LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Judges from California, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania are appearing on the faculty of the "Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation Conference" scheduled for March 9-11, 2009 at The Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. Noted environmental activist Erin Brockovich -- the subject of the award-winning movie bearing her name -- will deliver the keynote address.
The program is being presented by HB Litigation Conferences LLC, formerly Mealey's Conferences, and is being chaired by three attorneys who are well- known in tort litigation circles: John Cooney of Cooney & Conway in Chicago, Timothy Krippner of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney in Chicago, and Perry Weitz of Weitz & Luxenberg in New York.
On the judicial panel, moderated by Weitz and Krippner, are the Hon. Daniel Stack, Madison County Circuit Court in Illinois; the Hon. Sandra Mazer Moss, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court; the Hon. James McBride, San Francisco Superior Court; and the Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Division.
The event also features a number of physicians with specific expertise in asbestos and asbestos-related diseases. Presentations will be made by Hedy Lee Kindler, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine & Director, Mesothelioma Program, Section of Hemotology / Oncology at the University of Chicago; Samuel Hammar, M.D., Pathologist, Diagnostic Specialties Laboratories Inc., Bremerton, Wash. (invited); and Michael Graham, M.D., Professor of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis.
For the complete listing of speakers and topics, interested attorneys and executives are encouraged to see the latest agenda -- as well as listen to free audio clips from last year's event -- at http://www.LitigationConferences.com in the "conferences" section.
For registration information contact HB Litigation Conferences at (484) 324-2755 or write to info@litigationconferences.com. The event will be recorded for people not able to attend. The event will be available via conference call based on sufficient demand. Press passes are available.
HB Litigation Conferences LLC, formerly Mealey's Conferences, is a leading provider of legal education conferences, teleconferences and multimedia content covering insurance, reinsurance, toxic torts, products liability, construction defects, and complex commercial and financial litigation. It is an independent provider whose goal is to create premium networking and educational events for attorneys and executives.
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