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Conference Program

Inagural Shades of Mass Conference
August 5 - 7, 2022 | Atlanta Marriott Marquis | Atlanta, GA

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2022 Program

Friday, August 5, 2022

3:00 pm - 4:00 pmExecutive Committee (“EC”) Meeting

4:00 pm - 5:00 pmEC & Inaugural Board Members Suite Meeting

5:00 pm - 8:00 pmRegistration

5:30 pm - 7:30 pmMilestone EC, Board Member, Key Guests & Sponsor Reception

7:30 pm - 10:00 pmFlow Claims Opening Cocktail Hour

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Saturday, August 6, 2022

7:00 am - 6:00 pmRegistration

7:00 am - 8:00 amBusiness Funding Group Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:05 amWelcome - The City of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office

8:05 am - 8:25 amOpening Remarks & Presentation of “Black Paper”

8:25 am - 9:05 amMass Torts – Nuts and Bolts Part I; “If You Don’t Know, Now You know….”

9:05 am - 9:45 amMass Torts - Nuts & Bolts II; “Taking a Deep Dive”

9:50 am - 11:20 amI Don’t Know Anything Mass Torts - Can I Do it?

11:25 am - 11:50 amSetting Up Your Mass Tort Practice; “Easy as 1-2-3”

12:00 pm - 1:30 pmStifel Luncheon featuring the Honorable, Lucy McBath, U.S. House of Representatives, 6th Congressional District

1:30 pm - 1:40 pmBreak

1:40pm - 2:20pmGeneral and Specific Causation – A Primer

2:30 pm - 3:20 pmP&N Diversity Roundtable

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm“State of the Law” Attorney General Session

3:50 pm - 4:50 pmCocktail Hour Fundraiser for Lucy McBath, U.S. House of Representatives, 6th Congressional District of Georgia

4:50 pm - 5:50 pmCocktail Hour Fundraiser for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul

10:00 pm - UntilParty with Doug E. Fresh and Friends

Sunday, August 7, 2022

7:00 am - 9:00 amRegistration

8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast

8:50 am - 9:00 amOpening Remarks

9:00 am - 9:40 amFunding Your Mass Tort Practice

9:45 am - 10:25 amClaims and Settlement Administration, and Lien Resolution

10:30 am - 11:00 amMass Tort Update – Paraquat, NEC, Camp Lejeune, Exactech, Meta, Tylenol Litigation

11:20 am - 11:50 amUsing the Media to Advance Mass Claims

11:50 am - 12:00 pmClosing Plenary and Reception

Shades of Mass extends our sincere gratitude to Frida Mendez, Nabeha Shaer, Lissete Martinez, Grant Patterson, Darneshia Whitfield, Jennifer Bankston, Kimberly Youngblood, Navis, Benita Karo, Ryan Vaspra, Paige White, Jarret Prussin, Mark Abramowitz, Adam Levitt and Mark DiCello. Thank you for your commitment to Shades of Mass and to this Inaugural conference.

Location: Imperial B

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