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8:00 - 8:30 am / Registration and Breakfast

 

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

 

8:45 - 9:15 am / Introductory Remarks

 

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

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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

• 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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• Panelists to be announced 

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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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• Panelists to be announced 

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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 

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

• 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