John Randall Whaley

Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Complex Litigation: Where Is It All Heading

Leveraging Daubert Motions in Class Certification

Daubert Motions in Class Certification After Dukes: Using or Challenging Expert Testimony Amid Divergent Court Standards

Professional Orientation

Ethics – What We Need To Know

Ethics – What We Need To Know

Teenagers and Safe Driving

Class Action Review – State and Federal

Class Action Review – State and Federal

Personal Injury Claims & the Medicare Secondary Payer Act

Multi-Forum Litigation: Strategic Considerations; Leveraging MDL, State Mass Action Coordination, and Other Tactics to Meet Litigation Goals

Professional Orientation

Class Actions – A Year in Review

A Plaintiff Attorney's Guide to Daubert & Frye

Lone Pine Orders in Class Action, Mass Tort and Products Liability Litigation: Bringing and Defending Pre-Trial Motions Regarding Exposure, Causation and Damages

Bellwether Trials: Evolving Trends in Class Action and Complex Litigation, Strategic Use of Bellwethers by Plaintiffs and Defendants

Daubert Motions in Class Certification Proceedings: Strategies for Plaintiffs and Defendants Amid Differing Circuit Court Standards

Attorney General and Other Governmental Actions

Recent Case Law Review in E-Discovery- Pension Committee and Rimkus

Gulf Oil Spill Governmental Claims; What’s Recoverable, Who Pays and Who Can Bring the Claims

Class Action Review

· Moderator for Harris Martin's Oil Spill Litigation Conference

MDL Status

Of MDLs, Class Actions, and Bellwethers: Where Will the Toyota Litigation Be Transferred and How Will it Be Litigated?

Class Action Update

· Moderator, Baton Rouge Bar Association Class Action Seminar

Foodborne Illness: Ten Critical Questions

The Federal Pleading Standard: Notice A Difference?

· Moderator at the American Association for Justice Gulf Coast Oil Spill Litigation Group Seminar

Daubert Motions in Class Certification Proceedings, Strategies for Plaintiffs and Defendants Post In re Hydrogen Peroxide

Mass Food Borne Illness Torts: Procedural – Class Action vs. Individual Causation

· Moderator, Louisiana Association for Justice CLE a la Carte

Daubert: Practical Applications

Trial Plans and the Increasing Role, Function and Application of Bellwether Trials

Why Should A PI Lawyer Care About Class Actions?

Does Daubert Apply to Class Certification?

What Constitutes Appropriate Class Action Notice and Why You Should Care... Due Process, Costs and Practical Efficacy

The Implications of CAFA on Class Actions

Professionalism - Does It Pay?

Preservation and Spoliation of Electronic Evidence

Professionalism in Today’s World

Electronic Evidence & New Discovery Rules: Are You Ready for 2007?

Pre-Certification Communication With Putative Class Members: Issues Associated With When, How, and If Contact Can Be Made

Ethical Issues and The Practice of Law

Gathering Digital Data

Litigation Demographics - Claims, Remedies, Venues, and MDL Issues

Electronic Evidence- Getting the Evidence You Need

Dealing with Daubert

Evaluation of a Tort Claim

Cheairs v. State, DOTD and Louisiana Appellate Courts’ Decisions on Expert Testimony in 2004

Recent Developments

Closing the Deal, Papering It, and Doing it Ethically

Program Chair

Medical Malpractice and You

Lawyer Advertising and Ethics

Federal Practice

The Media and the Administration of Justice