Overview
Duke Law’s Mass Tort MDL Certificate will be held virtually on November 7-8, 2022. Established in 2019 by the late Duke Law Professor Francis McGovern, the Mass Tort MDL Certificate is designed to expand and diversify the field of attorneys capable of handling mass tort and multidistrict litigation. The course faculty includes leading judges, practitioners, and professors in the field of complex litigation, affording participants a unique opportunity to gain practical insight from key players into the lifecycle and management of mass torts. The course is comprehensive, balanced, and includes a breakout session by party, which enables participants to discuss sensitive issues and interact with preeminent practitioners from their side of the “v.”
Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a Mass Tort MDL Certificate from the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. Completion of the Mass Tort MDL Certificate is a recommended prerequisite for attending the Advanced MDL Certificate, which will be offered at Duke Law in spring 2023 in conjunction with the McGovern Symposium. No academic credit is provided for these programs. See below for details on pricing.
CLE Information: The Institute will submit CLE credit on behalf of attorneys in North Carolina. Out-of-state participants will receive a “Certificate of Attendance” and a completed “Uniform Application for Accreditation.” (Total hours to be updated soon.)
Chatham House Rule: To encourage frank discussions, the conference is held under the Chatham House Rule: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.”
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Overview
Registration Cost
Faculty & Agenda
Registration
Sponsorships
Thank you sponsors!
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Faculty & Agenda
Agenda
Course Faculty
Kevin Anderson
Senior Deputy Attorney General for North Carolina
Anne Andrews
Andrews & Thornton
Prof. Lynn Baker
University of Texas at Austin, School of Law
Lauren Barnes
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
John Beisner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
David Bernick
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Sheila Birnbaum
Dechert LLP
Paul Boehm
Williams & Connolly LLP
Elizabeth Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Hon. Karen Caldwell
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; Chair of JPML
David R. Cohen
David R. Cohen Co. LPA
Halli Cohn
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Jayne Conroy
Simmons Hanly Conroy
Hon. Bob Dow
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Hon. John Facciola
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (ret.); Georgetown Law
Hon. Eldon Fallon
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
Tara A. Fumerton
Jones Day
Paul Geller
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Hon. Paul Grimm
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; Bolch Judicial Institute
Hon. George Hanks
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Hon. Michael Hanzman
Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
Hon. William Highberger
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
Prof. David Ichel
X-Dispute LLC; Duke Law School
Prof. Bob Klonoff
Lewis & Clark Law School
Prof. Alexandra D. Lahav
Cornell Law School
Corey Lee
Jones Day
Travis Lenkner
Prof. Margaret H. Lemos
Duke Law School
David F. Levi
Bolch Judicial Institute
Enu Mainigi
Williams & Connolly LLP
Kelly Moore
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Adam Moskowitz
The Moskowitz Law Firm
Hon. Dan Polster
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Prof. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin, School of Law
Joe Rice
Motley Rice LLC
Sharon Robertson
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Hon. Robin Rosenberg
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Hon. Cynthia Rufe
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Saulino
Covington & Burling LLP
Chris Seeger
Seeger Weiss LLP
Hon. Vaughn Walker
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (ret.); ADR/Law Office – Vaughn R. Walker
Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann
DiCello Levitt
Michael Zogby
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Click here to download the agenda.
Please note panelists, participants, and times are all subject to change.
Registration
The registration portal has closed. For questions concerning registration, email Lora Beth Farmer at lora.farmer@law.duke.edu.
Sponsorships
$5,000 Sponsorship
Sponsor’s name will be listed on the website and on slides during the program. Includes one (1) complimentary registration to the course.
$10,000 Sponsorship
Sponsor’s logo will be listed on the website and on slides during the program. Includes two (2) complimentary registrations to the course.
Thank you 2022 program sponsors!
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP