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THURSDAY, APRIL 15
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Thu 7:00p
WELCOME!
Opening and Reception Poolside Dinner |
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Thu 10:15p
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Hospitality Suite at Jackrabbit Suite |
Cigars, wine, cocktails, munchies and
lots of talk.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 16
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Fri 7:30a
Continental Breakfast |
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Fri 7:50a
Opening
Remarks |
 Tracy
Van Steenburgh
2004 Chair - The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Halleland, Lewis, Nilan, Sipkins & Johnson
Minneapolis, MN
● Introduction to the Network
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Welcome Seminar Chair
Bio
Firm |
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Fri 7:55a
Welcome From Seminar
Co-Chair |
Joe Ortego
2004 Seminar Chair
Nixon Peabody
New York, NY & Garden City, NY
Bio
Firm
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 Fri
8:00a
Jeff Parsons
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons
Houston, TX
Bio
Firm |
SCALE TIPPING TRIAL TACTICS
Many decisions, choices, and circumstances impact case results but
some are far more influential than others. Veteran trial lawyer Jeff
Parsons discusses ten of the most significant tactical decisions that
in-house and trial counsel can make affecting the outcome of
litigation.
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 Fri 8:20a
Tracy
Van Steenburgh
Halleland, Lewis, Nilan,
Sipkins & Johnson
Minneapolis, MN
Bio
Firm |
ATTORNEY-CLIENT AND WORK
PRODUCT PRIVILEGE ADVICE FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL
Where is the line drawn
between business advice and legal advice when in-house counsel
delivers his/her services? Are in-house counsel always acting as
lawyers or do they sometimes, or always, act as business persons
employed by their corporate client? Examples of conduct held to be
privileged and instances of in-house lawyers crossing the line.
Practical pointers to keep your advice out of the hands of your
adversary. |
Fri 8:40a (40 min.)
 Guy
Michelson
Corr Cronin
Seattle, WA
Bio
Firm
 Rod Heard
Wildman, Harrold,
Allen & Dixon
Chicago, IL
Bio
Firm |
PANEL DISCUSSION ON CLASS ACTION
CLASS ACTIONS: EARLY DEFENSE
STRATEGIES
Class action litigation costs
corporate America billions of dollars each year. Once a class is
certified, plaintiff lawyers often have the upper hand in demanding
large settlements under threat of enormous financial risk. Explore
defense strategies that prevent or terminate certification.
ARBITRATION: CAN IT EVER
BE A CLASS ACT?
Enter the brave new world of
class arbitrations. Opportunities and catastrophic risks about which
to be alert. |
 Fri 9:20a
John Fitzpatrick
LeClair Ryan
Richmond, VA
Bio
Firm |
TOUGH CASES, TOUGH
DEFENSES AND GREAT RESULTS
Simply
because the facts are against you, damages are extraordinary, punitive
potential abounds and the world looks like it's closing in doesn't
mean that your case can't be won. Bringing them back from the edge of
disaster is trial lawyer John Fitzpatrick's forte. Hear his techniques
and methods to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. |
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Fri 9:40a
Coffee
Break
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Fri 10:00a
- 1:00p
Spouses'
and Significant Others' Morning Event
 Cooking
lesson and lunch with celebrity chef. |
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 Fri 10:10a
David Harris
Lowenstein Sandler
Roseland, NJ
Bio
Firm |
ANTITRUST LAW UPDATE:
HORIZONTAL RESTRAINTS
Changing times, changing economies, and changing responses by the
courts, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice affect
your company. A survey of the law of horizontal restraints and what
you need to know. |
Fri 10:30a (30 min.)
Bobby Hood
Hood Law Firm
Charleston, SC
Bio
Firm
Barry Halpern
Snell & Wilmer
Phoenix, AZ
Bio
Firm |
PANEL DISCUSSION ON D&O
LITIGATION AND INSURANCE
Innovative defense of D&O
litigation. Pre-trial preparation and trial technique involving
corporate big-whigs. Making well-compensated, highly-educated and
sometimes aloof witnesses and defendants attractive storytellers
embraceable by lay juries.
What's new
with directors and officers insurance? Coverage limitations,
rescission exposure, bankruptcy risks and the role of in-house counsel
in protecting the company.
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Fri 11:00a
Simultaneous
Breakout
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Group A
LITIGATION
AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL MANAGEMENT
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Group
B
LITIGATION
AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL MANAGEMENT
Moderated by
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Alex
Marconi
Snell &
Wilmer
Phoenix, AZ
Bio
Firm |
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with Discussion by
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Michael
Hoffman
Chief Legal
Officer and Exec. V. P.
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Louis
Roberts
Vice
President
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Mike
Fried
Asst. V.P.,
Litigation Management
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David
King
Exec. V.P.,
Strategic Planning
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Group C
LITIGATION
AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL MANAGEMENT
Moderated by
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Mark Miller
Wildman, Harrold,
Allen & Dixon
Chicago, IL
Bio
Firm |
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with Discussion by
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Dan
Hann
Senior Vice
Pres. & General Counsel
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Scott
Nehs
General
Counsel
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David
Cooke
Assistant
General Counsel
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Steve
Groom
Deputy
General Counsel
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William
Bower
Senior Vice
President of Claims
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Group D
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Moderated by
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David
Nagle
LeClair Ryan
Richmond, VA
Bio
Firm |
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with Discussion by
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Les
Meredith
Sr. Vice
President and General Counsel
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Jill
Ferrel
Senior Labor
Counsel
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Mark
Pawlak
Labor and
Employment Counsel
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Jill
Schultz
Nixon Peabody
Rochester, NY
Bio
Firm |
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Andrew
Upton
Senior V.P.,
Assoc. General Counsel
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Fri 6:45p
Busses
to Heard Museum
Fri 7:00p
Dinner |
Built in 1929, the internationally-acclaimed Heard Museum is
one of the best places to experience and learn about the
fascinating cultures and art of Native Americans of the
Southwest.
The Spanish Colonial-style architecture of the Heard Museum
and its arched walkways, spacious galleries, outdoor bricked
patios and fountains, and lush desert landscapes add to the
rich Southwestern experience that awaits you.
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Fri 10:30p
- whenever
Hospitality Suite at Jackrabbit Suite
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Cigars, wine, cocktails, munchies and
lots of talk.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 17
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Sat 7:45a
Continental Breakfast |
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Sat 8:25a
Welcome From Seminar Co-Chair |
Joe Ortego
2004 Seminar Chair
Nixon Peabody
New York, NY & Garden City, NY
Bio
Firm
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Sat 8:30a (30 min.)
Eliot Jubelirer
Morgenstein & Jubelirer
San Francisco, CA
Bio
Firm
Tom Tardy
Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy
Jackson, MS
Bio
Firm |
PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE
ASBESTOS LITIGATION MONSTER: LESSONS LEARNED
Asbestos litigation: How it got
so large, who it wants to eat next and how to fight back. Lessons
learned and thoughts about other litigation monsters waiting to pop
out.
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Sat 9:00a (15 min.)
Scott O'Connell
Nixon Peabody
Boston, MA
Bio
Firm |
WHEN CIVIL ACTION BECOMES CRIMINAL:
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CONCURRENT PROCEEDINGS
Parallel
civil and criminal proceedings present difficulties at the 3-D chess
level. Each case carries the risk of a jail sentence, loss of
professional licenses and financial ruin. Common threads running
through concurrent civil, criminal and regulatory proceedings. |
 Sat 9:15a (15 min.)
Peter Wechsler
Ruden McClosky
Miami, FL
Bio
Firm |
JURY TRENDS: WHERE ARE
PLAINTIFFS HITTING BIG AND WHY
A survey of large jury verdicts
and an analysis of where they are coming from, why they are happening
and how to avoid them. |
 Sat 9:30a (30 min.)
Moderator:
Dennis Duggan
Nixon Peabody
Boston,
MA
Bio
Firm |
PANEL
DISCUSSION: THE LITIGATION DILEMMA & WHAT CLIENTS EXPECT FROM COUNSEL
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Sat 10:00a
Coffee
Break |
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 Sat
10:30a (20 min.)
Gordon McKee
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Toronto, Ontario
Bio
Firm |
DEVELOPMENTS IN MASS
TORT IN CANADA AND ITS EFFECTS ON CORPORATE AMERICA
The litigation explosion is now
consuming Canada with far-reaching impacts in the United States. Don't
have an office in Canada? Don't need to worry? Think again. If your
products, services or advertisements reach Canadian consumers, your
company needs to know what's going on in Canada.
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Sat 10:50a (70 min.)
Moderator:
Tony Lathrop
Moore & Van Allen
Charlotte, NC
Bio
Firm
Tom Zych
Thompson Hine
Cleveland, OH
Bio
Firm
Lee Hollis
Lightfoot, Franklin & White
Birmingham, AL
Bio
Firm
Kevin Zielke
Dykema Gossett
Detroit, MI
Bio
Firm |
PANEL DISCUSSION ON HI-TECH TRIAL
TECHNIQUES AND DURING DISCOVERY
Jurors expect
whiz, bang and pop like on C.S.I. They are special effects-era
bred. High tech at trial from opening statements through witness
examinations to closing argument.
Electronic storage of information has increased the costs, burdens and
risks of litigation? And recent case law only worsened the problem by
shifting costs to the deep pocket? What's in-house counsel to do?
Practical solutions to discovery
management problems presented by man-months of recorded voice mail,
mountains of documents and megabytes of data, all of which is sought
in discovery or subpoenas. Using information technology professionals
to sort the wheat from the chaff and to pluck hot documents and
smoking guns before they explode. |
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Sat 12:00p
Closing Remarks |
Tracy
Van Steenburgh
2004 Chair - The Network of
Trial Law Firms
Halleland, Lewis, Nilan, Sipkins & Johnson
Minneapolis, MN
Bio
Firm |
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Sat 1:00p
Recreation
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Golf at the Tournament
Players Club Stadium Course
(For advanced players) |
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  Set
in the Sonoran Desert and surrounded by the majestic McDowell
Mountains, the TPC of Scottsdale -- a PGA TOUR facility --
embodies the standards of excellence set forth by the design team
of Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish.
(32 players. Incl. box
lunch) |
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Golf at the Camelback
Golf Club Course |
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The 7014-yard, par-72 links-style Club Course
was designed by Arthur Jack Snyder in 1978 and
remains a dynamic course testing your best golf game.
The Club Course features secluded sand traps,
rolling terrain, tree lined fairways, with
a magnificent mountain backdrop.
(28 players.
Box lunch at the resort.) |
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Tennis
(3 courts)
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Desert Jeep Ride
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Shopping at Kierland Commons
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Spa &
Pool
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Sat 7:00p
BBQ
Dinner at Mummy Mountain
  
The most delicious, abundant,
succulent western BBQ ever.
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Sat 10:30p
- whenever
Hospitality Suite at Jackrabbit Suite |
Cigars, wine, cocktails, munchies and
lots of talk.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 18
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Sun
8:30a
- 10:00a
Members and
Trustees Breakfast |
Breakfast meeting for members available
to meet. |
