HarrisMartin's Toyota Recall Litigation Conference Set for March 24 in San Diego

SPRINGFIELD, Pa., Feb. 25, 2010 -- HarrisMartin Publishing, a leading provider of continuing legal education, has announced that its Toyota Recall Litigation Conference will take place March 24 at The Westin San Diego hotel in San Diego, Calif.

The conference has been scheduled to coincide with a San Diego meeting of the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which will hear arguments March 25 on the establishment of a coordinated legal proceeding for all federal lawsuits arising from the Toyota recall.

Richard Arsenault of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault and Jimmy Faircloth, of The Faircloth Law Group, will co-chair the program and have invited counsel from some of the earliest-filed cases addressing allegations of sudden acceleration defects in late-model Toyota vehicles.

Prominent trial attorney Mark Geragos, whose law firm Geragos & Geragos has filed several Toyota claims, will deliver a keynote luncheon address.

Among the more than a dozen confirmed speakers for HarrisMartin's March 24 Toyota Recall Litigation Conference are Elizabeth J. Cabraser, who will speak on the unique case management challenges of the proposed MDL; John R. Climaco, who will present on organizational issues that come with the MDL process; Stanley M. Chesley, who will highlight specific claims expected to be brought in the wake of the recall, and Won J. Kim of Toronto, who will focus on the Canadian experience in auto recall litigation. There will also be sessions on engineering and electronics in auto defect cases, conducted by Seth A. Katz and Hunter J. Shkolnik; corporate damage control by Faircloth, bellwether trial experience featuring Grant L. Davis, Dawn M. Barrios and Shawn G. Foster, and additional relevant topics.

A complete agenda, including topics and current confirmed faculty, is posted at www.harrismartin.com.

Attendees may also register for the event at www.harrismartin.com or by calling (800) 496-4319. Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are also available. The host hotel, the Westin San Diego, is offering a discounted room rate for attendees of HarrisMartin's Toyota Recall Litigation Conference. Call The Westin San Diego directly for hotel reservations, at (619) 239-4500.