TTLA 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar
October 22 – 23, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel | 2222 West Loop South | Houston, Texas
Thursday, October 22, 2015
| 9:30 am | Registration Opens |
| 10:55 - 11:00 am | Welcome Remarks Erin Murphy – Lee Murphy Law Firm, Houston, TX |
| 11:00 - 11:30 am | Topic to be Announced (.50 hr) Lisa Blue – Baron & Blue, Dallas TX |
| 11:30 am - Noon | How to Protect Yourself & Your Clients in Settlements (.50 hr) Scott Freeman – The Settlement Alliance, Houston, TX |
| Noon - 12:30 pm | Picking a Jury in Pharmaceutical Cases (.50 hr) Sean Tracey – Tracey & Fox, Houston, TX |
| 12:30 - 1:00 pm | Break to Grab Lunch and Visit with Vendors Introduction of Moderator/Speaker Jim Perdue, Jr. |
| 1:00 - 1:30 pm | Building Themes from Case Evaluation through Trial (.50 hr) Jim Perdue, Jr. – Perdue & Kidd, Houston, TX |
| 1:30 - 2:30 pm | Vaginal Mesh (1.00 hr) Moderated by Erin Copeland – Fibich, Leebron, Copeland, Briggs & Josephson, LLP, Houston, TX Clayton Clark – Clark, Love & Hutson, Houston, TX Dave Matthews – Matthews and Associates, Houston, TX Aimee Wagstaff – Andrus Wagstaff, Lakewood, CO Tom Cartmell – Wagstaff & Cartmell, Kansas City, MO |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Ethical Lead Generation (.50 hr ethics) Adam Pulaski – Pulaski Law Firm, Houston, TX Matthew S. Daniel – Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough, Dallas, TX |
| 3:00 - 3:20 pm | Break |
| 3:20 - 4:10 pm | Current Trends in Mass Torts (.83 hr) (Xarelto, Zofran, Actos, IVC Filters, Testosterone Litigation, Morcellators, and Bair Hugger) Ed Blizzard – Blizzard & Nabers, Houston, TX Doug Monsour – Monsour Law Firm, Longview, TX |
| 4:10 - 4:50 pm | Winning Pharma Lawsuits (.67 hr) John Eddie Williams – Williams Kherkher, Houston TX |
5:00 pm |
Welcome Cocktail Reception |
| 9:30 pm - 1:00 am | After-hours Party Hughes Hangar, 2811 Washington Ave., Houston |
| Friday, October 23, 2015 | |
| 9:55 - 10:00 am | Moderator's Welcome Remarks Jim Perdue, Jr. – Perdue & Kidd, Houston, Texas |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Using Technology Effectively Inside & Outside the Courtroom (.50 hr) Paul Kiesel – Kiesel Law, LLP, Beverly Hills, CA |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am |
Ethical Issues in Mass Tort Settlements (.50 ethics) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 - 12:05 pm | Why Did You Lose? Lessons Learned From High Profile Losses (.83 hr) Moderated by Scott Love – Clark, Love & Hutson, Houston, TX Tommy Fibich – Fibich, Leebron, Copeland, Briggs & Josephson, Houston, TX Michael Gallagher – The Gallagher Law Firm, LLP, Houston, TX Shelley Hutson – Clark, Love & Hutson, Houston, TX John Boundas – Williams Kherkher, Houston, TX Denman Heard – Heard Robins Cloud, Houston, TX |
| 12:05 -12:45 pm | Loftin and the Future of Drug Litigation in Texas (.67 hr) Tommy Fibich – Fibich, Leebron, Copeland, Briggs & Josephson, Houston, TX Michael Gallagher – The Gallagher Law Firm, LLP, Houston, TX |
| 12:45 pm | Adjourn |