Summit Panels
9:00 – 10:00 AM
PANEL 9 – Bellwether Trials / Fed State Coordination / Selection of Steering Committees /
Special Masters and the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1 Guidance
Moderator: Mark Lanier, Lanier Law Firm
- Judge Richard Licht, Associate Justice, Rhode Island Superior Court →
- Judge Eldon Fallon, USDC Eastern District of Louisiana →
- Judge Richard Gergel, USDC District of South Carolina →
- Judge Sylvia Matthews (Ret.), State of Texas, Harris County →
- Judge Winifred Smith (Ret.), ADR Services, Inc. →
- Larissa Eustice, Bayer Senior Assistant General Counsel →
- Dustin Herman, Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP →
- Nick Drakulich, The Drakulich Firm →
- Leslie MacLean, Waters Kraus Paul →
- Jayne Conroy, Simmons Hanly Conroy →
