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8:00 - 8:45 am / Registration and Breakfast

 

​Come early, register, and enjoy a buffet breakfast​​.

 

9:00 - 9:15 am / Introductory Remarks

 

​Welcome to Texas and our inaugural Experts on Experts by Lexangle event!

 

• Dean Gresham, Chair of the Dallas Bar Association's Business Litigation Section for 2025

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9:15 - 10:15 am / Litigators Panel #1

 

​​Working with scientific experts in commercial litigation, including in the context of IP litigation.  Challenges faced.  Opportunities for experts to distinguish themselves.

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• Uri Itkin, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York

• David Levy, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Houston

• Elinor Sutton, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan LLP, Dallas

• Meng Xi, Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston

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10:30 - 11:30 am / Litigators Panel #2

 

​Working with experts in different jurisdictions.  Challenges with cross-border disputes and disputes litigated in jurisdictions unrelated to the conduct at issue.

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• Michael Barnett, Partner, Quillon Law LLP, London

• Sashe Dimitroff, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Houston 

• Tim McCarthy, Senior Counsel, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Dallas

• David Wingfield, Partner, Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP, Toronto

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12:00 - 1:00 pm / Lunchtime Q&A

 

Join us for lunch.  Over the course of our lunchtime window, the audience gets to ask tough questions of our panel of litigators and experts.  

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• Andrew Carron, Affiliated Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting, New York

• Paul Genender, Partner, Paul Hastings, LLP, Dallas

• Dean Pamphilis, Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, Houston

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1:15 - 2:15 pm / Experts Panel #1

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How to develop your practice and profile as an expert. Understanding the dynamic with litigation counsel, and the various ways in which experts interact with the legal team, and can add value at different stages of the engagement. 

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• Ted Gavin, Managing Director, Gavin/Solmonese LLC, Wilmington

• Felipe André Isoré Gutiérrez, Managing Partner, CONEXIG, Houston

• Paul Habibi, Principal, Grayslake Advisors LLC, Los Angeles

• Richard Leisner, Senior Member, Trenam Law, Tampa

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2:30 - 3:30 pm / Experts Panel #2​

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Non-ordinary advice for fellow experts when preparing your report and preparing to testify.

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• Jorge Amador, Director, Axia Advisors LLC, New York

• Jim Bergman, President, Bergman Consulting LLC, Irvine

• Niall Ledwidge, Managing Director, Stout Risius Ross LLC, New York

• Ben Sheppard, Director, Berkeley Research Group LLC, Los Angeles

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3:45 - 4:45 pm / Litigators Panel #3

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Tips and challenges for engaging and then instructing different types of experts; differences in preparing and positioning experts in different courts (e.g., traditional trial courts v. arbitration) and different forums (e.g., criminal v. civil litigation)

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• Christian Everdell, Partner, Cohen & Gresser LLP, New York 

• William Johnston, Partner, Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks, & Nessim LLP, Los Angeles 

• Bill Katz, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, Dallas 

• Jonathan Sack, Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, New York

 

5:00 - 6:00 pm / Cocktails & Networking Reception

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Note that the agenda is provisional and subject to change