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Students gather outside the School of Law center
2008 Conference Program

8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Introductions and Welcome

  • Brad Saxton, dean, Quinnipiac University School of Law
  • Timothy S. Fisher, vice president, Connecticut Bar Foundation; McCarter & English LLP
  • Harry N. Mazadoorian, chair, ADR Symposia Planning Committee; distinguished senior fellow, Center on Dispute Resolution, Quinnipiac University School of Law

9:15 - 10:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker
Kenneth R. Feinberg, managing partner and founder of The Feinberg Group, LLP
"Is ADR a Credible Alternative to Existing Dispute Resolution Systems: Reflections on Experiences from the 9/11 Fund"

10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Morning Plenary - Grand Courtroom
Moderator: Harry N. Mazadoorian

Panelists:

  • Paul Bland, staff attorney, Public Justice
  • Kenneth R. Feinberg
  • Deborah R. Hensler, professor of dispute resolution and associate dean for graduate studies, Stanford University
  • Lela Love, professor of law, director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution and the Cardozo Mediation Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
  • Lawrence R. Mills, Mills Meyers Swartling, PSC; chair, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
  • Donna Stienstra, senior research associate, Federal Judicial Center

11:15 - 11:30 a.m. Break


11:30 - 12:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions (concurrent)

Collaborative
Moderator: Frances Z. Calafiore, Law Offices of Frances Z. Calafiore

Panelists:

  • John Lande, director of the LLM program in dispute resolution, associate professor, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
  • Rita S. Pollak, Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council; past president IACP

Consumer
Moderator: Joseph D. Garrison, Garrison Levin-Epstein Chimes & Richardson P.C.

Panelists:

  • Kenneth L. Andrichik, senior vice president and director of mediation and business strategies, dispute resolution, FINRA
  • Paul Bland, Public Justice

Ethics
Moderator: Jennifer Gerarda Brown, professor of law and director, Center on Dispute Resolution, Quinnipiac University School of Law

Panelists:

  • Lela Love
  • Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, professor of law and director, Fordham ADR & Conflict Resolution Program, Fordham Law School

Hot Topics
Moderator: Harry N. Mazadoorian

Panelists:

  • Kenneth Feinberg
  • Lawrence R. Mills

12:45 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions (concurrent)

Commercial
Moderator: Timothy S. Fisher, McCarter & English LLP

Panelists:

  • Hon. William I. Garfinkel, magistrate, United States District Court
  • David Geronemus, mediator, JAMS
  • Duncan MacKay, Northeast Utilities Service Company

Community
Moderator: Jennifer Gerarda Brown

Panelists:

  • Dorothy Adams, executive director, Dispute Resolution Center Inc.
  • Brenda Cavanaugh, associate director, Community Mediation Inc.

Courts/Personal Injury
Moderator: Beverly J. Hodgson, mediator, arbitrator, former Superior Court Judge

Panelists:

  • James D. Bartolini, RisCassi & Davis, PC
  • Hon. Arthur A. Hiller, chief administrative judge - civil division, Superior Court
  • William H. Narwold, Motley Rice LLC
  • Donna Stienstra

Education
Moderator: Hon. Robert L. Holzberg, judge, Superior Court

Panelists:

  • Sally Esposito, consultant, Connecticut State Education Resource Center
  • Howard Klebanoff, Klebanoff and Alfano PC
  • Marsha B. Moses, Berchem Moses & Devlin PC

Family
Moderator: Frances Z. Calafiore

Panelists:

  • Arthur E. Balbirer
  • Barbara K. Stark, Law Offices of Barbara Stark

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Conclusion