ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP PRODUCT LIABILITY, MASS TORTS, AND CONSUMER CLASS ACTIONS Counsel
Esteban Rodriguez is a rising star whose practice focuses on defending companies in high-stakes commercial, mass-tort, and
consumer class action matters. His varied experience includes defending J&J in nationwide opioid litigation and Top Rank in the Manny Pacquiao “Fight of the Century” MDL. He has been a key member of multiple trial teams, including for the multibillion-dollar opioids trial in Oklahoma. He also regularly speaks on product liability and mass-tort litigation. A recipient of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s 2022 Top Lawyers Under 40 Award, Esteban champions pro bono work and serves in prominent board leadership roles, including as Chair for Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County.
ENEIDA ROMAN ROMAN LAW SMALL BUSINESS | ESTATE | REAL ESTATE President
A nationally recognized leader, Eneida is a trained attorney and organizational psychologist, and for two decades, she has used her
expertise in law, conflict resolution and cultural competence to advise her clients. Eneida is Founder of Roman Law, a Boston-based boutique law firm focused on small business, real estate, and estate law. She is known as a catalytic pacesetter and a purpose-driven champion of advancing women and Latinos.
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ROBERT SALCIDO AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP HEALTHCARE Partner
Health care partner Robert Salcido represents clients in False Claims Act (FCA) and qui tam litigation and provides counseling on
application of health care fraud and abuse laws. As lead counsel, he has successfully defended a number of FCA actions, obtaining dismissal of the lawsuit on appeal, at trial, at summary judgment and at the pleading stage. He is also a thought leader who has authored books and articles on the FCA and health care fraud and abuse laws and lectured extensively.
CANDELARIO SALDANA CADWALDER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP CAPITAL MARKETS Associate
Candelario is an associate in Cadwalader’s Capital Markets Group in Charlotte. He represents investment banks and other finan-
cial institutions in secured commercial lending transactions, commercial mortgage-backed securitizations and other asset-backed securitizations. He is also one of Cadwalader’s Black & Latino Association Immigration Clinic leaders. Candelario is a member of the National LGBTQ Task Force and the Pauli Murray LGBTQ+ Bar Association Board of Directors. He was appointed to the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Committee for the North Carolina Bar Association.
MARIA SAMPEDRO-IGLESIA MAZE RESOLUTIONS PA MEDIATION Mediator
Maria Sampedro-Iglesia (former Circuit Court Judge) is a neutral with MAZE Resolutions PA. She facilitates all areas of alternative
dispute resolution which are civil and family mediations, arbitrations, neutral umpire work, and special magistrate services. Mari is a natural, creative problem solver with over 30 years of legal experience, resolving numerous complex civil and family matters.
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