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Asbestos Community Gathers in California for National Conference

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The largest and most significant gathering of plaintiff and defense attorneys in the asbestos community gets underway Wednesday in San Francisco. The National Asbestos Litigation Conference runs through Friday, Sept. 23-25, at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco.

Topics on the conference agenda include causation analysis in mesothellioma cases, hot jurisdictions for asbestos lawsuits, advances in medicine and science framing asbestos litigation and asbestos in the political arena. There will also be a panel discussion among judges from across the country who hear asbestos cases.

The national conference offers educational programs taught by experts, judges and in-house counsel and is nationally accredited for continuing legal education credits in more than 40 states.

The conference co-chairs are Joseph W. Belluck, a partner in Belluck & Fox LLP, a New York law firm, Joseph J. O’Hara, Jr., Esq., vice president & associate general counsel, Owens-Illinois, Inc, Perrysburg, Ohio, and Michael J. Pietrykowski, Esq., Gordon & Rees, LLP, San Francisco.

In a joint mission statement, the chairs said, “We know many of the faces in this long-standing litigation very well. For better or worse, we are a family of sorts! Regardless of the side of the table, we all face similar issues and need to work together to resolve some of the recurring problems in ‘our’ asbestos world. Therefore, as the chairs of HB’s National Asbestos Conference, we propose that part of our program be dedicated to a discussion of possible solutions to key issues. Throughout the day we will dedicate time to this goal, in an effort to move toward improving the litigation landscape."

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