COCKTAIL RECEPTION

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INTRODUCTION

• Robert L. Lieff, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
• Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

FINANCIAL FRAUD – BACKGROUND & LITIGATION

• Moderator, Professor Merritt Fox, Columbia Law School
• Professor Bruce Greenwald, Columbia Business School
• Richard Heimann, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (San Francisco)
• Max Berger, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP (New York)
• Jay Tambe, Jones Day (New York)
• Daniel Girard, Girard Gibbs LLP (San Francisco)
• Peter Haley, Nielsen, Haley & Abbott LLP (San Francisco)
• John Keker, Keker & Van Nest LLP (San Francisco)

MASS TORTS – CLASS ACTIONS

• Moderator, Hon. Fern Smith (Ret.), U.S. District Court, JAMS, San Francisco
• Professor Hans Smit, Columbia Law School
• Professor Samuel Issacharoff, NYU School of Law
• Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (San Francisco)
• Professor Deborah Hensler, Stanford Law School
• Russell Jackson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (New York)
• Marco Bona, Ambrosio & Commodo, Studio Legale Associato (Italy)
• Joel Rochon, Rochon Genova LLP (Canada)

LUNCH

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• Professor John Coffee, Columbia Law School

COMPETITION

• Moderator, Michael Hausfeld, Hausfeld LLP (Washington, D.C.)
• Professor Paul Stephan, University of Virginia School of Law
• Laurent Geelhand, General Counsel of Michelin Group (France)
• Stephen Susman, Susman Godfrey LLP (Houston, TX)
• Silvia Gomez Trinidad, University of Barcelona (Spain)
  
• Joseph Saveri, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (San Francisco)

MEDIATION / ARBITRATION

• Moderator, Steven Fineman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (New York)
• Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.), JAMS, San Francisco
• Francis McGovern, Duke University School of Law
• Michael Rozen, Feinberg Rozen, LLP (Washington, D.C.)
• Professor George Bermann, Columbia Law School

CLOSING REMARKS

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

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Columbia Law School

DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

• Moderator, Stefano Bertone, Ambrosio & Commodo, Studio Legale Associato (Italy)
• Moderator, Bernhard Tonninger, Tonninger Riegler Maierhofer Rechtsanwäite (Austria)
• Brian O’Reilly, B. P.O’Reilly & Co. (Ireland)
• Christopher Gooderidge, Harris Cartier LLP (UK)
• Andrea Saccucci, Studio Lana – Lagostena Bassi (Italy)
• Bernhard Hager, NH Hager Niederhuber Advokáti (Slovakia)
• Yasar Öztürk, Yasar Öztürk Law Offices (Turkey)
• Dr. Ulrich Siohl, Kornmeier Kollegen (Germany)
• Giacomo Miotti, Miotti Law Firm (Italy)
• Constantine Kokkinos, European Legal Consultancy (Greece)
• Virgil Melnic, Virgil Melnic Law Office (Romania)
• Ulya Selçuk, Selçuk & Selçuk Law Firm (Turkey)
• Enrica Senini, Studio Legale Senini (Italy)
• David Abraham, Abraham Law Firm (Indonesia)
• Edward Lehman, Lehman Li & Xu (China)
• Zvonimir Jelinic, School of Law, University of J.J. Strossmayer (Croatia)
• Srencko Jelinic, School of Law, University of J.J. Strossmayer (Croatia)

CLOSING LUNCH