Testimonials

You created an environment in which lawyers and judges over a two-day period felt they could converse freely, which is really extraordinary and likely never before done. Please know that I think you did an outstanding job putting this conference on. It was remarkable and so well-executed. Everyone there knew they were attending a special conference. Kudos and congratulations to you. Thank you for having me here, and for hosting us all.

Thank you for the invite to the wonderful conference. Hats off to you on planning such an interesting, informative few days!

A truly remarkable event. You kept the trains moving with a host of very unique and talented individuals. It speaks volumes about your talented leadership. You always endeavored to make this about others.

Proud to support it.

Honored to attend.

Great agenda, with a fantastic list of participants.

The agenda looks great.

The program looks excellent and obviously much thought and work went into the planning.

Thank you Richard for creating and organizing a great Summit-Conference. It was so important and educational to have the interaction between judges and lawyers. It truly benefits both groups to do this. I think everyone had a great time and thought it was a very unique and worthwhile experience.

The diversity of the group was truly unique and very worthwhile…

Thank you very much for putting together such an incredible conference.

Congratulations on producing the finest conference I’ve attended during my 47 years in the field. Heartfelt thanks for the honor of being invited!

Congratulations on putting on such a a great conference. Y’all do a great job with getting a broad range of speakers.

You are doing a remarkable job.

Very prestigious conference!

Game changing conference! It was substantive the best I have experienced in the MDL arena. Your excellence continues!

Congratulations on running such a great conference. Thanks for inviting me to speak – and for including me on a panel with Arthur Miller, who was (as always) just amazing.

Thank you for a wonderful Summit. I learned a great deal, and made many new friendships! Really an enjoyable event and experience, and so very well done.

I was thrilled to receive your invitation…I would be delighted to attend the Judicial College.  It looks like it will be an amazing event.

What a great conference! Thank you for inviting me to be part of it. I thoroughly enjoyed the panels and learned a lot.

Congratulations on a successful summit. It was a tremendous success.

I was thrilled to be included and was looking forward to this more than any other commitments I have this year.

I’ll look forward to attending and continuing my education on MDL. To say that you’ve got an impressive group is a considerable understatement.

This is going to be an amazing conference. Really unprecedented to bring this many of the experts in the field together. I am honored to be in attendance.

Thank you for organizing an incredible conference. What a collection of extraordinary people.

The summit was great.

We are proud to be involved and a sponsor. What an incredible showing!!

This Aspen Baylor Conference looks to be the Conference to end all Conferences and you should be very proud of how it is shaping up - every time I look at your Agenda and emails I am just awestruck by what you have put together.

Hope you got home and had time to reflect on the amazing conference and to bask in the glory of the huge and incomparable success. All of the other similar conferences pale in comparison. You really created a wholly unique setting. I’m very proud and honored to have been part of this inaugural event. You’ve created quite an extraordinary event .

You’ve put together the absolute crème de la crème here.

Your event was super special…

What an impressive and one of a kind conference!

Historical event and overwhelming success!

Impressive and important conference.

What an enjoyable, well organized, well attended and informative conference.

Incredible conference. Masterful.

What a conference. Amazing.

Outstanding program. You all thought of everything and the accolades you consistently received were well deserved. It was an honor to be invited to participate.

You have orchestrated a home run.

Extraordinary event in Aspen. Congratulations on a flawless conference.

Congratulations on an incredible conference. It was absolutely spectacular.

I have attended many conferences and the MDL Summit ranks number one.

Best I’ve ever attended!

Outstanding job you did putting together the Summit, and executing your plan with such elegance. This conference goes down as the finest professional meeting I have attended in my 44 years of practice. Congratulations!

It was amazing and I hope to be back next year.

It was a privilege to attend.

I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

Summit was extraordinary.

One-of-a-kind conference.

One of the best conferences we have ever been a part of.

Terrific experience.

Extremely high quality and really fascinating,

Superb program!

Truly amazing conference.

Great success.

The Conference was extremely well done; and the attendance of such prominent lawyers and equally importantly, members of the judiciary, led to meaningful and informative exchanges of ideas, etc.

Outstanding and I would not want to miss it.

This is by far the best conference!!! The opportunities for networking are amazing. I love the fact that it is a limited number of people.

It was the best conference I’ve been to.

Excellent event.

Richard and Mark are maestros at this programing.

Very enjoyable and educational program.

I consider this invitation among the highest honors of my career and very much look forward both to contributing and attending.

Thanks for putting together a remarkable conference.

Kudos to you on a great program. The content and faculty were stellar.

Absolutely outstanding agenda and speakers, I can’t imagine the amount of time and energy that went in to putting this all in place.

Great event.

You put on a truly excellent program.

Panels were great.

It was incredible—both the venue and events.

The conference was absolutely amazing!! I would add that every single comment I heard was so positive, including some very lengthy post-event discussions with the attendees who rode with us to the Denver airport.

Very well done.

Wonderful conference. I learned a great deal and met some fabulous people.

You did an awesome job Richard! The entire event was superb.

Thanks for including me in another spectacular conference. Among the many highlights, the conference was a model of civility and professionalism. The debates were vigorous but always respectful. Great job!

You are the stellar performance guy! A year’s worth of work and great impact on people as well as our profession.

Great MDL Summit. Very well done!

Program was exceptional.

Amazing, as are all of your events.

Terrific event! It was a fabulous experience in every way.

Thanks again for including me in the Judicial Summit. I am certain there is no higher-caliber legal meeting anywhere.

All of the compliments are so accurate. Excellent program. This is one nobody wants to miss!!

It was excellent you outdid yourself.

You are one of one, only you could have made this in to what it has become.

Phenomenal seminar. You always put on fantastic symposiums, and this one was no exception!

Incredible opportunity to make connections and learn from the panel discussions.

Such a well devleoped program with excellent speakers. I learned so much and enjoyed getting to know some of the other participants.

Everything was absolutely first rate, and it was certainly one of the best substantive conferences I've ever attended.

Your invitation to this conference is an honor that will follow me across my career. As in everything in which you are involved as a leader, you always bring excellence and professionalism.

The MDL Judicial Forum you put together was beyond my expectations. Its “buzz” will go on for months. Thank you for the experience and the opportunity to participate in the conversation. I enjoyed every moment.

It was a spectacular conference.

Thank you for another successful summit. You have a gift for assembling a program.

What a great conference with excellent speakers! I always learn from the speakers. I know how much work you put into this — and it shows. Thank you also for your efforts in bringing everyone together in such a positive environment.

Kudos to you for an amazing Summit. You are the master of planning and execution from beginning to end. How something so fine-tuned can come off without a hitch is a joy to behold.

You thought of every detail. Was just a wonderful program, and I learned so much from hearing the perspectives of judges, defense counsel, and (especially) in-house counsel.

I want to thank you for allowing me to be included in the conference. I attended all the sessions and found them very interesting, especially seeing the intersection of the litigation with what goes on many years later within the trusts.

I saw your “hands on” leadership of the summit while we were at the event. From my experience organizing these types of meetings for LCJ and other organizations, I appreciate all that it takes to pull off one of these events and certainly appreciate all the constituencies you had to serve to pull a successful event off.

Great CLE program.

It was a fantastic conference as it was not only informative but allowed for networking and collaboration.

Thanks again for all your efforts to pull together another great conference!

Congratulations on an excellent conference.

Thanks for a spectacular conference. I am sure everyone came away with increased knowledge in handling MDLs.

I think that you all hit a grand slam homerun! Every comment that I heard was superlative, closing with the words I hope I’m invited back. The most repeated compliment was the substance, which everyone thought was off the charts. When you get the substance right, done in the right way, then you have a success of the first order. Well done!!!

You and Mark have put on an amazing summit two years in a row. It's an honor to be part of it.

Hands down, best event of the year…

Best conference in the country. You and Mark should be congratulated.

Having done CLE for over 50 years, I can say with certainty your MDL Judicial Summit is the most beneficial one experienced lawyers can attend. Thank you for your hard work in making it happen.

Thanks Richard, last year this was probably the best event I attended and look forward to attending in 2025…what a great format and I really enjoyed being on a panel with Judge Proctor…please send the invoice to my attention when it is time…thanks again!

The most impressive and important collection of talent and experience in our field.

It is an awesome conference. Your hard-work to bring people into the fold is appreciated and recognized!

always a great program

This is the marquee event for our world

Honored to be included. It’s the best conference of the year.

I feel honored and very blessed to be included. By far the best conference.

This most prestigious and informative Summit is viewed as the "best in class" event.

You have got all of this on the right track, as usual.

Thanks for all the hard work that goes into this summit. It’s the best one of the year.

Impressive! First class.

Remarkable work, Richard.

Thanks very much, Richard. You have put together a terrific conference; no surprise that you can’t accommodate everyone who wants to attend.

This is the best conference that I have the honor of attending.

As always, you have put together a spectacularly balanced program. I really think this may be your best yet.

Looking forward to another great conference.

Richard is unequalled in this process.

The Tech Summit has no rival, and this year’s event was the best of the best. I don’t know how you do it, but the whole deal comes together in one seamless achievement, which comes as close to magic as I have ever witnessed. What really impresses me is the exceedingly high quality of the panels and the collegiality and good will of every participant. People always disagree agreeably, which is because you set the tone from the outset.

Several attendees told me it was the best conference they had ever been to!

It was an honor participating in the Summit. Congratulations on once again putting together such a great event.

For someone like myself who has been Lead Counsel/Leadership in MDLs since 2002, this conference was incredible and invaluable. Thank you for your tremendous commitment and work in putting on this event. It was impressive.

Excellent conference.

Singularly terrific, amazing, stunning, outrageous, phenomenal, best ever, crazy good!

As usual, the conference was superb and you did an outstanding job.

The Summit is viewed as the “best in class” event.

Thanks again for putting on such a wonderful conference and for inviting me to speak. The turnout was great, and I thought the panels were even better than last year.

You put together an incredible group, and some truly fascinating panels. What an experience.

Remarkable gathering.

This continues to be the best program to attend. Just incredible.

Impressive lineup of panelists. The good work that went into organizing and executing the Summit was evident throughout.

Thank you. It was a great conference.

Thank you for putting on a truly fantastic conference.

Thank you for running an amazing conference.

Thank you for the amazing conference. I learned so much from some of the brightest minds in the nation, and I can’t thank you enough for providing that opportunity. It was such a special week.

You are so gracious, and your ability to put on this conference year after year and make it even better each time (when it seems impossible to improve on perfection) is amazing. As I said to you there, you could have orchestrated the D-Day landings!

Once again a FANTASTIC conference from A to Z and start to finish.

This was by far the best content, flow, and venue I’ve ever experienced. I’ve been to conferences all over the country. I also sense the innate strategic benefits in the process. Well done sir. The GOAT is appropriate.

I am still in awe over the whole event. I truly believe it was the best MDL event in history. Period. Not even close. You are the GOAT and we are the beneficiaries!!!

It was a true first-class event, the likes of which I have never seen outside of law school. You and your team did a fabulous job start to finish and the venue was outstanding. I think you have created the finest judge/lawyer collegial event with the finest presenters I have ever had the privilege of attending. Everyone at the closing party had the same thought.

Thank you for putting on what continues to be such an excellent conference. I appreciated the opportunity to participate in the 702 panel and revisit the amendment a year later. As always, it was a very valuable few days in Aspen. Looking forward to next year.

Thanks so much for a wonderful conference. I gained many valuable insights - and had fun.

Richard, You did a remarkable job of presenting a two-day program on cutting edge issues of complex litigation. Congratulations. Each of the panels was carefully crafted to provide the audience with a wide spectrum of opinions so that everyone in the audience could profit from the knowledge and experience of the speakers. It was wonderful to be there.

Thanks for a fabulous Summit, Richard.

This was a great conference and I appreciate being invited.

Thanks Richard. Great conference as usual.

Honored to have been invited to speak at the Texas Tech Aspen Judiciary MDL Conference. Grateful for the opportunity to engage with distinguished jurists and legal professionals on the critical issues surrounding multidistrict litigation. Thank you to Richard Arsenault for bringing together such thoughtful discourse on the evolving landscape of complex civil litigation and the future of MDL practices.

An extraordinary conference; well balanced, with key players from across the complex litigation spectrum.

This conference was simply magnificent, and it was so beautifully organized and arranged. It was a true joy to attend!

What an inspiring, educational and amazing third year of this very unique and invitation only Summit. So proud to be able to sponsor this again, speak at it and spend time with colleagues and judges from around our nation. Loved our time together and huge thanks to Richard Arsenault and Texas Tech University for bringing us together and making this possible each year. Richard once again outdid himself!

Richard, I can’t thank you enough for that incredible conference. Everything was A+ and I’m honored to have been a part of it. Watching Professor Miller preside over that panel is something that I will never forget.

The content was great.

Thank you for all your hard work to put on what turned out to be a truly excellent program. I was honored to be included.

I wanted to thank you for the invite to this conference and congratulate you on planning a terrific experience. The location, the content of the panels, and the attendees were all top-notch. I found the panels particularly insightful and educational. Thank you again and I hope you have a somewhat relaxing weekend after so much work!

Thank you for inviting me to the Texas Tech MDL seminar. Everything was wonderful, and I greatly enjoyed the excellent programming and accommodations.

This year's MDL event in Aspen was truly first class. Thank you for including me. The interchnage of ideas and views is unlike any other event. Thank you for all the work and effort you put into making it the success it is.

I just wanted to thank you again for inviting me (for free, no less) to the Texas Tech MDL seminar. I can honestly say that it was the best seminar I ever attended. The speakers and topics were top-notch, and my wife and I both enjoyed the venue and the food. I can only imagine how much work you put into this every year. It is a great contribution to the profession, and you deserve the highest praise for what you have done.

Our panel was super timely. Thank you again for putting together such a wonderful event.

Thank you Richard! It truly was unforgettable.

Thank you for including us and for accommodating my change in panels. It was a wonderful conference.

I thoroughly enjoyed the conference – thank you for a great event.

It was a great Summit. The panels were a great idea. I really enjoyed them, just as I really enjoyed the awesome Summit!

Fantastic conference as always. As I said to you, it is my favorite event of the year! I sincerely appreciate you including us in such a prestigious group.

I was delighted to participate in such a one-of-a-kind gathering of federal judges, special masters, general counsel, and elite attorneys. The conversations were as substantive as they were forward looking, and I left Aspen both inspired and energized by the exchange of ideas around the future of complex litigation.

The conference is amazing and the cartoons are genius! Best ever.

Thanks very much for including me in this exceptional conference.

It was truly a remarkable experience that will percolate throughout my career.

Thank you again for hosting such an interesting, important and informative summit.

Thanks so much. Again, it was a great conference.

Your Summit is indeed one of a kind and the most worthwhile and relevant conference I have ever attended.

Thanks again for inviting me to participate in such an excellent conference. It was an honor.

Thank you again for a tremendous conference.

It was a great program. Thanks, again, for your invitation to participate.

Thank you for this fun momento and for including me. It was a fantastic program, and I appreciate the effort it took to put it on.

Thank you for sending the panel artwork - what a thoughtful keepsake from our time in Aspen. The conference truly was exceptional, and I appreciate the care you put into curating such a strategically balanced and collegial environment. The quality of the participants and the depth of our discussions on MDL challenges made it one of the most valuable conferences I've attended as of today. I am looking forward to the future summits, as the format and caliber of attendees make it an ideal forum for meaningful dialogue about the evolving MDL landscape.  Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Yes (absolutely) I plan to attend the best conference in our profession. It’s an honor.

This is a truly exceptional conference. Thanks for your leadership in making this happen. The complex lit world, and therefore the profession, are the better for this gathering.

I think this is the most valuable conference I participate in.

Kudos on continuing to grow the conference with such impressive people.

Over the years, I have attended many conferences and programs. This one stands out above all others. Not only was it informative and the venue could not be surpassed, it presented a warm opportunity to renew old friendships and to make new ones.

Thank you Richard. Being included in this event is always a highlight for me. You and Mark do an exemplary job of pulling together the right people to make this the outstanding conference that it is.

Thanks very much. It was a great conference.

It was an honor to be included at the conference. You put together a very good conference. Great job!

It was an excellent conference. Thank you for inviting me to participate.

I commend you on the past conferences and your continued leadership. I commend you on your trajectory of success and hope to have the luxury of participation.

It’s the best of the conferences.

It is an exceptional program and I learn a great deal from the other participants.