DePuy Hip Recall & Avandia Focus of Nov. 3 Conference, HB Announces

MIAMI, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading tort lawyers and experts from around the country will gather on November 3, 2010 in Miami to discuss the litigation ramifications and medical issues surrounding the DePuy hip implant recall and the diabetes drug Avandia, according to Tom Hagy of HB Litigation Conferences, producer of the program.

Bruce W. Steckler and Robert Brown, both of the Baron & Budd law firm and Ben W. Gordon Jr. of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner Rafferty & Proctor of Pensacola, Fla., are chairing the event. Additional chairs will be announced.

Topics will include: case intake, client evaluation, product identification, damages, settlement offers, understanding the medicine, a litigation overview, and discovery – plus best practices for complying with new Medicare Reporting Requirements.

In addition to Steckler, Brown and Gordon, speakers include: Dana Taschner of The Lanier Law Firm; Herbert Phillips IV, MD, JD, of McGuire, Wood & Bissette; Douglass Kreis of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz; Joseph Zonies of Reilly Pozner; Ellen Relkin of Weitz & Luxenberg; Fred Thompson III of Motley Rice; Benjamin Anderson of Anderson Law Offices; and Vance Andrus of Andrus-Boudreaux.

The "DePuy Hip Recall & Avandia Updates" conference will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. For more information, contact HB by phone at (484) 324-2755 x212 or by email at [email protected]. Visit HB's website – www.LitigationConferences.com – for the latest details on the program.

HB Litigation Conferences LLC is a nationwide provider of continuing legal education for plaintiff, defense and in-house counsel focusing on emerging issues in mass torts and insurance.

SOURCE HB Litigation Conferences LLC