The 2011 27th Annual Drug and Medical Device Seminar presented by the Drug and Medical Device Committee of the Defense Research Institute will take place May 5-6 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. San Francisco Partner Jack "Skip" McCowan, Chair of the Drug and Medical Device Committee, will provide opening remarks at the conference and serve as a co-host for the diversity luncheon which is co-sponsored by Gordon & Rees. Attendees will hear from Stacey Dixon Calahan, Senior Counsel of Litigation at Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Arin Reeves, President of Nextions, about what it means and what it takes to provide clients with a diverse and inclusive team to better meet their business and litigation needs. Please click here to read Skip's article in Rx for the Defense, the newsletter of the Drug and Medical Device Committee, detailing the highlights of the conference.
For more information or to register for the conference please click here. Speakers, including nationally recognized in-house and outside counsel, trial consultants, and e-discovery experts, will provide cutting-edge presentations on trial skills, defense and litigation strategies, developments in mock jury research, updates on the regulatory environment, and the preservation of useful trial court record for appeal.