April 30 — May 1, 2026 @ Kimpton Monaco Hotel
700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004

April 30, 2026​​

10:00 - 11:00 am / Registration

​Register and enjoy some refreshments.

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11:00 - 11:10 / Introductory Remarks

​Welcome to DC and our 2nd annual Lexangle on Experts event!

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11:15 - 12:15 / Litigators Panel #1

​​Large-scale / complex-commercial litigation.  How we put our team of experts together and how our approaches have changed over the years.  Attributes we like that are non-obvious.  Attributes we have learnt to avoid.​​

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• Bryce Callahan, Partner, Yetter Coleman LLP, Houston (bio)

• Uri Itkin, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York (bio)

• Bethany Kristovich, Partner, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles (bio)

• Daniel Spendlove, Partner, Signature Litigation LLP, London (bio)

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12:30 - 1:15 / Lunch & Learn

Litigating in the UK and Australia.  How litigation works and where the courts are heading: the barrister/solicitor divide, particulars and sensitivities when instructing experts, joint expert reports, expert determination, and “hot-tubbing” of testifying experts.​

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• Michael Barnett, Partner, Quillon Law LLP, London (bio)

• Greg Whyte, Head of Dispute Resolution & Litigation in Brisbane, Piper Alderman, Brisbane (bio)​​

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1:30 - 2:30 / Litigators Panel #2

An expert witness’ credentials: education level and brand recognition of their schools / corporate jobs — what matters and what does not?  Pros and cons, and changes in litigation strategy, for example, when hiring an Ivy League professor or cross examining one at trial.

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• Martin del Gallego, National Head of Litigation, Piper Alderman, Sydney (bio)

• Paul Genender, Co-Chair of Complex Litigation and Arbitration, Paul Hastings, LLP, Dallas (bio)

• Meng Xi, Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston (bio)

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2:45 - 3:45 / Experts Panel #1

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Non-ordinary advice for fellow experts when preparing your report and preparing to testify.

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• Jim Bergman, President, Bergman Consulting LLC, Irvine (bio)

• Paul Habibi, Principal, Grayslake Advisors LLC, Los Angeles (bio)

• David Hinman, Hinman Capital Services, Newport Beach (bio)

• Jeffrey Prince, Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington (bio)

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4:00 - 5:00 / Litigators Panel #3​

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Working with experts in a criminal context: investigations, criminal prosecution and white-collar defense.​​​

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• Christian Everdell, Partner, Head of U.S. Privacy & Data Security, Cohen & Gresser LLP, New York (bio)

• Joshua Mausner, Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Violent and Organized Crime Section, Los Angeles

• Sandra Paul, Co-lead of Serious & General Crime, Kingsley Napley LLP, London (bio)​​

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5:00 - 6:00 pm / Cocktails & Networking Reception

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May 1, 2026​​

8:00 - 8:30 am / Breakfast Presentation

Details forthcoming​​

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8:45 - 10:00 / Litigators Panel #4

Working with experts in different jurisdictions: cross-border disputes and International Arbitration.

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• featured foreword by Jason Karas, Managing Partner, Karas So LLP, Hong Kong (bio)

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• Matthew Getz, Partner, Pallas Partners, London (bio)

• Luke Sobota, ​Partner, Three Crowns LLP, Washington DC (bio)

• Sven Volkmer, Partner, White & Case LLP, New York (bio)

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10:15 - 11:15 / Litigators Panel #5

​​Working with experts in the context of Antitrust / Securities Litigation.​​

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• Jason Betts, Head of Class Actions, Asia/Australia, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Sydney (bio)

• Andrew Goldwater, Partner, Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP, New York (bio)

• Bill Katz, Co-Chair of Antitrust Litigation, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Dallas (bio)

• Jeroen van Kwawegen, Head of Corporate Governance Department, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York (bio)

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11:30 - 12:30 / Lawyers-as-Experts Panel #1

Fireside discussion with lawyers-turned-experts.  Lawyers serving as Experts. Deftly using lawyers as experts, and more generally avoiding the reaching of conclusions that usurp the role of the fact finder.​

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• featured foreword by Joshua Robbins, Co-Chair of White Collar & Investigations, Buchalter PC, Irvine (bio)

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• Jorge Amador, Director, Axia Advisors, LLC, New York (bio)

• Ross Delston, Attorney + Expert Witness, St. Louis (bio)

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* Note that the agenda is provisional and subject to change

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