Friday, February 25, 2022
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fordham Law School
Costantino Room
150 West 62nd Street, Second Floor
New York, NY
Live Broadcast via Zoom Webinar
CLE Credit Available
This symposium addresses the novel intersection of civil procedure and bankruptcy law. Corporate defendants – including Purdue Pharma, Boy Scouts of America, and USA Gymnastics – facing substantial numbers of mass tort claims have filed for bankruptcy to exploit statutory loopholes and impose a new bargain on tort victims. This interdisciplinary event will feature panels discussing bankruptcy preemption and multidistrict litigation, due process, representation issues regarding unidentified victims, settlement dynamics in complex cases, and victims’ rights.
Keynote Speakers
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Founding Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Hon. John Dorsey, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware, Bankr. Del.
Hon. Patti Saris, United States District Court of Massachusetts
Co-organizers
Andrew Bradt, Professor of Law, Berkeley School of Law
Sergio Campos, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Zachary Clopton, Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Samir Parikh, Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School
Panelists
Kenneth Ayotte, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law School
Sheila Birnbaum, Co-chair of Product Liability and Mass Torts practice, Dechert LLP
Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law
Sergio Campos, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Andrew Dawson, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Judge A. Jay Cristol Professor of Bankruptcy Law, University of Miami School of Law
Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law
Ted Janger, David M. Barse Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School.
Robert Klonoff, Jordan D. Schnitzer Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School.
Alexandra Lahav, Ellen Ash Peters Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
Jessica Lauria, Partner, White & Case LLP
Adam Levitin, Anne Fleming Research Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Edward Neiger, Co-Managing Partner, Ask LLP
Hon. David Proctor, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Theodore Rave, Professor of Law, University of Texas School 0f Law
Raymond Silverman, Partner, Parker Waichman LLP.
Tancred Schiavoni, Chair of the Insurance Practice, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Lindsey Simon, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law
Anupama Yerramalli, Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP
This program is in conjunction with our sponsors
Platinum Sponsor
White & Case
Gold Sponsors
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Parker Waichman LLP
Dechert LLP
Bronze Sponsor
Ask LLP