Page 19 - FDCC 2025 Annual Meeting

Dee Cohen Katz - Walsworth LLP
9:00 - 12:00 - Plenary Session
“Nuclear Winter: It Doesn’t Have to Be a Doomsday”
Once you are hit with that unfortunate nuclear verdict,
what are the next steps? This panel will dig into
the hours, days and weeks after a verdict, including
strategies for handling procedural issues such as
motions for new trial, an appeal, and the bond. The
panel will also discuss the internal business fallout,
media coverage, and potential damage to the brand.
You will walk away with a play book for handling a
nuclear verdict.
Laurie Webb Daniel - Webb Daniel Friedlander, LLP
Jennifer D. Eubanks - Canal Insurance Company
Jeff Kelsey - Federal Express Corp.
Angela W. Russell - Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker, LLP
Moderator - Alycen A. Moss - Cozen O’Connor
“Practical Approaches to Utilizing AI Tools
In Law Practice”
Olympians train in Park City because they want to train
with the best: the best trainers, the best athletes, and
the best technology. You too can train with the best as
you explore the transformative impact of technology
on the legal profession. Gain insights into how AI
tools can help with jury selection, opening statements,
corporate depositions, oral argument, and motion
practice. We will discuss guidelines on the appropriate
AI tools, best practices for developing prompts and
best practices for integrating AI into your practice
effectively and ethically.
Robert L. Christie - Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC
Jimmy B. Wilkins - Watkins & Eager PLLC
JULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 2025 | PARK CITY, UTAH
“Defending Civic and Religious Organizations in the
Wake of Purdue Pharma and Truck Insurance “
We have seen a nationwide trend of statute of
limitations reforms resulting in the revival of previously
time-barred claims for childhood sexual abuse. The
ensuing influx of claims has impacted civic and
religious organizations, forcing many into bankruptcy
where the claims are resolved en masse with little
opportunity to investigate claims and no ability to
conduct meaningful discovery.
SCOTUS’s 2024 decisions in Harrington v. Purdue
Pharma L.P. and Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser
Gypsum Co. have changed the legal landscape,
making achieving finality in these claims more difficult
than ever. This discussion will provide an overview of
the decisions in Purdue Pharma and Truck Insurance
and how they have impacted the handling of mass
claims both in and outside an insured’s bankruptcy.
Richard S. Dukes - Turner Padget Graham and Laney P.A.
Adam R. Durst - Goldberg Segalla LLP
John P. Morgenstern - O’Hagan Meyer, PLLC
Patrick K. Nails - Arch Insurance Group, Inc.
Gena L. Sluga - Christian Dichter & Sluga, P.C.
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