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1. Common Causes of Action and Recent Case Law
2. Common Defendants
3. Common Evidence Tactics
4. Using Experts
5. Settlement Tactics
6. Representing Multiple Plaintiffs

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Session Times: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Eastern
Presenters: Barbara A. Lukeman and Thomas M. Mealiffe

1. Common Causes of Action and Recent Case Law
2. Common Defendants
   1. Growers
   2. Transportation
   3. Grocery Stores
   4. Restaurants
3. Common Evidence Tactics
4. Using Experts
5. Settlement Tactics
6. Representing Multiple Plaintiffs

BARBARA A. LUKEMAN is a partner with Nixon Peabody LLP, in New York. Ms. Lukeman practices primarily in the areas of product liability, mass tort defense and complex business disputes. She has defended and counseled clients in many tort actions in federal and state courts, nationwide, and in the New York area, with regard to pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, lead paint, electronics and food products, as well as aircraft and automobiles. Ms. Lukeman was a member of the trial team that secured a directed verdict on behalf of a major automotive manufacturer in a case involving allegations of design defect and personal injury. She has prepared numerous appellate briefs, written several articles, and has been a frequent guest speaker and lecturer for continuing legal education programs and seminars. Ms. Lukeman has taught both skills-based and substantive law courses at Hofstra University Law School. In addition to the product liability course she currently teaches, she also has taught courses in appellate advocacy, research and writing, legal methods, and a skills-based course for foreign-trained LL.M. students. Ms. Lukeman is a member of the American and New York State bar associations, an alumni member of Hofstra Law School's Moot Court Association, a member of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court, and a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers. She earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Hofstra University; her J.D. degree, with distinction, from Hofstra University School of Law; and her Master's of Law degree from Columbia University School of Law (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar).

THOMAS M. MEALIFFE is an associate with the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP in Jericho, New York, where he concentrates his practice in the litigation of a wide variety of commercial, complex tort and products liability matters in state and federal courts. Mr. Mealiffe has worked on behalf of manufacturers' complex toxic tort and aviation matters involving issues related to the design, testing, manufacture and operation of various products. In addition, he has been engaged in complex business litigation matters, including shareholder derivative litigation and distribution agreement disputes involving the insurance, banking, medical device, software and aviation industries. Mr. Mealiffe earned his B.B.A degree, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. degree from Boston College. He is a member of the New York Bar Association.

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