Contemporary Issues in Complex Litigation

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Lincoln Hall (LM 104)
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

8 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 a.m. - Welcome & Introduction

Rebecca Weinstein Bacon, Bartlit Beck LLP, Chicago

9–10:15 a.m. - Role of AI in Complex Litigation

Moderator
Daniel Linna Jr., Director of Law and Technology Initiatives and Senior Lecturer, Northwestern Pritzker
School of Law, Chicago

Panelists
Orran Brown Sr., BrownGreer, Richmond, VA
Elana Nightingale Dawson, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC
David Gordon, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago
Daniel Wilf-Townsend, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC

10:15–10:30 a.m. - Break

10:30–11:45 a.m. - Injunctive Relief Class Actions

Moderator
Myriam Gilles, Catharine Waugh McCulloch Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago

Panelists
Elaine Golin, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City
Tim Macdonald, Legal Director, ACLU of Colorado, Denver
Suzette Malveaux, Roger D. Groot Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA
The Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago

11:45–11:55 a.m. - Boxed Lunch Pickup

11:55 a.m.–12 p.m. - Dean's Remarks

Zachary Clopton, Dean, Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago

12–1:15 p.m. - Conversation with Judge Robin L. Rosenberg

The Honorable Robin L. Rosenberg, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida and
Director of the Federal Judicial Center, West Palm Beach, FL

Moderator:
The Honorable Robert M. Dow, Jr., United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois and
Counselor to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Chicago

1:15–1:30 p.m. - Break

1:30–2:45 p.m. - Mass Tort Resolution

Moderator
Adam Hoeflich, Bartlit Beck LLP, Chicago

Panelists
William Dodero, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Bayer U.S., Whippany, NJ
Kristen Fournier, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York City
The Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
Joseph Petrosinelli, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC
Christopher Seeger, SeegerWeiss LLP, Ridgefield Park, NJ

2:45–3 p.m. - Break

3–4:15 p.m. - What Keeps In-House Lawyers Up at Night

Moderator
Sergio Campos, Professor of Law, Faculty Director of LLM and Global Programs, Boston College Law School, Boston

Panelists
Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco
William Dodero
Karen Dunn, Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP, Washington, DC
Donald LeGower, SVP - Litigation, Government Investigations, Employment, and Policy Law, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ

Event Format: This is a live, in-person event. It will not be presented as a hybrid/virtual program nor recorded for later on-demand viewing.

Continuing Legal Education: This program will be approved for approximately 6.25 general CLE credits in the state of Illinois. Out-of-state participants may request an Illinois CLE certificate to self-apply for credit in their state(s)*.

*Please consult your specific state bar(s) for application eligibility and guidelines.

2026 Conference Co-Chairs and Advisory Board

Co-Chairs

Rebecca Weinstein Bacon, Bartlit Beck LLP, Chicago
Myriam Gilles, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago

Advisory Board

Hon. Jerry W. Blackwell
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

Elizabeth Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Hon. Karen Caldwell
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

Sergio Campos
Boston College Law School

Zachary Clopton
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Hon. Robert Dow, Jr.
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Karen Dunn
Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP

Courtney Enloe
Bio-Rad Labratories

Faith Gay
Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC

Abbe Gluck
Yale Law School

Abigail Hinchliff
Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC

Adam Hoeflich
Bartlit Beck LLP

Joseph Petrosinelli
Williams & Connolly LLP

Hon. Amy J. St. Eve
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Brennan Torregrossa
GSK plc.

Planning Directors

Shilpa Gokhale
Assistant Dean, Executive Education, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Maryann Wou
Director, Professional & Continuing Legal Education, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law