NYU Law Review Symposium: Charting the Future of Litigation Finance

Please RSVP using this link.

The NYU Law Review is proud to partner with Suneal Bedi (Kelley School of Business), Maria Glover (Georgetown), Will Marra (Certum Group), Samir Parikh (Wake Forest), the Institute for Corporate Governance and Ethics, and the Center on Civil Justice for our upcoming symposium:

Charting the Future of Litigation Finance

Litigation finance makes the world go round. The capital financiers provide is the lifeblood for plaintiffs' firms and individual claimants attempting to run the litigation gauntlet in high-stakes battles with wealthy corporate entities. The fundamental dynamics of conflict resolution have shifted dramatically in the last decade. Understanding the legal, social, and business consequences can be elusive.

This symposium will bring together diverse voices to address the innovations and implications of the most important new trend reshaping the field. The event will feature a keynote speech from Neal Katyal, leading Supreme Court advocate, former Acting Solicitor General of the United States, and partner at Milbank.

Other speakers will include:

• Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
• John Beisner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• The Honorable Stephanos Bibas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• The Honorable Colm F. Connolly, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
• Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt Law School
• Nora Freeman Engstrom, Stanford Law School
• Samuel Issacharoff, New York University School of Law
• Jessica Lauria, White & Case LLP
• Greg Pesce, White & Case LLP
• Maya Steinitz, Boston University School of Law
• Steve Quattlebaum, Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC
• Teddy Rave, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
• Catherine Sharkey, New York University School of Law
• Aviva Wein, Johnson & Johnson
• Brad Wendel, Cornell Law School
• Aviva Will, Burford Capital
• The Honorable Diane P. Wood, American Law Institute and the University of Chicago Law School

All non-NYU attendees must rsvp ahead of time, using this link.