Standing Planning Steering Committees for Annual Conferences

Mass-Tort MDL Case Law & Practices Conference

Standing Steering Committee

Andy Birchfield
Mass Torts Section Head, Beasley Allen
Kimberly Branscome
Partner, Dechert LLP
Francesca Castagnola
Senior Managing Director, Western Alliance Bank
Ernest Cory
Principal Managing Shareholder, Cory Watson
Courtney Enloe
Senior Vice President & Chief Litigation Counsel, 3M
Daniel Gallucci
Attorney, NastLaw LLC
Rakesh Kilaru
Partner, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP
Tim Opsitnick
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, TCDI
Troy Rafferty
Shareholder, Levin Papantino 
Alan Rothman
Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP
Kelsey Stokes
Attorney, Fleming, Nolen, Jez, LLP
Kaspar Stoffelmayr
Partner, Bartlit Beck LLP

50-Judge Mass-Tort MDL Conference

Standing Steering Committee

Richard Arsenault
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault 
John Beisner
Leader, Mass Tort, Insurance & Consumer Litigation Group, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sheila Birnbaum
Partner, Co-Chair Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice, Dechert LLP
Francesca Castagnola
Senior Managing Director, Western Alliance Bank 
Jayne Conroy
Leadership, Simmons Hanly Conroy
Ted Mayer
Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Dianne Nast
Founder, NastLaw LLC
Richard North
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Tim Opsitnick 
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, TCDI
Tim Raab 
Senior Managing Director, Leader Mass Torts Practice, Ankura Consulting Group
Joe Rice
Co-Founder, Motley Rice

Navan Ward
Principal, Beasley Allen Law Firm

Class-Action Case Law & Practices Conference

Standing Steering Committee 

Liz Cassady
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Francesca Castagnola
Senior Managing Director, Western Alliance Bank
Mark Chalos
Managing Partner, Nashville Office,
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Hayden Coleman
Partner, Dechert LLP
Jon Cuneo
Founding Partner, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP
Marc Gross
President, Institute of Law & Economic Policy;
Senior Counsel, Pomerantz LLP
Kimberly Justice
Partner, Freed Kanner London & Millen
Amy Keller
Partner, DiCello Levitt Gutzler 
Leah Lorber
Assistant General Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline
Tim Opsitnick
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, TCDI
Peter Prieto
Partner, Podhurts Orseck 
Dena Sharp
Partner, Girard Sharp
Michael Shortnancy
Partner, King & Spalding 
  Scott Burnette Smith 
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Mass-Tort MDL Certificate Course

Standing Steering Committee

Bryan Aylstock
Partner, Aylstock Witkin Kreis Overholtz PLLC
Francesca Castagnola
Senior Managing Director, Western Alliance Bank
David Cooner
Chief Counsel, Becton, Dickinson & Co. 
Greg Dadika
Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Chris Guth
Senior Assistant General Counsel, Bayer Corporation
Toyja Kelley
Partner, Locke Lorde LLP
Adam Moskowitz 
Founder, The Moskowitz Firm
Leigh O'Dell
Partner, Beasley Allen 
Tim Opsitnick
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, TCDI
Sara Roitman
Partner, Dechert LLP
Susan Sharko
Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
John Yanchunis
Partner, Morgan & Morgan 
  Genieve Zimmerman
Partner, Meshbesher & Spence