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