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JOHN W. ALLEN
269.553.3501
jwallen@varnumlaw.com
John W. Allen is a partner at the firm of Varnum Attorneys LLP in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a
graduate of the University of Michigan, A.B. (1969) and J.D. (1972), and has completed the University of
Windsor (Stitt Field Handy Houston) ADR Program (2001).
He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate , National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) and
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and his practice areas are commercial law, litigation, and
professional responsibility.
He is a member of the Michigan Bar, and the Bars of Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and
Minnesota. He served on the governing Council of the Florida Out-of-State Practitioners Division
(OOSPD) and has presented Litigation and Ethics Programs in ABA CLE and Annual Meeting Programs,
and in a variety of state programs, including the Annual Florida CLE in New York City, and the Florida
Bar Annual Meeting.
He has served on the governing Council (2004-2007) of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice
Section (TIPS), and chaired its Ethics and Professionalism Committee in 2002-2004, and 2010-2011. He
serves as the TIPS liaison to the ABA Special Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege, and the ABA
Standing Committee on Lawyer Professional Liability (LPL), and has served as its liaison to the ABA
Standing Committees on Ethics and Professionalism. He served as a member of the ABA Ethics 2000
Advisory Group.
He has also served as the President of the Western District of Michigan, Federal Bar Association,
and serves as Chair of its Special Workgroup on Attorney-Client Privilege.
He co-chaired the State Bar of Michigan Special Task Force on Attorney-Client Task Force. He
has served on the Michigan Bar Standing Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics (the Ethics
Committee), and Chaired the Ethics Committee in 1998-2001, and Chaired the State Bar of Michigan
Special Committee on Grievance in 2001-2007.
Rebecca Weinstein Bacon Bio (brief)
Rebecca Weinstein Bacon is a trial lawyer with a national practice. She litigates and tries high-stakes cases in state
and federal courts. Rebecca represents clients in a variety of cases including products liability, class action, mass
torts, consumer fraud, and breach of contract. Following graduation from Columbia Law School, Rebecca worked in
the New York office of O’Melveny & Myers and joined Bartlit Beck in 1999.
Rebecca excels at translating complex legal and factual information into simple and persuasive terms, both in court
and in writing – at the trial court and appellate levels. She is also adept at navigating large-scale discovery to hone in
on information critical to winning the case. She is often entrusted with preparing critical witnesses for deposition or
trial testimony.
Rebecca speaks often on social media issues in the law, electronic discovery strategies for large and complex cases,
and other trial preparation issues.
Hon. Cynthia A. Baldwin A member of Law Review at Duquesne Law School, Fulbright Lecturer and Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution, Justice Baldwin was a trial judge in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas for 16 years before being appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court by Governor Rendell. A distinguished public servant, she previously served as Attorney‐in‐Charge and Deputy Attorney General, Western Regional Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection. Justice Baldwin was a member of the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University from 1995 until 2010 and chaired the board from 2004‐2007. She is also a director emerita of the Duquesne University Board of Directors. She is a member of and formerly chaired the board of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB) in Washington, DC and is a member of the Board of Directors of Koppers Holdings Inc. in Pittsburgh chairing the Nominating and Governance Committee and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors board, Three Rivers Chapter. Justice Baldwin was a professor at Duquesne University School of Law and has lectured and taught extensively both in the United States and internationally. Among her many awards are the History Makers Award in Government from the Senator John Heinz History Center in 2010, the International Women’s Forum Women Who Make a Difference award in 2009 and the Athena Award in 2007. She has been listed for many years in Who’s Who in American Law. Currently, she serves as Vice President and General Counsel of the Pennsylvania State University. FRED H. BARTLIT, JR.
Fred is the founder of Bartlit Beck (Chicago and Denver), a firm described by the National Law Journal as “the nation’s hottest defense boutique, with a roster of litigation stars.” The National Law Journal described Fred as “personally one of the most successful corporate litigators ever, with a long history of big wins.” In January 2009, American Lawyer named Bartlit Beck “Litigation Boutique of the Year”, stating that the firm has a “Unique Model, Unmatched Results. No hourly fees, no leverage, no laterals. The firm’s model is unique‐and its results are, too.” In March, 2009, Fred was cited as “Lion of the Trial Bar” and “John Wayne in Pinstripe Suit” in the ABA Journal feature article. In September 2009, the National Law Journal honored Fred, and his partner Phil Beck by including them in its “Winning Hall of Fame.” Fred and Phil were recognized for their significant bench or jury trial verdicts and their records of success over many years. Each exemplifies the qualities that make a great lawyer. Fred has tried cases in 24 different states, the Virgin Islands and Scotland. His trial techniques are described in recent books on the leading trial lawyers in the United States (“The Trial Lawyers,” St. Martin’s Press, NY (1988); “America’s Top Trial Lawyers – Who They Are & Why They Win,” Prentice Hall, NJ (October 1994)). Fred is one of the few lawyers to have represented two presidents in court: • He represented President George W. Bush in the election contest filed by former Vice President Al Gore in Tallahassee, Florida, contesting the results of the 2000 Presidential election in Florida. • In August 2010, Fred was appointed as Lead Investigator and Chief Counsel for President Obama’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling; and in November 2010, he made his presentation to the Oil Spill Commission. Fred H. Bartlit, Jr. Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP 1899 Wynkoop Street #800 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 592‐3100 (303) 592‐3140 (fax) Swetman Baxter Massenburg, LLC
Kay Baxter, Partner
Kay is a founding partner of Swetman Baxter Massenburg, LLC, and practices in its
New Orleans office. A 1994 graduate of Loyola University's School of Law, she is
admitted to practice in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas. While she has
successfully practiced in many areas of the law, she has always been a litigator. Kay’s
practice focuses on the defense of toxic torts, occupational disease and environmental
claims alleging personal injury, property damage, as well as issues involving various
areas of construction litigation.
Kay has become a widely acknowledged expert in her fields of practice, and has had
the privilege to be selected as one of only a few female attorneys on several of her
clients’ national trial teams. Through carefully researched expert testimony, extensive
review of records, exhibits and fact witness testimony, and research of data from state
and federal agencies, Kay has developed successful new defenses for her clients.
Those clients include: premises owners, product manufacturers, contractors, subcontractors, home builders, equipment
manufacturers, distributors, employers, product suppliers and their executive officers.
Location
New Orleans, LA
Practice Areas
Toxic Tort
Environmental Law
Products Liability
Construction Law
Civil Litigation
Contact
(504) 799-0502
kbaxter@sbm-legal.com
John F. Beach
John F. Beach is a shareholder at the Columbia, South Carolina law firm of Ellis Lawhorne &
Sims. He has been practicing law since 1982, primarily as a business litigator in court,
arbitration, and before various administrative tribunals. John represented his first clients in
arbitration around 1989 and has regularly practice in that forum ever since. John was an
arbitrator once, but hopes to never perform that function again, as he has found it is a lot easier to
convince others to render a certain decision than it is to render a decision oneself.
You can reach John at (803) 343-1269 (direct), (803) 413-2300 (cell), and via email at
jbeach@ellislawhorne.com.
Justice Brent D. Benjamin was elected to a twelve-year term on
the Supreme Court of Appeals in November 2004. He is a native of
Marietta, Ohio. Justice Benjamin is a graduate of The Ohio State
University, from which he holds both a bachelor’s degree and a law
degree. After graduation from law school in 1984, he settled in
Charleston, West Virginia. Since his election, Justice Benjamin has
been a regular presenter and instructor on a variety of legal issues in
various forums, including the National Press Club, in Washington,
D.C. As part of Constitution Day activities in 2009, he moderated a
symposium on “Blogging and the First Amendment” at Marshall
University. Justice Benjamin served as Chief Justice in 2009, during
which the Court accomplished several initiatives, including
establishing an Access to Justice Commission, a Compliance Committee on Prisons and Jails,
an acclaimed statewide Domestic Violence Registry, a statewide Mental Hygiene Registry, and
a Northern Panhandle Re-Entry Court. In 2009, the Court also expanded pre-incarceration
Treatment Courts, including Drug Courts, from a handful of counties to coverage of over half the
State’s population. As Chief Justice, Justice Benjamin was active not only in Bar-related
matters, but also on children’s issues and drug issues. He led West Virginia’s delegations to the
2009 Children’s Summit and to the 2009 Drug Court Professionals Summit. He spoke at
regional meetings of the West Virginia State Bar; he participated in regional Judicial
Roundtables on Child Abuse and Neglect and in regional Summits on Domestic Violence and
Firearms; and he worked to enhance and expand court outreach, judge-media relations, and
public education about the role of the judicial branch. During his time as Chief Justice, the Court
issued an educational DVD, The Foundation of Justice: The Supreme Court of Appeals of West
Virginia. Before his election, Justice Benjamin was a principal attorney with Robinson and
McElwee, PLLC, in Charleston. His twenty-year practice at that firm involved general civil
litigation in state and federal courts, including toxic torts and complex litigation. His civil rights
practice focused on protecting children from physical and sexual abuse. He has practiced in the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States District Court for the
Southern District of West Virginia, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, and before
various courts in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Justice Benjamin is a 1999 graduate of
Leadership West Virginia. Away from his judicial duties, Justice Benjamin is also a current
member of the Hocking College Archaeological Mission and the Amenmesse Project, and has
participated in archaeological excavations in the United States and Egypt, including the recent
re-excavation of Tomb TT-320 (the “Royal Cache Tomb”) and, currently, KV10 and KV63 (the
first intact tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since the discovery of the tomb of
Pharoah Tutankhamun). Justice Benjamin attends Christ Church United Methodist, in
Charleston. He is the father of Paul, Mary, Laura, Amanda, and Evan
Randy Bibb has more than 30 years' experience defending products liability and toxic tort
claims and lawsuits across the United States. He has served as lead trial counsel
representing product manufacturers in more than 100 jury trials in courtrooms from
Florida to Washington State. Today much of his practice is devoted to defending motor
vehicle manufacturers in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits alleging unintended
acceleration, inadvertent vehicle movement, passive and active restraint systems and
numerous other defect theories.
In addition to his trial practice, Mr. Bibb has argued a number of significant appeals
including the adoption of the learned intermediary doctrine in Tennessee, preservation of
the right to contribution after Tennessee’s adoption of comparative fault and preclusion
of third-party comparative fault in worker's compensation cases.
Mr. Bibb earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from Vanderbilt University. He
is a member of the American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations, the Defense
Research Institute and the International Association of Defense Counsel where he was a
member of the faculty of the IADC Trial Academy in 2008. Mr. Bibb is a Fellow of the
Nashville Bar Foundation and of the American Bar Foundation.
Douglas S. Brooks, a partner of LibbyHoopes, P.C. in Boston, focuses his practice
primarily in the areas of white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. He
has successfully tried criminal and civil cases in both federal and state courts.
Doug has successfully defended clients in criminal prosecutions and government
investigations involving a variety of serious charges, including allegations of: healthcare
fraud (including False Claims Act and anti-kickback allegations concerning medical
device and pharmaceutical companies), public corruption, securities fraud,
environmental crime, and tax fraud. Doug has also defended clients facing investigation
and enforcement actions undertaken by the Securities Exchange Commission, the
Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the
Department of Labor, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development and the Massachusetts Securities Division. In
addition, Doug has defended clients involved in administrative proceedings initiated by
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure.
Doug has extensive experience handling complex civil litigation as well. He is currently
representing an airport security screening company in litigation arising out of the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, one of the largest civil actions in the nation. Doug
also represents and counsels various corporate clients - including several local banks in connection with a wide variety of business disputes and compliance-related issues.
Doug's practice also includes handling appeals. He has successfully briefed and argued
both criminal and civil matters before the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of
Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the
Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Massachusetts Appellate Division.
In addition to his courtroom work, Doug has significant experience conducting
comprehensive internal corporate investigations and advising these clients as to their
rights and legal obligations stemming from the findings of the investigations.
Each year from 2004 through 2011, Doug has been named one of the top lawyers in
New England by Super Lawyers, a joint publication of Boston Magazine and Law &
Politics. The Super Lawyers comprise the top 5% of lawyers in the state.
Chase Bryan is a partner in the Jackson, Mississippi office of Forman Perry Watkins Krutz and
Tardy. He has 20 years of experience litigating cases in state and federal court. His diverse
practice includes commercial litigation, bank and lender liability litigation, intellectual property
litigation, environmental and toxic tort claims, personal injury defense and insurance and
financial products litigation. He also defends bank officers and directors in FDIC and OCC
investigations.
Chase is a 1992 graduate of the University of Mississippi law school and has an undergraduate
degree in History from the University of Mississippi. He is a member of the Mississippi Bar
Association, the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit and is admitted to practice in all
state and federal courts in Mississippi and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit.
LEE COGGIOLA Lee Coggiola is currently Disciplinary Counsel for the South Carolina Supreme Court, formerly Chief Staff Attorney for the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Before coming to the Court of Appeals she served as the Chief Public Defender of Richland County. Her Bar memberships include the South Carolina Supreme Court, United States District Court, District of South Carolina, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. She is a graduate of the University of Miami and received her JD from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1988. Prior to attending law school she spent eleven years with IBM in systems and marketing. Since admission to the Bar she served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Carol Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Assistant Appellate Defender, and Of Counsel at Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough. She served on the board of the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, was former President of the South Carolina Public Defender Association, a former member of the American Council of Chief Defenders, the Commission of the Office of Indigent Defense, and the National Association of Appellate Court Attorneys. Currently she serves as a member of the National Organization of Bar Counsel, the Association of Judicial Disciplinary Counsel, the Ethics Advisory Committee of the South Carolina Bar, the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court and the Chief Justice’s Commission on the Profession. She is coeditor of the Fifth Edition of The Criminal Law of South Carolina. and is an adjunct instructor at USC School of Law. Jeffrey A. Cohen Carlton Fields Miami, FL Jeff Cohen handles all aspects of appellate litigation. Mr. Cohen primarily represents corporate defendants in high exposure, often highly publicized cases. He has defended claims against manufacturers of motor vehicles, recreational products including firearms, medical and pharmaceutical products, and a variety of other products. He also has significant experience representing financial institutions and other entities in complex commercial litigation. Mr. Cohen has worked on appellate matters in state and federal courts around the United States. He also assists in the preparation of cases for trial and he often serves as appellate counsel during trial. Mr. Cohen has significant experience drafting and arguing dispositive motions, discovery motions, and motions in limine. He also regularly prepares and argues jury instructions, directed verdict motions, and post‐trial motions. Mr. Cohen is AV rated by Martindale‐Hubbell. He has been recognized in Florida Super Lawyers, been listed as a "Top Lawyer" and Top Up and Comer" by the South Florida Legal Guide, and was nominated as one of "The Most Effective Lawyers" of 2010 in Miami‐Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties by the Daily Business Review. 400 W. Market St., Suite 1800
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Direct Dial: (502) 681-0543
Fax: (502) 779-8278
E-mail: scronan@stites.com
Sarah Grider Cronan
Drawing on her twenty-plus years as an attorney, Sarah
Grider Cronan’s experience positions her to provide
creative and strategic approaches to complex problems
confronting both her individual and corporate clients.
Sarah’s practice focuses on the defense of product
liability, toxic tort, insurance coverage, bad faith,
environmental and commercial disputes. She also
advises businesses concerning risk management,
insurance, employment, regulatory and corporate
matters. She approaches each new challenge as an
opportunity to achieve cost-effective solutions using
early cases assessments, alternative fee arrangements
when appropriate and committed determination and
resolve. In addition, Sarah has tried cases in state and
federal courts and is knowledgeable about multi-district
litigation and the management of mass and class actions.
Representative engagements include:
National counsel for a medical device manufacturer and
reduced pending litigation from 35 to 2 cases in less
than a year through mediation, settlement and
dispositive motions.
Mediation and settlement of pre-litigation dispute
involving professional liability claims against insurer
and former agent for one-quarter of the demand.
Obtained dismissal/summary judgment of personal
injury claims against manufacturers on personal
jurisdiction, statute of limitations, product
identification/exposure, preemption and other grounds.
Secured defense verdicts for medical device company
and boat manufacturer following jury trial in litigation
alleging product defects.
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Vanderbilt University School of Law
Nashville, Tennessee
J.D., 1990
Vanderbilt Bar Association, Vice President
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Tulane University, Newcomb College
New Orleans, Louisiana
B.A., cum laude, American Studies with
concentration in Political Science, 1985
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Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Dean’s List, 1981-82
Before joining Stites & Harbison, Sarah practiced law in
Chicago at Cassiday, Schade & Gloor (1998 to 2002),
Burditt & Radizus, Chtd. (1995 to 1998) and Peterson &
Ross (1990 to 1995).
Sarah is a frequent speaker and author on legal issues
including: “2011 Food Law Update”; “Demystifying the
MDL Process,” ABA Chemical Products and Mass Torts
Regional CLE, Houston, TX; “Reaching Resolution:
Utilizing Multi-District Litigation Beyond Pretrial
Proceedings”; “Determining Trial Structure for Complex
Litigation,” ABA Products Liability Newsletter;
Kentucky and Georgia chapters, Federal Jurisdiction
Based Upon Removal: A 50-State Survey (an ABA
Practice Essentials Book); “David vs. Goliath: Jurors’
Perceptions of Trial Lawyers and Their Clients,” Mass,
Class or Pass—Making Strategic Decisions in the Big
Chemical Case, ABA Regional CLE, Wilmington, DE;
“Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions: Strategies for Deposing and
Defending the Corporation,” ABA Environmental, Mass
Torts and Products Liability Joint CLE Seminar,
Snowmass, CO; “Should I Google the Jury? And Other
Ethical Considerations for the Modern Trial Lawyer”;
“Investigative Ethics 2007: What, Where, How, When
and Who Should Investigate Personal Injury Claims,”
ABA Pharma Regional CLE, Nutley, NJ; and “Ethical
Considerations for Trial Lawyers” Women in Products
Liability, ABA Regional CLE, Las Vegas, NV.
Sarah is a member of IADC, DRI, NAWL and the ABA
Litigation Section, where she co-chaired the ABA 2012
Environmental, Mass Torts and Products Liability
Litigation Committees’ Joint CLE Seminar. In addition, she
serves as Chair of the StageOne Family Theatre and on the
Board of Trustees for the St. Matthews Fire Protection
District.
TYLER & C o
CHARTERED LOSS ADJUSTERS
10 Lloyds Avenue, London EC3N 3AJ
Mark Dalrymple
FRSA, FRICS, FCII, FCILA, FIFAA, FUEDI-ELAE
Chartered Loss Adjuster: Chartered Insurance Practitioner: Chartered Surveyor
Mark Dalrymple is Managing Director of Tyler & Co.(Adjusters) Ltd., Chartered Loss Adjusters,
who have practised in the City of London since 1897. His qualifications and roles include: :
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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)
Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Fine Art and Antiques Professional
Group) (RICS)
Fellow of the International Federation of Adjusters Associations (IFAA)
Fellow of European Experts & Loss Adjusters Institute (FUEDI)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
Former Chairman of the Incorporated Society of Valuers & Auctioneers (ISVA) Fine Arts
Committee
Former Vice-Chairman of the RICS Faculty of Fine Arts and Antiques
Editorial Advisor of the RICS “Arts Surveyor”
Founder and chairman of the registered Charity, the Council for the Prevention of Art Theft
(CoPAT)
Founder Member of the Livery Company of Arts Scholars, Dealers & Collectors and a Court
Member
Freeman of the City of London
As a fine art & antiques valuer for the first 13 years of his career and thence as a loss adjuster for
the past 30 years, Mark works primarily for the London Market Insurers and Lloyds Underwriters,
specialising in high value/complex insurance claims, liabilities and losses involving fine arts and
antiques. He has extensive contacts with many museums, cultural organisations, specialist
dealers, restorers, conservators, shippers, private collectors, etc., in the U.K. and overseas, as
well as police organisations, including Interpol, Europol, FBI etc. He has been a regular contributor
and lecturer on theft of fine art and antiques to insurance, police and other cultural organisations.
Mark has specialist experience in the claims and recovery procedures involving theft of major
works of art. Many recoveries have been achieved by him, and notably include the Marquis of
Bath’s Titian painting valued at £8 million, two Tate Gallery Turner paintings in Germany valued at
£24 million, a collection of works in Madrid including 2 Goya’s valued in excess of £15m, the Duke
of Buccleuch’s Leonardo da Vinci “Madonna with the Yarnwinder” valued in excess of £40m….all
of which arose by his direct involvement, on behalf of London Underwriters. A connected series of
recent recoveries during 2011 arising from participation in Police covert operations include the
Firle Sevres porcelains (£1m plus), the Newby Hall Chippendale table worth £250,000, Tompion
clock worth £200,000.
Asim K. Desai
carlson, calladine & peterson llp
Asim K. Desai is the managing partner of Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP’s Los Angeles office where he
specializes in high stakes complex litigation including insurance bad faith, corporate fraud, commercial litigation,
product liability and catastrophic personal injuries.
Mr. Desai is routinely retained to associate or substitute in as trial counsel on the eve of trial in multi-million
dollar exposure cases and has served as a regional trial troubleshooter for one of the nation’s largest Property
and Casualty insurers in high stakes litigated cases.
Mr. Desai is meticulous in his approach to all of his cases. He works closely with his clients to understand and
meet their goals, and is assertive, aggressive when necessary, and consistently unwavering in his commitment
to implement his clients’ goals.
Mr. Desai has authored numerous articles on trial preparation and techniques, insurance bad faith, unauthorized
practice of law and punitive damages, and had been invited to speak for various national organizations such
as Defense Research Institute, the Property Loss Research Bureau/ Liability Insurance Research Bureau and
Mealey’s.
In August 2004, Mr. Desai was named to a four-year term on the State Bar of California’s Business Law
Section Insurance Subcommittees, and in September 2004, Mr. Desai was named a “Southern California
Super Lawyer: Rising Star.”
Mr. Desai is admitted to all California State and Federal Courts and is a member of the International Association
of Defense Counsel and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Education:
Southwestern School of Law, Los Angeles, California, J.D., 1994. Law Review 1992-1994; Moot Court Honors
Program Oralist, 1992-1994.
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., English, 1991.
adesai@ccplaw.com :: 213.633.4601 ::
office 333 wells fargo north tower, s. grand avenue suite 3500, los angeles, ca 90071
Blaine Edwards is the Assistant General Counsel for Superior Energy Services, Inc. Superior is a major oilfield service company with operations in all of the major oil and gas producing states in the United States and in over 15 countries around the world. As the AGC for Superior, Blaine is responsible for global litigation, risk management analysis, and major job problems. Prior to joining Superior, Blaine worked for BJ Services Company as the AGC and Global Head of Litigation. Prior to finding his true calling as an in‐house attorney, Blaine was a trial attorney and Partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP. He has been a member of the IADC for almost 6 years. Thomas C. Frongillo is a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, head of the firm's litigation
department in Boston and the Co-Chair of the Investigations & Criminal Defense Group. He specializes
in white collar criminal defense and business litigation. Mr. Frongillo is the Chair of the IADC’s White
Collar Defense and Investigations Committee, and previously served as an Assistant United States
Attorney for the District of Massachusetts for approximately ten years. He also is a Co-Chair of the White
Collar Crime Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. William Diaz Garcia
Western Regional Counsel
Enterprise Legal Services
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Orange City Square
790 The City Drive, Suite 430
Orange, California 92868
714-939-7510 extension 15662
206-612-0517 (Cell)
william.garcia@libertymutual.com
Bill Garcia is Regional Counsel with Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Enterprise Legal
Services Organization, which is part of the Company’s corporate legal department. He
oversees and manages outside counsel in the Western Region, encompassing Alaska,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and
Wyoming, The western region is also responsible for managing the Company’s
Canadian law firm partners in Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories,
Saskatchewan and Yukon. Bill held a similar role for Safeco Insurance prior to Liberty
Mutual’s acquisition. From 2002 through 2006 he served as the Managing Attorney of
Safeco’s Seattle, Washington staff legal office.
Prior to joining Liberty Mutual, Mr. Garcia was in private practice, where his work
focused on the defense of matters through trial, arbitration and mediation of liability,
insurance and commercial claims for a variety of entities.
Bill has represented food and food product distributors; product manufacturers and
distributors; general contractors and subcontractors; heavy equipment leasing
companies; service as assigned defense counsel and insurance coverage counsel for
specialty, commercial and personal lines carriers; and service as personal counsel to
businesses with large self-insured retentions or who were self-insured.
He has performed significant work for non-profit and privately operated entities such as
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churches, schools (preschool through high school), day care facilities and assisted care
living facilities in misconduct, general liability, premises liability, insurance coverage and
employment matters. Bill has also handled a full variety of lawsuits involving automobile
accidents,
trucking
accidents,
motorcycle
and
boating
accidents
and
uninsured/underinsured claims.
Mr. Garcia’s experience includes service as national counsel for an importer and
distributor of medical supplies in the MDL Latex Glove cases and service as national
counsel for a commercial excess insurer in environmental coverage matters. He served
as the primary state-wide defense and coverage counsel for two insurers and a food
service company while in practice in Washington; and state-wide coverage counsel for
an insurer while in practice in California.
Bill has served as an arbitrator in mandatory and uninsured/underinsured arbitrations
and as a court appointed settlement guardian ad litem. He is scheduled to speak twice
in 2012 on ‘Redefining the Billable Hour’ and ‘Improving the Attorney-Client Relationship
and Meeting the Client's Diversity and Other Corporate Goals through an Effective
Relationship Partner. He has spoken previously on a variety of topics including: why
inclusion and diversity matter to corporate and insurance clients; selection of counsel
and control of litigation in self-insured retention situations; preparing successful
responses to requests for proposals for legal services; ethical billing; inclusion and
diversity within corporate legal departments; corporate retention of outside counsel;
resolution of minors’ claims in wrongful death matters; handling arbitrations; and
handling abusive discovery tactics in civil litigation.
Mr. Garcia completed service on the Advisory Board of the Washington State Bar
Association’s Leadership Institute (co-chair 2009 – 2011) in December, 2011. He is a
member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and serves as Chair
of the Insurance Executive Committee. He has completed terms on the Board of
Directors of the King County Bar Foundation, the Board of Directors of the Latino Bar
Association of Washington (LBAW) and was a member of the fundraising committee for
LBAW when the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) held its national conference
in Seattle, Washington in 1997. Bill completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training in the
spring of 2008.
Mr. Garcia has been a member of the Washington State Bar Association since 1993. He
is also a member of California State Bar Association (inactive status). He is a 1985
graduate of the Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon and a 1982 graduate of
Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga, California. He is the proud father of a
seventeen year old son and a fifteen year old daughter.
Daniel Gerber co-chairs Goldberg Segalla’s Global Insurance Services Practice Group across the firm’s
11 offices in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, and London. He maintains
an international practice in complex insurance coverage and reinsurance matters, and he has previously
acted as a mediator, arbitrator, and umpire of insurance and reinsurance disputes. In addition, he advises
insurance and reinsurance companies on the effective use of social media platforms and mitigating the
risks associated with these strategies.
Dan is the current Chair of the Insurance and Reinsurance Committee of the International Association of
Defense Counsel (IADC). He also chairs the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) Social Media Task Force
and has drafted DRI’s social media guidelines and strategic plans. He previously chaired the DRI Counsel
Meeting Task Force and drafted its current counsel meeting guidelines. He has served on DRI’s Annual
Meeting Steering Committee and is the immediate past Chair of DRI’s Insurance Roundtable. He is
currently Vice-Chair of DRI’s Life, Health and Disability Committee. In addition, Dan is the past Chair of
the 3,500-member Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section of the New York State Bar
Association, and he has served in the New York State Bar House of Delegates. He is an ARIAS U.S.certified arbitrator and is designated on the Res Loquitor “Select List” of Life, Health and Disability
Insurance attorneys. He possesses an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell and has been selected for
inclusion in Super Lawyers and Business First's Who's Who in Law. He currently serves on the Advisory
Board for the LexisNexis Insurance Law Center.
Dan is a frequent author and national lecturer on topics in his areas of concentration. He has authored
chapters on reinsurance, discovery in insurance litigation, risk shifting, life insurance, and transactional
insurance. He is an author for Appleman on Insurance (Third Edition) and New Appleman's Insurance
Law Practice Guide, and he is a regular contributor to Mealey’s Emerging Insurance Disputes. He is the
co-editor of the Insurance and Reinsurance Report blog, which was ranked as a Top 50 Insurance Blog
by LexisNexis, and several publications, including Reinsurance Review; CaseWatch: Insurance; and Life,
Health, Disability, and ERISA Quarterly. Dan tweets daily on reinsurance and insurance industry issues,
and he may be found on Twitter at InsureReReport. He also is the creator, manager, and administrator of
two groups on LinkedIn: Insurance and Reinsurance Arbitration and Mediations, and Bermuda Insurance
Claims and Underwriting Forum.
He is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, as well as all federal and state courts in New York
and Pennsylvania. He has received numerous awards and honors for his professional and community
service.
Alessandro P. Giorgetti graduate at Milan State University in 1983 in private international law. The
same year he was admitted to the Milan Bar and six years later he studied commercial law at the
Robinson College, Cambridge (UK).
He is member of the special Bar for the Supreme Courts, where he handled some leading cases that
changed the law.
Mr Giorgetti has acquired quite an expertise in handling Italian product liability cases abroad,
especially for medical devices and mechanical machinery. Notwithstanding this specialisation he is
also active in financial institutions litigation, D&O and professional liabilities with a special
emphasis on medical malpractice.
He also practises in the field of reinsurance litigation, acting as principal consultant or litigator in
some of the major cases involving Italian cedants.
He works in English and French and is an active member of the IBA as well as of IADC of this later
organisation he has been the International Vice-President.
He is also a member of the Defence Research Institute as well as of DRI Europe, of which he is the
chair of the Italian Chapter and belongs to the Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars of the
Center for International Studies of Salzburg (A).
Alessandro P Giorgetti authored several articles in legal journals as well as book chapters on Italian
Law.
In 1997 he translated into Italian and updated the book “Personal Injury Awards in EU and EFTA
Countries“ published as “Il risarcimento dei danni alla persona nei paesi dell’Unione Europea e
dell’EFTA” (IFA-Pubbliass, 1997) and in April 2008 he published the monography "Il contenzioso
di massa in Italia, in Europa e nel Mondo - Profili di comparazione in tema di Class Action ed
azioni di gruppo", discussing class actions and collective redresses actions around the world.
He is a regular lecturer in Italy and abroad on insurance, product liability and personal injury law.
COLLEEN MULLEN GOFF
Zachry Holdings, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas
Colleen Mullen Goff is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of
Zachry Holdings, Inc. She is responsible for the coordination of legal services, including all
claims and litigation, and management of the Zachry Legal Department, which includes Legal
Affairs, Corporate Compliance, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Corporate Records. She
attended the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, the University of New Mexico, and
received her Bachelor’s (with high honors) and Master’s degrees in Latin American Studies from
the University of Texas at Austin, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Her law degree
is from St. Mary’s University, where she was elected to Phi Delta Phi.
She has practiced with Zachry since 1984 in the areas of construction contract formation and
claims litigation, including work in the petrochemical, refinery and power industries, and in
employment law and benefits.
She is a member of the State Bar of Texas (served on Construction Law Council Board 3 years),
American Bar Association, International Association of Defense Counsel, General Counsel
Forum (2011 President Austin/San Antonio Chapter), the Association of Corporate Counsel, the
San Antonio Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow) and is a Fellow of the
American Bar Foundation. She has served on the Boards of the San Antonio Free Trade
Alliance, the San Antonio World Affairs Council, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, and the San
Antonio Downtown Youth Center. Colleen also serves on the Vestry of St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church.
Colleen and her husband “D.G.” enjoy travel, antiquing, cooking and kayaking.
David Gold received his BA from UCLA, and his JD from Loyola Law School, Los
Angeles. He was admitted to the California bar in 1983, and spent ten years litigating
environmental and asbestos coverage matters before going in house at CIGNA
Corporation as Chief Counsel. When ACE purchased the Property and Casualty
business from CIGNA, he went to ACE and continued to be the chief legal officer for
ACE’s environmental and asbestos run-off books of business. In 2004, Berkshire
Hathaway took over the claim handling responsibility for ACE’s run-off books of
business, including a majority of the asbestos, environmental and other long term
exposure claims pursuant to a finite reinsurance cover issued by National Indemnity
Company to ACE. David was hired by Berkshire’s reinsurance division, as President of
Resolute Management, Mid-Atlantic.
David remains with Berkshire Hathaway, and presently is responsible for the day to day
running of the ACE book including the Westchester line of coverage, and several other
run off books of business that are subject to various reinsurance covers issued by
Berkshire Hathaway.
SARA J. GOURLEY, a litigation partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP, is
widely-recognized for defending life sciences companies in multi-district product liability
litigation. Ms. Gourley is currently serving as defense counsel in some of the most
important litigation facing the life sciences industry, including coordinating the defense
of on-going claims aimed at a widely-distributed diabetes medicine. She is a frequent
writer and speaker on topics related to the multi-national defense of pharmaceutical and
medical device companies.
CURRICULUM VITÆ
Pablo Agustín Grillo Ciocchini
I. EDUCATION:
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (LL.B., 1994).
- Universidad Notarial Argentina. Specialist in In-depth Civil Procedure Law. (1996).
II. PUBLICATIONS:
1. Books or book chapters:
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“El exequatur y el control de los principios del proceso extranjero”, (Exequatur and foreing process
control) in Principios Procesales (Principles of Civil Procedure), AAVV, directed by, Librería Editora
Platense, La Plata, 2011.
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“Prueba anticipada (protección cautelar de las fuentes de prueba)” (Anticipated evidence Safeguarding sources of evidence) in Prueba (Evidence), AAVV, directed by Augusto M.
Morello, “La Ley”, Buenos Aires, 2007.
“Enforcement of Money Judgments”, Lawrence W. Newman Editor, Juris Publishing, USA
(Chapter referred to Argentina, in contribution with Alfredo L. Rovira).
“Códigos procesales” (Codes of Procedure) Platense, Lexis Nexis, Third Edition 2005.
Contribution in Volume X-B.
“Códigos procesales”, (Codes of Procedure) Platense, Lexis Nexis, Third Edition 2005.
Contribution in Volume X-C.
“Actualización de la abogacía. Certificación de calidad y especialización” (Legal Profession
Updating. Certification of Quality and Specialization) in Modernización y calidad de las
instituciones, (Modernization and Quality of Institutions) by Augusto M. Morello, Librería Editora
Platense, La Plata, 2004, page 29 (co-author).
“Debido proceso, plazo razonable y otras declamaciones” (Due Process, reasonable term and
other comments) in Debido Proceso (Due Process) AAVV, Rubinzal-Culzoni, Buenos Aires, 2003.
“Alegación y prueba del derecho extranjero” (Arguments and Evidence in Foreign Law) in Los
hechos en el proceso civil, (Civil Procedure Facts) AAVV, directed by Augusto M. Morello, La
Ley, Buenos Aires, 2003.
“Crisis de los recursos extraordinarios y de la función de las Cámaras de Apelación” (Crisis
of Extraordinary Appeals and Court of Appeals’ role) in Avances Procesales (Procedural
Development) by Augusto M. Morello, Rubinzal-Culzoni, Buenos Aires, 2002, page 217 (coauthor).
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Los Recursos Humanos en el Poder Judicial. (Human Resources in the Judicial Branch) AAVV,
Berizonce-Fucito (Directors). Universidad Nacional de La Plata-Rubinzal Culzoni, 1999, 552
pages.
Noticia sobre "Acceso a la Justicia" (The Woolf Report). (News on “Access to Justice”)
Fundación JUS, La Plata, 1999.
Los Recursos Humanos en el Poder Judicial. (Human Resources in the Judicial Branch) AAVV,
School of Law and Social Sciences. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, 1999. Roberto O.
Berizonce-Felipe Fucito, Directors.
"Proyecto de Código Procesal Civil, Comercial y Laboral de la Nación. Análisis, Evaluación y
Propuestas" (Argentine Code of Civil, Commercial and Labor Procedure Project. Analysis,
Evaluation and Proposals) AAVV, coordinated by Mr. Roberto O. Berizonce (Congratulated by the
Honorable Academic Council of the School of Law and Social Sciences. Universidad Nacional de
la Plata, Resolution No. 077/96).
2. Law magazines articles:
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La Corte y las medidas cautelares”, en Doctrina Judicial Procesal, Número 4, Mayo de 2011,
pág. 20.
“Intercambio de información y prueba antes de la demanda (…y al diablo con la teoría del
proceso)”, (Information and evidence disclosure) in Doctrina Judicial Procesal, Núm 3, October
2009, pag. 110.
“La mediación en las acciones colectivas en defensa de los consumidores”, (“Mediation in class
actions”) in Doctrina Judicial, Num. 43, October 28, 2009, pag. 3038.
“La defectuosa ley de mediación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires” (“A defective regulation of
mediation in Buenos Aires Province”) in Doctrina Judicial, April 2009.
“Discusiones sobre el monto mínimo para apelar” (Discussions about the mínimum amount to
appeal) in Doctrina Judicial 2008, page 844.
“Los abusos en el APE se pueden limitar”, (Abuses in debtor’s reorganizations can be avoided)
in La Ley, February 8, 2008, co-author with Lisandro A. Allende).
“El título ejecutivo en las Obligaciones Negociables Globales” (Execution Paper regarding
Global Debt Securities) in La Ley, April 30, 2007.
“La actualidad de una antigua medida cautelar” (Present of an Old Precautionary Measure), in
La Ley, March 9, 2007, page 4.
“Ejecución individual de obligaciones negociables globales” (Individual Foreclosure of Global
Debt Securities), in Jurisprudencia Argentina (law magazine), December 27, 2007 (2006-IV).
“La tutela cautelar del leasing mobiliario” (Personal Property Operating Lease Safeguards), in
La Ley 2006-F, November 22, 2006.
“Limitación temporal de las providencias cautelares” (Time Restrictions to Precautionary
Orders) in La Ley 2006-F, November 17, 2006.
“Oportunidad para sobreseer la subasta judicial (o cómo la norma y los precedentes deben
ser interpretados a la luz de los hechos concretos de cada caso)” (Opportunity to stay court
auction proceedings – or how laws and precedents are to be construed in light of the particular
circumstances of each case), in Doctrina Judicial (law magazine), 2006-3, page 687 (co-author with
Augusto M. Morello).
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“Exceptio mali processus (esa horrible amenaza)” (Exceptio mali processus – A hideous threat),
in Revista de Derecho Procesal (law magazine), 2006-2, page 175.
“El Juez del APE” (The Judge of Out-of-Court Composition Agreements), comments on judgment
in La Ley, 2006-E, August 25, 2006 (co-author with Lisandro A. Allende).
“¿Poder especial para reconvenir?” comments on judgment in Zeus, City of Rosario, Province of
Santa Fe, Year XXXII, No 7751, Volume 98, page 3.
“Los alcances de un fallo plenario y los límites razonables de la jurisdicción” (Scope of En
Banc Judgment and Reasonable Limits to Jurisdiction), comments on judgment in LexisNexis
Buenos Aires, No 1, page 149, July 2005 (co-author with Augusto M. Morello)
“El derecho constitucional a ser oído. El papel de la Corte Suprema” (Constitutional Law to be
heard. The role of the Supreme Court), comments on judgment in Revista de Derecho Laboral y
Seguridad Social (law magazine), 2005-553 (co-author with Augusto M. Morello)
“Cómputo del plazo para apelar en el amparo y actividad del gestor procesal”, in Doctrina
Judicial (law magazine), 2005-1-, page 261 (co-author with Augusto M. Morello)
“La ocupación de viviendas deshabitadas. Entre la sanción civil y la incriminación penal”
(Occupation of Uninhabited Property, from civil penalties to criminal accusation), in El Derecho
(law magazine), December 20, 2004 (co-author with Augusto M. Morillo)
“Oportunidad para desistir del proceso. El interés individual y el interés público”
(Opportunity to abandon proceedings. Individual and Public Interest), in El Derecho (law
magazine), November 9, 2004 (co-author with Augusto M. Morello)
“La responsabilidad agravada por malicia o temeridad en el aggiornamento del proceso civil
italiano” (Aggravating Liability based on Malice or Recklessness in Aggiornamento of Italian Civil
Procedure), in Revista de Derecho Procesal (law magazine), 2004-1, Rubinzal-Culzoni, Buenos
Aires, 2004, page 397 (co-author with Augusto M. Morello)
“Tu no vas, él no va, nadie va” (You do not go, he does not go, nobody goes), comments on
judgment. Co-author with Augusto M. Morello in El Derecho (law magazine), July 16, 2004.
“La ley 13.133 de la Prov. De Buenos Aires (Código Provincial de Implementación de los
Derechos de los Consumidores y Usuarios). Primeras impresiones sobre sus aspectos
procesales” (Law No. 13,133 of the Province of Buenos Aires – Provincial Code for the
Implementation of Consumers and Users’ Rights). First views on procedural aspects”, in
Jurisprudencia Argentina (law magazine), 2004-II, 9th fascicle.
“San Luis, Provincia de c/Estado Nacional s/Acción de amparo. Lo que no dijo la Corte
Suprema” (Province of San Luis v. Argentine Government in re. Summary Proceedings to
Guarantee Constitutional Rights. Those things the Supreme Court did not mention), comments on
judgment in Revista de Derecho Procesal (law magazine), Zeus, City of Rosario, Year 2003,
Number 2, Page 94.
“Prohibición cautelar de demandar. Un ejemplo del proceso como sistema y las consecuencias
de desconocerlo” (Precautionary Prohibition to Sue. An Example of Proceedings as a System and
Consequences of Lack of Knowledge thereof), in Doctrina Judicial (law magazine) Year XIX, No
28, July 10, 2003, page 645 (co-author with Augusto M. Morello)
“El anticipo de la tutela judicial”, (Advance of Court Protection) in Jurisprudencia Argentina
(law magazine), 2003-IV, fascicle 1.
Translation of “Valores y libertades fundamentales en el círculo virtuoso entre el Derecho interno
y el ordenamiento comunitario” (Essential values and rights in the circle between domestic legal
system and European Union system of regulations) by Italo Andolina. Revista de Derecho Procesal
(law magazine), No 2002-2, page 481.
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“Crisis de los recursos extraordinarios y de la función de las Cámaras de Apelación” (Crisis of
Extraordinary Appeals and Court of Appeals’ role), in Revista de Derecho Público (law magazine),
2002-2, Rubinzal-Culzoni, Buenos Aires, 2002, page 11 (co-author with Augusto M. Morillo)
Comments to Argentine Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure of Argentina, Roland Arazi and
Jorge A. Rojas. La Ley Buenos Aires, No. 10, November 2001.
Comments to La formación del derecho procesal organizacional (Formation of Organizational
Procedure Law), Humberto Quiroga Lavié, Ibídem.
"De nuevo sobre la personería y la preclusión" (Legal Capacity and Preclusion Again) in Revista
del Colegio de Abogados de La Plata, Year XXXIX, No 60, page 407.
“Caseflow Management y el rol del juez (una visión en perspectiva)”, (Caseflow management
and the role of Judges. Perspectives), in Revista del Colegio de Abogados de La Plata, (La Plata
Bar Association magazine) Year XXXVII, No 59.
“Medidas cautelares: el anticipo de jurisdicción”, (Precautionary Measures: advance of
jurisdiction) in Revista del Colegio de Abogados de La Plata (La Plata Bar Association magazine)
Year XXXVII, No 59.
“Personería y Preclusión (Una interpretación funcional)” (Legal Capacity and Preclusion Functional Construction) (Comments on judgment). In Revista del Colegio de Abogados de La
Plata, (La Plata Bar Association magazine) No 58.
Comments on Anticipación de la Tutela, by Augusto Mario Morello, Ibídem.
“Amendment Projects for Argentine Codes of Civil and Commercial Procedure and Codes of
Civil and Commercial Procedure of the Province of Buenos Aires. Notes to Court structure
and implementation. Notes for a pilot test”. In Revista del Colegio de Abogados de La Plata, (La
Plata Bar Association magazine) No 57.
III. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
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Professor of Civil Procedure Law, Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires.
Assistant Professor of Civil Procedure Law II, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (appointed on
a background and competitive basis – Resolution by the Honorable Academic Council 108/02).
Assistant Professor of Civil Procedure Law II, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (appointed on
a competitive and background basis).
Associate Professor of Civil Procedure Law II, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Resolution
by the Honorable Academic Council 055/01)
Specialization in In-depth Civil Procedure Law. Universidad Notarial Argentina (2000 –
present).
Course: “Evidence in Case Law”. Universidad de Buenos Aires (2006)
Professor of the Course of Studies “Expert in Justice Administration”. Universidad de Morón
(2006).
Course: Evidence in the Supreme Court. Universidad de Buenos Aires (2004).
Course of Civil Procedure Law. Colegio de Magistrados y Funcionarios del Departamento
Judicial Dolores (Association of Judges and Officials of the Judicial District of Dolores) (2004).
Specialization in Justice Administration Course of Studies. Universidad Nacional de Buenos
Aires-Isejus (2000-2001-2002).
Workshop of Civil Procedure Law for Young Lawyers. Universidad Nacional de La Plata
(2003).
Course of Precautionary Measures Update. Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2002).
Course of Nullity and Appeals Updates. Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2001).
Seminar of Civil Procedure Law Update. Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2001).
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Workshop on Civil Procedure Law for Young Lawyers. Universidad Nacional de La Plata
(2002).
Teacher of the Institute of Judicial Studies of the Supreme Court of Justice (1995-1996-1997-1998).
Workshop on Court Proceedings and Extraordinary Appeals (La Plata Bar Association, 1998).
Workshop on Court Proceedings and Extraordinary Appeals (La Plata Bar Association, 1999).
Course-Workshop “The Law and Court Proceeding” (La Plata Bar Association, 2001).
Course: “Procedural Training for Experts” (1998).
IV. MEMBERSHIPS:
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Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (a 2 500 -invitation onlyworldwide lawyer organisation based in Chicago).
Member of the Institute of Civil Procedure Law. National Academy of Law and Social Sciences.
Secretary of the Institute of Civil Procedure Law. Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Secretary of the Committee for Writing the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure for the
City of Buenos Aires.
Member of the Argentine Association of Civil Procedure Law.
Former Regional Counsel -for the Province of Buenos Aires- of the Youth Commission of the
Argentine Association of Civil Procedure Law.
Former Member of the Executive Committee of the Youth Commission of the Argentine
Association of Civil Procedure Law.
Member of the Examining Board of Council of Magistrates of the Province of Misiones for the
purposes of serving as First Instance Judge having jurisdiction over Civil and Commercial Matters
(2004 / 2005).
V. SYMPOSIUMS AND LECTURES:
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Lecturer in Universidad Nacionald e La Plata on “Lawyers Fees” (2012);
Lecturer at the “Tandil First Procedural Law Congress” (2011);
Lecturer at Buenos Aires Bar Association on “Learning to Prove” (2011).
Lecturer at Buenos Aires Bar Association about Execution Procersses (2010).
Commisson Vice President at the XXV National Congress of Procedural Law (Buenos Aires,
2009).
Lecturer at the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of the City of Buenos Aires on
“Informe preliminar sobre los procesos colectivos”, Buenos Aires, September 8, 2005.
Author of papers at XXIII National Conference on Procedure Law (Mendoza, 2005).
Lecturer at Symposium on Principles and Rules of Transnational Proceedings. UNIDROITAmerican Law Association, Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, 2003.
Author of papers for the XXII National Conference on Procedure Law (Paraná, 2003).
Lecturer at Symposiums for the XXII National Conference of Procedure Law (Concepción del
Uruguay, 2002).
Author of papers for the Second National Meeting of Young Professionals in Procedure Law
(Rosario, 2002).
Author of papers for the XXI National Conference on Procedure Law (San Juan, 2001).
Secretary of Workshop of the XXI National Conference on Procedure Law (San Juan, 2001).
Author of papers for the XIII National Conference of Young Lawyers (Formosa, 2001).
Author of papers at the Symposium on Justice Administration (La Plata, 2001).
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Author of papers for the First National Conference of Young Professionals in Procedure Law
(Corrientes, 2000).
Author of papers for the Ninth Symposium of Civil, Commercial, Procedure and Labor Law for
Buenos Aires (Junín, November 2000).
Author of papers for the XX National Conference on Procedure Law (San Martín de los Andes,
1999).
Author of papers for the Eighth Symposium of Civil, Commercial, Procedure and Tax Law for
Buenos Aires, Junín, October 1998.
Speaker at the International Conference “Training for Lawyers” (U.N.L.P., 1997).
Author of papers at the Seventh Symposium of Civil, Commercial and Procedure Law for Buenos
Aires. Junín, September 1996.
Author of papers for the XIX National Conference of Procedure Law (Corrientes, 1997).
Lecturer at the "Second Meeting of Justice Services". Fundación Jus, La Plata, May 1998.Lecturer at Symposium on Civil Procedure Reform (Universidad Notarial Argentina, 1998).
Lecturer at Symposium on Civil proceedings towards the new millennium. Tandil, June 2000.
Lecturer at the Symposium of Judicial Service Reform (Universidad Notarial Argentina, 2000).
Sean C. Grimsley
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, 2004-Present, Partner (since
2007).
EDUCATION & HONORS
University of Michigan Law
School, 2000, J.D., summa
cum laude
Deputy Chief Counsel, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill and Offshore Drilling, Washington D.C. (2010-2011).
Articles Editor, Michigan
Law Review
Investigated and presented findings regarding the root causes of the
Darrow Scholar
nationally-televised hearing on November 8-9, 2010. Assisted in drafting
Bates Memorial Award
portions of the Commission's final report released on January 11,
Internship for Bruno
Simma of the United
Nations International Law
Commission
2010. Assisted in drafting the Chief Counsel's final report released on
University of Texas, 1994,
B.A., with Highest
Honors, Biology and Plan II
Honors Liberal Arts
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Judicial Law
Clerk, Honorable Sandra
Day O'Connor, United
States Supreme Court,
2003-2004
Judicial Law
Clerk, Honorable Harry T.
Edwards, Chief
Judge, United States Court
of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit,
2000-2001
worst oil spill in the nation's history. Presented preliminary findings at
February 17, 2011 detailing the investigative team's final conclusions
regarding the root causes of the disaster.
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Washington, D.C. (2001-2003).
CASES TRIED OR OTHERWISE TAKEN TO JUDGMENT
Intellectual Property
Sensormatic Electronics Corp. v. The TAG Co., et al. (S.D. Fla., Fed. Cir.
2008-2010)
Represented plaintiff Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, a subsidiary of
Tyco International, in patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation and
breach of contract suit. Sensormatic sued defendants for infringing two of its
patents and misappropriating trade secrets. Following a three-week bench
trial, the Court entered judgment in favor of Sensormatic on all counts and
enjoined defendants from continuing to infringe Sensormatic’s
patents. Affirmed on appeal in the Federal Circuit.
Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. United States Surgical Corp. (C.D.
Cal., Fed. Cir. 2005-2009)
Represented defendant United States Surgical Corporation, a subsidiary of
Covidien, in patent infringement suit. Applied Medical alleged that U.S.
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BAR ADMISSIONS
Surgical infringed a medical device patent and sought up to $300 million in
Colorado
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California
trial, which was affirmed on appeal in the Federal Circuit. Prior to Bartlit
Beck’s representation, U.S. Surgical had twice previously been found to
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willfully infringe the same patent.
Board of Directors,
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Represented defendant United Technologies’ Hamilton Sundstrand division in
Honeywell International, Inc. v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (D. Del. 2005)
patent infringement trial in Delaware. Honeywell alleged that Hamilton
Sundstrand infringed an airplane engine patent and sought $135 million in
damages. Jury verdict in the client’s favor, finding no infringement and that
asserted patent was invalid.
Mallinckrodt, Inc., et. al v. Masimo Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2005-2006)
Represented cross-appellants Mallinckrodt and Nellcor-Puritan Bennett
subsidiaries of Tyco International in appeal of jury verdict of infringement of
four of Masimo's pulse oximetry patents.
Products Liability and Mass Tort
Lead Paint Litigation (2005-present)
Represented defendant NL Industries in trial and appellate proceedings in
Rhode Island. The AG sued to declare past sale of lead paint a “public
nuisance” throughout State of Rhode Island, seeking compensatory and
punitive damages as well as abatement. In a landmark decision, the Supreme
Court of Rhode Island in June 2008 ordered dismissal of the AG’s lawsuit after
nine years of litigation, resulting in a complete defense victory. Currently
representing NL in products liability actions in Illinois and Wisconsin state
courts.
Criminal
United States v. Goree (D.C. Cir. 2003-2004)
Briefed appeal for federal criminal appellant in successful appeal of denial of
motion to suppress before the D.C. Circuit. Panel vacated and remanded to
district court, which granted the motion to suppress.
United States v. Jones (D.D.C. 2003)
Second chair trial counsel for federal criminal defendant charged with firearms
and marijuana possession offenses. Facing multiple years in prison for
firearms offense. Won jury verdict of not guilty on firearms charge. Sentenced
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United States v. Taylor (D.D.C. 2003)
Lead trial counsel for federal criminal defendant charged with narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses.
Facing ten years in prison. Case dismissed with prejudice by government following briefing and argument of
motion to suppress.
United States v. Johnson (D.D.C. 2003)
Lead trial counsel for federal criminal defendant charged with firearms offenses. Facing fifteen years in prison
as an armed career criminal. Successfully briefed and argued motion to suppress before the district court.
Government dismissed case with prejudice.
United States v. Anderson (D.D.C. 2002-2003)
Lead trial counsel for federal criminal defendant charged with firearms offense facing up to five years in prison.
Tried case to verdict, winning favorable sentencing determination.
OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Tyco Healthcare Group LP v. C.R. Bard, et al. (D. Del. 2009-present)
Representing plaintiff Tyco Healthcare in patent suit alleging that Bard's SorbaFix and PermaFix hernia mesh
fixation products infringe one of Tyco Healthcare's patents and that Bard's infringement has been willful.
Rembrandt Data Technologies, LP v. ADT Security Services, Inc. et al. (E.D. Va. 2008-2009)
Represented defendant ADT in patent infringement lawsuit filed by Rembrandt against ADT and seven other
defendants. Rembrandt alleged that various products and services provided by defendants infringed four
patents related to dial-up modem technology. Case resolved on confidential terms.
Edge Capture L.L.C. et al. v. Citadel Investment Group, LLC et al. (N.D. Ill. 2007-2008)
Represented defendant Citadel, an investment group, in patent infringement suit brought by Edge Capture.
Edge alleged that various Citadel trading strategies infringed two of Edge Capture’s trading system and method
patents. Case resolved on confidential terms.
SanDisk Corp. v. Infineon Technologies AG (N.D. Cal. 2004-2007)
Represented Infineon in patent litigation involving flash memory devices. Infineon accused SanDisk's
CompactFlash products of infringing two of Infineon's CMOS circuitry patents. Case resolved on confidential
terms.
Hewlett-Packard Co. v. EMC Corp. (D. Mass. 2004-2005)
Represented defendant Hewlett-Packard in damages phase of infringement suit filed by EMC. EMC had sued
Hewlett-Packard alleging infringement of various EMC data storage patents. Case resolved on confidential
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terms.
Products Liability and Mass Tort
Vioxx Litigation (2007-2009)
Represented Merck in state court cases brought in New Jersey and federal MDL by health insurance
companies and health and welfare funds seeking reimbursement for payments insurance companies made for
Vioxx. Plaintiffs were seeking billions in damages. Merck announced favorable settlement for $80 million.
General Commercial Litigation
Mercury Companies, Inc. et al. v. The First American Company et al. (D. Colo. 2008-2010)
Represented counter-defendant Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and four plaintiff title agents in breach of
contract and tortious interference action. The plaintiff title agents alleged breach of contract against
defendants. Defendants alleged that Fidelity had tortiously interfered with defendants’ attempted purchase of
the four title agents. Case resolved on confidential terms.
Adelphia Communications Corp. v. Deloitte & Touche LLP v. John Rigas et al. (Philadelphia Ct. Common
Pleas 2006-2007)
Represented defendant Deloitte & Touche in multi-billion dollar accounting malpractice case brought by
Adelphia, with third-party claims against the Rigas family. Case resolved on confidential terms.
LSI Logic Corp. v. Broadcom Corp. et al. ( Colo. D. Ct. 2005)
Represented defendant Broadcom Corporation and seven of its employees in suit by LSI Logic alleging trade
secret misappropriation, improper solicitation, breach of contract, and tortious interference. Case resolved for
$0.
Pro Bono
Holte et al. v. Titan Chair et al. (D. Colo. 2010)
Represented small business owner plaintiff in patent infringement and false advertising lawsuit against
company selling cheap knockoffs of plaintiff's products. Case resolved on confidential terms.
State v. Peters (Douglas Cty. Ct. 2005-2006)
Lead trial counsel representing defendant in criminal trial in Douglas County Court in Colorado. Defendant
charged with seven criminal counts. Case resolved by favorable plea deal during trial.
NEWS
Presidential Oil Spill Commission Releases Report from Chief Counsel, Fred Bartlit
Fred Bartlit and Sean Grimsley Present Preliminary Findings to BP Oil Spill Commission
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Fred Bartlit Named Chief Counsel To The National Commission On The BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
Following Bartlit Beck Wins in Milwaukee and Rhode Island, Ohio Dismisses Lead Paint Public Nuisance Case
Mark Levine, Mark Ouweleen, Sean Grimsley and Shayna Cook Win Patent Infringement Lawsuit for
Sensormatic
Fred Bartlit, Glen Summers, Sean Grimsley and Bryan Leach Win Complete Defense Verdict for Covidien in
$400 Million Patent Infringement Action
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BIG WINS
Bartlit Beck Secures Sensormatic's Patents, Trade Secrets with Complete Plaintiff-Side Security Tag Verdict,
Sensormatic Electronics Corp. v. The TAG Company US LLC et al. (2008)
Bartlit Beck Wins Complete Defense Verdict in $400 Million Patent Case, Applied Medical v. United States
Surgical (2008)
Bartlit Beck Wins Defense Verdict in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Involving Medical Devices, Applied
Medical v U.S. Surgical (2004)
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Kendall Harrison Godfrey & Kahn Kendall Harrison is a commercial litigator who regularly handles insurance, reinsurance and class action matters at both the trial and appellate levels. He has successfully represented clients in a wide number of cases before state and federal courts throughout the country. Kendall has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America and as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer. He is the current chair of the IADC Appellate Practice committee. Peter J. Hersha
Vice President – Trial Division
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Peter J. Hersha has served as Vice President of the Nationwide Trial Division since June
1999. Peter’s responsibilities include leadership of approximately 700 Nationwide Trial
Division personnel in 65 law offices located in 30 states. The Trial Division defends
insureds of the various Nationwide property & casualty insurance companies when they
are sued as a result of occurrences that are covered by their liability insurance policies.
The Trial Division currently has about 23,000 pending litigated cases and over the
course of a year Trial Division attorneys, paralegals, and support staff will handle about
46,000 cases.
Peter earned his bachelor’s degree in communications/journalism at St. John Fisher
College in Rochester, New York, in 1978. He graduated from the Syracuse University
College of Law in 1981.
Peter worked in his father’s law office for a short time before joining Nationwide in 1982
in Syracuse. He became chief trial counsel in the office’s New York City unit in 1984.
Peter moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1987 to become chief claims counsel in the Office of
Claims where he worked on the creation of the Nationwide Trial Division. He joined the
Trial Division as a director in 1989. He has helped the organization evolve to become a
preferred provider of legal services to Nationwide and its customers.
Peter currently servies on the board of directors of the National Foundation for Judicial
Excellence (Chicago, Illinois) and CATCO, the Contemporary American Theatre
Company (Columbus, Ohio). He previously served on and chaired the Board of the
Homeless Families Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).
Peter and his wife, Robin, and son, Matthew, reside in Columbus, Ohio.
Bruce Kahn is a commercial attorney whose practice focuses on the construction and real estate
industries. He presently handles complex surety claims for Chartis, Inc. as a Complex Claims
Director and in-house counsel. Prior to joining Chartis, Inc, Bruce practiced at Peckar &
Abramson, Kaye Scholer, and Kalkines Arky Zall & Bernstein in New York City, primarily as a
litigator.
He is a magna cum laude graduate of Albany Law School, where he was managing editor of the
Albany Law Review. He also holds a master of business administration degree from Cornell
University’s S. C. Johnson School of Business.
Paul W. Kalish is co-chair of Crowell & Moring LLP’s Insurance and Reinsurance practice. He
represents both insurer and reinsurer clients in a variety of matters, including: (1) serving as
national counsel for insurers with regard to various tort (implants, asbestos, pharmaceuticals),
environmental and other types of coverage-related matters; (2) representing insurers and
reinsurers in liquidation matters, such as the Midland Insurance Company and Home Insurance
Company liquidation proceedings; and (3) representing insurers sued for unfair claims handling
practices and negligent undertaking in connection with the handling of thousands of underlying
claims.
In addition to his insurance and reinsurance practice, Paul also represents defendants in
underlying litigation, with regard to asbestos, silica and other mass tort claims. In that regard, he
was a member of the Steering Committee of the federal asbestos multi-district litigation ("MDL
875") in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. And since 2000 he has
served as counsel for the Coalition for Litigation Justice, a group formed by insurers to address
abuses and inequities in the current mass tort litigation environment. The Coalition files amicus
briefs (including briefs in the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Courts of various
states), promotes judicial education through legal scholarship and educational conferences and
works with counsel in key jurisdictions to promote changes in the way in which courts handle
mass tort litigation.
David W. Kash is a partner in the firm of Ryan Rapp & Underwood, PLC. He received his BS
with honors in Commerce (Accounting) from DePaul University in 1977 and his JD from
Chicago-Kent College of Law with honors in 1981. He is admitted to practice in both Arizona
and Illinois, he is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, his is on the Advisory Board of Arizona
Finest Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Southwest Super Lawyer. In addition to being a
trial attorney, he practices construction, business, and commercial law. Mr. Kash is a past Chair
of the IADC Fidelity & Surety and ADR Committees. He is currently Vice President of The
Foundation of the IADC.
Anne Klinefelter is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law
Library at the University of North Carolina School of Law. She teaches a
seminar on privacy law and writes and speaks about information policy and
law topics including privacy and confidentiality law, the First Amendment,
copyright law, and licensing. Professor Klinefelter serves on the Advisory
Board of the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy. She has held leadership
positions in library associations and is the 2012 recipient of the American
Association of Law Libraries’ Distinguished Lecturer Award. She holds a B.A.
with majors in English and Spanish, a Masters in Library Service, and a J.D.
from the University of Alabama.
Warren G. Kruse II, CISSP, CFCE, DFCP, EnCE 732‐784‐1582 Warren Kruse is a vice president with Altep Inc., a national provider of e‐discovery and computer forensic services. He has spent the last twenty‐five years between law enforcement and as a consultant supporting various agencies with incident response, computer forensics and eDiscovery. Mr. Kruse is the President of the Digital Forensics Certification Board (www.DFCB.org), a project of the National Center for Forensic Science, and University of Central Florida. He is the author of “Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentials”, and has supported incident response projects across a wide range of major U.S. corporations and agencies. In addition: led a team of computer forensic experts in a three‐year engagement in support of a fraud investigation task force at the world’s largest international cooperative organization. He was the eDiscovery expert for AMD on the AMD versus Intel Antitrust lawsuit; led the forensics on the billion dollar "Comtraid" theft of Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets; and testified as a computer forensic expert for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Dr. Ann Kulze
Just Wellness, LLC
Charleston, South Carolina USA
As a physician, Dr. Ann Kulze is on a personal crusade to share with as many people as possible
the joys of living well. She is a nationally recognized expert and motivational speaker in the
areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and disease prevention. As a gifted teacher with unrivaled
credibility and passion, Dr. Kulze transforms all of the “new science” of healthy living into
programs that are simple, easy and fun!
With her unique background and formal training in both nutrition and medicine, along with her
extensive “hands on” experience as a wife, mother of four and trusted family physician, Dr.
Kulze has distinguished herself as a one-of-a-kind “real world” nutrition and wellness expert.
Following her passion, she attended Clemson University and graduated with honors with a
degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. She received her medical degree from the Medical
University of South Carolina, where she received numerous academic awards and graduated as
the valedictorian of her class. Following her professional training, she worked as a family
physician for 14 years and established the wellness education and consulting firm, Just Wellness,
LLC, in 2002.
Dr. Kulze provides the “nuts and bolts”
Dr. Sebastian Lach
Partner, Product Liability
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Karl-Scharnagl-Ring 5
80539 Munich
T: +49 89 29012 187
sebastian.lach@hoganlovells.com
Dr. Sebastian Lach is Partner in Hogan Lovells' Munich office. He is a member of the Litigation
& Arbitration practice and, within the practice, co-heads the global industry groups for Product
Liability/Chemicals as well as Litigation/Foods and Nutrition.
Sebastian advises and represents international and German clients with regard to product
liability and product safety issues. His industry expertise comprises clients from the electronics,
automotive, consumer goods, life sciences, foods and nutrition and chemicals industry.
Sebastian has conducted various international product recalls for clients in these industries and
has special experience in the defense, coordination and implementation of international mass
tort product liability cases. Moreover, he provides advice on strategic and scientific issues and
gives international on-site trial assistance (witness and expert support). Further focus of his
work lies in the advice of German and international clients as to the implementation of European
legal requirements.
Sebastian is the author of numerous international and national publications in the field of
product liability and product safety. Amongst others, he is the co-author of the product safety
and product liability chapter of an extensive compliance handbook which was published in 2010.
For his activities in the field of product safety and product liability, Sebastian is listed in the
Dispute Resolution chapter of the JUVE Handbook (JUVE Handbook 2011/12) as well as in The
International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers 2012 (Who's Who Legal 2012).
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
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Acting as defence counsel in Germany for one of the world's leading pharmaceutical
companies and assisting the client in coordinating the defence in more than 27 countries
throughout the world after the international voluntary product withdrawal
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Advising a leading manufacturer of medical devices after a worldwide withdrawal of an
implantable class III medical device with regard to product safety and product liability
aspects including liability in clinical trials and in the field as well as communication with the
authorities
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Advising a German DAX 30 company on a major internal compliance investigation regarding
potential product liability and warranty issues in various countries worldwide including
criminal law charges
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Advising a leading company from the automotive industry on product liability issues and
coordination of an international recall in more than 30 countries
•
Advising an international manufacturer of game consoles and consumer electronics on
various product liability and products safety issues
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Eric G. Lasker is a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm, Hollingsworth, LLP,
where he specializes in toxic torts, environmental, pharmaceutical products liability, and
alien tort statute (ATS) litigation. Mr. Lasker’s recent practice has included the defense
of a multi-billion dollar natural resource damages claim arising from groundwater
contamination, the defense of environmental damages, property damages, and personal
injury claims brought by several thousand farmers in South America from alleged
herbicide exposures, and a constitutional due process challenge to the CERCLA statute.
Mr. Lasker has also been actively involved in the defense of public nuisance claims, both
as defense counsel and as amicus counsel on behalf of a trade association client. Mr.
Lasker is widely published on issues relating to Daubert, natural resource damages, ATS
litigation, and the preemption defense, and he is frequently interviewed by media outlets
and invited to speak on these topics. Mr. Lasker serves on the Board of Directors of
LJN’s Product Liability Law & Strategy newsletter and Chair of the IADC Toxics and
Hazardous Substances Committee.
Jill M. Leibold, Ph.D.
Director – Jury Research
Litigation Insights, Inc.
51 Corporate Woods
9393 W. 110th St., Ste. 400
Overland Park, KS 66210
310-809-8651 – Mobile/Office
913-339-9885 – Phone
913-339-9311 – Fax
jleibold@litigationinsights.com
www.litigationinsights.com
Based in Los Angeles, Dr. Jill Leibold is the Director of Jury Research and Jury Consultant for the national trial
consulting firm, Litigation Insights. Dr. Leibold’s degree in social psychology provides her with insight into
jury decision making, with a focus on persuasion and bias. She has extensive experience in all aspects of jury
research and has participated in such high-profile cases as Enron Broadband and the Phillip Spector murder
trial, as well as all genres of litigation. Adding to her jury research experience, Dr. Leibold brings expertise in
quantitative and qualitative techniques for application in the development of case stories, themes, and jury
selection, including voir dire development and jury profiles for use in the jury de-selection process. Dr.
Leibold’s publications, which have appeared in top-tier journals, have addressed the topics of influencing
damages, the psychology of stereotyping, and the effects of implicit bias.
Kansas City
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Member – American Society of Trial Consultants
St. Louis
Dallas/Ft. Worth
Suzanne Lever is the Assistant Ethics Counsel with the North Carolina State Bar. She earned a BS from Wake Forest University and her JD from UNC School of Law. Harry Liu
Partner
Email: harry.liu@cn.kwm.com
Tele: （86 21）2412-6023
Fax: （86 21）2412-6250
Office: Shanghai
Area of Practice
Mr. Harry Liu is a dispute resolution lawyer specializing in commercial litigation and international arbitration.
He has over 20 years of experience representing domestic and international enterprises in financing, corporate
issues, tax, investment, intellectual property, real estate and maritime related matters. Mr. Liu is recognized for
his experience and skills in handling complicated disputes, and the Shanghai High Court has included a number
of his cases in their Case Collection series. Since 2006, he has done a lot of compliance work, including
advising the clients on FCPA issues, investigation on compliance matters for clients. Mr. Liu also provides
advice to US listed companies with Chinese background and was involved in pretty few independent
investigations for these companies. He has been invited to give presentations to employees on the compliance
matters for clients in various industries. He has also been frequently invited to speak at international or regional
professional conferences as China legal expert. The clients he has represented for the compliance matters
include companies in the business sectors of pharmaceutical, medical device, top sport brand, luxury brand,
advertisement, IT, petrochemical, bio-diesel, etc.
Work Experience
Mr. Liu joined in King & Wood in 2006. Prior to this, he worked as a partner at two prestigious Shanghai law
firms. He has also worked at two leading U.S. law firms as a visiting lawyer.
Mr. Liu earned his LL.B and J.M. from the Nanjing University and the East China University of Political
Science & Law respectively and his LL.M Degree from Columbia University. He is admitted in both China and
NY State. He is CIETAC Shanghai arbitrator.
Professional Activities
Author
Handling Foreign Investment Disputes, March 2011, China Law and Practice
Turning A Blind Eye---Recognition and Enforcement of Internationally-awarded Interim Measures, June 2011,
China Law and Practice
Recent Development in Arbitration in China, Volume One, International Arbitration 2012, PLI
Speaker
NAPABA 2011 Atlanta Conference
PLI 2012 New York Conference
IBA 2011 Dubai Conference
China Out-bound Investment 2011 Beijing Conference
Anti-corruption 2010 Shanghai Summit
Anti-corruption 2011 Beijing Summit
Anti-corruption 2012 Shanghai Summit
Vienna International Arbitration Centre 2011 China Road Show
British Chamber of Commerce 2012 Seminar on Financial Arbitration in China
Patrick J. Loftus practices in the areas of commercial litigation, software litigation, corporate governance, construction law and litigation, and professional malpractice in the Philadelphia office of Duane Morris. He has appeared in numerous state and federal courts involving a broad variety of contract and commercial disputes. Mr. Loftus has also handled numerous mediations and arbitrations of complex commercial and construction disputes, including various international arbitrations. In addition, he is a frequent author and presenter on commercial litigation issues. Mr. Loftus is a member of the Business Litigation Section and the Construction Law Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Section of Litigation and the Forum Committee on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bar associations and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Loftus is a 1990 graduate of The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University and a graduate of Fairfield University. Biographical Sketch
M. Todd Lowther is a partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham LLP. He practices in the
firm’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he focuses on insurance coverage litigation and
personal injury, wrongful death, and products liability litigation. Todd attended the University of
Alabama School of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude and was a member of the Law
Review. Todd has experience representing both policyholders, additional insureds, and
insurance carriers in coverage analysis, coverage litigation, and risk allocation issues involving
various types of first party insurance policies (including commercial property policies) and
liability insurance policies. Todd has tried jury trials in Alabama and Tennessee on various
issues, including breach of contract and bad faith in the context of insurance coverage litigation.
Creighton R. Magid
Princeton University (A.B.,
Economics, 1984), with honors
Partner
University of Michigan Law
School (J.D., 1987), cum laude
Washington, DC
P: (202) 442-3555
F: (202) 442-3199
District of Columbia
Maryland
Iowa
Mr. Magid is a partner, head of the Dorsey Washington DC office, a member of the
Electronic Discovery practice group, and co-Chair of the firm-wide Products
Liability practice. He practices in the areas of fiduciary litigation, technology
litigation, commercial litigation, and products liability litigation.
Representative Litigation
Mr. Magid has a national practice, trying high-profile cases to verdict across the
country. He has represented clients in complex litigation involving, among other
things, claims of breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, theft of trade secrets, breach of
contract, breach of warranty, patent infringement, and product liability. Verdicts Mr.
Magid has won for his clients have appeared multiple times among the Top 100
verdicts nationally, including a $103.9 million verdict on a counterclaim that
accompanied a defense verdict for his client. Mr. Magid also successfully tried the
landmark $250+ million breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract case
involving the ownership of Mall of America. In product liability and technology
litigation, he has defended clients in cases involving products as diverse as
catalytic oxidizers, test equipment for high-speed helicopter engines, medical
devices, motor vehicles, asbestos, insecticides, and large-scale machine tools. In
commercial litigation, he represents clients ranging from financial institutions to
technology companies in matters involving such areas as trade secrets, licensing
and marketing agreements, sales of businesses, fraud and misrepresentation,
partnership disputes, and false advertising. Mr. Magid also represents clients in
matters involving the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
Montana
Admitted to practice before the
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals
for the Fourth, Seventh, Eighth,
District of Columbia and Federal
Circuits
United States District Courts for
Colorado, the District of
Columbia, Maryland, Minnesota,
the Northern District of Iowa and
the Central District of Illinois
Mergers and Acquisitions
Venture Capital and Emerging
Companies
Antitrust and Competition Law
Intellectual Property Litigation
Professional Malpractice
Presentations
Products Liability
Mr. Magid has been the featured speaker on a variety of legal topics at continuing
legal education events across the country and abroad. He also is the author of
published articles on topics ranging from fiduciary duty litigation to witness
manipulation to crisis management.
Professional Activities
Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
Attorney Articles
December 2008
Minnesota
Magid and Perkovich: Witness Manipulation in Product
Liability Litigation
Life Sciences and Health Care
Class Action Litigation
Electronic Discovery
Energy
Clean Technology
Food, Agribusiness and
Cooperatives
February 3, 2009
Case Analysis: First Circuit Issues Important Decision on
Work Product Protection for Accounting Workpapers
News & Press Mentions
August 15, 2007
Mattel Announces the Latest Round of Toy Recalls
August 7, 2007
Mattel Toy Recalls Raise Defective Imports and Product
Liability Issues
Bob Manlowe is the National Coordinating Counsel for 1) Kaiser Gypsum; 2) Hanson Permanente Cement; and, 3) Parker Hannifin and is a longtime IADC member and past Board member of the organization. Bob is an Equity member of Williams Kastner law firm and works out of their Seattle Office – in actuality Bob was one of our first members to develop a “virtual digital office” that resides wherever in the World you find him! He serves as Electronically Stored Information "ESI" specialty counsel for several companies and serves on the US Law Network's Cyber Risk Committee. Scott Marrs Scott is a partner of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons LLP in Houston, Texas. He has over 20 years of experience in complex commercial and intellectual property litigation and arbitrations, and is a frequent lecturer and speaker. He is also an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, is on the Advisory Board for the Institute for Energy Law (IEL), and was previously in the Legal, Natural Gas, and Land departments of a major energy company. Scott has appeared on CNN's "Burden of Proof", on Court TV's "Pros & Cons", and has given speeches around the nation on Intellectual Property and Trial issues. He has been named one of the top "40 Texas Lawyers Under 40" and a "Houston Top Lawyer”, by his peers. He has tried numerous cases in state and federal courts, and was a member of the trial team that obtained the first jury verdict for infringement of a foreign patent in American Jurisprudence. He has received a number of writing awards and has contributed to the American Bar Journal, the National Law Journal, the Legal Times, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and other national publications. Michel Martin is curious about many things. "I wonder what it's like to leave everything and everyone you
know for the promise of a better life, to run for President, to be a professional athlete, to parent children of
a different race," she notes. "I am fascinated by people who live lives different from my own. And at the
same time, I feel connected to all of these lives being a journalist, a woman of color, a wife and mother."
All these topics — from immigration to parenting in a multicultural family — are part of Tell Me More, the
one-hour daily NPR news and talk show that made its national premiere on April 30, 2007, on public radio
stations around the country. Martin, who came to NPR in January 2006 to develop the program, has
spent more than 25 years as a journalist — first in print with major newspapers and then in television. Tell
Me More marks her debut as a full-time public radio show host. "What makes public radio special is that
it's got both intimacy and reach all at once. For the cost of a phone call, I can take you around the world.
But I'm right there with you in your car, in your living room or kitchen or office, in your iPod. Radio itself is
an incredible tool and when you combine that with the global resources of NPR plus the commitment to
quality, responsibility and civility, it's an unbeatable combination." While working on the development of
Tell Me More, Martin also served as contributor and substitute host for NPR newsmagazines and talk
shows, including Talk of the Nation and News & Notes. Martin joined NPR from ABC News, where she
worked since 1992. She served as correspondent for Nightline from 1996 to 2006, reporting on such
subjects as the Congressional budget battles, the U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, racial profiling and
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. At ABC, she also contributed to numerous programs and specials,
including the network's award-winning coverage of September 11, a documentary on the Anita HillClarence Thomas controversy, a critically acclaimed AIDS special and reports for the ongoing series
"America in Black and White." Martin reported for the ABC newsmagazine Day One, winning an Emmy for
her coverage of the international campaign to ban the use of landmines, and was a regular panelist on
This Week with George Stephanopoulos. She also hosted the 13-episode series Life 360, an innovative
program partnership between Oregon Public Broadcasting and Nightline incorporating documentary film,
performance and personal narrative; it aired on public television stations across the country. Before
joining ABC, Martin covered state and local politics for the Washington Post and national politics and
policy at the Wall Street Journal, where she was White House correspondent. She has also been a
regular panelist on the PBS series Washington Week and a contributor to NOW with Bill Moyers. Martin
has been honored by numerous organizations, including the Candace Award for Communications from
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, the Joan Barone Award for Excellence in Washington-based
National Affairs/Public Policy Broadcasting from the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association
and a 2002 Silver Gavel Award, given by the American Bar Association. Along with her Emmy award, she
received three additional Emmy nominations, including one with NPR's Robert Krulwich, at the time an
ABC contributor as well, for an ABC News program examining children's racial attitudes. A native of
Brooklyn, NY, Martin graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College at Harvard University in 1980 and has
done graduate work at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.
William R. (“Billy”) Martin
Billy Martin is a renowned trial lawyer consistently named as one
of the top trial lawyers in Washington, D.C. and throughout the
United States. His litigation practice involves the representation
of major corporations and high-profile individuals and focuses on
complex civil and white collar litigation before state and federal
courts and in administrative hearings.
Mr. Martin has tried more than 150 cases, representing clients in
a wide variety of areas including complex business disputes, white
collar trials and internal investigations, employment litigation,
and class actions. His corporate clients have included Starwood, Macy’s, the Eaton
Corporation and American Financial Group. He has also represented many individuals
from the worlds of politics, sports and entertainment, including NFL star Michael Vick,
NBA players Allen Iverson and Jayson Williams, former United States Senator Larry
Craig, the former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and the former Chief Executive Officer of
Prince George’s County, Maryland. Mr. Martin has also served as lead outside counsel
to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio and the Cincinnati Police Department during an
investigation by the United States Department of Justice.
Mr. Martin has been ranked as high as fourth in the Washingtonian’s list of “Top
Lawyers” and selected as one of the National Law Journal’s “50 Most Influential
Minority Attorneys.”
Mr. Martin served as a state and federal prosecutor from 1976 to 1990. He was Special
Attorney in the Organized Crime Strike Force in San Francisco from 1980 to 1984;
Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1984 to 1988 and the
Executive Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1988 to
1990. He currently serves as the First Vice-President of the Washington Bar
Association.
Dr. Anton Maurer, LL.M. Partner CMS Hasche Sigle Stuttgart, Germany Focus International transactions all over the world (main focus: USA), Investments of German companies abroad, and of foreign companies in Germany, Structuring of subsidiaries of German and foreign companies, International litigation (main focus: USA), International arbitration (party representative, and arbitrator) Resume Born 1950 in Schwaebisch Gmuend. Studied law and economics in Tuebingen. Scholarship from the Konrad‐Adenauer‐Foundation. Doctorate in international law. Research assistant at the University of Tuebingen. LL.M. in "U.S. and Global Business Law", Suffolk University, Boston, MA (22 of 24 credits with high honors) (2009). Joined the law firm CMS Hasche Sigle in Stuttgart (formerly: Sigle Loose Schmidt‐Diemitz) in 1983; Partner since 1987. 1984/1985, he worked for the then largest law firm in Dallas, Texas, USA (Johnson & Swanson). He concentrates his practice on international corporate and commercial transactions, e.g. M&A, joint ventures, forming subsidiaries in Germany and abroad, and commercial agreements andin international litigation, and international arbitration, but usually restricted to corporate, post m&a,and commercial matters. He has represented clients in or with respect to more than 50 countries and 80 jurisdictions, and on all continents. Chair of The Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law, and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, both with the Center for American and International Law (CAIL), Dallas, Texas; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for American and International Law, Dallas, Texas; Member of the Board of Directorsat the International Association of Defense Counsel; Chair of the "International Committee" of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) (2007‐2009), member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC); the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), the International Bar Association (IBA), the Interpacific Bar Association (IPBA), the European Lawyers Association (DACH), the German American Lawyers Association (DAJV), the Schweizerisch‐Deutsche Wirtschaftsclub in Baden‐
Wuerttemberg, the German American Chamber of Commerce New York, and the Indo‐German Chamber of Commerce. Listed in the International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators (2010). Recipient of Kemmler Award for his outstanding contributions to the World Law Group (2007), and of the Joan Fullam Irick Award in recognition of his "exceptional leadership" as Chair of the International Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) (2009). Mentor Professor of Law School at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea (2011). Biography of Gary D. McConnell
Gary McConnell is Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Bayer
Corporation. He joined Bayer in 1997 in the litigation group where he has
held positions of increasing responsibility. For the past ten years he has had
responsibility for the management of much of the litigation against the
company.
He has had a major role in the management of mass tort
litigation brought against Bayer, including the Baycol, PPA, GM rice,
YAZ/Yasmin and blood products mass tort cases.
Prior to joining Bayer, Gary was engaged in the private practice of law in St.
Louis, Missouri. He concentrated his practice in defense of product liability,
medical malpractice, and admiralty cases. He has tried cases in state and
federal courts in Missouri and Illinois.
Gary received his Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from the University of
Missouri at Columbia in 1981. He has been a frequent speaker at continuing
legal education programs on trial practice and defense litigation issues.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Gary was a law enforcement officer in Boone
County, Columbia, Missouri for more than six years. He served as a
detective and was involved in several high profile cases, including two
which resulted in the successful prosecution of corrupt public officials.
Gerard McDermott QC
A Queen's Counsel specialising in very high value cases.
Gerard has a very busy trial practice across the UK, especially in the High Court. He is based in London
and Manchester, with associated offices in Abu Dhabi and New York. His main areas of practice are
personal injury and employment law at all levels. He also maintains a diverse practice across the
common law and commercial fields. Gerard has been admitted as Attorney-at-Law in New York for
over 20 years.
Membership and Offices
Past Leader, European Circuit of the Bar
Past President, American Counsel Association
Personal Injuries Bar Association
American Bar Association
International Association of Defence Counsel
Fellow of The American Bar Foundation
Bar European Group
American Association for Justice
Areas of Expertise
Gerard McDermott QC has a diverse practice encompassing all aspects of commercial and common law:
Personal Injury
Employment Law
Public Inquiries
Health and Safety
Conflicts of Law
John Meeks Biography
John R. Meeks is the Vice President of the Institute for Court Management at the
National Center for State Courts. He was the Director of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Judicial College from 1996–2006 and a Senior Attorney at the Supreme Court of Florida
Office of the State Court Administrator from 1989–1996. A member of the Florida Bar,
he practiced law in Pensacola, Florida, from 1985–1989. Meeks is a past president of the
National Association of State Judicial Educators (August 2006–August 2007). He has
also served that organization as president-elect, vice president, Midwest regional director,
chair of the education and bylaws committees, and a member of several committees,
including the mentor committee. He has made numerous presentations on effective
management and leadership, adult education, and curriculum development.
Anne Miller is a Team Manager for Construction & Defect Claim Services for Zurich
North America in Charlotte, NC. She manages a Construction Major Case Unit
specializing in complex Construction Defect litigation in the Eastern Region. Anne
joined Zurich in 2008 with over 20 years of industry experience specializing in
Construction and focusing on risk transfer, liability analysis, litigation management
and coverage. Prior to coming to Zurich, Anne spent the previous 10 years in a
variety of technical and managerial roles with the Construction Defect Claim Unit at
Travelers, to include management of the East Major Case Team. Anne received her
BS in Business from Wake Forest University in 1988. Stuart P. Miller
Biography
Stuart Miller is a partner in the law firm of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard in
Little Rock, Arkansas. His trial practice involves a broad spectrum of tort litigation
including claims of bad faith, insurance claim litigation, catastrophic injury, intentional
torts, class action litigation, professional liability, long-term care liability, medical
malpractice, transportation litigation, products liability and premises liability.
Mr. Miller’s honors and associations included being selected to The Best Lawyers in
America, Mid-South Super Lawyer, American Board of Trial Advocates, the American
Academy of Trial Counsel, Arkansas Associates of Defense Counsel and Litigation Counsel
of American Trial Lawyers. Stuart resides in Little Rock, Arkansas with his wife Mitzi and
their two daughters.
John Yukon Motzi has extensive experience in the electronic discovery and litigation
support fields. He is a skilled Project Manager with experience managing electronic
discovery programs for large corporate clients involved in complex multi-jurisdictional
litigation, including wage and hour, EEO, ADA, EH&S, SEC, intellectual property and
immigration cases. John’s experience includes: managing and training over 350 contract
attorneys and project leaders in high volume production environments; performing
quality control, statistical analysis and comprehensive reporting of work product;
maintaining responsibility for budgets and resource allocation; designing and
implementing workflow and process improvement models; and managing client and
outside counsel relations. John has also worked closely with a technology vendor to
develop an industry leading review platform, and is an expert in a variety of document
review and electronic data processing platforms.
John received his B.A. from Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) in 1998, and his J.D.
from the University of Houston Law Center in 2003. He is licensed to practice law in
Texas.
JACK NAPIER
Jack graduated Kean University with a BA in political science, minor in public
administration and certification to teach social studies in the secondary level. After
working with handi-capped children he and his wife signed up with the Peace Corps.
They served for two and a half years before returning home with their first born.
Shortly after, Jack started what is now a 30 year career as an insurance adjuster. His
experience has been in primary, excess and reinsurance. The primary focus has been
product liability. He currently works for York Risk Services Group managing the
firearms liability program.
Paul L. Nettleton – Bio
Paul Nettleton is a trial and appellate practitioner. Paul has been board certified by The Florida
Bar as a specialist in appellate practice for more than 15 years. He has handled hundreds of appeals in
the Florida appellate courts, federal appellate courts and the United States Supreme Court. He has
presented oral arguments in the Florida Supreme Court and all five Florida District Courts of Appeal, as
well as in multiple federal circuit courts. He has also handled numerous administrative appeals arising
out of environmental permitting and rulemaking proceedings in both state and federal administrative
agencies. Paul has served multiple terms as a member of The Florida Bar’s Appellate Certification
Committee and Appellate Rules Committee. He was just appointed by the President-Elect of The
Florida Bar to a new three-year term on the Appellate Certification Committee beginning in July 2012.
As an appellate specialist, Paul is somewhat of a generalist when it comes to areas of practice.
His practice areas have included commercial and business disputes, class actions, civil RICO, consumer
fraud, software development, environmental and natural resources, insurance bad faith and other extracontractual claims, insurance coverage, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, constitutional torts
and civil rights, defamation, products liability, toxic torts, construction, employment, banking, as well as
run-of-the-mill negligence and other common law tort actions. Paul is a “double Gator” – obtaining his
undergraduate degree in Journalism and Public Relations as well as his JD from the University of
Florida.
Felipe Ossa
Partner, Claro & Cia
Significant practice areas include: Litigation &
Arbitration , International Trade
Felipe Ossa is a partner in Claro & Cia’s Dispute Resolution and
International Trade practices, and he focuses on arbitration and
international litigation.
Felipe has vast experience in complex disputes involving court
proceedings in Chile and several other jurisdictions. He has acted as
counsel in arbitrations ad-hoc and under the aegis of ICC, ICSID,
ICDR, UNCITRAL, and the Santiago Chamber of Commerce. He has
been appointed arbitrator by the ICC and the Santiago Chamber of
Commerce, and has served as expert on issues of Chilean law in
proceedings before international arbitral tribunals and English and
North American courts.
Felipe lectures on Arbitration, International Law and Comparative Law
to postgraduate students at Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica
de Chile and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Previously he lectured on
International Arbitration at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and on
Civil Law at Universidad Católica de Chile. He has been repeatedly
named by Chambers and Partners and Who’s Who Legal as a leading
practitioner in the fields of arbitration and commercial litigation.
He is a member of the Chilean Bar, the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators, the Latin American Group of the ICC, the LCIA Latin
American Users Council, the International Arbitration Institute and the
Spanish Arbitration Club.
Felipe has authored several publications on international dispute
resolution, and features regularly as a speaker in seminars and
conferences held in Chile and abroad. He joined Claro & Cia in 1994,
and between 2002 and 2006 he was a senior associate with
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in the Paris and Madrid offices.
Languages: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese (working
knowledge).
Samuel W. Outten
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
For more than 25 years, clients have turned to Sam Outten for guidance in product liability cases, commercial
litigation matters, the defense of professional negligence claims and other business litigation matters. Clients include
companies in the pharmaceutical, chemical, heavy manufacturing, real estate, automobile rental and petroleum
industries. Mr. Outten regularly represents clients in state and federal courts throughout South Carolina, as well as in
other states. He has tried more than 70 cases to a jury verdict during his career.
Mr. Outten is the 2012 President of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is a
past President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. He also serves on the Professional
Negligence Committee and Commercial Litigation Committee of the Defense Research Institute.
He is ranked in Chambers USA; has been named in South Carolina Super Lawyers, including the Top 25 Super
Lawyers list; and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of business litigation, legal malpractice
defense and product liability defense. He is a graduate of Davidson College and the University of South Carolina
School of Law. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Contact Information:
Samuel W. Outten
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
550 South Main Street, Suite 400
Greenville, SC 29601
864/255-5421 (phone)
soutten@wcsr.com
Areas of Practice:
Commercial Litigation
Professional Negligence
Product Liability
Ronald G. Overholt is a judicial administration leader who has served California’s justice system for more than three decades⎯as the Interim Administrative Director of the Courts, Chief Deputy Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, and chief executive officer of two of California’s largest trial courts. Mr. Overholt is a past member of the Judicial Council of California, the policymaking body for the state’s court system, by appointment of the Chief Justice. He was honored by the Judicial Council with its Distinguished Service Award for Court Administration and by the National Center for State Courts with its Distinguished Service Award.
Lucian T. Pera is a partner with the Memphis, Tennessee, office of Adams and
Reese LLP. His practice includes commercial litigation and media law, as well as
counseling and representing lawyers, law firms, and others concerning legal ethics and
lawyer conduct issues. A Memphis native, he is an honors graduate of Princeton
University and Vanderbilt University School of Law.
For many years, Lucian has worked on efforts to reform lawyer ethics rules, both
locally and nationally. He was a member of the American Bar Association “Ethics 2000”
Commission that substantially revised the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
For almost a decade, he chaired the Tennessee Bar Association ethics committee that led
the successful effort to update Tennessee lawyer ethics rules and to make them largely
consistent with the ABA Model Rules. He has chaired the ethics committees of several
national organizations, editorial board chair of the ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on
Professional Conduct, and is a past president of the Association of Professional
Responsibility Lawyers.
Lucian has served as a member of the ABA Board of Governors, Chair of the
Board’s Finance Committee, and, for almost twenty years, as a member of the House of
Delegates. He currently serves as Treasurer of the ABA.
Lucian is a member of the American Law Institute and is listed in The Best
Lawyers in America in the areas of Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, First
Amendment Law, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, and Legal Malpractice Law,
and in Chambers USA Directory as a Leader in the field of Litigation: General
Commercial.
Biographical Sketch
Robert F. Redmond, Jr.
Robert F. Redmond is a partner at Williams Mullen and is Chair of the Firm’s Product Liability
and Mass Tort Group. He focuses his practice on national mass tort/ products liability defense
and complex commercial litigation. He serves or has served as National Coordinating Counsel in
medical device litigation, silica litigation and MTBE litigation. He also serves or has served as
trial counsel in pharmaceutical litigation, asbestos litigation, lead paint litigation, mold litigation
and general product liability litigation. He was trial counsel in a Maryland EMF trial that was
selected by The National Law Journal as one of its “Top Ten Defense Verdicts of 2002” Mr.
Redmond is in “Best Lawyers in America”; Virginia “SuperLawyers” and is listed as one of
Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business magazine
Mr. Redmond received his BA with high distinction from the University of Virginia where he
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his JD, cum laude, from Georgetown University
where he served as Associate Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. After graduating from law
school and before private practice, Mr. Redmond was a prosecutor in the 82d Airborne Division
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Robert F. Redmond, Jr.
Williams Mullen
1021 East Cary Street
Richmond VA 23219
Direct 804/ 783-6439
Fax 804/ 783-6456
rredmond@williamsmullen.com
www.williamsmullen.com
James F. Rogers is a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in
Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Rogers has defended pharmaceutical and medical
device manufacturers on the national, regional and local levels. He serves as the cochair of Nelson Mullins' drug and medical device industry practice group. Mr. Rogers is
the vice chair of DRI's Drug and Medical Device Committee.
BIOGRAPHY
Steven F. Rosenhek
Partner
Toronto
Direct Line: +1 416 865 4541
Facsimile: +1 416 364 7813
srosenhek@fasken.com
www.fasken.com/steven-rosenhek
A leading Ontario litigator, Steven Rosenhek has broad experience before all levels of Court and a
wide range of provincial and federal administrative tribunals. His practice encompasses all aspects
of civil and administrative litigation, including complex commercial litigation, class actions,
commercial arbitrations, product liability (including drugs, medical devices and health products),
antitrust/competition law, and insurance. He has handled both prosecution and defence briefs before
a wide array of professional disciplinary, regulatory and administrative bodies.
Areas of Practice
Medical Services
Steven has written and lectured extensively in numerous areas, including commercial litigation, class
actions, advocacy and dispute resolution, effective management of litigation and alternative billing
arrangements.
Life Sciences
Antitrust/Competition &
Marketing
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Apart from his own litigation caseload, Steven has client responsibilities for managing litigation
teams for a number of major firm clients.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
He is a well-known instructor in trial advocacy, whose teaching credits include:
Class Actions

Special Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, 1987 to 2000
Transportation

Instructor, Advanced Trial Advocacy, Osgoode Hall Law School Part-time LLM in Civil Litigation
and Dispute Resolution

Instructor and Team Leader, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, Osgoode Hall Law School,
1988 to present
Insurance
Africa
Product Liability
Cartels & Other Competition
Criminal Matters
Steven is a Past-President of the Ontario Bar Association and currently chairs its Paralegals Task
Force. In 2010, Steven received the OBA Award for Distinguished Service. The award recognizes
exceptional career contributions and achievements by an OBA member to the legal profession,
jurisprudence, or the residents of Ontario.
Competition Litigation, including
Class Actions
Steven is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honorary organization of lawyers, judges,
and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to
the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.
Education
Memberships and Affiliations
LLM,
University of Cambridge, 1984

Executive member, Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Class Actions Section, 2011- 2012

President, Ontario Bar Association, (1998 to 1999) and Chair, Paralegals Task Force (1999 to
present)

International Association of Defence Counsel

Defence Research Institute
Ontario, 1984

Medical Devices Manufacturers Association (MDMA)
England and Wales, 2009

Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA)
LLB,
University of Toronto, 1982
Year of Call
VANCOUVER
CALGARY
TORONTO
OTTAWA
MONTRÉAL
QUÉBEC CITY
LONDON
PARIS
JOHANNESBURG
William R. Sampson
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Bill has tried more than 80 jury cases in federal, state, and military courts and tribunals and has
been active nationally and internationally in the defense of civil litigation. He has taught more than
100 programs on trial practice, litigation strategy, and legal writing. Bill is the former national
president of the DRI. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (four categories: Bet-theCompany Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance Litigation, and Product Liability
(Kansas City "Lawyer of the Year")), Chambers America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Who's
Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Expert Guides: Guide to the
World's Leading Product Liability Lawyers, and The International Who's Who of Product Liability
Lawyers. Bill is recognized as a "Missouri Litigation Star" in Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive
Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys, and by the 2012 Super Lawyers
Business Edition.
Randal H. Sellers
Practice
Devoted to civil litigation including healthcare, professional medical liability, long-term care,
intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. Has tried more than 180 complex civil
cases to a jury verdict.
Contact Randy
Education
205-868-6019 – Direct
205-868-6099 – Fax
rsellers@starneslaw.com
J.D., Vanderbilt University (1981)
B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University
(1978)
100 Brookwood Place
7th Floor
P.O. Box 598512
Birmingham, AL 35259
Bar Admissions
Practices
Business Litigation
Medical & Healthcare
Appellate & Written Advocacy
Long Term Care & Nursing Home
Alabama, 1981
Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Middle District of
Alabama
U.S. District Court, Northern District of
Alabama
U.S. District Court, Southern District of
Alabama
Honors And Awards
Randy has been honored by his peers for his litigation accomplishments. He is a Fellow of the
American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). He served as Chair of the ACTL Legal Ethics &
Professionalism Committee (2008-2010) and is currently Chair of the ACTL Alabama State
Committee. Randy also is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Randy has been recognized as a "Tier 1" Litigator for the state of Alabama in the 2008 – 2012
editions of Chambers USA, and was named a Litigation Star for the state of Alabama in the 2008
- 2012 editions of Benchmark Litigation. He has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America®
for ten consecutive years, 2001 - 2012, and has been named one of the top attorneys in the state
of Alabama by Alabama Super Lawyers® magazine, 2008 - 2012.
Community Involvement
Randy is actively involved at St. Luke's Episcopal Church where he currently serves as
Chancellor and has served on the Vestry and numerous committees, including Chair of the
Outreach Committee. He is involved with several outreach ministries, including prison ministries
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and the Board of an interfaith network dedicated to assisting temporarily homeless families.
Randy is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham and he is past Chairman of the Board of
Directors of PreSchool Partners, an organization dedicated to preschool education of under
privileged inner-city children.
In 2004, he completed the Education For Ministry Program through the University of the South
School of Theology.
Publications
Randal H. Sellers and Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., "Picking Juries: Questionnaires and Beyond",
IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 75, No.4, Pages 370-377 (October 2008).
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Fernando Eduardo Serec
TozziniFreire Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Partner responsible for the areas of Litigation and Arbitration Lawyers TozziniFreire, has over
25 years experience in litigation and in arbitration over a dozen local and international. He
worked in international arbitrations conducted under the rules of the ICC, ICDR, LCA and
numerous arbitrations administered according to local rules of the CCBC, CMA (CIESP)
CAMARB and FGV-RJ. He also served as counsel in arbitrations "ad hoc" in court cases and
arbitrations involving major repercussions in the following areas: corporate, infrastructure,
privatization in the petrochemical, energy and telecommunications, environment, administrative
law (biddings, concessions etc. .), regulatory issues (ANEEL, ANATEL and CADE, ANP,
CRSFN), intellectual property, distribution contracts and commercial representation, ownership
and property, commercial contracts, financial contracts and consumer law. He served in
proceedings in several states in Brazil and abroad.
It is referenced nationally and internationally in some of the most relevant legal guides such as
Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Latin Lawyer 250, PLC Which Lawyer?,
International Financial Law Review 1000, Expert Guides, The International Who's Who Legal,
Global Arbitration Review and Law Review 500.
Jim Shelson is a partner in the Jackson, Mississippi office of Phelps Dunbar, LLP. He is the practice group coordinator of the litigation group in the Jackson office. His practice focuses on toxic torts, business torts, and products liability. Jim is the Vice Chair of Newsletters for the IADC’s Toxic and Hazardous Substances Committee. Martin A. Stern
Adams and Reese LLP
4500 One Shell Square
New Orleans, LA. 70139
(504) 585-0289
martin.stern@arlaw.com
Martin Stern serves as the Appellate Team Leader for Adams and Reese, overseeing its
fast-growing appellate practice and also focusing on class action, products liability and
constitutional litigation. Martin has argued numerous appeals, ranging from the appeal of
a $1 billion punitive damage award for a major oil and gas company to working on the
team that won Kennedy v. Louisiana, where the United States Supreme Court handed down
its landmark decision holding that the death penalty is unconstitutional for non-homicide
crimes.
Martin has a deep background in legal ethics, having represented judges before the
Louisiana State Judiciary Commission as well as lawyers before the Louisiana State
Disciplinary Board, for which he formerly served as Hearing Committee Chair.
Martin makes use of this experience in his position as Claims Counsel for the Firm.
One of Martin’s great passions is his pro bono work. He is a director of Louisiana
Appleseed, a non-profit organization that attacks systemic injustice at its root cause—
what American Lawyer Magazine called “pro bono’s new frontier.” Martin is a
recipient of Appleseed’s Evelyn Singer Award, a nationwide award for outstanding
pro bono service.
RT. HON JACK STRAW MP
Jack Straw MP is Member of Parliament for
Blackburn, having previously served in successive
senior Cabinet positions in Labour governments from
1997 to 2010
Jack Straw is one of the most experienced British and
European politicians. During his long career including
continuous Cabinet-level roles from 1997 – 2010 he has
taken a leading part in many momentous political decisions
in both national and international politics. He has a
reputation for clear thinking and professional, pragmatic
good sense.
After a prominent radical role in national student politics in the 1960s, he qualified as
a barrister and first entered Parliament as a Labour MP representing Blackburn in
1979. He had a number of Shadow Cabinet roles before becoming Home Secretary
after the Labour Party’s 1979 election victory, and then Foreign Secretary in 2001
and Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal in 2006. He served as Lord
High Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2007 until 2010.
Now again in Opposition, Jack Straw continues to play a leading role in national
politics not least in issues involving the UK’s Muslim population (his constituency
Blackburn has a sizeable Muslim community). His deft personal style combines with
his immense domestic and foreign policy insight (he was closely involved in key
decisions before and after the intervention in Iraq) to make him a formidable and
fascinating expert speaker.
*****
RT. HON JACK STRAW MP
After three decades in Parliament and successive Cabinet positions, Jack Straw is one
of the most experienced and insightful British and international political figures.
Jack Straw read law at Leeds University and in the 1960s became a national student
leader known for radical positions, to the point of being described by the Foreign
Office as a "troublemaker acting with malice aforethought" for his political activity
involving Chile. After qualifying as a barrister he had various media roles and
entered Parliament in 1979 as the MP for Blackburn. He was Shadow spokesman on
Education, then Environment and Shadow Home Secretary before being appointed
Home Secretary after the Labour Party won the 1997 general election. His time as
Home Secretary had its fair share of controversies (including new measures to
increase police powers to deal with suspected terrorists) but also saw the European
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Convention in Human Rights incorporated into British law.
Appointed Foreign Secretary in 2001, he soon played a leading role in the dramatic
and difficult foreign policy problems arising from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New
York and then the interventions in Afghanistan and then Iraq. He publicly defended
these decisions, although later in January 2010 he told the Iraq Inquiry in London
that the 2003 decision to go to war “had haunted him”. In 2006 he was appointed
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal with responsibility for
parliamentary reform. He returned to the Opposition benches after Labour lost the
2010 general elections
Jack Straw has attracted publicity for some of his policy positions concerning Muslim
issues, not least his call in 2006 for Muslim women not to wear the full veil: “I felt
uncomfortable about talking to someone 'face-to-face' whom I could not see”. His
close relations with his very diverse Blackburn constituency (including his position as
honorary vice president of Blackburn Rovers football club) mean that he has given a
lot of thought to sensitive community relations issues in a modern democracy. In
2009 on the BBC’s Question Time TV programme he was a member of the panel
which included British National Party leader Nick Griffin.
Although often criticized for his firm approach to a number of civil liberties questions
concerning suspected terrorists and then his high-profile role in supporting the Iraq
intervention, Jack Straw remains a popular figure in the UK and Europe, not least for
his wry sense of humour: as Home Secretary he joked that his large department was
“full of civil servants working diligently on projects that might ruin my career”.
His disarmingly understated, professional style as well as his formidable intellect and
practical experience in so many policy areas give him a unique profile, not only in the
UK and European Union but also at the international level. Few active politicians
today match his insight and breadth of senior policy knowledge. He has many
striking personal anecdotes and thoughtful examples of what works in politics – and
what does not.
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Michael J. Sullivan
Collins, Einhorn, Farrell & Ulanoff
Email: Michael.Sullivan@CEFLawyers.com
Education: University of Detroit School of Law (J.D. 1983), University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1980)
Membership: State Bar of Michigan (1983); U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (1983); U.S. District Court,
Western District of Michigan (1986); U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2008).
Practice Area: Professional Liability, Product Liability defense, general civil litigation.
Practice Description/Specialty:
Mike has more than 25 years of litigation experience. In the professional liability arena, he has defended attorneys,
physicians, accountants, architects, engineers, real estate appraisers, real estate brokers, and title agents in defense of
significant claims involving personal injury, property damage and business loss. Mike also has substantial experience in
product liability litigation. Mike maintains an active general civil litigation practice, including business disputes, insurance
disputes, and personal injury defense. In the field of business litigation, Mike represents parties to commercial disputes,
including tier one and tier two automotive suppliers in disputes with vendors and purchasers. Mike has a successful track
record as a trial lawyer, including numerous defense verdicts on behalf of professionals.
Professional Activities: Mike is active in state and local bar organizations. He served as a Director, Officer and President
of the Oakland County Bar Association, completing his term as President on June 30, 2008. Mike also serves on the Board
of Directors of the Oakland County Bar Foundation and served as the President of the Bar Foundation in 2009/2010. He is a
member of the Council of the State Bar of Michigan’s Negligence Section. He is a Fellow of the Oakland County Bar
Foundation and the Michigan State Bar Foundation. Mike is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society
(PLUS), and the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), where he serves on the Professional Liability
Committee. Mike is a court approved facilitator and mediator. He has served as a neutral arbitrator for the National
Association of Security Dealers.
Accomplishments / Awards:
Mike has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® in
the practice areas of Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants. In addition, Mike
was named the Best Lawyers' 2011 Detroit Area Professional Malpractice Lawyer of the Year and was named the "Detroit
Best Lawyers Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants Lawyer of the Year" for 2012. Mike has also been selected for inclusion in
Super Lawyers® in each of their years rating lawyers in Michigan, and has been included on the list of the TOP 100
MICHIGAN SUPER LAWYERS FOR 2009,2010 and 2011. Mike was also selected by his peers for inclusion in the Top
Lawyers 2011 and 2012 issues of "dbusiness" Detroit's Premier Business Journal for both Legal Malpractice and
professional malpractice law.
Publication: Legal Malpractice Report, Michigan Defense Quarterly (January 2010-Present)
Professional Awards / Honors:
Martindale Hubbell AV rated.
Speaking Engagement(s): Mike has lectured on risk management and professional liability issues. Director Catherine B. Templeton
Catherine Templeton is the Director of the S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control, after serving a short tenure as the Director of S.C.
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. She was appointed by Governor
Nikki Haley. Templeton came to LLR and DHEC from the Ogletree Deakins law
firm where she practiced primarily in the areas of labor and employment, with
emphasis on litigation.
Prior to law school, Templeton served as a Human Resources Manager at Milliken
& Company. While at the University of South Carolina, Templeton served on the Honor Council and as the
Associate Editor of the American Bar Association Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal. Before joining
Ogletree Deakins, she worked for the Director of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and
Regulation for three years, where she is credited with drafting the South Carolina Trade Secrets Act and
was instrumental in numerous other pending labor bills, including Right to Work and covenants not to
compete.
Templeton was recently selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America. She also was selected as a
recipient of the Compleat Lawyer Award, an honor given by the University of South Carolina School of
Law Alumni Association. This award is given to alumni who have extraordinarily high standards of
professional competence, ethics, integrity, and who have demonstrated superior performance in their
professional career.
Templeton was also appointed National Coordinator of iCivics by United States Supreme Court (Ret.)
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. iCivics is a free web based educational resource grown out of the desire of
Justice O'Conner to educate an entire generation on the importance of civic involvement and the role of
the three branches of government.
Templeton has served as a Board Member for the Boy Scouts of America, the South Carolina Defense
Trial Attorneys' Association and the Gibbes Museum of Art Women's Council of the Carolina Arts
Association.
She is a member, Sunday School teacher, and Children's Chapel coordinator at St. Michael's Episcopal
Church in Charleston, S.C.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal began her service as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of South
Carolina on March 17, 1988. She was the first woman to serve as a Justice of the South Carolina
Supreme Court. She was installed as Chief Justice on March 23, 2000.
Chief Justice Toal received her B.A. degree in philosophy in 1965 from Agnes Scott College and her
J.D. degree in 1968 from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Chief Justice Toal practiced
law for 20 years prior to her election to the South Carolina Supreme Court. She also utilized her law
degree in public service. Beginning in 1975 she served in the South Carolina House of Representatives
for 13 years, where she became the first woman in South Carolina to chair a standing committee of the
House of Representatives.
Chief Justice Toal serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court Foundation, is Past
President of the Conference of Chief Justices, and is Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the National
Center for State Courts. She and two of her law clerks also are authors of the book Appellate Practice in
South Carolina.
In addition to her work on the bench, Chief Justice Toal has become chief advocate for South Carolina's
Judicial Automation Project, which is integrating technology initiatives into the eight levels of the South
Carolina court system.
In 2004, Chief Justice Toal received the prestigious Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement
Award from the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession. In 2011, Chief
Justice Toal was named the first recipient of the National Center for State Courts' (NCSC) Sandra Day
O'Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education.
Chief Justice Toal is married and has two daughters and one grandson.
Curriculum Vitae Ivan Verougstraete
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Born in Bruges (Belgium) 12-02-1942
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JD K.U.Leuven 1964; MCL Columbia University New-York 1967
Professional carreer
Beneluxcourt 1996-2010; Belgian Court of cassation (1989 –2010); Court of appeal
Brussels (1981-1989);Commercial district court Brussels (1974-1981);District court
Brussels (1972-1974);European court of justice (1969-1972) –Clerk court of Justice EU;
Barrister bar of Bruges (1965-1969)-
Scientific and university work
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Lecturer K.U.Leuven; Lecturer university of Antwerp UIA; Visiting professor
Georgetown university 2011 and 2012; Visiting professor French Ecole nationale de la
magistrature
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Head of the government project of electronic filing system and computer management
of the courts (from 2003 to 2007)
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Head of various government commissions (on insolvency, procedure,codification of
economic law)
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Head of the federal competition authority (1986-1996)
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Author of four books and around 200 articles on Insolvency, European law,
Jurisprudence, Intellectual property, Procedural law, African commercial law
Michael B. Victorson is a member of Jackson Kelly PLLC, resident in the firm’s office in
Charleston, West Virginia. He is the Leader of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Toxic Tort and
Product Liability Practice Group, representing clients in matters pending in both state
and federal courts. Mr. Victorson has served for many years as the defense liaison
counsel in state-wide asbestos personal injury matters in West Virginia, where there is
an active and ongoing docket. Additionally, he has been national liaison counsel for a
major pharmaceutical company in personal injury litigation, consolidated for handling by
the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL).
Mr. Victorson handles litigation involving toxic torts and chemical exposures, including
class actions. He has represented clients in matters involving alleged exposures to
silica, benzene, diesel fumes, PCB’s and various other chemicals, as well as
pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. He has served on the Board of Defense
Trial Counsel of West Virginia, been chair of that group’s Product Liability Committee
and is a frequent speaker and presenter.
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Peter D. Webster is a shareholder in the Tallahassee, Florida, office of Carlton
Fields, engaging principally in appellate practice. He was a judge on the Florida First
District Court of Appeal from 1991 to 2011; a state circuit judge in Jacksonville and
Green Cove Springs, Florida, from 1986 to 1991; a lawyer with the Jacksonville firm
of Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar, Smith & Zehmer and successors, specializing in trials and
appeals in state and federal courts, from 1975 to 1985; and a law clerk to The
Honorable Gerald B. Tjoflat, then a United States District Judge for the Middle
District of Florida, from 1974 to 1975. His undergraduate degree is in international
affairs, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He
received his J.D., with distinction, from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina,
and an LL.M., in the judicial process, from the University of Virginia. He was for
nine years an adjunct professor at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville. He
is president of the American Judicature Society; a trustee of the American Inns of
Court Foundation; a member of the National Center for State Courts Lawyers’
Committee; and has served as a member of the Florida Judicial Council and chair of
several Florida Supreme Court and Florida Bar committees. He is currently a member
of the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.
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Robert M. Wilcox has served as Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Law
since July 1, 2011. He had previously served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from
2006-2011.
He earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his law degree from
University of South Carolina in 1981. He practiced at Dow, Lohnes & Albertson in D.C. and
Atlanta before joining the USC Law School faculty in 1986. Currently, his primary area of
teaching and research is in the field of professional responsibility. He is a former editor of the
ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal. From 2003-08, he served as Director of the
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism, a USC School of Law-based
clearinghouse of information and research pertaining to improvement of the character,
competence and conduct of legal professionals. He is the author South Carolina Rules of
Professional Conduct (with Nathan Crystal) and has written numerous articles pertaining to legal
ethics and professional responsibility.
Dean Wilcox serves on the South Carolina Chief Justice's Commission on the Profession
and the South Carolina Commission on Judicial Conduct. He helped create guidelines for the
South Carolina Lawyer Mentoring Program. He is a frequent presenter at continuing legal
education seminars.
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE JAY C. ZAINEY
HONORABLE JAY C. ZAINEY was appointed by President George W. Bush to the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on February 19, 2002. He is the
past President of the Louisiana State Bar Association. As State Bar Association President,
he created the Community Action Committee and the Committee to Provide Legal Services
for the Disabled. These two committees are purportedly the first of their kind in the nation.
Jay is a 1969 graduate of Jesuit High School, and currently serves on the Board of Visitors
of the Ave Maria Law School in Naples, Florida.
Jay is co-founder of SOLACE, a Louisiana State Bar Association program, which provides for
services to members of the bar association and the entire legal community who experience family
tragedies, and who otherwise have special needs. There are currently approximately 7500 volunteer
attorneys throughout the state who participate in the SOLACE Program. SOLACE Programs have
now been developed in Rhode Island, Delaware, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Louisville and St. Louis and
plans are underway to start programs in other locations.
In May 2004, Jay organized the Homeless Experience Legal Protection (H.E.L.P.) Program. In this
program, over 450 attorneys provide legal consultation services and notary services at four homeless
centers in New Orleans. He has initiated similar programs in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Opelousas,
Lake Charles and Shreveport, Louisiana; Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Norfolk and Virginia
Beach, Virginia; Hartford, Connecticut; Bloomington, Indiana; Columbia, South Carolina;
Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Lubbock, Texas; Jackson, MS; New York City, New York;
Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Mobile, Alabama; and, Detroit,
Michigan. Plans are underway to start H.E.L.P. Programs in numerous other major cities. The
Program has been instrumental in assisting many members of the homeless community
escape the bonds of homelessness, rebuild their lives, and restore their dignity. H.E.L.P.
volunteers are also assisting members of the homeless community obtain their birth
certificates, identification cards and social security benefits. The program operates legal
clinics at homeless shelters, using volunteer attorneys to bring legal consultation and
services directly to homeless individuals. Homeless individuals generally lack access to
legal services and to the courts because homelessness engenders a fear of the system and
makes it highly unlikely that they will voluntarily visit a courthouse or seek out an
attorney. HELP clinics address this problem by making legal services available to the
homeless, on a regular and reliable basis, in the surroundings in which the clients are
comfortable. Recently, Jay has assisted in creating a Homeless Court in New Orleans
Jay has also worked with the Louisiana State Bar Association Committee to Provide Legal
Services for the Disabled in providing pro bono legal services to people with disabilities
and their families, and has assisted Tulane Law School develop its Disability Law Society,
one of the first of its kind in the country.
In October, 2004 Jay and his wife Joy founded the God’s Special Children Program. The
program includes a monthly mass for people with special needs, their families and friends.
The group is also addressing preparation and receipt of the sacraments , bible study,
parents’ retreats and a buddy program in which members of CYO’s, Catholic Youth
Ministries and Catholic High School students interact with children with special needs.
Jay and Joy co-founded St. Andrew’s Village, a faith-based long term living community for
adults with disabilities. St. Andrew’s Village recently purchased a 100 acre tract of land
in Abita Springs, and will provide a loving environment for many of God’s special angels.
Jay proudly serves as President of the Board of St. Andrew’s Village.
Besides serving as president of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Jay is also past
president of the Jefferson Bar Association, Past-Chairman of the Pro Bono Project, Bar
Association, is Past-President of the Judge John C. Boutall American Inn of Court and he
is currently a member of the Executive Board of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal.
He also currently serves on the American Bar Association’s Hurricane Katrina Task Force,
and has written a chapter in “Lawyer’s Working to End Homelessness,” a book published
by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. In 2011,
Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Judge Zainey to serve on the Federal Judiciary
Commission Codes of Conduct Committee.
Jessalyn H. Zeigler is a Member/Shareholder of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC in Nashville, Tennessee. Jessie is the Co‐Chair of her firm’s Food & Beverage Industry Group and Assistant Practice Group leader for her firm’s Products, Torts & Insurance practice group. Her products liability practice includes pharmaceutical, medical device, food, supplements, automotive, and commercial products defense. She is the Vice Chair for Website and Social Media for the IADC’s Products Liability Committee. Edward J. Zulkey
General Counsel Emeritus and Senior Counsel
Baker & McKenzie International
Mr. Zulkey serves as General Counsel Emeritus and Senior Counsel of Baker & McKenzie
International. He has been at Baker & McKenzie for his entire career. After having been a
litigator in the firm’s Chicago office since 1973 and a Partner since 1980, he became the firm’s
first General Counsel in 1994. He has concentrated his practice in the areas of Insurance, Risk
Management, Professional Liability, Partnership Law, Employment Disputes and Law Firm
Governance and also serves as an arbitrator and mediator. Mr. Zulkey is listed in Euromoney
Legal Group’s current publication of Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance & Reinsurance
Lawyers, International Bar Association’s Who’sWhoLegal, Naifeh and Smith’s The Best Lawyers
in America in the practice areas of commerical litigation, insurance law and legal malpractice
law – defendants for the last 16 consecutive years, and is a Member of Outstanding Lawyers of
America and a current Member of the Leading Lawyers Network. He is a founding member of
the Law Firm General Counsel Roundtable organized by the Hildebrandt Institute, Washington,
D.C. He has written and lectured extensively in the practice areas mentioned and is the author of a
book published by JurisNet Publishing entitled Litigating Insurance Disputes, now in its eighth
edition. He also serves as an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University School of Law in
its clinical trial advocacy program and is a Court-Certified Mediator, Circuit Court of Cook County
Court Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program and American Arbitration Association
approved arbitrator. He received his JD degree, with honors, from the University of Illinois in
1973 where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, was a “Notes and Comments” Editor of
the Law Forum, and has been honored as a Distinguished Graduate. He received his BA degree
from Northwestern University in 1970.

JOHN W - International Association of Defense Counsel

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