Summit Panels
10:00 – 10:45 AM
PANEL 2 – Litigation Funding and Non-Lawyer Firm Ownership: The Impact and Associated Ethical Conundrums
Moderator: Judge Sarah Vance, Former JPML Chair; USDC Eastern District of Louisiana
- Judge J. Philip Calabrese, USDC Northern District of Ohio →
- Judge Leigh Martin May, USDC Northern District of Georgia →
- James Murdica, Barnes & Thornburg →
- John Beisner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP →
- Rachel Lanier, Lanier Law Firm →
- Warren Postman, Keller Postman →
- Erin Copeland, Fibich Leebron Copeland & Briggs →
- Francesca Castagnola, Western Alliance Bank (third party funding) →