MEMBERSHIP MEETING PROGRAMNovember 29 – December 1, 2016

Intercontinental BarclayNew York, NY

CELEBRATING

YEARS

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting

6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Dinner –Cornell Club6 East 44th Street, NYCAdvanced registration required.

Thursday, November 30, 2017

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Registration Opens

8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Committee Business Meetings

Third Party Litigation Funding Chaired by Mark Behrens, Shook Hardy

Cost Allocation Committee MeetingChaired by John O’Tuel, GSK

30(b)(6) Committee MeetingChaired by Brittany Schultz, Ford

Class Actions, Mass Torts and MDLs Committee Meeting Chaired by Mary Massaron, Plunkett CooneyDiscovery Committee MeetingChaired by Robert Levy, Exxon

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Bringing Multi-District Litigation Within The FRCP

Hon. John D. Bates, Chair, Civil Rules Advisory Committee Connie Matteo, Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Board of Directors LuncheonNon-Board members lunch on their own.

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Keynote: David Leitch, General Counsel, Bank of America

Thursday, November 30, 2017 (continued)

2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Bristol-Myers Squibb DecisionJon Wasserman, Head of Litigation, Bristol-Myers SquibbJessica Ellsworth, Partner, Hogan LovellsAnand Agneshwar, Partner, Arnold & Porter

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. BREAK

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Panel: LCJ 30th Anniversary General Counsel Roundtable Part 1: The Future of Legal AdvocacyAlex Dimitrief, General Counsel, GEJeffrey Jackson, Former General Counsel, State FarmConnie Lewis Lensing, Senior VP, FedEx ExpressJim Campbell, Partner, Campbell Trial Lawyers

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Diversity and Membership Committee Meetings

5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Special Reception for New Members and Guests

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. LCJ 30th Anniversary Cocktail Reception

7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m Broadway Show: Come From Away or Dear Evan Hansen

Advanced registration required.

Friday, December 1, 2017

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Available for All Members

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Corporate Counsel Breakfast Meeting

9:30 a.m. –10:30 a.m. LCJ 30th Anniversary General Counsel Roundtable Part 2: The Future of Law, Lawyers, & Litigating Jack Balagia, former General Counsel, ExxonMobilTim Pratt, General Counsel, Boston ScientificMichael Harrington, General Counsel, LillyMike Weston, Partner, Lederer Weston Craig

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 am The Opioid Crisis and Its Legal ImplicationsJessica Hulsey Nickel, President and CEO, Addiction Policy Forum Professor Richard Epstein, NYU LawKarl Racine, D.C. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Divonne Smoyer, Partner, Reed Smith

30th Anniversary Membership MeetingSchedule-at-a-Glance

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10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Requester Pays Rules: Signaling The Strength of Your Case

Professor Joanna Shepherd, Emory University Law SchoolRobert Owen, Partner, Eversheds SutherlandMatt Hamilton, Partner, Pepper Hamilton

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About the Broadway ShowsThis New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.

Don’t miss this breathtaking new musical written by Tony® nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein, and helmed by this year’s Tony-winning Best Director, Christopher Ashley, that Newsweek cheers, “It takes you to a place you never want to leave!”

On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their stories moved us all.

A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in.Both deeply personal and profound contemporary, Dear Even Hansen is a new American musical about life and the way we live it.

Dear Even Hansen has struck a remarkable chord with audiences and critics everywhere. The New York Times calls it “ a gorgeous new musical for anyone with a beating heart.” And NBC Nightly News calls this bold new musical “an anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond.”