen

Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP

Mike Cowie

Partner
Dechert LLP

Sandra Durkin

Member
Strategic Health Law

Jason J. DeJonker

Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Jay Dewald

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Kevin D. Feder

Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP (Washington, DC)

Lindsay Fetzer

Partner
Bass, Berry & Sims

Elliot K. Gordon

Arbitrator/Mediator

Philo D. Hall

Partner
Epstein Becker & Green, PC

Jason Joffe

Partner
Squire Patton Boggs

Nicholas John

Associate Director
Berkeley Research Group, LLC

Carolyn Kapustij

Senior Advisor for Managed Care
HHS Office of Inspector General

David E. Kopans

Partner
DLA Piper LLP

Jamie Kurtz

Co-Chair, Health Care Litigation Group
Robins Kaplan LLP

Brad Lerner

Director, Public Policy
Elevance Health

Alexandra M. Lucas

Partner
Reed Smith LLP

Ben McCoy

Partner
Fox Rothschild LLP

Tim McMichael

Assistant General Counsel- Director of Litigation/SIU
Premera Blue Cross

Joseph Miller

Member/Co-Chair, Antitrust Practice
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Kirk J. Nahra

Partner and Co-Chair, Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice
WilmerHale (Washington, DC)

Evan Neadel

Assistant General Counsel
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Alex Oliphant

Director
BRG

Adam J. Petitt

Partner
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Heather D. Redmond

Deputy General Counsel
UnitedHealth Group

Barbara Reeves

Arbitrator, Mediator, Special Master

Heather Richardson

Partner
Gibson Dunn LLP

Matthew Ryan

Senior Managing Director, Disputes & Economics
Ankura

Jen Romano

Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP

Amanda G. Schreiber

Associate Senior Counsel
Cigna

Brian P. Seaman

Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer
Stradley Ronon & Young LLP

Thomas J. Sullivan

Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Matthew R. Varzally

Senior Legal Counsel, Litigation
CVS Health

Ray Walker

Managing Counsel – Litigation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Emily Wey

Arbitrator and Mediator
Wey West Dispute Resolution

Kara Wheatley

Principal
Groom Law Group, Chartered

Jed Wulfekotte

Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP