Attorney
CurrentPRACTICE AREASBus Torts & Com Lit; Construction Law; Com Transportation Lit, Drug & Medical Device; Ins Coverage; Premises Liability; Product Liability Litigation & Counseling; Toxic Tort/EnvironmentalADMISSIONSSupreme Court of IL; USDC, N.D. of IL; Trial Bar of the USDC, N.D. of IL; USDC, N.D. of IN; USDC, S.D. of IL; USDC, Dist of COAdmitted Pro Hac Vice in 16 separate jurisdictions.PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONSABA; DRI; Claims & Litigation Management Alliance; Elite Defense Network-Berkley Life Sciences; Forum for Environmental & Toxic Tort Issues (FETTI), TIDA, FDCCPUBLICATIONSEditor of The National Forum for Environmental & Toxic Tort Issues NewsletterPRESENTATIONSClaims & Litigation Management Alliance: - Annual Conf speaker, "Sexual Abuse Litigation-Defending the Institution Not the Perpetrator," 3/19/20 - Annual Conf speaker, “Increasing Recoveries through Simple Identification of Additional Sources of Monies for Claimants,” 4/10/14Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis: - Resolute Management, Inc. Mid-Atlantic Division speaker, 9/27/07 - CNA Insurance Company Environmental & Mass Tort Claims speaker, 8/29/07 - Emerging and Environmental Claims Managers Association speaker, 5/3/07Food Flavoring Litigation: - 2019 EECMA Annual Conf speaker, "The Evolution & Future of Food Flavoring Litigation," 5/3/19 - EECMA speaker, "Diacetyl Litigation Update: A Legal and Medical Perspective,” 5/3/13 - Resolute Management, Inc. Mid-Atlantic Division, 9/16/10 - EECMA speaker, 5/12/11The American Bar Association: - Toxic Torts & Environmental Law Conf speaker, "The Renewed Resurgence in Personal Jurisdiction Decisions," 4/6-8/17The Chicago Bar Association: - Mastering Section 2-615 Motions to Dismiss, Panelist, 10/19/10Vaping: - 2020 EECMA moderator, "Vape Intrusion: The Developing Crisis of Bodily Injury from Vaping and Risk Assessments for Tobacco Products," 5/8/20Editor of The National Forum for Environmental & Toxic Tort Issues Newsletter
