FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
8:30
- 10:00AM
The Price of Civil Justice:
How do Americans Pay for Lawyers?
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| Tal Finney moderates panel 1. More photos from the symposium » |
MODERATOR:
Tal Finney, Founding Partner, Dongell Lawrence Finney LLP
PANELISTS:
Jonathan Glater, Journalist, New York Times
Ann Southworth, Professor, Case Western Reserve
Norman Spaulding, Professor, Stanford Law School
Lucie White, Professor, Harvard Law School
Stephen C. Yeazell, Professor, UCLA School of Law
10:20AM
-12:00 NOON
The Cost of Justice? What Lies
Behind Increasing Liability Insurance Rates?
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MODERATOR:
Dawn House, Journalist, Salt Lake City Tribune
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| Tom Baker, Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law: Director, Insurance Law Center. More photos from the symposium » |
PANELISTS
Michael McCann, Professor, University of Washington
Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President & Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute, Washington D.C.
Tom Baker, Professor, Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law; Director, Insurance Law Center
Sam Sorich, President , Association of California Insurance Companies
Cynthia McCain-Hill, Co-founder, Strategic Counsel
12:00 - 1:00PM - LUNCH
1:00
- 2:30PM
An Independent Judiciary
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An Independent Judiciary. Is electioneering, sloganeering and pandering the wave of the future? An Independent Judiciary. Is electioneering, sloganeering and pandering the wave of the future?
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| Donna Melby, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP: President, ABOTA and Robert Greenwald, Documentary Filmmaker. More photos from the symposium » |
MODERATOR:
Donna Melby, Partner Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
President American Board of Trial Advocates
PANELISTS
Honorable Terry Friedman, Superior Court Judge; President, California Judges Association
Anthony Champagne, Ph.D. Professor, University of Texas , Dallas
Bert Brandenburg, Executive Directo, Justice at Stake Campaign
Robert Greenwald, Documentary filmmaker
2:30 - 3:00PM - BREAK
3:00
- 4:30PM
Roundtable: Controls on Contingency
Fees
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MODERATOR:
Tom Goldstein, Professor, Berkeley School of Journalism
PANELISTS
Bert Kritzer, Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Anne Bloom, Professor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Joseph W. Cotchett, Senior Partner, Cotchett, Pitre, Simon & McCarthy
Maura Dolan, Journalist, Los Angeles Times
Industry/Insurance/Tort Reformer - TBD
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 1, 2005
PUTTING THE CIVIL JURY SYSTEM ON TRIAL FOR ITS LIFE CHARGE: MURDER
OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
9:00AM
- 3:00PM
MOCK TRIAL - TRIAL OF THE CIVIL JURY SYSTEM
MODERATOR:
Jack Daniels, Partner, Daniels Fine Israel & Schonbuch, LLP
PRESIDING JUDGE:
Justice Richard D. Aldrich, Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District
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| David O'Keefe, Bonne Bridges Mueller O'Keefe & Nichols, prosecuting attorney. More photos from the symposium » |
PARTICIPATING JUDGES:
Prosecuting Attorney: David O'Keefe, Partner, Bonne Bridges Mueller O'Keefe & Nichols
Defense Attorney: Michael Alder, Law Offices of C. Michael Alder, PC
WITNESSES:
Steve Goldberg, Partner, Goldberg & Gille
John Denove, Partner, Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett
Christa Haggai, Law Offices of Christa Haggai