Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Conference July 28 in San Francisco

The conference producer, HB Litigation Conferences LLC, has selected the first of two chairman to ensure plaintiff and defense balance. Ervin Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Eidson of Coral Gables, Fla., has emerged as a leading plaintiffs' representative in the litigation and will serve as co-chair. The defense chairman will be announced shortly.

Titled "Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Coverage Update," this fully accredited program will discuss legal theories, expert witnesses, other potential sources of problems, alleged health concerns, scientific and medical opinions, likely defendants, specific property claims being raised, remediation and removal, the latest from the MDL in New Orleans, insurance disputes over trigger of coverage and exclusions, "additional insureds," subrogation, special issues involving foreign defendants, and anticipated Daubert disputes.

Speakers include: Kali Bracey of Jenner & Block; Russ Herman of Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar; Frederick Longer of Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman; Barbara Manis, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Building Health Sciences, a division of The NMAS Group; John Mullen, Sr., of Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst; Paul Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Principal, Soil Water Air Protection Enterprise; Eric Winegar, PhD, QEP, Principal, Applied Measurement Science; and Philip Watters, P.E., MBA, LEED® AP, Senior VP, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.

The price to attend in-person or via webcast is $595. In-house counsel at insurance companies receive a 30% discount. A limited number of press passes are available.

More information, including a free article covering one of HB's recent teleconferences on drywall litigation, can be found in the conferences section of

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