Brown Bag / Webinar - It's Raining Cases: Perspectives from the OSM and DOJ on Current Vaccine Injury Case Administration

Wednesday May 31st, 2017 to Wednesday May 31st, 2017

For questions regarding this event please contact:

Sean Tugjnyam
tugjnyam@fedcirbar.org
202-780-4450

BROWN BAG / WEBINAR

May 31, 2017
1:30pm Eastern Time

It's Raining Cases:  Perspectives from the OSM and DOJ on Current Vaccine Injury Case Administration
 

Panel Featuring

Moderator

Special Master Herbrina D. Sanders
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Presenters

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Catharine E. Reeves, Deputy Director
Constitutional and Specialized Tort Litigation, Vaccine
Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice
 

Physical Location
Federal Circuit Bar Association
1620 I Street, NW, Suite 801
Washington, DC 20006

The United States Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, in conjunction with the Federal Circuit Bar Association, are pleased to announce the brown bag / webinar: “It’s Raining Cases: Perspectives from the OSM and DOJ on Current Vaccine Injury Case Administration.” This brown bag webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 1:30 pm ET.

Special Master Herbrina D. Sanders will serve as panel moderator. She began as a Special Master of the United States Court of Federal Claims on January 9, 2017. Special Master Sanders graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Human Biology, and she received her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. Prior to her appointment to the Office of Special Masters, Ms. Sanders worked as a Trial Attorney in the United States’ Department of Justice, Criminal Division, where she led investigations and prosecutions in cases involving crimes against children.

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey will discuss the greatly increased number of vaccine injury cases being filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims; the adjudication of entitlement, damages, and attorney’s fees; and the Court’s plans for the future.

Catharine E. Reeves will discuss how the Department of Justice is handling the increased number of vaccine injury filings, the department's processing of those cases, and the department's plans for future.

The brown bag / webinar is free for members of the Court of Federal Claims Bar Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association. The cost for non-members is $50.00.  If you would like to attend in person please note that seating is limited and you must choose the "in person" registration option.

Please submit any questions for the panel to sandy@cfcbar.org.
 

Registration is required (click the "register now" link below).  

Registration for this event is closed.