Prop. 65 Annual Conference
Monday, September 18, 2023
Julia Morgan Ball Room
Merchant Exchange Building
465 California Street, 15th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Agenda

Arrival

7:30 to 9:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast

Pre-Conference Classes

8:00 to 9:00
Prop. 65 Compliance 101: How to Comply with Prop. 65

Instructors:
Holly Foley, Scientist, Keller & Heckman
Meredyth Merrow, Associate, Lexington Law Group
Kristi Morioka, Senior Staff Counsel, OEHHA

8:00 to 9:00
Prop. 65 Freshman Orientation: Key Legal Decisions that Shape Prop. 65
We are dropping the Freshman Orientation class this year due to low attendance. We will provide a recording of last year's class when we post this year's conference recordings, all will be available for 30 days to view.

Plenary Session

9:00 to 9:05
Welcome to the Conference

Lana Beckett, Publisher, Prop. 65 Clearinghouse

9:05 to 10:00
Opening Address by the Conference Co-Chairs

Prof. Claudia Polsky, Director, Environmental Law Clinic & Clinical Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law and
Dr. Megan Schwarzman, Environmental Health Scientist, UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and Associate Director, and Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry

10:00 to 11:00

What Statutory Changes Would Improve the Operation and Effectiveness of Proposition 65? The View from the Plaintiffs

Moderator:
Jeff Margulies, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Panel:
Rachel Doughty, Founder and Shareholder, Greenfire Law
Laralei Paras, Partner, Seven Hills LLP
Mark Todzo, Partner, Lexington Law Group
Bill Verick, CEO, Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation

11:00 to 11:15
Break

11:15 to 12:15
Lab Consolidation: Problems with Conflicts of Interest, Certification and Accreditation

Moderator:
Rick McNeil, Partner, Crowell & Moring
Panel:
Justin Burmeister, Director of Chemistry and Business Innovation, Applied Technical Services (ATS)
Joseph Mann, Senior of Counsel, Lexington Law Group
Dennis Raglin, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
Margaret Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices

12:30 to 1:30
Lunch

1:45 to 2:45
What Can Be Done to Stop Over Warnings

Moderator:
Laura Zuckerman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General
Panel:
Rachel Chatman, Attorney, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff
J. Robert Maxwell, Partner, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell
Trent Norris, Partner, Hogan Lovells US
Eric Somers, Partner, Lexington Law Group

2:45 to 3:45
Updates on Recent Appeal Court Decisions

Round Table:
Rachel Doughty, Founder and Shareholder, Greenfire Law
Dennis Raglin, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
Julia Thrower, Of Counsel, Environmental General Counsel (EGC)
Bill Verick, CEO, Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation

3:45 to 4:00
Break

Breakout Sessions

4:00 to 5:00

The Ethical Questions Raised in Fee Motions

Moderator:
Gideon Kracov, Esq., Principal, Gideon Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Panel:
Greg Berlin, Senior Associate, Alston & Bird
Laralei Paras, Partner, Seven Hills LLP
Judith Praitis, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Greg Sperla, Of Counsel, DLA Piper
Lucas Williams, Partner, Lexington Law Group

4:00 to 5:00 
Best Practices in Sample Analysis, What to Do and What Not to Do, and Why Labs Might Reach Different Results

Round Table:
Justin Burmeister, Director of Chemistry and Business Innovation, Applied Technical Services (ATS)
Mike Easter, Principal, EnSIGHT
Thomas Lewandowski, Principal, Gradient
Rob Scofield, Vice President and Principal Toxicologist, GSI Environmental
Margaret Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices

5:00 to 6:00
Networking Cocktail Reception

Prop 65 Program Materials